History Awesome / WeirdAlYankovic

* Arguably the most productive outcome of the first U.S. presidential debate of 2020 was [[https://youtu.be/un9x-DjTMT0 "We're All Doomed"]], another VoiceClipSong by Music/TheGregoryBrothers featuring Al as the moderator.

* Arguably the most productive outcome of the first U.S. presidential debate of 2020 was [[https://youtu.be/un9x-DjTMT0 "We're All Doomed"]], another VoiceClipSong by TheGregoryBrothers featuring Al as the moderator.

* Possibly the most productive outcome of the first U.S. presidential debate of 2020 was [[https://youtu.be/un9x-DjTMT0 "We're All Doomed"]], another VoiceClipSong by TheGregoryBrothers featuring Al as the moderator.

* An odd example: a semi-trend on Youtube is to play a song with every other beat changed in some way. One Youtube video shows Al's "Amish Paradise" mixed every other beat with the original "Gangsta's Paradise". The only difference in the beat is a slight increase in pitch for Al's version [[note]]A common practice; singers might change key to fit their vocal range[[/note]], leading to the beat sounding rather smooth. Strange as it is, it ends up being another point to how much work Al puts into his parodies that the two versions are so close.

* The "[[http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ Tacky]]" video is an awesome moment for everyone involved. Especially Creator/JackBlack, who's 44 and still as Jack Black as he's ever been.

** It goes even further than that. Weird Al's character, Cheese Sandwich, proved to be such an EnsembleDarkhorse and had such great chemistry with Pinkie that not only did they get another episode together in the final season of the show, but the DistantFinale revealed that Pinkie and Cheese not only became an OfficialCouple, but ''[[BabiesEverAfter had a kid together as well]]''!

* Music/MichaelJackson actually gave Weird Al permission to parody ''any of his work for the rest of his life'', with the only caveat being that Al never put his parody of "Black or White" ("Snack All Night") on any of his albums, since Jackson felt the message of the song was too important.

** Just think about it: Weird Al doing ''speed metal''. This song, despite additional instrumentation and wacky sound effects, is essentially speed metal as only Weird Al could pull off.

** The fact that Weird Al is still going strong after '''thirty years''' in the business. Think about it: If somebody had told you in 1984 that, in thirty years, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston would be dead and buried, but this guy would have a #1 album, you would not believe them, but ''they would be right!''

* When Music/{{Devo}} admits to being jealous of ''Dare to Be Stupid'' and a critic comments that Weird Al had out-Devoed Devo.

* [[Music/{{Weezer}} Weezer]] did a cover of "Africa" by Toto, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4l8BpYyMDQ Al performed the solo with the band]] on 8/8/18. When the video for the song came out, Al plays the part of Rivers Cuomo in a parody of the video of "Undone - The Sweater Song".

* Music/MichaelJackson actually gave Weird Al permission to parody ''any of his work for the rest of his life'', with the only caveat being that Al never put his parody of "Black and White" ("Snack All Night") on any of his albums, since Jackson felt the message of the song was too important.

* Music/MichaelJackson actually gave Weird Al permission to parody ''any of his work for the rest of his life''[[note]]save for his parody of "Black and White" ("Snack All Night"), since it blurred the message[[/note]]. That's one hell of an honor.

* Weird Al's even CoveredUp 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".

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

** The song took six takes. Every take, Al had to run from the top floor to street-level while changing clothes after his first segment. ''You can't tell''. That man is in ''shape''! To wit, he still has the stamina to perform two 2-hour concerts a night while on tour, with only slight signs of exhaustion.

* 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.

* B.B. King stated that Al's "Generic Blues" was one of his top ten favorite blues songs.

* Weird Al "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQd9jWYZky0 interviews]]" Kevin Federline. It's actually Weird Al [[TakeThatScrappy verbally ripping K-Fed to shreds for nine straight minutes.]]

* Less than a ''day'' after the third and final presidential debate of 2016? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdBF6h7oH5I Out comes this.]] A VoiceClipSong mixing both Clinton and Drumpf's statements into a satirical dance mix with Al acting as a debate moderator.

* Only Weird Al can do a polka cover of Theatre/{{Hamilton}} and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0c6smpHSk make it awesome.]]

* Less than a ''day'' after the third and final presidential debate of 2016? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdBF6h7oH5I Out comes this.]] A VoiceClipSong mixing both Clinton and Trump's statements into a satirical dance mix with Al acting as a debate moderator.

* Reportedly, Music/KurtCobain said that he only really knew he hit the big time when Weird Al parodied one of his songs.