Earlier today, Kim posted a clip of a Weird Al Yankovic video. While I enjoyed seeing it again (I have it on DVD), I was also somewhat annoyed. You see, I have been a Weird Al fan ever since his second album. I have them all, as well as 3 DVDs (Live In Concert, Video Collection, and UHF). The thought of someone ELSE around her posting Weird Al stuff bugged me.
So I feel the need to assert myself, to confirm that I am, indeed, the TRUE NERD of the place and that I above all others am entitled to post Weird Al stuff.
The video below is from the same album, and it is -- without a doubt -- the most emblematic Weird Al song ever recorded. The sheer hawtness of the dancers and the two comics who have cameos are mere icing on the cake.
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Much better! (But why'd the... (Below threshold)1. Posted by bryan | January 30, 2007 6:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Much better! (But why'd the video make fun of the guy for printing out a picture of Sarah Michelle Gellar? RIGHT! Save to CD and save ink!)
1. Posted by bryan | January 30, 2007 6:19 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 18:19
2. Posted by Peter F. | January 30, 2007 6:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"What kinda chip you put in there? A Dorito?"
That's just good stuff, that is! LOL
I plead pop culture ignorance: What song is he spoofing? (One of the samples sounds like the lead singer from The Offspring.)
2. Posted by Peter F. | January 30, 2007 6:46 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 18:46
3. Posted by Eirik | January 30, 2007 6:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I dunno, I think his more recent "White and Nerdy" may top this one, though the energy here is pretty impressive.
I am a little lost about the second comic cameo. Drew Carey is pretty obvious, who is the second?
3. Posted by Eirik | January 30, 2007 6:49 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 18:49
4. Posted by mantis | January 30, 2007 7:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yep, that's the one.
4. Posted by mantis | January 30, 2007 7:46 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 19:46
5. Posted by Dennis | January 30, 2007 7:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I am thinking the second comic is Geechy Guy? Lovin the Weird Al...
5. Posted by Dennis | January 30, 2007 7:55 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 19:55
6. Posted by lunacy | January 30, 2007 7:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Can I just say I think WAY is kind of hot?
Brains, humor, a certain quirkiness...
He's got real nerdapeal.
What more could a chick want in a guy?
L
6. Posted by lunacy | January 30, 2007 7:59 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 19:59
7. Posted by Brian The Adequate | January 30, 2007 8:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Peter F.
The song is "All About Da Benjamen's" by Puff Daddy (or P. Diddy) or whatever it is calling itself these days. Had to Google the "artist".
7. Posted by Brian The Adequate | January 30, 2007 8:01 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 20:01
8. Posted by Will Franklin | January 30, 2007 8:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If Weird Al tried out for American Idol, would he make it to Hollywood?
8. Posted by Will Franklin | January 30, 2007 8:14 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 20:14
9. Posted by bnorm | January 30, 2007 8:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I love the line, 'If I ever meet you, I'll CTRL-ALT-Delete you!'
9. Posted by bnorm | January 30, 2007 8:36 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 20:36
10. Posted by MunDane | January 30, 2007 9:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sorry, but the ultimate Nerd Anthemn is the Battle of the Bands scene from Revenge of the Nerds
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SkzAJs7NutM
10. Posted by MunDane | January 30, 2007 9:23 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 21:23
11. Posted by bernie | January 30, 2007 10:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
ahhh thanks to JT for introducing me to the videos.. the man who burned ALL The songs for an 8 hour drive for me to listen too..
ironicly singing weird al does makes the miles flow by
11. Posted by bernie | January 30, 2007 10:43 PM |
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Posted on January 30, 2007 22:43
12. Posted by Daniel | January 31, 2007 1:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My personal favorite is actually the "Amish Paradise" video.
12. Posted by Daniel | January 31, 2007 1:01 AM |
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Posted on January 31, 2007 01:01
13. Posted by The Listkeeper | January 31, 2007 1:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Of course, the true anthem of our time is Weird Al's "Don't Download This Song".
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1248542035906402031&q=don%27t+download+this+song&hl=en
13. Posted by The Listkeeper | January 31, 2007 1:41 AM |
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Posted on January 31, 2007 01:41
14. Posted by LCVRWC | January 31, 2007 8:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay, have you ever seen Weird Al live? If not...I highly recommend you do anything you need to do to see him, up to and including selling the kids for medical experiments.
14. Posted by LCVRWC | January 31, 2007 8:09 AM |
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Posted on January 31, 2007 08:09
15. Posted by Jay Tea | January 31, 2007 8:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LCVRWC:
Been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt -- the one with "Weird Al Inside" logo on the front, Al in full Gangsta mode from the "All About The Pentiums" on the back.
It was AMAZING.
J.
15. Posted by Jay Tea | January 31, 2007 8:17 AM |
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Posted on January 31, 2007 08:17
16. Posted by Carl | January 31, 2007 12:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've been a "Weird Al" Yankovic fan ever since I heard "Another One Rides The Bus" on The Dr. Demento Show. This is the version her recorded in the bathroom across the hall from the college radio station he was working at the time. I managed to track down a 45 of "My Bologna" soon thereafter when I was a teen living in rural Mississippi (which was a feat in of itself since the closest "real" record store was over 2 hours' drive away - the only place to get records in the small town at that time was at the Ace Hardware store). And I've seen him perform live twice, both times in my college days in the 1980's.
16. Posted by Carl | January 31, 2007 12:57 PM |
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Posted on January 31, 2007 12:57
17. Posted by B. Minich | February 1, 2007 9:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ahhh, I love that video, although I have to give a big thumbs up to White and Nerdy. I believe that he posted that to Youtube himself. Anyway, White and Nerdy so beats Pentiums . . . although Pentiums is excellent.
I love how some of the specs are still out of our reach today - he did a good job with exaguration ("I got me 100 Gigabytes of RAM!")
I also loved the fact that the concert was at COMDEX, which at the time the video was released, was a huge Geek conference where all the vendors would peddle their wares.
17. Posted by B. Minich | February 1, 2007 9:20 AM |
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Posted on February 1, 2007 09:20