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This is the (unofficial) place for all fans of the lyrical genius, poetic wordsmith, and performer extraordinaire, "Weird Al" Yankovic. Please post all of your Al musings, tchotchkes, and gewgaws here.

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Post Flair Guidelines

As you know, post flairs have been added to the subreddit and will soon be mandatory. This is a guide to each of the post flairs available to use.

  1. Discussion: Starting a discussion about something. Can also be used for a question intended to start a discussion.
  2. Question: Asking a question with the intent to get an answer. Questions intending more to start a discussion than get an answer should use Discussion.
  3. Picture: An image related to Al, for example, a detail in a music video. Memes should use Joke/Meme; sharing something Al posted to social media should use Posted by Al.
  4. Video: A video related to Al. If you're posting a song, by Al or not, use Song.
  5. Song: A video of a song, can be a song by Al, original of a parody, third-party music/lyric video, etc.
  6. Suggestion: A suggestion for the subreddit.
  7. Joke/Meme: A joke or meme related to Al. Pictures that aren't exactly a joke or meme but still intended to have comedic effect can use this flair, but non-comedic pictures should use Picture. Anything posted originally by Al should use Posted by Al.
  8. Article: An article posted by or about Al.
  9. Posted by Al: Anything that was shared by Al on his social media. This should take precedence over other applicable flairs, such as Picture and Joke/Meme.
  10. Other: Any post that doesn't fit very well into any of the other categories. Note that per Rule 1, your post should still be related to Al in some way.

Al related Links

2022 Tour

The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour has officially been announced! APRIL 26 - OCTOBER 29, 2022 Opening act by Emo Philips

More info can be found on the announcement post here. This section will up updated in a few days.

Tournaments

To be pedantic...

Technically, most of Al's work doesn't actually count as parody. By legal definition, to be a parody, a song (or other work) but directly mock the source. That means songs like "Smells Like Nirvana" and "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" are parodies, but "White and Nerdy", "Fat", "Can't Watch This", and so on don't count. Instead, most "parodies" actually fall under the categories of pastiche or satire.

A pastiche is similar in concept to a parody but celebrates, rather than mocks, the source, like an homage. It is included with parody as fair use in UK copyright law,[1] but I could not find specific details for the US.

In satire, a work is used to mock something else, unrelated to the original. For example, Al using "American Pie" to mock Star Wars in "The Saga Begins" is satire because the subject of mockery isn't related to the original song. Satire isn't covered under the US fair use doctrine.[2]

References

[1]: Parody & Pastiche - Copyright User

[2]: Fair use or not? Parody vs. satire in copyright law - David Lizerbram & Associates

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What's a parody/polka you prefer over the original?

For me, it's a ton, mainly word crimes and my bologna.

38 Comments
2024/12/03
00:31 UTC

48

Decided to draw some of my favorite music artists

9 Comments
2024/12/02
22:00 UTC

2

What's your favorite polka that's not on a album

2 Comments
2024/12/02
20:13 UTC

69

What the thing with Weird Al and Madonna?

Is this real or just made up for the movie?

49 Comments
2024/12/02
12:45 UTC

28

Playing Jeopardy and this question came up

5 Comments
2024/12/02
09:27 UTC

23

Weird als hair never changes

0 Comments
2024/12/02
04:32 UTC

101

You know the place

3 Comments
2024/12/02
04:13 UTC

212

what is this and where did it come from

30 Comments
2024/12/01
19:04 UTC

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If Polkamania were split across two or three different polkas, what other songs would you add?

Polkamania is great, but I feel like there are a lot of pretty popular songs Al had to skip because he was covering ten years instead of three to four like he normally does with his polkas (which I assume is because he stopped doing regular albums). If he had done two (2014-2018, 2019-2024) or three (2014-2016, 2017-2020, 2021-2024) over the past decade, what other songs would you have expected to see in them?

3 Comments
2024/12/01
03:31 UTC

0

i gotta tell y'all this story

Ok so way back when i was just a little bitty boy, i used to live in a box under the stairs of the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop. Well anyways back then life was going swell and everything was just peachy, except my mom fed me sauerkraut untill i was 26 and a half years old. Around that time i swore that someday i would travel to a magical far away ace where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer and the towels are also fluffy! Anyways the very next day my mom stopped force-feeding me sauerkraut a local radio station had this contest to see who would correctly guess the number of molecules on Leonard Nimoy's butt, I was off by 3 but i still won the grand prize, that's right a first class one way ticket to Albuquerque.

2 Comments
2024/11/30
22:27 UTC

167

weird al fanart :)

4 Comments
2024/11/30
18:07 UTC

70

Everything you know is wrong. Literally everything.

7 Comments
2024/11/30
08:15 UTC

210

Well, which is it?

72 Comments
2024/11/30
06:10 UTC

1,039

Didn’t know if I wanted an angel or a star on my tree. So I chose both.

10 Comments
2024/11/29
22:25 UTC

37

An important Black Friday message!

https://preview.redd.it/m8010dla8v3e1.jpg?width=310&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d4c92d368ae5adedc86de4cad5bdc50be17ce5d

Today seems like a good (Black Friday)day to mention that I’m the world’s most prolific author of books about “Weird Al” Yankovic and that you can buy, signed, directly from me or from Amazon (buy from me, please; they already have enough money) the many books I’ve written about the legendary performer.

These books make great Christmas presents. And what better way to say “I love you.” than with the gift of a book about “Weird Al” Yankovic?

These include

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The Weird Accordion to Al: A beautifully illustrated 516-page guide to Al’s life’s work in music, film, and the live stage, featuring an introduction from Al, who also fact-checked and copy-edited (he was very generous with his time). This covers every song on every album, every episode of The Weird Al Show and Al’s season of Comedy Bang Bang, his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, and essays on The Compleat Al, UHF and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

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The Weird A-Coloring to Al: A gorgeously illustrated 120-page coloring book covering every aspect of Al’s career, including Weird: The Al Yankovic Story featuring the artwork of the brilliant Felipe Sobreiro (a contributor to The Illustrated Al, among other distinctions) that Al called
“unquestionably the greatest coloring book of all time” as well as “the perfect gift for hardcore “Weird Al” fans, and...you know, people who just like to randomly color in stuff”

https://preview.redd.it/8m3qod2j8v3e1.jpg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e6cb3b980a8af7da4459d6cc7bb7f4847f6f312

The Weird A-Coloring to Al: Colored In Special Edition

My illustrator is a colorist by trade, so I had him create a kaleidoscopic hardcover colored version of the book with a new introduction from me. The books are signed by Felipe and myself and numbered (270). They also come with a nifty limited edition 5 by 7 print featuring Felipe’s artwork, signed by Felipe and myself, and limited to 27 cards apiece.

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Weird Al: The Book: Al personally chose me to write his 2012 coffee-table book Weird Al: The Book. You can buy a signed copy directly from me for the first time ever. This is such a new development that it’s not in my store yet, but if you PayPal me 25 dollars at nathanrabin@sbcglobal.net with your address, I’ll send you a copy.

Get them now before I start charging shipping in January! Please consider buying more than one thing, as I’d love to save on shipping, which is very expensive.

This Santa is going crazy—with amazing deals!

This Christmas, my site will be ground zero—for incredible bargains!

https://www.nathanrabin.com/shop

6 Comments
2024/11/29
16:17 UTC

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This ended up being a love for Al post, check the comments.

0 Comments
2024/11/29
09:19 UTC

0

Polka medley idea

TV theme songs. I wish I played keyboard and/or accordion, I might take a shot at this myself.

6 Comments
2024/11/29
00:42 UTC

3

FINISH THE LYRICS TO THOU SONG!

36 Comments
2024/11/28
23:19 UTC

0

New polka idea

Polka face I mean come on the joke is right there

5 Comments
2024/11/28
23:19 UTC

10

Just wanted to know, are there any Spanish/French fans out there?

I'm actually Spanish and French and love Weird Al, and just wanted to know if there are fans from my home nations out there :D

13 Comments
2024/11/28
17:53 UTC

37

Is virus alert a parody?

I'm a fairly new weird al yankovic fan and idrk

15 Comments
2024/11/28
16:09 UTC

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Weird Al Yankovic as a teen before becoming a parody icon.

38 Comments
2024/11/28
10:13 UTC

55

Can't help myself sometimes

0 Comments
2024/11/28
01:56 UTC

33

Where was the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota in UHF?

I just finished the movie and where was that song? I was really looking forward to it.

13 Comments
2024/11/28
01:55 UTC

11

A ranking of every song from every album, because I've been listening to a lot of Weird Al recently

Weird Al Yankovic

  1. I Love Rocky Road
  2. Another One Rides The Bus
  3. Happy Birthday
  4. I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
  5. Gotta Boogie
  6. My Bologna
  7. Mr Frump In The Iron Lung
  8. The Check's In The Mail
  9. Such A Groovy Guy
  10. Ricky
  11. Stop Draggin' My Car Around
  12. Buckingham Blues

In 3-D:

  1. Eat It
  2. I Lost On Jeopardy
  3. King Of Suede
  4. Midnight Star
  5. Nature Trail To Hell
  6. Theme From Rocky XIII
  7. Mr Popeil
  8. The Brady Bunch
  9. Polka On 45
  10. Buy Me A Condo
  11. That Boy Could Dance

Dare To Be Stupid:

  1. This Is The Life
  2. Dare To Be Stupid
  3. Like A Surgeon
  4. One More Minute
  5. Yoda
  6. I Want A New Duck
  7. Slime Creatures From Outer Space
  8. Hooked On Polkas
  9. George Of The Jungle
  10. Cable TV
  11. Girls Just Want To Have Lunch

Polka Party:

  1. One Of Those Days
  2. Dog Eat Dog
  3. Christmas At Ground Zero
  4. Addicted To Spuds
  5. Living With A Hernia
  6. Polka Party
  7. Good Enough For Now
  8. Here's Johnny
  9. Don't Wear Those Shoes
  10. Toothless People

Even Worse:

  1. I Think I'm A Clone Now
  2. Fat
  3. Lasagna
  4. You Make Me
  5. Good Old Days
  6. (This Song's Just) Six Words Long
  7. Twister
  8. Melanie
  9. Alimony
  10. Velvet Elvis
  11. Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White

UHF Soundtrack

  1. UHF
  2. Spam
  3. She Drives Like Crazy
  4. The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota
  5. The Hot Rocks Polka
  6. Fun Zone
  7. Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*
  8. Isle Thing
  9. Let Me Be Your Hog
  10. Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars
  11. Generic Blues
  12. Spatula City
  13. Gandhi II

Off The Deep End

  1. You Don't Love Me Anymore
  2. I Can't Watch This
  3. Smells Like Nirvana
  4. Polka Your Eyes Out
  5. Airline Amy
  6. Taco Grande
  7. Trigger Happy
  8. I Was Only Kidding
  9. The White Stuff
  10. The Plumbing Song
  11. When I Was Your Age

Alapalooza

  1. Jurrasic Park
  2. Traffic Jam
  3. Achy Breaky Song
  4. Living In The Fridge
  5. Franks 2000" TV
  6. Harvey The Wonder Hamster
  7. Waffle King
  8. Young, Dumb & Ugly
  9. She Never Told Me She Was A Mime
  10. Bedrock Anthem
  11. Bohemian Polka
  12. Talk Soup

Bad Hair Day

  1. Everything You Know Is Wrong
  2. The Night Santa Went Crazy
  3. Since You've Been Gone
  4. Gump
  5. Amish Paradise
  6. Callin' In Sick
  7. Cavity Search
  8. Phony Calls
  9. I Remember Larry
  10. I'm So Sick Of You
  11. The Alternative Polka
  12. Syndicated Inc

Running With Scissors

  1. Albuquerque
  2. It's All About The Pentiums
  3. Pretty Fly For A Rabbi
  4. Germs
  5. Your Horoscope For Today
  6. Polka Power!
  7. The Saga Begins
  8. Jerry Springer
  9. My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder
  10. The Weird Al Theme Song
  11. Truck Drivin' Song
  12. Grapefruit Diet

Poodle Hat

  1. Hardware Store
  2. eBay
  3. A Complicated Song
  4. Wanna B Ur Lovr
  5. Couch Potato
  6. Angry White Boy Polka
  7. Genius In France
  8. Ode To A Superhero
  9. Party At The Leper Party
  10. Why Does This Always Happen To Me?
  11. Trash Day
  12. Bob

Straight Outta Lynwood

  1. Trapped In The Drive Thru
  2. Virus Alert
  3. White & Nerdy
  4. Don't Download This Song
  5. Canadian Idiot
  6. Do I Creep You Out?
  7. Wease; Stomping Day
  8. Pancreas
  9. I'll Sue Ya
  10. Polkarama!
  11. Confessions Pt III
  12. Close But No Cigar

Alpocalypse

  1. Skipper Dan
  2. Party In The CIA
  3. Polka Face
  4. CNR
  5. Perform This Way
  6. TMZ
  7. Craigslist
  8. Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me
  9. Ringtone
  10. Another Tatoo
  11. If That Isn't Love
  12. Whatever You Like

Mandatory Fun

  1. Jackson Park Express
  2. First World Problems
  3. Word Crimes
  4. NOW That's What I Call Polka
  5. Lame Claim To Fame
  6. Handy
  7. Sports Song
  8. Tacky
  9. My Own Eyes
  10. Inactive
  11. Foil
  12. Mission Statement

Other Songs

  1. Polkamania!
  2. The Hamilton Polka
  3. Headline News
  4. Spy Hard
  5. Pac Man
  6. You're Pitiful
  7. Scarif Beach Party
  8. Now You Know
  9. Captain Underpants
  10. It's My World (And We're All Living In It)
  11. Polkamon

Album Ranking

  1. Off The Deep End
  2. Running With Scissors
  3. Mandatory Fun
  4. Dare To Be Stupid
  5. Poodle Hat
  6. In 3-D
  7. Alpocalypse
  8. Straight Outta Lynwood
  9. Bad Hair Day
  10. Weird Al Yankovic
  11. Even Worse
  12. Polka Party
  13. Alapalooza
  14. UHF Soundtrack
12 Comments
2024/11/28
01:12 UTC

459

Happy Yanksgiving everyone!

17 Comments
2024/11/28
00:38 UTC

5

Help me with some ideas about Food themed level in my Weird Al game

Well I deleted my 2nd attempt at the level 5-1 which is a first level of a food world and I deleted it for now because all I did wasn't satisfying enough (too similar to previous levels and not too many unique level gimmicks). So yeah I need your help with some ideas how could this type of level look like. I know that food level probably should make it easy enough but I got like mind block and I can't get too many interesting food Weird Al related ideas that would be cool in the game.
Here are all ideas that I have for now:
- Something like marble zone in Sonic 1 (Idea I mostly got because one gimmick I want to add is saurekraut as a lava type thing.
- Reference maybe burgeropolis (artwork by Weird Al that u/minnick27 told me about in one of the older posts I did)
- Enemies are that weird slimey dude from ''Food Album'' artwork and Girls to reference how much Al hates that one song parody he did (But I don't know what kind of mechanic I could make with it so yeah I could get some ideas,

I am open to any ideas and to see how the game exactly works like then I recommend playing the demo of it on newgrounds or watching this gameplay:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/947642

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbUBdN6tA2I&t=26s

2 Comments
2024/11/27
19:32 UTC

49

Al’s only “normal” love song?

Is “Airline Amy” the only love song he does that’s kind of a healthy relationship and not one-sided, creepy, stalker-y, or a breakup song? We never get the impression the Amy isn’t into him.

24 Comments
2024/11/27
05:50 UTC

162

Eat It on a 1954 jukebox

4 Comments
2024/11/27
04:42 UTC

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