At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
AL YANKOVICAt this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
AL YANKOVICNot only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
AL YANKOVICIt’s hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of the Magazine so they don’t have to actually pay artists or writers to come up with new stuff.
AL YANKOVICAnd then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
AL YANKOVICGot a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
AL YANKOVICA lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
AL YANKOVICI have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
AL YANKOVICI was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
AL YANKOVICYou slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
AL YANKOVICI’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
AL YANKOVICAs it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
AL YANKOVICThat’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
AL YANKOVICI’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
AL YANKOVICI was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
AL YANKOVICWhat kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
AL YANKOVICI’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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