Things We Didn't Know About Al
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By the way, speaking of April Fools Day, did anybody see todays April Fools joke at All Things Yankovic? At least I'm sure that it was a joke, but on the first page, there is a fake press release about a two-disc collection, called The Essential Al, with volume 1 being called The Longs, and volume 2 being called The Shorts.
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It should have been The Shorts and The Pants.weird user @ Apr 1 2007, 08:58 PM wrote: By the way, speaking of April Fools Day, did anybody see todays April Fools joke at All Things Yankovic? At least I'm sure that it was a joke, but on the first page, there is a fake press release about a two-disc collection, called The Essential Al, with volume 1 being called The Longs, and volume 2 being called The Shorts.
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Some of it may sound unbelievable, but one thing to remember is that I was passing off this information as if I had been told this stuff by one of his cousins. It would have been from memory, with some fuzzy details. I admit that the drama where he would have played a killer sounds the most unbelievable, but I have thought about writing a "backstory" to that. I'll write it later.
But that "information" does make me wonder if Al ever turned down any offers for roles in any movies. Al hasn't been in many movies, and most of his movie roles were cameos that lasted less than 15 seconds. Al has mentioned a few times when he was offered to write or perform songs for movies that he ended up not being involved with.
I had considered saying that after the "movie" was successful during its opening weekend that Al became so depressed that he almost checked himself into a mental institution (and very few people outside his family knew about this), but that might have gone too far.
But that "information" does make me wonder if Al ever turned down any offers for roles in any movies. Al hasn't been in many movies, and most of his movie roles were cameos that lasted less than 15 seconds. Al has mentioned a few times when he was offered to write or perform songs for movies that he ended up not being involved with.
I had considered saying that after the "movie" was successful during its opening weekend that Al became so depressed that he almost checked himself into a mental institution (and very few people outside his family knew about this), but that might have gone too far.
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That part reminded me of an Ask Al question:
Eddie Schmidt of LA,CA asks: Have you ever turned down any acting roles because they didn't jibe with your style and/or sense of humor?
Yes, on occasion I get offered acting roles that are either a little off-base or WAY off-base. I briefly had an agent that sent me out for pretty much any role that he could find. He got really excited one day because he thought he could get me a guest spot on "L.A. Law" as a hot-tempered short-order fry cook who sexually molests retarded women. You know, as much as I'd like to expand as an actor, I thought that was juuuust a little too much of a stretch for me.
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Okay, here is a "backstory" to Al appearing in that "movie".
As we all know, Al had starred in UHF, which didn't do very well at the box office. Ater the movies failure, Al started working on his next album, but also wondered if is career was over. In January 1990, a director, let's just call him "Steven S.", called Al and asked if he'd be interested in starring in a drama. Al thought it was a miracle that he was being offered a starring role in a movie only half a year after starring in a summer bomb.
So Al had a meeting with the director, who told Al that the writer recommended him because he looked exactly what the writer pictured the main character to look. However, Al felt a little uneasy when he was told that he'd be playing a killer, but became more interested when he heard that on of the victims would be portrayed by a fomer president of the united states (Al later learned that the director lied to him on this part, just to motivate him into the role). So Al agreed, and was told that he'd get to sign a contract two weeks later.
So half a week later, Al went to the studio, but the director told him that there was a minor problem. The writer said that Al looks like how he pictured the main character, but didn't get a chance to finish his sentence (those directors and producers sure do like to interrupt writers). He tried to say "I think 'Weird Al' Yanovic should play the part of the main character because he looks exactly how I would picture him... If he saves his head and mustache, looses his glasses, gets his nose pierced, and wears a fat suit". After this, Al decided that the role wouldn't be worth it. Al said that he needs his mustache (boy, how times have changed). Since he hadn't signed a contract yet, Al walekd out of the studio.
However, Al took hi cousin to see the movie on it's opening weekend, to see how bad the movie was. However, at every theater Al went to, tickets were sold out. And tickets always just happened to sell out when it was his turn to get a ticket. And that monday, he read the news paper, where he learned that the movie was number one at the box office. He threw a major fit, and called everybody in his family just to complain and whine. He was especially upset when Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up, saying that it "sure beats last years crapfest known as UHF". Then the next friday, Al finally got a chance to see it in the theater. He was relieved to only see four other people in the theater (three of whom were other actors who turned down roels in the film and had ben throwing fits over it). Then he learned that the movie was no number 23 at the box office, and he was happy again. He was even happier two days later, when the movie moved to number 101, under Look Who's Talking Too. And he was especially happy when that movie won the razzie for "worst picture".
I guess it's good that that didn't really happen.
As we all know, Al had starred in UHF, which didn't do very well at the box office. Ater the movies failure, Al started working on his next album, but also wondered if is career was over. In January 1990, a director, let's just call him "Steven S.", called Al and asked if he'd be interested in starring in a drama. Al thought it was a miracle that he was being offered a starring role in a movie only half a year after starring in a summer bomb.
So Al had a meeting with the director, who told Al that the writer recommended him because he looked exactly what the writer pictured the main character to look. However, Al felt a little uneasy when he was told that he'd be playing a killer, but became more interested when he heard that on of the victims would be portrayed by a fomer president of the united states (Al later learned that the director lied to him on this part, just to motivate him into the role). So Al agreed, and was told that he'd get to sign a contract two weeks later.
So half a week later, Al went to the studio, but the director told him that there was a minor problem. The writer said that Al looks like how he pictured the main character, but didn't get a chance to finish his sentence (those directors and producers sure do like to interrupt writers). He tried to say "I think 'Weird Al' Yanovic should play the part of the main character because he looks exactly how I would picture him... If he saves his head and mustache, looses his glasses, gets his nose pierced, and wears a fat suit". After this, Al decided that the role wouldn't be worth it. Al said that he needs his mustache (boy, how times have changed). Since he hadn't signed a contract yet, Al walekd out of the studio.
However, Al took hi cousin to see the movie on it's opening weekend, to see how bad the movie was. However, at every theater Al went to, tickets were sold out. And tickets always just happened to sell out when it was his turn to get a ticket. And that monday, he read the news paper, where he learned that the movie was number one at the box office. He threw a major fit, and called everybody in his family just to complain and whine. He was especially upset when Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up, saying that it "sure beats last years crapfest known as UHF". Then the next friday, Al finally got a chance to see it in the theater. He was relieved to only see four other people in the theater (three of whom were other actors who turned down roels in the film and had ben throwing fits over it). Then he learned that the movie was no number 23 at the box office, and he was happy again. He was even happier two days later, when the movie moved to number 101, under Look Who's Talking Too. And he was especially happy when that movie won the razzie for "worst picture".
I guess it's good that that didn't really happen.
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