Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
AL YANKOVICI was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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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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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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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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I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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