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** The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.
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** The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.''Film/HowToBeALatinLover''.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung" follows the same chord progression of the first three bars of "Music/AlicesRestaurant."
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung" follows the same chord progression of the first three bars of "Music/AlicesRestaurant.""Music/AlicesRestaurant" by Arlo Guthrie.
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** "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung", can he considered ableist for people with polio.
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** "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung", can he be considered ableist for people with polio.
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* AcceptableHardLuckTargets: "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung", for people with polio.
* AcceptableTargets:
** Yuppies, especially on "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead."
** Dishonest slimeball scammers in "The Check's In The Mail".
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** Yuppies, especially on "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead."
** Dishonest slimeball scammers in "The Check's In The Mail".
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.
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* ValuesDissonance: ValuesDissonance:
** The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a LatinLover''.Lover''.
** "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung", can he considered ableist for people with polio.
** The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin
** "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung", can he considered ableist for people with polio.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-''Music/WeirdAlYankovic'' '''[[YMMV/WeirdAlYankovic Main YMMV Page]]'''\\
Albums: '''''"Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)''''' | ''YMMV/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D'' | ''YMMV/DareToBeStupid'' | ''YMMV/PolkaParty'' | ''YMMV/EvenWorse'' | ''YMMV/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff'' | ''YMMV/OffTheDeepEnd'' | ''YMMV/{{Alapalooza}}'' | ''YMMV/BadHairDay'' | ''YMMV/RunningWithScissors'' | ''YMMV/PoodleHat'' | ''YMMV/StraightOuttaLynwood'' | ''YMMV/{{Alpocalypse}}'' | ''YMMV/MandatoryFun''\\
Films: ''YMMV/{{UHF}}'' | ''YMMV/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''-]]]]]
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Albums: '''''"Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)''''' | ''YMMV/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D'' | ''YMMV/DareToBeStupid'' | ''YMMV/PolkaParty'' | ''YMMV/EvenWorse'' | ''YMMV/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff'' | ''YMMV/OffTheDeepEnd'' | ''YMMV/{{Alapalooza}}'' | ''YMMV/BadHairDay'' | ''YMMV/RunningWithScissors'' | ''YMMV/PoodleHat'' | ''YMMV/StraightOuttaLynwood'' | ''YMMV/{{Alpocalypse}}'' | ''YMMV/MandatoryFun''\\
Films: ''YMMV/{{UHF}}'' | ''YMMV/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''-]]]]]
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** William Anderson (credited as William K. Anderson) played saxophone and harmonica on this album and would assist Al in other music productions through ''Music/PoodleHat''. Anderson would later write scores for several animated series beginning in TheEighties and would later compose for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', doing so for Al's character Cheese Sandwich.
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** William Anderson (credited as William K. Anderson) played saxophone and harmonica on this album and would assist Al in other music productions through ''Music/PoodleHat''. Anderson would later write scores for several animated series beginning in TheEighties and would later compose for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', doing so for Al's character Cheese Sandwich.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Al's first music video, "Ricky", has the role of Lucy played and sung by Creator/TressMacNeille at a time when she was just starting her voice acting career. [=Mac=]Neille would later appear in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and lent her voice on Al's ''Running With Scissors'' album.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: RetroactiveRecognition:
** Al's first music video, "Ricky", has the role of Lucy played and sung by Creator/TressMacNeille at a time when she was just starting her voice acting career. [=Mac=]Neille would later appear in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and lent her voice on Al's ''Running With Scissors''album.album.
** William Anderson (credited as William K. Anderson) played saxophone and harmonica on this album and would assist Al in other music productions through ''Music/PoodleHat''. Anderson would later write scores for several animated series beginning in TheEighties and would later compose for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', doing so for Al's character Cheese Sandwich.
** Al's first music video, "Ricky", has the role of Lucy played and sung by Creator/TressMacNeille at a time when she was just starting her voice acting career. [=Mac=]Neille would later appear in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and lent her voice on Al's ''Running With Scissors''
** William Anderson (credited as William K. Anderson) played saxophone and harmonica on this album and would assist Al in other music productions through ''Music/PoodleHat''. Anderson would later write scores for several animated series beginning in TheEighties and would later compose for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', doing so for Al's character Cheese Sandwich.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The car that keeps getting impounded in "Stop Dragging My Car Around" is a '64 Plymouth. This was obviously Rule of Funny in 1983 but it applies now since they don't make Plymouths anymore.
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** The car that keeps getting impounded in "Stop Dragging My Car Around" is a '64 Plymouth. This was obviously Rule of Funny in 1983 but it applies now since they don't make Plymouthsanymore.anymore.
** "The Check's in the Mail" uses business lingo that firmly places the song in TheEighties. Al even said that multiple instances of its slang would be lost on modern listeners.
** "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" mentions the 8 track audio format, and it wasn't done so in a nostalgic context. 8 tracks wouldn't even survive the end of TheEighties.
** The car that keeps getting impounded in "Stop Dragging My Car Around" is a '64 Plymouth. This was obviously Rule of Funny in 1983 but it applies now since they don't make Plymouths
** "The Check's in the Mail" uses business lingo that firmly places the song in TheEighties. Al even said that multiple instances of its slang would be lost on modern listeners.
** "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" mentions the 8 track audio format, and it wasn't done so in a nostalgic context. 8 tracks wouldn't even survive the end of TheEighties.
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* AcceptableTargets: Yuppies, especially on "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead."
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* AcceptableTargets: AcceptableHardLuckTargets: "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung", for people with polio.
* AcceptableTargets:
** Yuppies, especially on "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead.""
** Dishonest slimeball scammers in "The Check's In The Mail".
* AcceptableTargets:
** Yuppies, especially on "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead.
** Dishonest slimeball scammers in "The Check's In The Mail".
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The car that keeps getting impounded in "Stop Dragging My Car Around" is a '64 Plymouth. This was obviously Rule of Funny in 1983 but it applies now since they don't make Plymouths anymore.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung" doesn't seem too funny but with the amount of {{Narm}} Al expresses, you just can't help but laugh.
* HarsherInHindsight: "Buckingham Blues" is a satire on the lives of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. While the song stopped being relevant thanks to their divorce in 1996, Al [[ExiledFromContinuity has not performed or rerecorded this song]] since the latter's death in 1997.
* HarsherInHindsight: "Buckingham Blues" is a satire on the lives of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. While the song stopped being relevant thanks to their divorce in 1996, Al [[ExiledFromContinuity has not performed or rerecorded this song]] since the latter's death in 1997.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Al's first music video, "Ricky", has the role of Lucy played and sung by Creator/TressMacNeille at a time when she was just starting her voice acting career. [=Mac=]Neille would later appear in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and lent her voice on Al's ''Running With Scissors'' album.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it comes off as racist. It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.Lover''.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it just comes off as a little racist. That didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it just comes off as a little racist. That It didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" includes the line "I don't want none of that vegetarian scene." Ten years later, Al became a vegetarian.
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* HilariousInHindsight: "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" includes the line lines "I don't want none of that vegetarian scene." scene" and "And I'd rather have a, a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack than all the bean sprouts in Japan". Ten years later, Al became a vegetarian.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it just comes off as a little racist.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it just comes off as a little racist. That didn't stop Al from retaining the line when he rerecorded the song for the 2017 movie ''How to Be a Latin Lover''.
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* AcceptableTargets: Yuppies are a frequent target on this album.
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* AcceptableTargets: Yuppies are a frequent target Yuppies, especially on this album."I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead."
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was presumably a reflection on then-present cold war paranoia. Now it just comes off as a little racist.
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* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was presumably a reflection on then-present cold war paranoia. Now socially acceptable in 1983. Now, it just comes off as a little racist.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung" follows the same chord progression of the first three bars of "Music/AlicesRestaurant."
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* AcceptableTargets: Yuppies are a frequent target on this album.
* HilariousInHindsight: "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" includes the line "I don't want none of that vegetarian scene." Ten years later, Al became a vegetarian.
* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was presumably a reflection on then-present cold war paranoia. Now it just comes off as a little racist.
* HilariousInHindsight: "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" includes the line "I don't want none of that vegetarian scene." Ten years later, Al became a vegetarian.
* ValuesDissonance: The line about the "Arab on the corner buying everything in sight" in "Happy Birthday" was presumably a reflection on then-present cold war paranoia. Now it just comes off as a little racist.
