Serious question: does any single entertainer have such complete dominion over their chosen field as Weird Al Yankovic wields over the song parody? Skeptics may scoff that musical spoofery is a stupid thing to become really, really, virtuosically good at, but the point stands that Yankovic has completely and totally mastered his preferred art form. So when the producers behind the upcoming film adaptation of the Captain Underpants chapter book series needed to find a talent for their theme music, of course their choice was obvious. In no insignificant way, Weird Al Yankovic was born to write a peppy pop tune about tightened-whiteys.
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic fans are a powerful force, as proven by the parodist’s recent No. 1 album and by the new campaign to get him to next year’s Super Bowl.
Ever wonder if what you read on Wikipedia is true? Well, 'Weird Al' Yankovic sat down with Diffuser.fm and separated the truth from the lies in a game of 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction'.
It's been a major week for 'Weird Al' Yankovic, who concluded his eight-day run of debuting music videos by scoring hit first No. 1 album with 'Mandatory Fun.'
Given the cornucopia of new videos "Weird Al" Yankovic has given us from his new album, 'Mandatory Fun,' available on Amazon and iTunes, we thought now might be a good time to dig into his videolog and pick out our favorites.