World of Weird Al Yankovic

Personally, I really hope that it's not CI. I know a lot of other people like it, but I feel that it just isn't the most clever idea ever and songs that bash Canada have been done a lot before.

Not to mention as has been pointed out before, a lot of the humor flies over some people's heads. Not in a Lasagna way, but some of the funniest jokes don't work for some people.

I agree that DICYO is a pretty weak song, but I'm sure Al will make up for that with the video. I just know the video's going to be great, and by releasing it in December, Al gets to promote it at the same time Taylor releases his album, and it's right before the new AI season. Both of those things could help DICYO to really be a hit, and it could increase SOL's sales.

I don't know, animated videos don't often do too well.

True, but this one could be different. For one thing, JibJab is a very popular site. Videos on that site often get a lot of exposure. Another factor is the fact that most of the time, new JibJab videos premiere on The Tonight Show. That could be huge. Also, I can imagine this video being shown during a results show of AI.

I certainly hope the video is good, but it's certainly not going to compare to the "White & Nerdy" video. Nor is "DICYO" going to parallel the popularity "W&N" brought Al. Live action (especially with Al) is so much better than animation, I think. I mean, none of the six videos on the DVD are even comparable to "W&N." I can only hope a new video will at least carry the album sales along long enough to get a third single out officially--because "CI" seems to be more popular than "DICYO" right now.

The animated video wouldn't be on tv though. That's why I think if DICYO is the single, there would be two videos.

Just because JibJab is big in the internet world doesn't translate to real world success. Yeah, they got notorioty and Leno's in their corner, but that wouldn't really translate into mainstream success.

Plus there's the "I Began Shooting a Video" vs. "I was told there's going to be a DICYO video". Now that could mean as much as the "First single vs Lead Single" conversation about DDTS vs W&N, but they are much different terms.

Kevbo1987 @ Nov 5 2006, 02:30 PM wrote: For one thing, JibJab is a very popular site. Videos on that site often get a lot of exposure.

I agree I think this might be what Al is going for, another video that can catch on across the Internet and be distributed quickly and through a number of ways...and really lately nobody has done that better and received more mainstream press and attention than the JibJab guys have.

Bruce the Duck @ Nov 5 2006, 01:08 PM wrote: or (dare I dream?) "Polkarama!"

Oh, I'm dreaming too. I actually sent an Ask-Al about that. My idea was that he could parody the original video in each section of the song.

Here's a question: Will "Do I Make You Proud" be on Hicks' upcoming album and if so will it be promoted as the first single?
If so, I think DICYO is a great choice for second single. Otherwise, I've seen the video for Confessions part II and I think it could easily be parodied, though I think Canadian Idiot would be a better choice commercially. And I agree with Dave that it would probably be saved for early next year to coincide with a tour.