Weird Al Yankovic is the undisputed king of music parody. People have said his career is dead about a year after almost every album he put out, but he keeps proving them wrong for 20 years running. The guy is a master at turning pop-culture on its ear.
The songs are funny on their own, but adding the video element brings his art to a new level. Almost any video you pick from that list will have you laughing, but here are a few of my favorites:
- White and Nerdy (“MC Escher, that’s my favorite MC” – and look for the Star Wars Holiday Special)
- Amish Paradise (“We haven’t even paid the phone bill in 300 years!”)
- The Saga Begins (the Emporer on piano… brilliant.)
- It’s all about the Pentiums (this one grew on me. Best line: “You’re just about as useless as JPEG’s to Helen Keller”)
- UHF (This one’s for Mike, the only other person I know who’s seen the movie. The video’s not quite as funny unless you’ve seen the movie. Teaching Poodles to Fly… the firehose… nature’s suction cup… lol… you just gotta see it.)
Post your favorites in the comments!
[tags]Weird Al Yankovic, music, parody, humor, pop culture[/tags]
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Jeff, I just watched Amish Paradise and loved it! It really surprised me to see a Florence Henderson cameo!
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Jeff says:
January 28th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Yeah, I was surprised at the time too.
There’s a radio station out here that played that song for 24 hours straight as a gimmick back when it came out. The DJ was pretending to be held hostage.
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