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Weird Al Yankovic

Watch Funny or Die Parody Trailer For Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 2010-03-23 11:15:58
Weird Al Yankovic

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Is the Next Great Biopic

I have a major soft spot for Weird Al Yankovic.
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I have a major soft spot for Weird Al Yankovic. I follow him on Twitter and remember listening to his albums on tape like it was the greatest music ever. I'm not the only one: Funny or Die has crafted an amazing parody trailer for a biopic about the comedian/musician called Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. In the starring role is Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul, Gary Cole and Mary Steenburgen play his parents, Olivia Wilde gets the role of Madonna — Al's apparent secret love — while comedians like Paul Scheer and Patton Oswalt appear as figures in his life as well (the real Weird Al even makes a cameo).

It has all the great trademarks of a rock biopic — the rise to fame, daddy issues, a fame spiral into alcoholism and jail. It's the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while — but I have to ask, is it so wrong that I want it to be a real movie?

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Director Tim Burton to Serve as President of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

Link Time! Tim Burton Named President of Cannes

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Crimes of Carelessness
Safety

Crimes of Carelessness

The mock safety vid below was made to look and sound like a real 1950s PSA, but it's really the work of Weird Al Yankovic— no surprise there.
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The mock safety vid below was made to look and sound like a real 1950s PSA, but it's really the work of Weird Al Yankovic— no surprise there. His "exclusive" interviews with high-profile celebs are always the product of excerpts extracted from other, more legit, interviews. They're totally fake, but always funny. The same applies here. Al reassembled clips from old educational films and made his own masterpiece to teach adults and children a very valuable lesson — safety humor comes first . . .

Weird Al Interviews Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson

Weird Al Interviews Jessica Simpson

Or Sampson. Whatever. Poor Jess looks even more befuddled than usual thanks to Weird Al's wicked editing skills.
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Or Sampson. Whatever. Poor Jess looks even more befuddled than usual thanks to Weird Al's wicked editing skills. He even gets her to "touch his poodle!"

Weird Al Interviews K-Fed
Kevin Federline

Weird Al Interviews K-Fed

In this "interview" conducted by Weird Al Yankovic, K-Hole comes out looking, predictably, like an A-Hole.
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In this "interview" conducted by Weird Al Yankovic, K-Hole comes out looking, predictably, like an A-Hole. Regarding K-Fed's new "F" tattoo, Weird Al asks, "What does it stand for--failure?" Another Weird Al zinger: "What's it like to have a closet full of wife-beaters--and no wife?" The guy's not subtle, and this video isn't short (it's about nine minutes) but it seems K-Fed's 15 minutes of getting his ass whooped aren't over yet.