"Weird Al" Yankovic

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[[Image:WeirdAl.jpg|right|230px|thumb|Okay, sure... how did you get this number?]]
'''"Weird Al" Yankovic''' (born '''Alfred Matthew Yankovic''' on [[October 23]], [[1959]]) is a god among men.

A multi-Grammy-winning musician for over twenty years, "Weird Al" is famous for his parodies of popular songs, as well as "style parodies" that emulate specific acts' musical styles.

Al has also directed music videos for various other musicians, including Ben Folds Five and Hanson. He has produced and starred in numerous specials on MTV and VH1, a cult-hit movie ''UHF'', and his own one-season Saturday morning TV show. He also has a long list of cartoon voice acting cameos (particularly for [[Cartoon Network]]), appearing on such shows as ''[[Jeff Glen Bennett|Johnny Bravo]]'', ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'', ''Robot Chicken''... and ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.

=="Roles"==
===Generation 1 (musician)===
* "[[Dare to Be Stupid]]" — ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' soundtrack

===Transformers Animated (voice)===
* [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Sumdac Systems]] technician ("[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]")

===Convention guest===
* [[BotCon 2009]]

==Notes==
* [http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html In an interview], [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] revealed that during Weird Al's recording session for ''Animated'', regular voice actor [[Tom Kenny]] wasn't scheduled to show up, but came anyway just so he could introduce his son to Weird Al. ''Dawwwwww.''

* In an [http://www.weirdal.com/aaarchive.htm#0399 "Ask Al"] interview, Weird Al revealed at long last the riveting story behind how "Dare to be Stupid" wound up in the ''Transformers the Movie'' soundtrack.
**''Thomas Stanford of Buffalo, NY asks: I'm a huge Transformers fan. I always found it interesting how "Dare to be Stupid" ended up in the middle of it. How did you manage that?''
**'''Weird Al: The Transformers soundtrack came out on Scotti Bros., so oddly enough, there were a bunch of Scotti Bros. artists on there. I think I probably got a phone call saying, "Hey, we're gonna use one of your songs in this movie, if that's okay with you," and I probably said, "Sure, why not - hey, how did you get this number?"'''

*Fascinating.

*He is awesome.

==External links==
*[http://www.weirdal.com/home.htm The Official "Weird Al" web site]

*[http://twitter.com/alyankovic Al on Twitter]

*[http://weirdal.wikia.com/ The Weird Al Wiki]

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