Hanging 27: Taco Surfing

Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:01 am

I didn't really think it would actually WORK. I know I've read that even the Stones lose money on the smaller club shows, and no matter what charitable activities Al may engage in, touring isn't supposed to be one of them.

True, you get new and different songs with each new tour's setlist, but the idea of somehow having it all, both the new songs and some of the older ones that would otherwise be squeezed offstage, is an appealing one.

Post by **scottidog** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:17 am

I think Ratbert's idea is probably the best solution to the too-many hits problem... a random song plugged into the setlist that changes at each venue.

Wed Dec 18, 2002 10:45 am

so... I did a yahoo search for "rock parody" to see how soon Al would turn up.

The first mention (at least as determinable from the excerpts given) was alsongs.com.... at #27 on the list.

Post by **scottidog** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 11:11 pm

Everyone but me has probably already seen this, but since I just found it...

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/rock_the_h ... deos.jhtml

...check out Al's VH1 Tip Of The Week. It's pretty funny.

Post by **scottidog** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 12:20 am

I can't claim credit for this one, I just chased the link backwards from the one Elvis gave with Al in the Black Suit...

http://users.wpi.edu/~rgreen/captures/

It's a real shame Al hasn't enjoyed his job all these years...

I do have to say, that I am glad I didn't see the Circus Of The Stars thing. Yikes! It would have scared me to death to watch Al up there. What was he thinking? I bet Mary had a fit!

Mon Dec 23, 2002 12:42 am

I do have to say, that I am glad I didn't see the Circus Of The Stars thing. Yikes! It would have scared me to death to watch Al up there. What was he thinking? I bet Mary had a fit!

I'm sure he followed the same rule as other people do who have loving, protective, worrying moms, and didn't tell her anything about it until he was safely back on the ground.

Post by **scottidog** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 12:58 am

I didn't know anything about it until several years after it happened and it still freaks me out!

That was not trick photography, I really was hanging off a sway pole 55 feet in the air without a safety net. My manager says if he gets any more offers for me to be on Circus Of The Stars, hes not going to tell me about them.

Give Jay a raise, Al! Yikes!

Post by **scottidog** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 12:33 am

More (than you ever wanted to know) about the Chicken Dance...

http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/08/29 ... an_do.html

http://www.cincypost.com/living/1999/okto091699.html

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/0 ... _over.html

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/0 ... ok_to.html

Al the Maytag Repairman?

http://www.octopusmediaink.com/WeirdAlYankovic.html

Only tenuously WAY related: it's a parody, and it includes some of his lyrics...

http://www.thebluebrick.net/OneDays.html

Wed Dec 25, 2002 4:02 am

Jerry Springer used to be mayor of Cincinnati? Those must have been some interesting city council meetings. Wonder what the monthly bills for podium and chair breakage came to.

At least I'm glad that the 1999-vintage city fathers (and possibly mothers) decided not to toss Al in the hoosegow for violation of the noise ordinances.

Post by **scottidog** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 11:01 am

Yeah, the City Parents were very considerate of Al Yankovich. :dontgetit:

Glad to see he wasn't their second choice. Just one of the many first choices...

World of Weird Al Yankovic

Hanging 27: Taco Surfing

I'm beginning to think there's something to this...