World of Weird Al Yankovic

anthontherun wrote:

weird user wrote: The introduction for The Weird Al-Ini Pages says that Weird Al asked his friends to write the material instead of him doing it. I wonder if they really did write it. I didn't see any writers credit for these pages.

They're all credited in the title of each piece in the article...

I wasn't sure if the titles were just titles (as in other writers just put the names of celebrities there as a joke) or not. I'll take your word for it, but I wish they could have been a bit more clearer to avoid confusion.

Al was very vocal about the fact he had friends write pieces for it.

Plus, the Patton Oswalt/Chris Hardwick pieces are so much in THEIR comedic voices that it's pretty obvious nobody but either of them could've written them. Hardwick's "Social Media Throughout History" piece just reeks of the same shtick he's been doing on @midnight and Oswalt's waffle house piece is quite similar to the Steakhouse bit ("gauntlet of angry food") he does on "No Reason To Complain."

EW.com has a short article about the issue.

Was holding out until today to get a copy in hopes my local comic book shop had it so I could get it as part of today's sales for Free Comic Book Day. Couldn't find it but just as I was ready to check out, there it was.


Bonus: My total for everything I bought? $27.99. Good thing I put one comic back.

Regarding the fact that some of the Weird Al-Ini pieces were obviously the celebrities based on their style: Most of those celebrities I'm really not familiar-enough with to recognize the style, and I haven't really had a good look at that part of the issue (just the pictures, Weird Al's introduction, and the credits parts).

So is Weird Al-Ini a regular part of Mad Magazine? Or does Mad usually have articles that end in "-Ini"?

weird user wrote:So is Weird Al-Ini a regular part of Mad Magazine? Or does Mad usually have articles that end in "-Ini"?

The Fundalini Pages is a regular feature that's sort of like a catch-all of cartoons and short articles/lists from regular Mad contributors. There's an abbreviated version in this issue right before the Weird Al-Ini section, but usually it goes for 5-6 pages.

Al talks about the first issue of Mad he ever bought and gives a possible clue to a song that won't be featured in the setlist on the coming tour.

anthontherun wrote:Al talks about the first issue of Mad he ever bought and gives a possible clue to a song that won't be featured in the setlist on the coming tour.

Or maybe he'll switch to a bubble dress

anthontherun wrote:Al talks about the first issue of Mad he ever bought and gives a possible clue to a song that won't be featured in the setlist on the coming tour.

I don't know so much if he's saying he won't perform that song on the tour, or he'll just being wearing a different costume. Either way, I'd be fine to see it go.