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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-Doo]]'' crossover episode of ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', where he [[Improbable Weapon User|defeated the Joker with his accordion]].
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'' (and the end of his multi-album contract with his label), Al announced that all his future releases would be individual tracks posted directly to the Web.
Unlike other parodic artists, Al and his band [[Long Runner Lineup|(who have been together since the 80s)]] from the second album on (the first album used accordion on every track in keeping with Al's trademark talent) have kept extremely close to the original melodies and instrumentation of the parodied song. The most extreme example is in "Trapped in the Drive-Thru", based off "Trapped in the Closet" by ''R. Kelly''. To those not in the know, [[Detournement|it sounds exactly like the original.]] Al is [[One of Us|very sympathetic to geek communities]] and frequently gives them [[Proud to Be a Geek|recognition in his songs]].
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