Ten years ago this week, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Mandatory Fun became the first comedy album to top the Billboard album chart since Allan Sherman’s My Son, the Nut in August 1963. The years following that triumph have been a busy time for Yankovic, marked by multiple world tours, a stint …
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Robert Smigel’s Triumph the Insult Comic Dog somehow found a way to add another goofy layer to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s iconic shtick. Yankovic was one of Triumph’s guests at his recent “Let’s Make a Poop!” live shows at SF Sketchfest (now available to watch in full online), and to honor …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic scored his first-ever Primetime Emmy Award as the Daniel Radcliffe-starring biopic sorta based on his life story won Outstanding Television Movie at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — which the accordion-playing master parodist co-wrote and produced — beat out Dolly Parton’s Mountain …
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The holiday season is upon us again, which can only mean one thing: an onslaught of Spotify Wrapped posts on social media. But not everyone is a proponent of the streaming service, which is notoriously bad at paying musicians. This year, many popular artists recorded videos for their top fans, …
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“Werid Al” Yankovic may not unsure about whether or not he’ll be releasing many more parody songs in his career, but his catalog has enough of them to last a lifetime. On the latest episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the musician performed a victory lap medley of …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic has been very busy since the release of his 2014 LP Mandatory Fun, which became the first No. 1 record of his four-decade career. He’s launched four nationwide tours and served as the bandleader on Comedy Bang! Bang!, and even co-wrote a biopic about his life starring …
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Midway through Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the parody artist, played by the very un-Yankovic-like Daniel Radcliffe, shows up blackout drunk and belligerent to one of his own concerts. His new girlfriend, Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood), is by his side when they’re confronted backstage by his manager, Dr. Demento (Rainn …
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Over the past 131 years, musical luminaries like Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young have all graced the Carnegie Hall stage. And on Saturday evening, “Weird Al” Yankovic finally joined their ranks when his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour touched down in New …
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Goodbye to the late great Coolio, one of the Nineties’ top hitmakers, and one of the best-loved voices in West Coast hip-hop or anywhere in Nineties music. The Compton-raised MC died way too young on Wednesday night, at the age of 59. Coolio blew up in the summer of 1994 …
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It started with just a few of them, a random passerby or two milling about Toronto’s King Street in Hawaiian shirts and curly-haired wigs. Then, as if following some primitive instinct, they’d find each other and begin to chat. At one point, four twentysomethings dressed in the same floral printed …
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