Mr. Alfred Matthew Yankovic has released his ninety-seven gazillionth album, Mandatory Fun, and who are we to suddenly develop "good taste" and not just wallow around in enjoying the mostly-amusing silliness that Weird Al occasionally flings out against the wall? Weird Al is childish, simple, and obvious, and for that, we are happy to listen to the occasional song and grin unapologetically. He's still more consistently funnier than Andy Borowitz, and that bastard's got a regular place in the
Henghngh? I remember our dispute about the Evil that is Costco, wherein I learned that criticizing Costco makes people madder than suggesting home ownership might <i>not always</i> be the best investment.
<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=FklUAoZ6KxY" target="_blank">Smells like Nirvana</a> is so funny that Cobain actually laughed at it.
Then he got all depressed about how he was not funny . . . but that&#039;s another story.
Should you phrase that as a rhetorical question?
Was Weird Al ever funny?
Henghngh? I remember our dispute about the Evil that is Costco, wherein I learned that criticizing Costco makes people madder than suggesting home ownership might <i>not always</i> be the best investment.
PEOPLE WHO DON&#039;T LIKE WEIRD AL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN ME!!!!
(The song is great, Dok, and the animation made it even better. Thank you for letting us know about this.)
&quot;Happy&quot;/&quot;Tacky&quot; weren&#039;t irritating?
<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=FklUAoZ6KxY" target="_blank">Smells like Nirvana</a> is so funny that Cobain actually laughed at it.
Then he got all depressed about how he was not funny . . . but that&#039;s another story.
Obviously I am not sufficiently familiar with the Weird Al <i>oeuvre.</i>
Fair enough.
Borowitz is HuffPo or CNN funneh, not <i>New Yorker </i>funneh. When Roger Angell was doing humor there many a year ago, it was very good.
try listening to Marvin Gaye&#039;s &quot;Got to Give It Up.&quot;