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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: The ''UHF'' video, in which the parodied musicians include Robert Palmer (''Addicted to Spuds" never got its own video), [[Prince]], and [[The Beatles]].
* [[Nose Nuggets]]: "Gotta Boogie". ("Gotta boogie on my finger and I can't shake it off!")
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]: In the booklet that came with ''Permanent Record'', Al notes that the song "Midnight Star" (about ridiculous tabloid headlines) contained mostly real headlines from various tabloids. He specifically noted that he held onto one about The Incredible Frog Boy from the ''[[Weekly World News]]'' for years.
** The telephone company's new service that lets you talk to the dead came from a late 70s-early 80s issue of ''[[The National Enquirer]]''.
* [[Now How Much Would You Pay?]]: Called out verbatim in "Mr. Popeil."
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: "Melanie". Complete with peeping into her bathroom with a telescope and willing to jump out a 16 story window for her love.
** Also, "Do I Creep You Out".
* [[Stealth Pun]]: "Polka Face" uses a section of [[Name's the Same|Frankie Yankovic's]] "Tick Tock Polka" as a bridge. The next song in the medley? [[
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: at the end of the ''"Skipper Dan"'' animated music video. Keeping the same tone as the rest of the song, [[Tear Jerker|it's one of the saddest examples ever animated.]]
* [[Stock Scream]]: During the "Perform This Way" video, after the line, "I'll poke your eye out with a dress like this." S/he [[Eye Scream|hits a backup dancer]] with the spiky dress and, well... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio "AAUGH!"]
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