quotWeird Al” Yankovic Pop Parody Royalty

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Weird Al Yankovic has been a music parody icon for decades. But how does he get away with riffing on the world's most popular songs? • Throwback is a series from Mental Floss where we take a deep dive into some of the most fascinating stories behind the toys, trends, and events you might remember from your childhood. This episode is all Weird Al Yankovic, a musician whose timeless parodies have provided generations of fun-lovers with laughter. • Website: http://www.mentalfloss.com • Twitter: / mental_floss • Facebook: / mentalflossmagazine • Image Credits: • Getty • Lethal Weapon II (Aaron Rapoport) • Ant-Man (Alberto E. Rodriguez) • Bathroom (Aleksandr Zubkov) • Layne Staley (Alison Braun) • Excluded child (Alistair Berg) • Jeopardy (Amanda Edwards) • Patton Oswalt (Austin Gorum) • We Are The World (Blank Archives) • Joan Jett (Brian Rasic) • Paul McCartney (Brian Rasic) • Celine Dion (Brian Rasic) • Rocky road (Burke/Triolo Productions) • Lin-Manuel Miranda (Charley Gallay) • Beat It (Chris Walter) • Al 2022 (Daniel Knighton) • MJ Bad (Dave Hogan) • Walter Mitty (Debra L Rothenberg) • John Lennon Memorial (Evan Agostini) • Weird Al 1987 (George Rose) • Garbage Pail Kids (Getty Images / Handout) • Belvedere (Heritage Images) • Prom (Hill Street Studios) • Fat (Hiroyuki Ito) • Mad magazine (Hulton Archive) • Nirvana (James Crump) • Al no mustache (James Peterson) • Al and Suzanne (Jeff Vespa) • The Knack (Jeffrey Mayer) • Capital Records (Jim Corwin) • James Blunt (Jo Hale) • Sick kid (Jose Luis Pelaez Inc) • Lady Gaga (Kevin Mazur) • SNL (Kevin Winter) • Eminem (Kevin.Mazur) • MJ 1988 (KMazur) • Peyton Reed (KMazur) • Cobain (KMazur) • Victoria Jackson (KMazur) • Prince (L. Busacca) • Victoria Jackson (Lynn Goldsmith) • Madonna (mark downey) • Madonna 2 (Michael Putland) • Pee Wee's Playhouse (Mychal Watts) • Weird Al 1988 (Nick Elgar) • Missing Persons 1984 (Nick Elgar) • Coolio (Paul Natkin) • Chamillionaire (Ray Tamarra) • Nevermind (Samir Hussein) • Loose change (Sawitree Pamee / EyeEm) • Daniel Radcliffe (Slaven Vlasic) • Weird Movie (Slaven Vlasic) • Black or White (Steve Granitz) • Hanson (Steve Granitz) • Al no glasses (Steve Granitz) • Queen (Steve Jennings) • Music Video filming (Steve Rapport) • Door Salesman (sturti) • Robocop (Sunset Boulevard) • Indiana Jones (Sunset Boulevard) • Batman (Sunset Boulevard) • George Carlin (Ted Streshinsky Photographic Archive) • Hamilton (Theo Wargo) • Bob Odenkirk (Tommaso Boddi) • Elton John (United Archives) • • Shutterstock • Conductor (AboutLife) • No eye contact (AlexAlmighty) • Platinum record (Anna Potiavina) • Amish 2 (Arina P Habich) • Cookie (austrian photographer) • Bologna (Brent Hofacker) • Fart (CGN089) • Kid's program (CreativeAngela) • UHF station (Dyto Yudistiro) • Game show (FrankHH) • Late night snack (goffkein.pro) • Director (Gorodenkoff) • Letter (Ink Drop) • Dunce cap (Jean-Claude Caprara) • Bus ride (Juliana F Rodrigues) • Grammy (Kathy Hutchins) • Ghostbusters II (Kraft74) • VHS (LIAL) • Radio call (Marius Sutkus) • 12 year old (Martin Carlsson) • Hamster (Mary Swift) • Child thinking (Max kegfire) • Chicken pot pie (Paul Horwitz) • Surgeon (Photoroyalty) • Firefighter (Prath) • Guitar (RemarkEliza) • 80s recording studio (Rudenkois) • Accordion practice (Rybalko Anastasia) • Cassettes (Shaiith) • Imagination (studiovin) • Accordion (Thai Breeze) • Couch potato (txking) • Audience jeering (UfaBizPhoto) • Gorilla (V_E) • • Wikimedia Commons • Public Domain • Frankie Yankovic (995577823Xyn) • MTV Logo (Crs3011) • MySpace (Fuzzy510) • Honey I Shrunk the Kids (Hippymoose17) • Alfred E. Neuman (Liftarn) • I Love Lucy (SreeBot) • CC 2.0 • Amish (Animalparty) • Cal Poly Architecture (Basar) • Doug Fieger (Evrik) • Dr. Demento (Geo Swan) • CC 3.0 • SMCA (BotMultichill) • The Onion (David Shankbone) • Barret Hansen (ElHeineken) • CC 4.0 • Weird Al 1984 (Howcheng) • Lynwood (Octaviogonz) • Fair Use • Eat It (DatBot) • Weird Al Show (DatBot) • White and Nerdy (Gen. Quon)

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