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- “Weird Al” Yankovic is a national treasure. The wild-and-wacky song parodist has been lightly skewering popular music (and culture) for more than 30 years, turning radio hits of yesteryear into songs about food, and YouTube sensations of today into songs about the Internet.
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Nov 13, 2013 · Your Guide to Why "Weird Al" Yankovic Is a National Treasure. Nate Waggoner. Nov 13, 2013. Save Article. “Weird Al” Yankovic was technically my first concert. At the time my mom, bless her heart, was worried that a lot of the culture I was consuming was parodying things I hadn’t seen the original of yet—this was the era (at least for me ...
Oct 26, 2022 · “If Weird Al hasn’t already gotten the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, he deserves it. He’s a national treasure.”
Apr 9, 2020 · After 40 years, Yankovic is now no longer a novelty, but an institution — a garish bright patch in the middle of America’s pop-cultural wallpaper, a completely ridiculous national treasure, an...
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Nov 14, 2022 · Weird Al Yankovic rose to prominence with comical spoof versions of classic songs, won five Grammy awards and gained a nicest-man-in-Hollywood reputation that rivals Tom Hanks’s. Now 63, the...
Sep 9, 2022 · The New York Times has called Yankovic “a completely ridiculous national treasure.” “I can’t explain it,” shrugs Yankovic. “I guess it’s just sheer tenacity because I should have gone away decades ago.”
Feb 18, 2023 · OFF THE BEAT | Wait worth it for 'Weird Al' Yankovic, a national treasure | Opinion | themercury.com. Lewis Marien lmarien@themercury.com. Feb 18, 2023. Lewis Marien meets with “Weird Al”...
Jul 5, 2015 · Matt Wild. July 5, 2015. “Weird Al” Yankovic is a national treasure. The wild-and-wacky song parodist has been lightly skewering popular music (and culture) for more than 30 years, turning...
