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'Weird Al' Yankovic's 40-year career has outlasted some of the artists he's parodied

3550 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Nearly 40 years ago “Weird Al” Yankovic began building his fan base the old-fashioned way: radio.  Yankovic would send tapes to disc jockey and comedy song expert Dr. Demento, who gave air time to Yankovic’s early parodies... more info

'Weird Al' Yankovic's 40-year career has outlasted some of the artists he's parodied

3550 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Nearly 40 years ago “Weird Al” Yankovic began building his fan base the old-fashioned way: radio.  Yankovic would send tapes to disc jockey and comedy song expert Dr. Demento, who gave air time to Yankovic’s early parodies... more info

From 'Eat It' to 'Party in the CIA,' 'Weird Al' Yankovic marks 40 years as king of pop parody with 15-album box set

3586 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment — If the prospect of a 15-album box set of nothing but novelty records sounds a little weird, that’s exactly the idea. Actually, it’s designed to be a lot weird — “Weird Al” Yankovic, that is. The all-time king of po... more info

From 'Eat It' to 'Party in the CIA,' 'Weird Al' Yankovic marks 40 years as king of pop parody with 15-album box set

3586 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If the prospect of a 15-album box set of nothing but novelty records sounds a little weird, that’s exactly the idea. Actually, it’s designed to be a lot weird — “Weird Al” Yankovic, that is. The all-time king of po... more info

Now For A Christmas Parody Song About Trump From Fiona Apple

3628 days ago
Dlisted — I’m sure we all figured that the first musician to take a crack at a Christmas parody song about our current situation with President-elect Donald Trump might be Weird Al Yankovic or Alvin and The Chipmunks going through a rebellious phase, but it ... more info

John Oliver, Amy Schumer, Nick Offerman, Weird Al and More Bid 2016 a Not Fond Farewell

3650 days ago
Time — Last Week Tonight will return in February 2017 more info

Weird Al Spoofs Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's Final Debate -- Watch 'Bad Hombres, Nasty Woman'

3674 days ago
ET Online — The contentious final presidential debate gets a little bit catchier. more info

Weird Al Yankovic Moderates Fiery Auto-Tuned Version of the Final Presidential Debate

3674 days ago
Time — Al poses some excellent questions more info

Weird Al remixes the third presidential debate as “Bad Hombres, Nasty Women” — watch

3674 days ago
Consequence of Sound — Parody master teams with YouTubers schmoyoho to make the debate even funnier than it was. more info

Watch Weird Al Sing A Song About This Week’s Presidential Debate

3674 days ago
Stereogum — Weird Al Yankovic has teamed with the Gregory Brothers — the dudes who made 2010’s viral “Bed Intruder” among other videos — on their latest “songification.” It’s called “Bad Hombres, Nasty Women” in case you didn’t catch the tw... more info

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