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(9/30-10/07):
Mary Yankovic's maiden name is Mary Vivalda.
(10/07-10/14):
In Albuquerque Torso Boy's real name is Marty.
(10/14-10/21):
In the song "When I Was Your Age", because they "didn't have
Nintendo", they "just poured salt on snails".
(10/21-10/28): In "Nature
Trail To Hell", the backward lyrics are "Satan Eats Cheese
Whiz" or "zihW eseehC staE nataS".
(10/28-11/04): Dr. Demento's
real name is Barry Hansen.
(11/04-11/11): The name of
the song Al and Frankie Yankovic sang together is "Who Stole
The Kishka".
(11/11-11/18): "Donuts and
hot dogs are flying everywhere" is a line from the song Stuck
In A Closet With Vanna White.
(11/18-11/25): In 1987, Al
opened for The Monkees.
(11/25-12/02): Al's shoe size
is 10½.
(12/02-12/09): In the beginning
of UHF, George and Bob work at Big Edna's Burger World.
(12/09-12/16): Al skipped
from 2nd to 3rd grade in school.
(12/16-12/23): Secrets of
the Universe is the name of Philo's show on UHF.
(12/23-12/30): In The Night
Santa Went Crazy, Al manages to name ALL of Santa's reindeer.
(12/30-01/06): Al's least
expensive video to make was Ricky.
(01/06-01/13): Al's most expensive
video to make was It's All About The Pentiums.
(01/13-01/20): Germs is a
style-parody of Nine Inch Nails.
(01/20-01/27): Al's two "video
game" songs are Pac-Man (about Pac-Man) and Polkamon (about
Pokémon).
(01/27-02/03): Al got married
(to Suzanne Krawjewski) on February 10, 2001.
(02/03-02/10): In the movie
The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad, Al makes a
cameo as himself.
(02/10-02/17): Al's 5th Al-bum,
Even Worse, only has 11 tracks, instead of the usual 12.
(02/17-02/24): In The Weird
Al Show, the role of Bobby the Inquisitive Boy is played by
Gary LeRoi Gray.
(02/24-03/03): Al's song Mr.
Popeil is about Ron Popeil's father, Sam Popeil.
(03/03-03/10): UHF was released
in theaters on July 21, 1989.
(03/10-03/17): In the song
Dare to be Stupid, Al suggests you take "wooden" nickels.
(03/17-03/24): In "The Weird
Al Show", when Al has a talent show, the winner is Bobby The
Dancing Boy.
(03/24-03/31): Kim Bullard
is seen playing the keyboard in the video for "Money For Nothing/Beverly
Hillbillies".
(03/31-04/07): In "The Obligatory
Holiday Episode" of The Weird Al Show, The Hooded Avenger
dresses up as Santa Clause.
(04/07-04/14): In Albuquerque,
the big, fat hermaphrodite with a Flock Of Seagulls hair cut
and only one nostril took Al's lucky, lucky autographed glow-in-the-dark
snorkel.
(04/14-04/21): When Al appeared
on the show Circus of the Stars, he performed on the sway
pole.
(04/21-04/28): The spanish
rap portion of the song Taco Grande is provided by Cheech
Marin.
(04/28-05/05): Jay Levy plays
the part of Gandhi in UHF.
(05/05-05/12): The 2nd song
on Al's 7th Al-bum is Trigger Happy.
(05/12-05/19): In 1994, Jurassic
Park was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Music Video category.
(05/19-05/26): The concert
in "Weird Al" Live took place in San Rafael, California.
(05/26-06/02): In the song
Addicted To Spuds, "you" take a trip to Idaho just to watch
potatoes grow.
(06/02-06/09): The number
100,000,000 is inscribed on the Even Worse LP.
(06/09-06/16): The actor who
plays Conan the Librarian in UHF is Roger Callard.
(06/16-06/23): Al's father
is named Nick Yankovic, NOT Frankie Yankovic!
(06/23-06/30): Danny Brant
temporarily replaced Jim West for part of the Touring With
Scissors tour.
(06/30-07/07): In UHF, R.J.
Fletcher's son is named Richard Fletcher.
(07/07-07/14): In case you
didn't know, there are no bagels on the front of the Dare
to be Stupid album.
(07/14-07/21): This is Capricorn's
horoscope: "The stars say that you're an exciting and wonderful
person... but you know they're lying. If I were you, I'd lock
my doors and windows and never never never never never leave
my house again."
(07/21-07/28): Al wrote, directed
and starred in the opening sequence to the movie Spy Hard.
He wrote the theme song to the movie as well.
(07/28-08/04): Al's newest
song, which he debuted at the Orange County fair, is Party
at the Leper Colony.
(08/04-08/11): Kurt Cobain
thought that Al's parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was
going to be about food.
(08/11-08/18): Steve Jay's
son, Miles Jay, filled in for him at the Orange County concerts.
(08/18-08/25): The name of
the campus radio station that Al worked at while attending
Cal Poly is KCPR.
(08/25-09/01): In the song
Albuquerque, the third type of donut Al askes for is a Bavarian
cream-filled donut.
(09/01-09/08): Al attended
Woodrow Wilson elementary school.
(09/08-09/15): Joel Hodgson
was originally chosen by Al and Jay Levy to play the role
of Philo.
(09/15-09/22): Robert K. Weiss
played the bartender in UHF.
(09/22-09/29): Drew Carey
makes a cameo appearance in the "It's All About The Pentiums"
video.
(09/29-10/06): Because Stanly
didn't know Helter Skelter by the Beatles, he instead sang
the theme to Bonanza to Fletcher's thugs.
(10/06-10/13): Al won Grammy's
in 1984 and 1988.
(10/13-10/20): Al's favorite
brand of shoe is Vans.
(10/20-10/27): Al got the
idea for George Newman from Mad Magazine.
(10/27-11/03): Dr. Demento
is credited as Whipped Cream Eater in UHF.
(11/03-11/10): The usual polka
is absent from the 'Even Worse' Al-bum.
(11/10-11/17): Al's astrological
sign is Scorpio.
(11/17-11/24): Al appeared
on The Gong Show as a judge.
(11/24-12/01): M.G. Kelly
is the voice of the announcer for the Spatula City commercial.
(12/01-12/08): In the song
The Night Santa Went Crazy, Al manages to mention ALL 9 of
Santa's reindeer.
(12/08-12/15): In Decmeber
of 1993, Al appeared on the Tom Snyder Show as Santa Claus.
(12/15-12/22): Ronald Reagan
makes a "cameo" in the video for Christmas at Ground Zero.
(12/22-12/29): Al's 2 Christmas
songs are Christmas at Ground Zero and The Night Santa Went
Crazy.
(12/29-01/05): When Al appeared
on Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve on December 31, 1996,
he sang Gump and Amish Paradise.
(01/05-01/12): In the song
Belvedere Cruisin', Al drives a 1964 Belvedere.
(01/12-01/19): In There's
No Going Home, Al's "brother" is Ed McMahon.
(01/19-01/26): Al made a cameo
in Michael Jackson's Liberian Girl video.
(01/26-02/02): Al was born
at 1:56 PM on October 23, 1959.
(02/02-02/09): Al played the
part of Cabbage Man on the show, Amazing Stories.
(02/09-02/16): In One More
Minute, Al said he'd rather rip out his intestines with a
fork.
(02/16-02/23): Al has a degree
in architecture.
(02/23-03/02): Al has been
nominated for a Grammy 8 times.
(03/02-03/09): Al's daughter,
born February 11, 2003, is named Nina Yankovic.
(03/09-03/16): Dick Van Patten
made a cameo in the videos for Smells Like Nirvana and Bedrock
Anthem.
(03/16-03/23): R.J. Fletcher
gives the bum a 1955 double-dye Denver Mint penny.
(03/23-03/30): Al's superhero
buddy in The Weird Al Show was The Hooded Avenger.
(03/30-04/06): Al and Suzanne's
pet poodle is named Bela.
(04/06-04/13): Al was born
in the town of Downey.
(04/13-04/20): Al appeared
on the episode of The Simpsons entitled "Three Gays of the
Condo".
(04/20-04/27): According to
the song Cable TV, "Midget Wrestling" is on channel 3.
(04/27-05/04): When Poodle
Hat is released on May 20th, it will have been 47 months since
his last album release.
(05/04-05/11): On the cover
of Al's album, Poodle Hat, you can see Al's friend Joel Miller
directly over Al's left shoulder.
(05/11-05/18): By Eminem's
request, Al's first single (Couch Potato) will NOT have a
video.
(05/18-05/25): "I'm not the
brightest crayon in the box. Everyone says I'm dumber than
a bag of rocks." is a line from "Genius In France".
(05/25-06/01): The Dare to
be Stupid album had 4 videos released for it, the most from
any album so far.
(06/01-06/08): Even Worse
only had the video for "Fat" released for it.
(06/08-06/15): In the song
"Hardware Store", every 27th customer gets a ball peen hammer
free!
(06/15-06/22): The Simspons
are mentioned in the following 3 Al songs: Frank's 2000" TV,
Phony Calls and Why Does This Always Happen To Me?.
(06/22-06/29): Prince is the
only artist to consistently turn Al down for permission to
do a parody.
(06/29-07/06): Eminem (Poodle
Hat) and The Police (In 3D) have received the great honor
of being parodied and included in a polka on the same album.
(07/06-07/13): In Genius in
France, "Genius in France" is said 20 times, but only 13 times
by Al.
(07/13-07/20): In the episode
of The Weird Al Show entitled "Talent Show", the winner received
a hand-crafted ice sculpture of Marvin the Sea Bass.
(07/20-07/27): In AL-TV, Al
mistakenly introduced Avril Lavigne as "the lovely and talented,
Michelle Branch".
(07/27-08/03): Each line in
the song "Bob" is a palindrome, which means it reads the same
forwards and backwards.
(08/03-08/10): In AL-TV, Al's
Magic 8-Ball says "ask again later" when Al asks when Céline
Dion is going to die.
(08/10-08/17): Al will be
eligible to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 2004.
(08/17-08/24): Eight of Al's
videos are for originals. Not including Bob, the videos are:
This is the Life, One More Minute, Dare To Be Stupid, Christmas
at Ground Zero, UHF, Your Don't Love Me Anymore, Headline
News and Spy Hard.
(08/24-08/31): Herb Pedersen
played banjo on the song "Genius In France" on Poodle Hat.
(08/31-09/07): Of Al, Bermuda,
Steve and Jim, Steve has the biggest shoe size (13).
(09/07-09/14): Rick Derringer
did the guitar solo on "Eat It".
(09/14-09/21): Al has been
given the key to Wausau, Wisconsin.
(09/21-09/28): Robert Goulet
makes a cameo in Al's video "You Don't Love Me Anymore".
(09/28-10/05): Al performed
One More Minute when he appeared on Smokey Robinson's Motown
Revue.
(10/05-10/12): Al made a cameo
in The Ramones video Something To Believe In.
(10/12-10/19): In "A Complicated
Song", Al finds out he and his girlfriend are related when
he sees her family crest tattooed on her thigh and it is just
like his own.
(10/19-10/26): Frank's 2000
inch TV is approximately 167 feet.
(10/26-11/02): In "The
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota", Al picks up a guy
named Bernie.
(11/02-11/09):
Of Al's albums (not including compilation albums), "Weird
Al" Yankvovic and Even Worse are the only ones that don't
include any form of polka.
(11/09-11/16): When Al appeared
on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson he performed Like A
Surgeon.
(11/16-11/23): At this year's
American Music Awards, Al introduced Evanescence.
(11/23-11/30): Polka Party!
only has 10 songs on it, the least of all of Al's albums.
(11/30-12/07): UHF has 13
songs, the most of all of Al's albums.
(12/07-12/14): Al's most
recent Grammy nomination was in 2003.
(12/14-12/21): In the song
Lasagna, Al's cousin's name is Luigi.
(12/21-12/28): In the song
The Night Santa Went Crazy, Santa will "be out with good
behavior in 700 more years."
(12/28-01/04): In the song
I Want A New Duck, Al plans to name his "new" duck
Bruce.
(01/04-01/11): Ricky
is Al's only song that starts with the letter "R".
(01/11-01/18): Fun
Zone is played on the Main Menu of the "Ultimate
Video Collection" DVD.
(01/18-01/25): In
"Why Does This Always Happen To Me?", Al's friend owes him
"five bucks".
(01/25-02/01): In
the video for "Amish Paradise", Jebediah feeds the
chickens pizza.
(02/01-02/08): Victoria
Jackson plays Al's girlfriend in UHF.
(02/08-02/15):
Al's most recent Grammy win was for Best Comedy Album of 2003.
(02/15-02/22):
Bob is an homage to Bob
Dylan.
(02/22-02/29):
The song "You
Make Me" is a style-parody of Oingo Boingo.
(02/29-03/07):
Bob is a parody of
Bob Dylan's video for “Subterranean Homesick Blues”.
(03/07-03/14):
Genius in France
is a style-parody of Frank Zappa.
(03/14-03/21):
Dr. Demento has appeared
in 4 of Al's videos (Ricky, I Love Rocky Road, I Lost On Jeopardy
and Headline News).
(03/21-03/28):
Young, Dumb &
Ugly is a style-parody of AC/DC.
(03/28-04/04):
Al's full name is
Alfred Matthew Yankovic.
(04/04-04/11):
Mike Kieffer has appeared
in Al's videos for I Love Rocky Road and Headline News. His
instrument: his hands.
(04/18-04/25):
Al was named Best Accordionist
by Keyboard Magazine in 1989.
(04/25-05/02):
In the video for You Don't Love Me Anymore, Bermuda is reading
Gerbil World.
(05/02-05/09):
Edith Fore is the lady
who did the "I've fallen... and I can't get up"
voice-over in the song "I Can't Watch This."
(05/09-05/16):
Judy Tenuta makes a cameo in Al's video for Headline News.
(05/16-05/23):
Emo Phillips is the actor who plays the shop teacher during
Town Talk in UHF.
(05/23-05/30):
Not including unreleased
songs, Al has only parodied one artist more than once; Michael
Jackson (Eat It & Fat).
(05/30-06/06):
Al mentions having his colon irrigated in his songs A Complicated
Song and Albuquerque.
(06/06-06/13):
In the song Your Horoscope for Today, Al suggests you play
Whack-a-Mole for 17 hours a day.
(06/13-06/20):
Al sings the famous words of Bargle Nawdle Zouss in the song
"Smells Like Nirvana" on the CD Off the Deep End.
(06/20-06/27):
In "Truck Drivin' Song", Al is wearing a pink Angora
sweater.
(07/18-07/25):
When Al sings "you can't take my guns away - I've got
a Constitutional right" in the song Trigger Happy, he's
referring to the 2nd Amendment right.
(07/25-08/01):
Al's first video to direct that was not one of his own was
Jeff Foxworthy's "Redneck Stomp".
(08/01-08/08):
Christmas at Ground Zero was Al's first video he directed
himself.
(08/08-08/15):
In Al TV 2K, Al asks Cher to dress up as a "Naughty French
Maid" or a "Swedish Cow Girl".
(08/15-08/22):
In Al's song, The Weird Al Show Theme, Al says he moved to
a city in Ohio, but doesn't specify which city.
(08/22-08/29):
The episode code for the episode of "The Simpsons"
that Al guest-starred in is EABF12.
(08/29-09/05):
In the song "Who Stole the Kishka," Al and Frankie
Yankovic sing about a kishka which is a blood sausage.
(09/05-09/12):
The 3rd show Al mentions in his song "I Can't Watch This"
is Roseanne.
(09/12-09/19):
Al guest starred as himself along with Don Knotts and the
Blue Falcon on Cartoon Network's "Johnny Bravo.
(09/19-09/26):
In the song "Everthing You Know is Wrong", Al's
hibachi dealer is the guy in the back seat that cups his hands
across Al's eyes.
(09/26-10/03):
George and Bob are employed at Big Edna's Burger World in
the beginning of UHF.
(10/03-10/10):
Al's worst selling studio album was Polka Party!.
(10/10-10/17):
In The Weird Al Show Theme, Al is wearing lederhosen in his
strange recurring dream.
(10/17-10/24):
Al was the Grand Marshall for the 17th Annual Elvis Parade
in Kansas City, Missouri in August 2004.
(10/24-10/31):
The secret message in "Nature Trail To Hell" is
zihW zeehC staE nataS or Satan Eats Cheez Whiz.
(10/31-11/07):
Al's shortest song is Let Me Be
Your Hog, on the UHF soundtrack.
(11/14-11/21):
Al and Suzanne's pet cockatiel
is named Bo.
(11/21-11/28):
Mark
Knopfler played guitar on Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies.
(11/28-12/05):
Toward
the end of the Fat video, Al screams because he gets his hand
caught in a mousetrap.
(12/05-12/12):
While
Al grew up in Lynwood, CA, he was actually born in the neighboring
town of Downey.
(12/12-12/19):
Al provides background vocals for Ben Folds' song, Time.
(12/19-12/26):
In Al's song "eBay," Al bids on William Shatner's
old toupee.
(12/26-01/02):
In the Disney special, There's No Going Home, Al's parents
rent out his room to Ed McMahon.
(01/02-01/09):
When Al appeared on The Brak Show, he portrayed a character
named "Petroleum Joe."
(01/09-01/16):
Al mentions the word "poodle" in his songs Genius
in France and The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota. (edit:
He also mentions it in the songs Talk Soup, Don't Wear Those
Shoes and the song Poodle from the Peter and The Wolf album.
Thanks to Seth for correcting
this error.)
(01/16-01/23):
There are 127 songs total on all of Al's studio albums.
(01/23-01/30):
The word "Albuquerque"
appears in the song Albuquerque 34 times.
(01/30-02/06):
Al
directed the Black Crowes video Only A Fool, released in 1999.
(02/06-02/13):
Al's most successful single was
Eat It, which reached #12 on the charts on 4/14/1984.
(02/13-02/20):
In
the Amish Paradise video, the quilt stand sign says, "Our
Prices Art Insane!".
(02/20-02/27):
Drew
Carey makes a cameo appearance in Al's video for It's All
About The Pentiums.
(02/27-03/06):
In the video for Fat, a chicken
flies by Al when he breaks the air vent.
(03/06-03/13):
Nina
Yankovic's astrological sign is Aquarius.
(03/13-03/20):
Al appeared as himself in the
1988 film Tapeheads.
(03/20-03/27):
In Al's song "Spam,"
he says the word 'spam' 19 times.
(03/27-04/03):
The 8th song in "Polka Your Eyes Out" is Enter Sandman
by Metallica.
(04/03-04/10):
In Amish Paradise, "at 4:30
in the morning (Al's) milkin' cows...".
(04/10-04/17):
In 2001, Al made a cameo appearance
in Cake's video, "Short Skirt, Long Jacket".
(04/17-04/24):
Jim West would be the one to play the mandolin in Al's band.
(05/01-05/08):
In real life, the building known as U62 in UHF was actually
a radio station.
(05/08-05/15):
In The Compleat Al, Bert Simon
plays the role of Michael Jackson.
(05/15-05/22):
The first item named in the big
list at the Hardware Store is allen wrenches.
(05/22-05/29):
Tammy, Al's first-cousin- once-removed,
plays Queen Amidala in the video for The Saga Begins.
(05/29-06/05):
In Belvedere Cruising, Al has
a 1964 Belvedere.
(06/05-06/12):
Al's only album to go double platinum
in Canada was Alapalooza.
(06/12-06/19):
The yellow kangaroo sign on the front of the DTBS album cover
reads NEXT 4 km.
(06/19-06/26):
The town talk scenes for UHF were
filmed in a shopping mall in Tulsa.
(07/10-07/17):
In There's No Going Home, Bill
Henderson plays Al's grandpa, "Blind Lemon" Yankovic.
(07/17-07/24):
In Party at the Leper's Colony, Stu is the guy in the hot
tub.
(07/24-07/31):
Steve Jay is the "leader
of the ethno-funk duo 'Ak & Zuie'."
(07/31-08/07):
At Lynwood High School, Al started
the Volcano Worshippers Club so he could get more pictures
in the yearbook.
(08/07-08/14):
Al was presented with the book,
"A Diet for a New America," which caused him to
become a vegitarian.
(08/14-08/21):
Al appeared in a Diet Coke commercial,
parodying Michael Jackson's mid-80's Pepsi sponsorship.
(08/21-08/28):
Al's first accordion lesson was
October 22, 1966 or, the day before his 7th birthday.
(08/28-09/04):
Dr. Demento is given special thanks
on each of Al's studio albums.
(09/04-09/11):
Al produced the album, Babalu
Music, which is a collection of musical numbers from the show,
"I Love Lucy."
(09/11-09/18):
Al wanted to remake his song One
More Minute with Frank Sinatra, but Sinatra politely declined.
(09/18-09/25):
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz uses Al's accordion case
as drums in the song, Another One Rides The Bus.
(09/25-10/02):
In high school, Al belonged to the honor societies The Roundtablers
and the California Scholastic Federation.
(10/02-10/09):
In the song, Callin' In Sick,
Al says he "could spend all day in (his) underwear watching
'Ernest Goes To Camp.'"
(10/09-10/23):
In Naked Gun 33 1/3, Al arrives
at the award show with Vanna White.
(10/23-10/30):
The phone number for Big Edna's
Burger World is 834-2558.
(10/30-11/06):
During the October 1981 Knott's
Halloween Haunt shows, Mark Harris played bass and Tommy Vavrick
played guitar for Al.
(11/06-11/13):
There are 24 music videos on Al's
Ultimate Video Collection DVD.
(11/13-11/20):
Al, along with Jay Levey, co-wrote
the screenplay for the movie UHF.
(11/20-11/27):
Generic Blues and the unreleased
song Fatter, both contain the word "turkey".
(11/27-12/04):
Only five of
Al's songs mention the number 27 (Cable TV, The Biggest Ball
of Twine in Minnesota, Callin' in Sick, Polkamon and Hardware
Store).
(12/04-12/11):
Al wrote a song for Amanda Goodale
when he appeared on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".
(12/11-12/18):
The Night Santa Went Crazy has two different versions, the
normal one and the "Extra Gory Version".
(12/18-12/25):
Al says the line "Christmas
at Ground Zero" only six times in his song with the same
name.
(12/25-01/01):
The Ultimate Video Collection
has received a platinum certification in the United States.
(01/01-01/08):
Al has appeared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and
Nero's Eve Ball.
(01/08-01/15):
Al mentions Judge Wopner in his
song, I Can't Watch This.
(01/15-01/22):
The hidden tidbit at the end of
the Off The Deep End album is called "Bite Me".
(01/22-01/29):
According to Ask Al at WeirdAl.com,
Wanna B Ur Lovr "is actually intended to sound like me
trying to sound like Beck trying to sound like Prince".
(01/29-02/05):
The radio host which provided
the narration for the UHF trailer was Phil Hendrie.
(02/05-02/12):
Al mentions the word "bowl"
in five of his songs; Albuquerque, Wanna B Ur Lovr, Buy Me
a Condo, Taco Grande and Living with a Hernia.
(02/12-02/19):
Master Editor Rick Morris did the computer animation for Al's
Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies music video.
(02/19-02/26):
Al got to perform Headline News
with the Crash Test Dummies onstage at the House of Blues
in Los Angeles.
(02/26-03/05):
Al's song, Take Me Down, is included
on the SLO Grown LP.
(03/05-03/12):
Al has parodied U2 in his two
songs, Green Eggs and Ham and Cavity Search.
(03/12-03/19):
Al has said the word "poodle"
6 times in 3 of his songs (Genius in France [4], Don't Wear
Those Shoes [1] and Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota [1]).
(03/19-04/02):
The first album Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz was involved
with was Colonel Jim Silvers by Jim Silvers in 1981.
(04/02-04/09):
There were only 13 episodes of Al's short lived Saturday morning
TV show, The Weird Al Show.
(04/09-04/16):
Ben Folds performed his song "Landed" on The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno, with Al on the tambourine.
(04/16-04/23):
The secret inscription on the
Dare to be Stupid vinyl reads: "MORE SONGS ABOUT TELEVISION
AND FOOD".
(04/23-04/30):
Jurassic Park was nominated for
the Best Music Video Grammy in 1994.
(04/30-05/07):
The planned release date for Al's
upcoming album was June 27, 2006.
(05/07-05/14):
The members of the "house
band" from The Weird Al Show were Danny Brant, Charles
Fleischer, Wayne Hammerly and Brian Otto.
(05/14-05/21):
On the cover of the Bad Hair Day
album, Al is wearing a white tie.
(05/21-05/28):
Both Polka Party! (Papa Don't
Preach) and Polka Power (Ray of Light) contain a song by Madonna.
(05/28-06/04):
Al was a DJ at Cal Poly's radio
station, KCPR.
(06/04-06/11):
The Food Album was Al's first
"cheesy compilation" to go gold in the US.
(06/11-06/18):
In Al's latest song, "You're
Pitiful," he is parodying James Blunt's, "You're
Beautiful".
(06/18-06/25):
The name of the character Emo
Philips plays in UHF is Joe Early.
(06/25-07/02):
"Weird Al" Yankovic:
LIVE was shot at San Rafael, California.
(07/02-07/09):
In the song, Everything You Know
is Wrong, the last person Al guesses is behind him before
he hits the truck is Steve.
(07/09-07/16):
On Al's MySpace page, he says
his New Year's resolution for '06 was, "Try to be more
redundant!".
(07/16-07/23):
Al's song "Twister"
is most likely a style parody of the Beastie Boys.
(07/23-07/30):
Art Flemming, Don Pardo, Dr. Demento
and Gren Kihn all made cameos in Al's video for "I Lost
on Jeopardy".
(07/30-08/06):
The licence plate number of the
car on the cover of "Straight Outta Lynwood" reads
"027 NLY".
(08/06-09/10):
In the beginning of the "Fat" video, Al is offered
a Ding Dong.
(09/10-09/17):
Al made a cameo as himself in
Judy Tenuta's film entitled "Desperation Boulevard".
(09/17-09/24):
In the song "White and Nerdy," the only question
Al ever thought was hard "was do I like Kirk or do I
like Picard?".
(09/24-10/01):
In the video for "White and
Nerd," Al is editing the Wikipedia page for Atlantic
Records.
(10/01-10/08):
On the cover of the "'Weird
Al' Yankovic" album, the sign on the end of Al's bed
says "USE AN ACCORDION; GO TO JAIL."
(10/08-10/15):
The name of the dog on the cover
of "Straight Outta Lynwood" is Dough Boy.
(10/15-10/22):
The other two people to appear
in Al's video for "Bob" are Al's manager, Jay Levy,
and Al's drummer, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz.
(10/22-10/29):
Al's top 8 people on his MySpace
page in the video for "White & Nerdy" are Bill
Gates, Napoleon Dynamite, Mr. Peabody, Albert Einstein, Screech,
Frodo, Pee Wee Herman and Tom.
(10/29-11/05):
The 12th word in the 5th song on Al's 3rd album is bubbles.
(11/05-11/12):
During Al's performance of "White
& Nerdy" on the Tonight Show, only Bermuda and Ruben
played instruments.
(11/12-11/19):
Al mentions the 3 Musketeers candy
bar in his song 'Grapefruit Diet'.
(11/19-11/26):
Debbie is the name of the woman
Al is stalking in "Do I Creep You Out".
(11/26-12/03):
The "Stinky Cheese"
virus comes from the email address istare@butts.com in the
song/video for "Virus Alert".
(12/03-12/10):
During his "interview"
with George Harrison, Al says it takes 5
dead babies to screw in a lightbulb.
(12/10-12/17):
While recording Smells Like Nirvana,
Al had cookies, not marbles, in his mouth during the infamous
"bargle nawdle zouss" line.
(12/17-12/24):
In "The Obligatory
Holiday Episode" of The Weird Al Show, the Hooded Avenger
dresses up as Santa Claus.
(12/24-12/31):
In the "White & Nerdy"
video, the second to last question shown while Al is playing
the board game is, "What is the melting point of a gorilla's
head?".
(12/31-01/07):
On WeirdAl.com, the picture entitled
"New Years Baby" shows a baby Al wearing a sash
that reads 1961.
(01/07-01/14):
The episode entitled "He
Ain't Heavy, He's My Hamster" was intended to the pilot
for The Weird Al Show.
(01/21-01/28):
Al is credited as "Alfred
Yankovic" for his contribution to the SLO Grown album.
(01/28-02/04):
The song "Traffic Jam"
takes place in California because it's the only state that
allows motorcyclists to drive between the lanes, known as
lane splitting.
(02/04-02/11):
Nancy Johnson plays the part of
Big Edna in UHF.
(02/11-02/18):
Al's songs "I Can't Watch
This" and "Confessions Part III" both mention
cubic zirconium.
(02/18-02/25):
"Conan the Librarian"
airs on U-62 at 7:30 PM.
(02/25-03/04):
According to Al, his poodle was
named Bela after Bela Lugosi because when she was born she
looked like a bat.
(03/04-03/11):
After Al and Michael Stipe agree
to write a song together, Michael decides the lyrics would
be: "We all have cell phones so come on let's get real."
(03/11-03/18):
The subtitle for The Compleat
Al reads: "THE AMAZING AND ALMOST-TRUE LIFE STORY OF
A ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND."
(03/18-03/25):
In Al's song You Don't Love Me Anymore, he finds a poisonous
cobra in his underwear drawer.
(03/25-04/01):
In the video for "I'll Sue
Ya," Al is wearing a Teletubies tie
(04/01-04/08):
Al uses the word "fool"
in 3 songs (on CD songs): Isle Thing, Amish Paradise (twice)
and Genius in France. He uses fool or a variation of the word
in 9 songs (including unreleased songs): Dead Car Battery
Blues, I Was Only Kidding, Waffle King, The Alternative Polka,
I Remember Larry and Couch Potato!
(04/08-04/15):
The easter egg on Off The Deep
End is a hidden track, entitled "Bite Me," about
10 minutes after the last song.
(04/15-04/22):
Polkamon is the only polka where
Al doesn't say "Hey!".
(04/22-04/29):
The principal at Al's school from
1970-71 was Robert Cohee.
(04/29-05/06):
The Straight Outta Lynwood CD
contains 3 licence plates in total and they read: "027
NLY" (on the cover), "I SUE U" (I'll Sue Ya!
video) and "7URD213" (Weasel Stomping Day video).
(05/06-05/13):
Michael Richards plays the character
Stanley Spadowski in UHF.
(05/13-05/20):
According to Al's and Seth Green's
Artist on Artist interview, they first met at the Playboy
Mansion.
(05/20-06/03):
In the "Do I Creep You Out?" video, Al got arrested
on November 16, 2006.
(06/03-06/10):
In the video for "Virus
Alert," Al gave the warning to a company called Initech.
(06/10-06/17):
In the video for "Close,
But No Cigar," the name of the cat is Cigarettes The
Cat.
(06/17-06/24):
Al has used the word father
or another form of the word in 10 of his songs (The Biggest
Ball of Twine in Minnesota, Bob, Generic Blues, Good Old Days,
Happy Birthday, I Think I'm a Clone Now, Phony Calls, Polka
Party!, Trigger Happy and When I Was Your Age).
(06/24-07/01):
During AL-TV 2K, Al mentions
how he got Michael Stipe a "pair of old gym socks for
Christmas on year."
(07/01-07/08):
Only one Weird Al song, Livin'
In The Fridge, mentions the month of July.
(07/08-07/15):
In the video for "I'll
Sue Ya," the Verizon guy's shirt reads: "Shut up
or I'll kill you."
(07/15-07/22):
Nickelback's song "Photograph"
ws originally going to be part of Al's "Polkarama!,"
but wasn't because Al just couldn't find a way to incorporate
it.
(07/22-07/29):
Al's manager, Jay Levy, directed
the music video for 'Eat It'.
(07/29-08/05):
The cover of the Poodle Hat
album appears to be set in a New York subway.
(08/05-08/12):
The headline of the newpaper
in Amish Paradise was "Much Butter Was Churned."
(08/12-08/19):
Al mentions 'poodle' in four
of his songs; 'Don't Wear Those Shoes,' 'The Biggest Ball
of Twine in Minnesota,' Genius in France' and 'Virus Alert.'
(08/19-08/26):
The majority of the movie
UHF was filmed in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(08/26-09/02):
Al's UHF album contains the
most letters of any album with a whopping 47 letters. Seriously!
The album's official title is UHF - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE
SOUNDTRACK AND OTHER STUFF.
(09/02-09/09):
The college Al attended was
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
(09/09-09/16):
In the video for 'I Love Rocky Road,' Al can visibly
be seen wearing Converse shoes.
(09/16-09/23):
Al mentions the name of US states in 11 of his songs
(A Complicated Song - Alabama; Angry White Boy Polka - California;
I'll Sue Ya - Colorado, Wyoming, New Jersey; Addicted To Spuds
- Idaho; Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Minnesota, North
Dakota; That Boy Could Dance - Montana; Phony Calls - New
York; Slime Creatures From Outer Space - New York; The Weird
Al Show - Ohio; Taco Grande - Ohio; Money For Nothing/Beverly
Hillbillies - Texas).
(09/23-09/30):
On May 16, 1987, Al performed
at the 72nd Annual Orange Show in San Bernardino, California.
(09/30-10/07):
Going only with studio albums,
the 7th album is Off the Deep End and the second song on that
album is Trigger Happy.
(10/07-10/14):
Judging by the "Straight
Outta Lynwood" album artwork, it's safe to assume Al's
favorite MLB team is the Los Angeles Dodgers.
(10/14-10/21):
Amazingly, Al has never appeared on Saturday Night Live.
(10/21-10/28):
Al mentions the word 'candy'
in 3 songs: "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung", "Polka
Power!" and "Polkarama!".
(10/28-11/04):
John F. Kearney played the
role of "the butler," in the movie, 'The Compleat
Al.'
(11/04-11/11):
Alapalooza was certified 'Double
Platinum' in Canada. It's Al's only 'Double Platinum' album
in the US or Canada.
(11/11-11/18):
Al co-wrote the screenplay for
UHF with Jay Levey.
(11/18-11/25):
John Dickson played the french
horn on 'Straight Outta Lynwood'.
(11/25-12/02):
Al's Placebo EP features the songs
Another One Rides The Bus, Happy Birthday, Gotta Boogie and
Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung.
(12/02-12/09):
In total, there have been 10 episodes
of Al-TV.
(12/09-12/16):
According to Al's song, Smells
Like Nirvana, "it's hard to Bargle Nawdle Zouss, with
all these marbles in my mouth".
(12/16-12/23):
In the song, The Night Santa Went
Crazy, Al also refers to Santa as: St. Nick, Kris Kringle
and St. Nicholas.
(12/23-12/30):
In the song, Christmas at Groud
Zero, "if the radiation level's okay, (Al will) go out with
you and see all the new mutations on New Year's Day."
(12/30-01/06):
In the song Canadian Idiot, it's
discovered those Canucks "treat curling just like it's a real
sport."
(01/06-01/13):
Al's superhero cartoon character
from The Weird Al Show was called Fatman.
(01/13-01/20):
In the video for White & Nerdy, Al makes a website for
his dog Foofie.
(01/20-01/27):
Al's song "This is the Life"
is the theme song for the movie Johnny Dangerously.
(01/27-02/03):
The address of Al's childhood
home was 3626 Burton Ave. in Lynwood, California.
(02/03-02/10):
On Al's two appearances on The Simpsons, Homer says "Weird
Al" a total of 3 times (once in his first cameo, twice
in his second).
(02/10-02/17):
The two cars that appear in Al's video for White & Nerdy
are a 1967 Chevrolet Impala and a 2006 Toyota Prius II.
(02/17-02/24):
The kangaroo sign on the cover
of the 'Dare to be Stupid' album reads "NEXT 4 km".
(02/24-03/02):
Al does a RiffTrax for the movie Jurassic Park.
(03/02-03/09):
On August 27, 1993, Al was in Reno, Nevada at the Nevada State
Fair.
(03/09-03/16):
Al has released more studio albums
in the month of April (3 - "Weird Al" Yankovic,
Even Worse and Off the Deep End) than any other month.
(03/16-03/23):
Al mentions "Easter" in his song Virus Alert.
(03/23-03/30):
In the video for "Smells Like Nirvana," the drumset
has the word "DRUM" on it.
(03/30-04/06):
Al directed the music video for the Presidents of the United
States of America's song entitled Mixed up S.O.B.
(04/06-04/13):
"Musical Mike" Kieffer's musical art form is known
as manualism, or the art of making sounds with one's hands.
(04/13-04/20):
"Al's grandparents on his father's side were Yugoslavian,
and on his mother's side they were Italian and English"
- quoted from WeirdAl.com.
(04/20-04/27):
In Al's Doogtoons video, "Al's Childhood," Al is
thrown a Yappies dog treat, which is a reference
to Yappies dog treats from Al's movie, UHF.
(04/27-05/04):
The lyrics "A trooper to the end; A Clydesdale's best
friend," are from the song, Here's Johnny.
(05/04-05/11):
Wendy Carlos arranged and adapted the music for the album
Peter and the Wolf: Carnival of Animals Pt. II.
(05/11-05/18):
According to the Running With Scissors booklet, Al's song
The Saga Begins is a lyrical adaptation of Don McLean's American
Pie.
(05/18-06/01):
Al's only commercially released song to also be an instrumental
is Fun Zone on the UHF Soundtrack.
(06/01-06/08):
On Sandra Boynton's CD, Dog Train, Al sings the song "I
Need a Nap" along with Kate Winslet.
(06/08-06/22):
Al has two songs which are actually parodies of two separate
songs and they are Bedrock Anthem (Under The Bridge, Give
it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers) and The Plumbing Song (Baby
Don't Forget My Number, Blame it on the Rain - Milli Vanilli).
(06/22-07/06):
Al's parents, Nick and Mary Yankovic, made cameos in his music
videos for I Lost on Jeopardy and Amish Paradise.
(07/06-07/13):
Al is holding a lasso made of dental floss on the cover of
Peter and the Wolf: Carnival of Animals - Part II.
(07/13-07/20):
In the song Lasagna, Al's cousin's name is Luigi.
(07/20-08/31):
Al makes a cameo in Michael Jackson's video for Liberian
Girl.
(08/31-09/07):
Of Al's current band, Ruben Valtierra is the only member
not to appear in the movie UHF.
(09/07-11/02):
In the music video for Amish Paradise, the bumper sticker
of the buggy reads "How is my driving?".
(11/02-11/09):
In the song, "Whatever You Like," Al purchases
underwear at Goodwill.
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