Spoofer who won't quit – the long, strange career of 'Weird Al' Jankovic

How a Californian kid got generations laughing at pop stars and why he's appearing in EuropeIt's 1976, and a 16-year old kid from southern California named Alfred Yankovic has just come face to face with one of his heroes. Dr Demento is a record collector turned radio personality with a syndicated show specialising in novelty and comedy records – musical satirists from the 1950s and 60s like Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg – not to mention a whole lot of Frank Zappa. Demento...

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