History Awesome / WeirdAlYankovic

* After 3 decades of poking fun of the hit records, Weird Al finally secured a bonafide smash of his own as his record Mandatory Fun was confirmed to debut on the Billboard charts at number 1

* "Word Crimes" gets a double for becoming a glorious anthem for the internet's outspoken GrammarNazi brigade and turning a song that some believe has the most notorious LyricalDissonance in years into something benign enough that people can actually enjoy the catchy tune without feeling gross if they believe the original is a blatant endorsement of date rape.

* "Word Crimes" gets a double for becoming a glorious anthem for the internet's outspoken GrammarNazi brigade and turning a song with the most notorious LyricalDissonance in years into something benign enough that people can actually enjoy the catchy tune without feeling gross if they believe the original is a blatant endorsement of date rape.

* "Word Crimes" gets a double for becoming a glorious anthem for the internet's outspoken GrammarNazi brigade and turning a song with the most notorious LyricalDissonance in years into something benign enough that people can actually enjoy the catchy tune without feeling gross about it's blatant endorsement of date rape.

* And of course, Al gets one of the highest honors a man of his caliber could ever receive: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ctwg6-70g a supply closet named in his honor.]]

** Also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Cobain, considering he ''had'' to have a good sense of humor when Al told him what the song is about. This was a real exchange

** In the words of Music/{{Chamillionaire}}:

* The breathless list of items in "Hardware Store".

* When Music/{{Devo}} admits to being jealous of ''Dare To Be Stupid'' and a critic comments that Weird Al had out-Devoed Devo.
** To a lesser extent, but still pretty awesome; Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica loved Al's parody of "Lump" (rechristened "[[Film/ForrestGump Gump]]") so much that they changed the last line of the song to ''Al's'' whenever they played "Lump" from then on.

* Al wrote the lyrics to "The Saga Begins" with 99% accuracy... ''without having seen ThePhantomMenace''. He got all of his information from fan sites and went to see a pre-screening only to check his work.

* "Genius in France", Al's nine-minute long tribute song to Frank Zappa, made entirely from repurposed riffs[[note]](a practice which Zappa himself was known for)[[/note]] and featuring a opening guitar solo from Dweezil.

--> '''Everything you know is wrong!'''

** In the words of Chamillionaire:

---> '''Kurt:''' Uh, [your parody]'s not going to be about food, is it?

** According to one report, he sent the song to George Lucas before the album released, and was told later, "You should have seen the look on his [George's] face."

** According to one report, he sent the song to George Lucas before the album released, and was told later, "You should have seen the look on his [George's] face."** And Music/DonMcLean admitted that since his kids also played the song so often, when Don performs "American Pie" in concert, at times he accidentally sings ''Al's'' lyrics.

** Also a CMoA for Kobain, considering he ''had'' to have a good sense of humor when Al told him what the song is about. This was a real exchange

** According to one report, he sent the song to George Lucas before the album released, and was told later, "You should have seen the look on his [George's] face."
** And Music/DonMcLean admitted that since his kids also played the song so often, when Don performs "American Pie" in concert, at times he accidentally sings ''Al's'' lyrics.

* The breathless list of items in "Hardware Store".

** And DonMcLean admitted that since his kids also played the song so often, when Don performs "American Pie" in concert, at times he accidentally sings ''Al's'' lyrics.

* Weird Al's even CoveredUp [[BeyondTheImpossible with a parody song]]. Chamillionaire, whose song "Ridin'" was the basis for "White & Nerdy", reported that he received praise from people overseas, saying "people were telling me they had heard my version of Weird Al's song".

** It's said that, when Weird Al went to watch the pre-screening, he actually ''cheered'' when Anakin told Sumi that he was going to be a Jedi.

** And Don McLean admitted that since his kids also played the song so often, when Don performs "American Pie" in concert, at times he accidentally sings ''Al's'' lyrics.

* When {{Devo}} admits to being jealous of ''Dare To Be Stupid'' and a critic comments that Weird Al had out-Devoed Devo.
* Reportedly, [[{{Nirvana}} Kurt Cobain]] said that he only really knew he hit the big time when Weird Al parodied one of his songs.