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Twenty years ago today, Al’s first and only full length feature film made its debut in theaters! Happy anniversary “UHF”!!

And if you’re wondering what some of the cast is up to nowadays, you can catch Victoria Jackson, Gedde Watanabe, David Bowe, and Jay Levey at AL FEST on August 1, in Costa Mesa, CA! Hope to see ya there!!

JibJab.com, the animators of the video for “Do I Creep You Out” has just slammed down a teaser image of their next collaboration with Weird Al. There’s no info of what the song is about or even what the title is, but do divulge it’s one of the most insane videos they’ve ever done and it’ll hit the public on August 4th.  Awesome!  Okay, take a look at the picture and post your thought to Yank Blog.  I think it looks like pure spectacular-ness-ation.

Bad news from WeirdAl.com, the UStream chat has been cancelled.  It looks like Al was really hoping to be able to broadcast from his vacation spot, but unfortunately the internet connection just isn’t up to snuff for that.    Hopefully they can reschedule and let us know when as soon as possible.

Big news from WeirdAl.com:

LIVE CHAT!
On Thursday, July 16 from 8PM to 9PM Eastern time (5PM to 6PM Pacific) Al will be answering your questions on Ustream! You don’t need a Twitter account to watch the broadcast, but you will need one if you want to ask questions. Just go on Twitter and tweet your question, making sure to add #weirdal at the end of it (so it’ll show up on Al’s screen) – and if he feels like it, he’ll answer it in the live Ustream video broadcast!

And the new single Skipper Dan is available on iTunes, Amazon, and many other online music stores.  Plus you can purchase the video on iTunes, or watch it for free on Al’s YouTube page.

And on schedule the new “Internet Leaks” song and music video has been made public on Al’s MySpace:

Very catchy.

From the California news source Daily Pilot, a description of the Al’s Brain exhibit in a nutshell.   I bet it’s saying “Help! Help! Get me out of here! I can’t breathe!”

Fair gets Weird (Al)

(Source: WOWAY)

I’ve been meaning to post about this, but I kept getting eaten by a grue.

From the REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY PODCAST:

Episode 133: “Weird Al” Yankovic

Weird Al Yankovic squanders his celebrity this week by reflecting on his art, craft, influences, aspirations, and beauty tips. Featuring awesome practical advice (where to record for that cool ambience, how to avoid drive-by shootings), inspirational life lessons (sometimes accordion lessons can lead to greatness), and a special appearance by Ron Bottitta from Lost, it’s a veritable nerdapalooza!

Oh and if you don’t keep track of Al’s twitter, he’s been at the OC SuperFair for the “Al’s Brain World Premiere” party and meeting up with lots of friends.  Since you’re probably reading this and not there, you can pretend like you’re standing there taking pictures of them by looking at Al’s twitpic account.  Look!  It’s Judy Tenuta, John K, Laraine Newman, Drew Carey, Robert Ben Garant, and many more.

Weird Al shares his fond memories of the King of Pop in RollingStone.com:

Michael Jackson Remembered: “Weird Al” Yankovic on Imitation as Flattery