The interwebz puts his net worth at $20M. Acting stupid for a living has paid dividends...
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:41 am
by JiveTurkey
"Funny"
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:42 am
by Pepi
"Acting stupid" BUT NOT stupid
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:16 am
by fretless
W.A.Y. is a good man and painfully silly . He's looking alot like old Newsted these days , while Newsted is looking like Lou Reed these days lol
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:30 am
by Thurston
He's a fucking genius. The GOAT, no one even comes close.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:07 am
by SuperFlyinMonke
Thurston wrote:He's a fucking genius. The GOAT, no one even comes close.
This. Super smart dude that has busted his ass for decades.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:18 am
by ajaxlepinski
I like him better before the plastic surgery... but, I can't blame him for wanting to score higher quality tail.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:24 am
by Murdoch
Thurston wrote:He's a fucking genius. The GOAT, no one even comes close.
Yep. You speak truth.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:51 am
by BroSlinger
I met him about 20 years ago. Super nice guy. I love him.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:58 am
by greatmutah
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:16 pm
by Devin
ajaxlepinski wrote:I like him better before the plastic surgery... but, I can't blame him for wanting to score higher quality tail.
Lol what surgery did he have?
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:40 pm
by long standing member
In January 1998 Al got LASIK (Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis) surgery to correct his near-sightedness, so he no longer needs to wear glasses.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:46 pm
by ajaxlepinski
I guess that's it! He looks very different without glasses and poofed hair... I always ass-u-me-d that it was a doctor's handiwork!
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:03 pm
by Ostinato Rubato
I like the guy.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:34 pm
by andvari7
The bigger coup was shaving the mustache. And ditching the perm.
That said, I have his entire catalog, up through Mandatory Fun, and think he’s as big a part of the success of a lot of the popular artists we hear at any given time as the actual artists.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:43 am
by VTM
Funny fella
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:43 am
by Devin
andvari7 wrote:The bigger coup was shaving the mustache. And ditching the perm.
That said, I have his entire catalog, up through Mandatory Fun, and think he’s as big a part of the success of a lot of the popular artists we hear at any given time as the actual artists.
When I was a kid I remember seeing the video for "Smells Like Nirvana" on MTV and it confused me to the point that I thought the actual song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was Weird Al
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:37 am
by SuperFlyinMonke
There are countless pop songs where I know all the Weird Al lyrics and few of the originals.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:16 am
by BroSlinger
SuperFlyinMonke wrote:There are countless pop songs where I know all the Weird Al lyrics and few of the originals.
Amish paradise is a big one for me.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:55 am
by IndyWS6
I dressed up as Weird Al doing Coolio for a Halloween gig at a VFW bar one year. A couple of the regulars looked at me like they were going to kick my ass (didn't get the joke) and it took two hours in the shower the next morning to wash the glue out of my hair.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:12 am
by Ostinato Rubato
Alright, let's do it.
Put up your favorite Weird Al tune. This one has stuck with me the most.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:02 pm
by facefirst
I love Al. Dude is a genius and an excellent musician.
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:18 pm
by SuperFlyinMonke
Ostinato Rubato wrote:Alright, let's do it.
Put up your favorite Weird Al tune. This one has stuck with me the most.
Some of my favorites are the original songs he has:
Re: Yankovic should have...
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:08 pm
by itchyfingers
The first cassette tape I ever bought: Weird Al Yankovic, Dare to be Stupid. I think I was 8.