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A few days ago, Weird Al had posted this mock cover of MAD magazine with himself and Alfred E. Newman.   Where did it come from?  How did it get here?  Where in heck am I?

It turns out that long time friend Sandra Boynton commissioned Tom Richmond, an illustrator from MAD magazine,  to create the artwork as a belated 50th birthday gift for Al.  How awesome is that?  Check out the full story on Tom’s blog.

That’s right kids, we’re selling out big time! Be sure to rummage through your parent’s wallets and purses and buy all our newest stuff like: Yank Blog Beer! Yank Blog Bags O’ Sugar! Yank Blog Books I’ve Already Read! Yank Blog Alpacas! (get one as a pet OR meat).  Yank Blog Bluetooth-enabled Dog Feeders!  Yank Blog plushies (modeled after your favorite YB author… no the other… NO the OTHER ONE)!  Yank Blog Trilobites!  Yank Blog 4-Dimensional HDTVs now in color.  Yank Blog autographed posters of Lady Gaga!  Yank Blog hundred dollar bills now half-off!  Yank Blog 99% Edible Energy Bars!  Yank Blog copper engravings of Abraham Lincoln ($50)!

What are you waiting for?  Buy! Buy! Buy!

Unsatisfied with having parodied only music and movies, Weird Al Yankovic has invested billions of dollars he found in his living room sofa to create parodies of everything else in the world.  For starters, he’s created a chain of “Beast Buy” stores, “Burper King” restaurants, and even “CitiYank” banks.  Next up on the list, Al says he plans on parodying more imaginative concepts like “euphoria” and “tastes like purple”.

Remember that RiffTrax Christmas Shorts-Stravanganza that had Weird Al extol the virtues of pork?  Well, now it’s available for purchase as a DVD or for download over at RiffTrax.com. Now you don’t have to go back in time to when this was only viewable in theaters.  Now you can go back in time and buy me that winning lottery ticket you’ve been promising me.  Hey, why haven’t you done that yet?

[Thanks Greg for the reminder]

Weird Al has earned a 2010 Streamy Awards nomination for Best Guest  Star in a Web Series for his appearance on Know Your Meme (explaining the phenomenon of Auto-tune).  Congratulations Al!  Winners will be announced via a live broadcast on April 11.

(Thanks  Greg)

Well everybody’s heard about the bird !

Bird bird bird, the bird is the word!

On this very day FIFTY years ago, Alfred Matthew Yankovic opened his eyes for the first time and the world hasn’t been the same ever since. Holy cow, FIFTY?!?  The roman numeral L?!? One squared plus seven squared?!?  Five squared plus five squared?!?!?  Two squared factorial times two plus two?!?  Wow!

What will the quintessentially quirky quinquagenarian do to mark this occassion?  Parody “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”?  Something by 50 cent?  Get himself put on the $50 bill?

Happy Birthday Weird Al from all of us at Yank Blog!

Got this heads-up by a fellow named Greg:

Just FYI,
MC Lars’ video for “True Player for Real” is the free video on iTunes right now.

I did have trouble with the link he sent me, but was able to search for MC Lars and found the free video featuring Weird Al on the accordion on iTunes easily enough. Thanks Greg!

Happy Birthday Bermuda!

photo credit: hfb

Behind the scenes of CNR

JibJab.com just put out a Facebook Album filled with lots of behind the scenes photos of the making of the CNR video.  See early concept art, ideas that were eventually cut, and my favorite:  Al reacting to something scary.   Looks like you do NOT need a Facebook account to view these:

BTS of Weird Al’s CNR!