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The Unofficial Blog about Weird Al Yankovic

November 17, 2009

The 9 Most Underrated Funny Songs

Weird Al snuck into Cracked.com headquarters and listed his top nine most underrated funny songs ever.   To be honest I hadn’t heard of a single one of those songs listed, but then again I’ve been living inside a gigantic pickle jar in a basement for the last ninety years.  So I’m bound to have missed out on a few things.  Holy cow, what’s this thing I’m typing on?!?

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November 15, 2009

Weird Al takes over The Sound

From WeirdAl.com:

Hear Al be a guest DJ on L.A.’s 100.3 FM (The Sound) today (Sunday, 11/15)
between 6 and 7 PM Pacific Time.

Even if you’re not in the L.A. area, you can listen to it live through their website.

[thanks to Kevin Cable for the heads up]

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November 13, 2009

All-star Christmas Carol

http://www.vimeo.com/7590670

An all-star comedy Christmas Carol
Directed & Edited by Scott Aukerman

Sung by the Comedy Death-Ray Xmas Nativity Choir (feat. Paul F. Tompkins, R.O. Manse, Tig Notaro, Rob Huebel, Patton Oswalt, Mike Phirman, Jimmy Pardo, Brian Posehn & Scott Aukerman, Garfunkel & Oates, Aimee Mann, Chris Hardwick, Paul Scheer & June Diane Raphael, Doug Benson, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Nick Thune, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Cracked Out, Dragon Boy Suede, Natasha Leggero, Thomas Lennon & Ed Helms)

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November 12, 2009

Attack of the Show

Weird Al, the poet and philosopher, shows up on Attack of the Show yesterday to talk about The Essential Weird Al Yankovic and almost gets tricked by Chris Hardwick to reveal what’s in his new screenplay he’s writing.

Also, check out the behind-the-scenes pics of Al at the interview provided by G4TV.com.

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November 11, 2009

Know Your Meme

If you’ve heard of the term “Auto-tune” in relation to music and wondered just what the heck it is, you’re in luck.   Weird Al helps out the folks at KnowYourMeme.com in explaining the phenomenon and its growing popularity on the internet:

YouTube Preview Image

Know Your Meme is a great site that explains to you the popularity and origins of things like viral videos, image macros, and more.

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November 06, 2009

RiffTrax LIVE: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza!

The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are back on the big screen this holiday season with special guest “Weird Al” Yankovic!

Grab your friends for this one-of-a-kind hilarious holiday event! RiffTrax LIVE: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza! will broadcast to movie theatres nationwide on Wednesday, December 16th at 8:00pmET / 7:00pmCT / 6:00pmMT and 8:00pmPT (tape delay). Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot), now of RiffTrax.com, will zing their wisecracking commentary at a wonderfully warped collection of Christmas shorts for some much needed comic relief.

The evening will feature a collection of brand new and old favorite shorts including the bizarre animated “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” classic commercials and a musical short extolling the virtues of pork.

RiffTrax LIVE: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza!

[thanks Ludovica for the heads up]

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November 05, 2009

Don’t you know about the bird?

Well everybody’s heard about the bird !

Bird bird bird, the bird is the word!

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November 02, 2009

Insert Sirius Pun Here

From WeirdAl.com:

A SIRIUS MAN
Sirius/XM satellite radio subscribers will be able to hear an hour-long
interview with Al which was recently recorded for their Unmasked series.
The show will run the weekend of Nov. 7 on the Raw Dog Comedy channel (SIRIUS
Ch. 104 and XM Ch. 150).

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