History WMG / WeirdAlYankovic

* But, Virus Alert is [[CaptainObvious an alert about a virus]], and Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me is about e-mail spam.

* The plotline goes like this: Dude with the Poodle Hat (the person that the album's about) is a ''Couch Potato'', because life in his hometown is boring. People scold him for this, and he has to go outside. He gains friends, but still watches television a lot. Later, one of his friends tells him about the new ''Hardware Store'' that's opening up where the gas station was. Excited by this, he forgets to basic things, like brush his teeth and comb his hair. After the hardware store opens, he realizes that his house is disgusting, because: a) he forgot to take out the trash, and b) him being a slob. Dude with the Poodle Hat decides that this day is ''Trash Day''. After making the house clean, he decides to go to a party for his good work. However, the only party in his local area is a ''Party at the Leper Colony''. After that, he decides that he could make an album about his life. It fails. Dude with the Poodle Hat is angry about this, and decides to marry a lady. He uses cheesy pick-up line, and fails to inform the lady why he ''Wanna B Ur Lovr''. Failing this, he writes a letter to his mom about the frustration he has about his album not selling, and him not getting a girlfriend. He lies about his encounter with girls. His mother writes him telling him to stop being so furious, like the songs found in the {{Medley}} ''Angry White Boy Polka''. At the same time, Joe, one of his friends, decides to host a pizza party, but no one arrives, due to work. (Yes, the Dude with the Poodle Hat got a job.) Joe eats all 19 extra larges, and gets constipated. Due to the fact that no one came to his pizza party, and that he is all alone, he made up his mind that he needs a girlfriend. He finds one, but, although he likes his "girlfriend", he doesn't want her as a girlfriend, so he tosses her out into the dating pool again. After that, he asks his friends if they would like to go to an amusement park. They say yes, and go there. He stands up on the ride, and dies. Dude with the Poodle Hat makes an eulogy about Joe, and makes ''A Complicated Song''. He becomes a couch potato again, and is watching WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons, when suddenly, an earthquake in Peru interrupts his program. Later, he goes to work, but a twelve car pile-up creates a traffic jam. Finally, he gets to work, and is out of toner. These events that took place leave him asking, "''Why Does This Always Happen to Me?''". Some time later, he becomes a ComicBook/SpiderMan fan, and watches the Spider-Man movie. It becomes his #1 favorite movie, and it gets him out of his funk. He makes an ''Ode to a Superhero'' (Spider-Man) to thank him. Later, he befriends a man named ''Bob'

* The plotline goes like this: Dude with the Poodle Hat (the person that the album's about) is a ''Couch Potato'', because life in his hometown is boring. People scold him for this, and he has to go outside. He gains friends, but still watches television a lot. Later, one of his friends tells him about the new ''Hardware Store'' that's opening up where the gas station was. Excited by this, he forgets to basic things, like brush his teeth and comb his hair. After the hardware store opens, he realizes that his house is disgusting, because: a) he forgot to take out the trash, and b) him being a slob. Dude with the Poodle Hat decides that this day is ''Trash Day''. After making the house clean, he decides to go to a party for his good work. However, the only party in his local area is a ''Party at the Leper Colony''. After that, he decides that he could make an album about his life. It fails. Dude with the Poodle Hat is angry about this, and decides to marry a lady. He uses cheesy pick-up line, and fails to inform the lady why he ''Wanna B Ur Lovr''. Failing this, he writes a letter to his mom about the frustration he has about his album not selling, and him not getting a girlfriend. He lies about his encounter with girls. His mother writes him telling him to stop being so furious. (Angry White Boy Polka)

* Let's be honest, here: if anyone would be able to single-handedly kill every devil in Hell, [[BadassNormal it would be her]].

[[WMG:TheWeirdAlEffect will apply to Weird Al regarding ALL music of the past few decades]]

[[WMG: Weasel Stomping Day was intended to be a [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successor]] to Music/TomLehrer's song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"]]

[[WMG: Weasel Stomping Day was intended to be a [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successor]] to Music/TomLehrer's song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"]]
Both songs cheerfully, celebratory tunes about [[LyricalDissonance brutally murdering]] [[CrossTheLineTwice small animals]].

Both songs cheerfully, celebratory tunes about [[LyricalDissonance brutally murdering]][[CrossTheLineTwice small animals]].

* Why else would he be dating someone who....from his own description....sounds closer to an EldritchAbomination than a young woman?

* But, Virus Alert is [[CaptainObvious an alert about a virus]], and Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me is about e-mail spam.

[[WMG: "Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me" is one recipient's response to "Virus Alert".]]

* Though "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White" may not be entirely positive, the idea had to come from somewhere, the word "nightmare" is notably absent, he refers to Vanna and him as "we" in one line, "buying a vowel" sounds like some kind of euphemism, and he even appeared on Wheel of Fortune! Wheel is also mentioned in "Syndicated Inc." which is very positive about all the shows in it. It's more likely that "stuck in a closet" was the bad part than the "with Vanna White".

* The first part of the song is a mundane ode to the multiple uses of aluminum foil for food storage... then the narrator drinks the tea and becomes a deranged ConspiracyTheorist.

* His whole point ''was'' to say that he hated sauerkraut. He just got sidetracked after the part where he said ''why'' he did and went off on a tangent as he kept remembering other things vaguely related to it.

Possibly in addition to the below, this virus seems to cause havoc with both machinery and the human body ([[AssShove permanent wedgies]] and a [[YouScrewOneGoat physical attraction to sheep]] stand out.)

** ''WorldOfWarcraft'' fans are familiar with "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4TyqYsC26g That's the World of Warcraft That You Play]]", a parody of Al's "Your Horoscope For Today".

** Something sort of like that happened in ThirtyRock. Jenna is horrified at the prospect of Al parodying one of her songs, so she intentionally writes the dumbest, silliest one she can think of. Al himself does [[PlayingAgainstType a completely straight, heartwarming]] "parody" of it, and is critically acclaimed.

That's why Pinkie's always singing wacky songs... she learned them from Dad! Her {{Amish}} family was [[UnreliableNarrator imaginary]], but was heavily inspired by "Amish Paradise".

* Well, we've got Cheese Sanwich, a pony based on and voiced by Al now. Maybe he's her real father...

* His whole point ''was'' to say that he hated sauerkraut. He just got sidetracked after the part about traveling to a magical far-away place and went off on a tangent as he kept remembering other things related to it, no matter how loosely.

* At the end of "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" the protagonist considers selling his crappy '64 Plymouth for 20 bucks so he can buy a used bike (''...a second-hand Schwin...'')....except his car gets repossessed so ''even that'' is no longer an option....now he's the poor sap stuck in the overcrowded bus full of smelly weirdos in "Another One Rides the Bus".

* The chorus just seems like it would be something that would lend itself to being played at polka tempo.

INCLUDING Music/TheBeatles, BobDylan and other respected artists.

[[WMG:The virus in Virus Alert is the virus from SnowCrash]]

[[WMG:The virus in Virus Alert is actually the [[Literature.SnowCrash Metavirus]].]]
* What other virus could be so destructive? It translates your documents into "Swahili", but would an American know the difference between Swahili and Babylonian? Not to mention that it obviously messes with both your computer and you.("''[[BestialityIsDepraved Make you physically attracted sheep]]''" for example.)

** Alternatively, "I'll Repair for You" and "Handy" are jingles for rival handymen.

* It worked with OzzyOsbourne and his daughter...for a given value of "worked."