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{{quote|''"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life."''|'''Homer Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "That 90s Show"}}
'''Alfred Matthew Yankovic''' (born October 23, 1959, in Downey, California), is a musical
Raised in Lynwood, Al got an accordion and lessons for his seventh birthday; according to him, his parents made the decision because "The world needed one more accordion-playing Yankovic" (the first being Frankie, who isn't related). When he went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for an architecture degree, he worked for the school's radio station as a disc jockey, where he got the nickname "Weird Al".
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He sent three songs to ''[[The Dr. Demento Show]]'', "Belvedere Cruisin'", "Dr. D Superstar" (never aired), and "My Bologna", a parody of "My Sharona" by ''[[The Knack]]''. ''[[The Knack]]'''s lead singer heard "My Bologna", contacted Al, and got "My Bologna" released as a single. Despite a slow start, including a disastrous opening for ''[[Missing Persons]]'', Weird Al released his first album on Scotti Bros. Records in 1983.
In 1989, Weird Al starred in the film ''[[UHF]]'', and he had a short-lived [[CBS]] "kids' show" in the 1990s, ''[[The Weird Al Show]]''. He provided the voice of the Squid Hat on ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]''. He has been involved with the ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise twice: his song "Dare To Be Stupid" was played in the [[Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]], and he provided the voice of Wreck-Gar in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. He had a recent cameo (as himself) in the ''[[Scooby
Usually releases a new album and goes on tour once every 2-3 years, thus John Garabedian of ''Open House Party'' has stated that "Every album is his comeback album, and then he goes away until the next one..." However, after the release of 2014's ''Mandatory Fun'', Al announced that all his future releases would be individual tracks posted directly to the Web.
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* ''"Weird Al" Yankovic Live! - The Alpocalypse Tour'' (2011)
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* [[Drives Like Crazy]] ("She Drives Like Crazy")
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* [[Weird Al Effect]]
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Pretty much all of his original works fall under this. It helps that he always asks permission from the source artist to do a parody of one of his/her/their songs (even though legally he's not required to do so).
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