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Each song's listing states the album or albums on which it appears, and whether the song is an original or a parody. Some songs are "style parodies", in which Yankovic emulates the general sound of a group without directly parodying one of their songs. These are listed as "Original, in the style of . ...
1 episode 1997: The Weird Al Show: Himself / various: 13 episodes 1998: The Drew Carey Show: Himself: Episode: "Drew Between the Rock and a Hard Place" 2007–10: Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Simon / Uncle Muscles: 7 episodes 2011: How I Met Your Mother: Himself: Episode: "Noretta" 2012: 30 Rock: Himself: Episode: "Kidnapped by Danger ...
As the series was conceived as a straight parody of the then-fledgling MTV network, early Al TV episodes featured music videos from popular artists of the time, including Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, and The Rolling Stones; these were eventually phased out. Al's own work consists of song parodies and "cover polkas", which essentially edit ...
Run-DMC, "Christmas in Hollis" The 1987 Special Olympics charity album, A Very Special Christmas, had some incredible contributions from A-list artists like Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bruce ...
When it comes to holiday music, there's always that one song you and your family can't help but gravitate towards, no matter how weird or terrible it may be. Songs like "Grandma Got Run Over by a ...
All of the songs in "The Hot Rocks Polka" medley are songs by The Rolling Stones, with the addition of Yankovic's "Ear Booker Polka" at the end. The title of the song refers to Hot Rocks 1964-1971, a greatest hits album of The Rolling Stones music. The following songs are contained in the medley: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" "Brown ...
A music video compilation, entitled Alapalooza: the Videos, was released the following year and contained four videos, only two of which were from its eponymous album. One of the videos, the one for "Jurassic Park", was animated entirely in the style of claymation and received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at ...
On March 25, 1985, Yankovic rounded out the recording of his new album with a polka medley of then-popular songs in music. [1] Dare to Be Stupid also includes "George of the Jungle", a cover of the theme song to the 1967 TV series. [14] It was the first of only a few cover songs, not counting polka medleys, released by Yankovic.