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** A parody of Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die", entitled "[http://www.al-oholicsanonymous.com/interviews/alicon.html Chicken Pot Pie]", was denied since it was about eating meat, as McCartney is a vegetarian.
** While "Buckingham Blues" sounds like a typical blues song, the opening lines and insistent references to the prince and princess as Chuck and Diane make it clear that it was originally conceived as a parody of John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane". Al later used a parody of that song in his ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' cameo.
** Imagine if Prince had okayed any of Al's parody ideas!
** As mentioned above, Al got accordion lessons for his seventh birthday. However, he could've gone with guitar lessons instead. Imagine ''that''...
* Very juvenile and outdated joke from the
{{quote|'''Q:''' What's the difference between [[Michael Jackson]], Weird Al, and Lionel Richie?
'''A:''' Michael Jackson beats it, Weird Al eats it, and Lionel Richie plays with it all night long.}}
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