"Weird Al" Yankovic
"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 Johnny Bravo, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Robot Chicken, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake... and Transformers Animated.
Fiction
Dark of the Moon novel
When Sam Witwicky and Seymour Simmons went to a bar to find some ex-cosmonauts, Sam thought it looked like the sort of place James Bond would frequent. He was unimpressed with Simmons's approach, reflecting that Simmons was more "Weird Al" Yankovic than Daniel Craig. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)
"Roles"
Generation 1 (musician)
Transformers Animated (voice)
- Wreck-Gar
- Sumdac Systems technician ("Garbage In, Garbage Out")
Convention guest
Notes
- 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 "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.
