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Line 11: 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 (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.