I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
AL YANKOVICNow with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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