#weirdalyankovic

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The Top 25 Weird Al Songs You Should KnowWeird Al Yankovic fans and newcomers alike are enjoying the mostly fictional biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story starring Daniel Radcliffe streaming on Roku. Last night he was seen playing a quick medley of some of his more familiar songs with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Weird Al has produced about three dozen albums over the last 40 years, including "Like a Surgeon," "I Lost on Jeopardy," and my favorite, an essential love song with the lyricsI'd rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glassThan spend one more minute with you.With a discography like his, it stands to reason that even the oldest and most avid fans haven't heard all the Weird Al songs, and newcomers might have never gotten the chance to hear his earlier parodies. But if you have, you'll want to check them out again. The A.V. Club has prepared a slideshow of "Weird Al" Yankovic's 25 most essential songs, each with a song to listen to and the history behind it. Not all of them are strictly parodies, but all are quite funny.#WeirdAlYankovic #parodysong

The Official Trailer for WEIRD: The Al Yankovic StoryA young boy with dreams his parents don't understand. A talent no one can touch. An idea his friends don't appreciate. A strange Svengali who takes him under his wing. Sudden fame that leads to sex, drugs, and depression. All the usual cliché of musical biopics are woven together in WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yankovic. The "totally true" story of the beloved musician's rise to immense stardom in the world of parody songs is, appropriately, a parody. We would have expected nothing less from Weird Al. If this trailer looks familiar, you are remembering the 2010 Funny or Die parody trailer with the same name with Aaron Paul as Yankovic. The problem with that one was that it was not a trailer for a real full-length movie; this one is. The Funny or Die skit was directed by Eric Appel, who co-wrote (with Al Yankovic) and directed the full-length movie. It just took him a while to get around to it. Yeah, Yankovic appears in the movie, but not as himself. WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story will premier at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, and then debut on the Roku Channel on November 4. #WEIRDTheAlYankovicStory #WeirdAlYankovic #trailer #biopic #parody

Guess Who's Playing "Weird Al" in the BiopicFunny or Die and Tango are collaborating to produce a new movie called Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Eric Appel is director and executive producer, and he co-wrote the script with "Weird Al" Yankovic himself. Yankovic told Appel his life story, and Appel didn't believe a word of it, but agreed that it would make a good movie. So how much of the movie is fiction and how much is fact? It doesn't really matter, we know it's going to be funny anyway. But the big question is who will play Yankovic. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed the answer.