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The picture below is probably what Al’s expression would be if he read this VH1.com Big in 06 Awards post, Weird Al and Tyler Hug, Make Up, where it says:

People also reported that Big Download nominee “Weird Al” Yankovic smoked a metaphorical peace-pipe with American Idol air-raid siren Tyler Hicks, who he spoofed on “Do I Creep You Out?” (Answer: Hell, yes.) The two made up with a hug and saying blatant lies like “Any time you get Weird Al to parody you, it’s an honor.”

Umm… huh??? First of all, how do you work in the pop culture biz and not realize the name is Taylor Hicks, not Tyler (misspelled in the post title AND in the article) and second, there was nothing in the original People magazine article to suggest that there was a feud to begin with:

So the post author seemed to be stuck in 1996 (holy crap, TEN YEARS ago!!) with the whole Coolio mindset. And third… BLATANT LIES??? WTF??? VH1 is usually pro-Al, but whoever wrote this post apparently wasn’t.

*Shrug* Ah well, I dunno… to each their own I guess. The one good thing about the post was the nice big pic of Al you can get by clicking on it. So go add that to your collection and don’t forget to keep stuffing the ballot box for the Big Web Hit category.

Update: Well looky there, they fixed Taylor’s name now. And check out the update at the bottom of the post…

Thanks for your comments on this post. The person who wrote it has been locked in the VH1.com broom closet and forced to listen to Weird Al’s Greatest Hits on repeat.

Mwa ha ha!  Excellent work, my precious readers.  You did well.  You may now have an extra hour outside your box.