Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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Al Yankovic173 quotes“Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.”
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Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Al YankovicAl Yankovic So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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Al YankovicAl Yankovic My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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