1. White & Nerdy 2. Pancreas 3. Canadian Idiot 4. I'll Sue Ya 5. Polkarama 6. Virus Alert 7. Confessions Part III 8. Weasel Stomping Day 9. Close But No Cigar 10. Do I Creep You Out 11. Trapped In The Drive-Thru 12. Don't Download This Song
1. Couch Potato 2. Hardware Store 3. Trash Day 4. Party At The Leper Colony 5. Angry White Boy Polka 6. Wanna B Ur Lovr 7. A Complicated Song 8. Why Does This Always Happen To Me 9. Ode To A Superhero 10. Bob 11. eBay 12. Genius In France
1. The Saga Begins 2. My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder 3. Pretty Fly For A Rabbi 4. The Weird Al Show Theme 5. Jerry Springer 6. Germs 7. Polka Power! 8. Your Horoscope For Today 9. It's All About The Pentiums 10. Truck Drivin' Song 11. Grapefruit Diet 12. Albuquerque
1. Amish Paradise 2. Everything You Know Is Wrong 3. Cavity Search 4. Callin' In Sick 5. The Alternative Polka 6. Since You've Been Gone 7. Gump 8. I'm So Sick Of You 9. Syndicated Inc. 10. I Remember Larry 11. Phony Calls 12. The Night Santa Went Crazy
1. Bedrock Anthem 2. Cable TV 3. Frank’s 2000” TV 4. Here’s Johnny 5. I Can’t Watch This 6. I Lost On Jeopardy 7. Money For Nothing/Beverly
Hillbillies 8. Ricky 9. Talk Soup 10. The Brady Bunch 11. UHF
1. Achy Breaky Song 2. Bedrock Anthem 3. Christmas At Ground Zero 4. Headline News 5. Jurassic Park 6. Money For Nothing/Beverly
Hillbillies 7. Polka Your Eyes Out 1. Smells Like Nirvana 2. This Is The Life 3. UHF 4. Yoda 5. You Don’t Love Me Anymore
1. Addicted to Spuds 2. Eat It 3. Fat 4. I Love Rocky Road 5. Lasagna 6. My Bologna 7. Spam 8. Taco Grande 9. The Rye And The Kaiser 10. The White Stuff 11. Theme From Rocky XIII
1. Jurassic Park 2. Young, Dumb & Ugly 3. Bedrock Anthem 4. Frank's 2000" TV 5. Achy Breaky Song 6. Traffic Jam 7. Talk Soup 8. Livin' In The Fridge 9. She Never Told Me She Was A Mime 10. Harvey The Wonder Hamster 11. Waffle King 12. Bohemian Polka
1. Smells Like Nirvana 2. Trigger Happy 3. I Can't Watch This 4. Polka Your Eyes Out 5. I Was Only Kidding 6. The White Stuff 7. When I Was Your Age 8. Taco Grande 9. Airline Amy 10. Plumbing Song 11. You Don't Love Me Anymore
1. Addicted to Spuds 2. Dare To Be Stupid 3. Eat It 4. Fat 5. I Lost On Jeopardy 6. Lasagna 7. Like a Surgeon 8. Living With a Hernia 9. One More Minute 10. Ricky
1. Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies 2. Gandhi II 3. Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars 4. Isle Thing 5. The Hot Rocks Polka 6. UHF 7. Let Me Be Your Hog 8. She Drives Like Crazy 9. Generic Blues 10. Spatula City 11. Fun Zone 12. Spam 13. The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota
1. Living With A Hernia 2. Dog Eat Dog 3. Addicted To Spuds 4. One Of Those Days 5. Polka Party! 6. Here's Johnny 7. Don't Wear Those Shoes 8. Toothless People 9. Good Enough For Now 10. Christmas At Ground Zero
1. Fat 2. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White 3. (This Song's Just) Six Words Long 4. You Make Me 5. I Think I'm a Clone Now 6. Lasagna 7. Melanie 8. Alimony 9. Velvet Elvis 10. Twister 11. Good Old Days
1. Like A Surgeon 2. Dare To Be Stupid 3. I Want A New Duck 4. One More Minute 5. Yoda 6. George Of The Jungle 7. Slime Creatures From Outer Space 8. Girls Just Want To Have Lunch 9. This Is The Life 10. Cable TV 11. Hooked On Polkas
1. Eat It 2. Midnight Star 3. The Brady Bunch 4. Buy Me A Condo 5. I Lost On Jeopardy 6. Polkas On 45 7. Mr. Popeil 8. King Of Suede 9. That Boy Could Dance 10. Theme From Rocky XIII 11. Nature Trail To Hell
1. Ricky 2. Gotta Boogie 3. I Love Rocky Road 4. Buckingham Blues 5. Happy Birthday 6. Stop Draggin' My Car Around 7. My Bologna 8. The Check's In The Mail 9. Another One Rides The Bus 10. I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead 11. Such A Groovy Guy 12. Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung
Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born October 23, 1959, in Lynwood, CA. An only child, he began playing the accordion at age seven, following in the tradition of polka star Frank Yankovic (no relation); in his early teens he became an avid fan of the Dr. Demento show, drawing inspiration from the parodies of Allan Sherman as well as the musical comedy of Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer, and Stan Freberg. In 1973 Demento spoke at Yankovic's school, where the 13 year old passed the radio host a demo tape of home recordings; three years later, Demento played Yankovic's "Belvedere Cruising" -- an accordion-driven pop song written about the family's Plymouth -- on the air, and his career was launched.
Yankovic quickly emerged as a staple of the Demento play list, recording a prodigious amount of tongue-in-cheek material throughout his high-school career. After graduation, he studied architecture; while attending California Polytechnic State University, he also joined the staff of the campus radio station, first adopting the nickname "Weird Al" and spinning a mixture of novelty and new wave hits. In 1979, the success of the Knack's monster hit "My Sharona" inspired Yankovic to record a parody dubbed "My Bologna"; not only was the song a smash with Demento fans, but it even found favor with the Knack themselves, who convinced their label, Capitol, to issue the satire as a single.
After graduating in 1980, Yankovic cut "Another One Rides the Bus," a parody of Queen's chart-topping "Another One Bites the Dust" recorded live in Dr. Demento's studios; the song became an underground hit, and Yankovic followed it up with "I Love Rocky Road," a satire of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n Roll." After hooking up with noted session guitarist and producer Rick Derringer, he signed to Scotti Bros., which issued his debut LP, "Weird Al" Yankovic, in 1983. The album featured the song "Ricky," a tune inspired equally by Toni Basil's hit "Mickey" and the I Love Lucy television series; issued as a single, it hit the Top 100 charts, and its accompanying video became a staple of the fledgling MTV network.
Ultimately, much of Yankovic's success resulted from his skilled use of music video, a medium not available in the era of Spike Jones or Allan Sherman; suddenly, not only could records themselves serve as parody fodder, but their video clips were ripe for satire as well. Additionally, MTV firmly established Yankovic's public persona; sporting garish Hawaiian shirts, frizzy hair, and an arsenal of goofy mannerisms, he cut a distinctly bizarre figure which he consistently exploited to maximum comic effect. After Michael Jackson's "Beat It" became the most acclaimed video in the medium's brief history, Yankovic recorded "Eat It" for his sophomore effort, 1984's "Weird" Al Yankovic in 3-D; the "Eat It" video, which mocked the "Beat It" clip scene-for-scene, became an MTV smash, and the Grammy-winning single reached the Top 15.
In addition to "Eat It," In 3-D also launched the minor hits "King of Suede" (a rewrite of the Police's "King of Pain") and "I Lost on Jeopardy" (a send-up of the Greg Kihn Band's "Jeopardy"), as well as "Polkas on 45," the first in a series of medleys of pop hits recast as polka numbers. Dare to Be Stupid, the first comedy record ever released in the new compact disc format, followed in 1985, and featured "Like a Surgeon," a takeoff of the Madonna hit "Like a Virgin." Like its predecessor, Dare to Be Stupid went gold, but 1986's Polka Party! fared poorly and charted only briefly, prompting many to write off Yankovic's career.
However, in 1988, Yankovic returned with the platinum-selling Even Worse, its title and album cover a reference to Michael Jackson's recent Bad LP. "I'm Fat," the first single and video, also parodied the lavish Martin Scorsese-directed clip for Jackson's hit "Bad"; shot on the same subway set used by Jackson, the video -- which portrayed Yankovic as a grotesquely obese tough guy -- won him his second Grammy. The next year, he starred in the feature film UHF, which he also co-wrote; a soundtrack appeared as well.
After an extended period of silence, he returned in 1992 with Off the Deep End, which featured the Top 40 hit "Smells Like Nirvana," a send-up of Nirvana's landmark single "Smells Like Teen Spirit." After 1993's Alapalooza, he resurfaced in 1996 with Bad Hair Day, his highest-charting record to date thanks to the success of the single "Amish Paradise," a takeoff of the Coolio hit "Gangsta's Paradise." The follow-up, Running With Scissors, appeared in 1999.
Stopping by,...Showing some LOVE I want to thank you for allowing me as Red Skelton to be a part of your myspace life. Fall is here and the holidays are approaching. They can be stressful so I'm giving you a gift of laughter. If by chance you are in Las Vegas or plan on visiting us this season, I would be honored to meet you. I perform every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night 9pm inside the Royal Resort Hotel showroom located 99 Convention Center Drive (basically corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Convention Center Drive) The name of the show is Larry G Jones ~Man of 1002 Voices Show. I'm the opening act as Red Skelton. If you get the chance please stop by and say HI. If you want to see the show send me a message and I will send you a discount coupon for being a friend on myspace. "Goodbye for now and may God bless" Brian Hoffman~Red Skelton Impersonator
Stopping by,...Showing some LOVE I hope your weekend is a fun one! Enjoy it,... before it is gone;) I wish you continued success in all you do. "Goodnight now and may God bless" Brian Hoffman~Red Skelton Impersonator p.s. Are you planning to visit the Las Vegas Strip??!...If so, I hope you come see me ;)
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Just wanted to let you know I have posted a blog in which fans can leave their condolences for Michael's family. I will be printing them out and forwarding them to the family within the next few days.
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