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November 22, 2006

Weird Al - Living Comedy God

Weird Al Yankovic - Living Comedy God

Here’s a great interview from the land down under. Listen to Maynard ask Al the secret to his success, the dog on the cover for “Straight Outta Lynwood”, family Christmas cards, the rumble with Atlantic Records, William Shatner, parodies, how he picks songs for his polkas, and much much more.

# — Filed under: happysteve (www) @ 02:23 pm —

8 Responses to “Weird Al - Living Comedy God”

  1. joshua Says:

    al is a comedy god!!!! where have they been?????

    To ABN: i think you would like my site….it’s about al

  2. Josh Kington Says:

    I love it when al gets publicity here in Australia. Im looking forward to the tour too, i hope tickets go on sale soon though.

  3. ABN Says:

    Then OF COURSE I would like it!!! What’s the adress, or can I just click on your name?

  4. ABN Says:

    Never mind. Just clicked on your name. WOW!! Can I really DOWNLOAD all those RARE Al songs???? Thank you Joshua. I really don’t know what to say, except….Well, in the ways of Al “gift-givers”, YOU, my friemd, are the god!!!! Thanks again!!!!

    PS: Send that site out to others, wouldya?

  5. Jeff Says:

    I couldn’t remember if you had an e-mail address for this site, so this is the best way to contact you. Are you going to put “I Will Comply” in your lyrics section?
    I Will Comply

    by Al Yankovic

    The Weird Al Show

    Must Cracked Kiddie TV

    Why This The short-lived (but long-loved) CBS
    Saturday-morning series — featured Al as a wacky
    inventor who lives in a cave — arrives on DVD Aug. 15.
    To mark the occasion, EW asked Al to pen a parody
    song — which he did, albeit very reluctantly.

    Lyrics:
    At first I was aghast, I was mortified
    When Entertainment Weekly made me swallow my pride
    They made it clear that unless I
    Wrote them some lame parody
    There wouldn’t be
    A piece on my new DVD

    I tried to make… them understand
    I am an artist, you can’t make me crank this stuff out on demand!
    I am not your monkey boy
    And you are not the boss of me
    But if I have to stroke your egos
    For some cheap publicity

    I’ll write this song… under duress
    Just goes to show ya… extortion really works, I guess
    You think I’d blow them off and kiss that plug goodbye?
    Did you think I’d say no… ’cause I’m such a principled guy?

    Oh no, not I
    I will comply
    Although frankly, I would rather jam a needle in my eye
    Can’t believe I’d sink this low
    To promote my lousy show
    Yeah, I’ll comply
    I will comply
    Oy vey

  6. happysteve Says:

    thanks jeff. okay, it’s on the site.

  7. joshua Says:

    will al release i will comply???

    to ABN: you liked my site????

  8. ABN Says:

    Very much so!!