History YMMV / WeirdAlYankovicIn3D

** "I Lost on Jeopardy" parodied the original 1964-1975 version of [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} the show]] hosted by Art Fleming and announced by Creator/DonPardo, a mere three months before the current version originally hosted by Creator/AlexTrebek with Johnny Gilbert as his announcer began. Also, younger audiences are now more familiar with Pardo as the longtime announcer for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', announcing for every season from its 1975 premiere until his death in 2014 (excluding the show's 7th season from 1981-82), than for ''Jeopardy!''.

* HarsherInHindsight: "Midnight Star" spoofs the concept of obviously fake tabloid news stories and baseless conspiracy theories, some of which were really published (Al himself still has the article about "the incredible frog boy"). In an age were the term "fake news" is part of the public vernacular and fact-checkers are constantly scrambling to invalidate baseless or poorly-researched articles, lest the people who believe them (or, more likely, choose to believe them) use them to validate their own harmful biases, being fascinated by obviously fabricated "news" doesn't feel as funny.

** "I Lost on Jeopardy" parodied the original 1964-1975 version of [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} the show]] hosted by Art Fleming and announced by Creator/DonPardo, a mere three months before the current version originally hosted by Creator/AlexTrebek with Johnny Gilbert as his announcer began. Also, younger audiences are now more familiar with Pardo as the longtime announcer for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', announcing for every season from its 1975 premiere till his death in 2014 (excluding the show's 7th season from 1981-82), than for ''Jeopardy!''.

** "I Lost on Jeopardy" parodied the original 1964-1975 Art Fleming version of [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} the show]], a mere three months before the current, Creator/AlexTrebek-hosted version began.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While not viewed as outright bad, [[Music/WeirdAlYankovicAlbum Al's debut album]] is considered fairly unremarkable apart from "My Bologna", and Al himself regretted its slipshod approach. ''In 3D'', meanwhile, is widely viewed as Al's first truly great album, featuring beefed-up production values that allowed Al to more effectively parody the biggest hits of the day and better establish his own thumbprint as a songwriter.

** "King of Suede" has a line referencing collars "ripped off like in that ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' flick", placing the song in the same period as the fashion and the movie that inspired it.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "I Lost on Jeopardy" parodied the original 1964-1975 Art Fleming version of [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} the show]], a mere three months before the current, Creator/AlexTrebek-hosted version began.

* EpicRiff: "Eat It" has a riff that's so epic the guitar explodes.

Albums: ''[[YMMV/WeirdAlYankovicAlbum "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)]]'' | '''''"Weird Al" Yankovic In [=3D=]''''' | ''YMMV/DareToBeStupid'' | ''YMMV/PolkaParty'' | ''YMMV/EvenWorse'' | ''YMMV/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff'' | ''YMMV/OffTheDeepEnd'' | ''YMMV/{{Alapalooza}}'' | ''YMMV/BadHairDay'' | ''YMMV/RunningWithScissors'' | ''YMMV/PoodleHat'' | ''YMMV/StraightOuttaLynwood'' | ''YMMV/{{Alpocalypse}}'' | ''YMMV/MandatoryFun''\\

* HilariousInHindsight: "Theme from Rocky [=XIII=] (The Rye or the Kaiser)" ended up being this when Film/RockyBalboa revealed that Rocky really ''did'' become a restaurant owner after he'd retired from boxing. (Albeit an Italian restaurant instead of the deli in the song.)

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "I Lost on Jeopardy" parodied the original 1964-1974 Art Fleming version of [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} the show]], a mere three months before the current, Creator/AlexTrebek-hosted version began.