World of Weird Al Yankovic

Driew_La_27 @ Jan 12 2005, 05:24 PM wrote: Um.. tell you?

No.... add them to the list.

Anth, any ideas you have would be groovy. We're willing to think outside the accordion case.

Hamsters!

scottidog @ Jan 14 2005, 11:45 AM wrote: No.... add them to the list.

Uh, Bobbi, I think I'm the one that does that, not Driew.

scottidog @ Jan 13 2005, 05:45 PM wrote: No.... add them to the list.

We have a list? Why wasn't I told?

Gee, no wonder I don't any respect around..... NO ONE TELLS ME ANYTHING!

Bobbi if you inform me of this I'd be happy to.

I was just assigned a short 2-page persuasive essay that has to be about why someone who is only kind of famous should be more famous, so of course I thought of Al right off the bat.

We all love Al, but I think we can all agree he could use a few more crazed fans. (I know when the PH show came to my hometown about 1/3 of the seats were empty that can't be fun for Al to have to look out at.) So I throught, who better to help me convince my English teacher than you guys, the most obsessed Al fans on the planet!?!

I just have to have three major points as to why Al should be worshipped by all. I have a few ideas of my own, but I'd love to hear what anyone else thinks.

Thanks for the help!

He's consistently funny writing songs that deal with pop culture issues. Every Weird Al album is a microcosmic time capsule of the time it was released.

He's a seriously underrated musician and songwriter. He can write a funny, original singable song in any style from 20's Charleston-ish jazz to zydeco to rap-- and his band can play to perfection anything he throws at them.

We're doing conspiracy theorys in English. My goal for this year is to drive my good-natured teacher mad with as many Al-related assignments as possible.

Any ideas? I'm drawing a blank.

The songs on Kazaa labeled as Wierd "Al" Yankovich.

Or maybe how rappers have no sense of humour because they are secret government agents who are after our souls.