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The Emmys Pay Tribute to Robin Williams and Has Weird Al Parody Your Favorite TV Theme Songs

August 26, 2014

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Along with the announcing of the Emmy winners last night, The Primetime Emmys telecast had none other than Billy Crystal honor one of the now, late greats, Robin Williams and Weird Al Yankovic, who is continuing to have a banner year, add his own lyrics to the theme songs of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Homeland, Scandal, and Modern Family.

It’s a good thing that these Emmys didn’t air on the same night as the MTV VMAs so we didn’t have to flip channels between this and Beyonce.

There Is a Petition to Have Weird Al Yankovic Perform at The Super Bowl Half Time Show

August 7, 2014

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(via Splitsider)

The Super Bowl Half Time Show is up there in terms of the biggest stage to perform on. Thus, only the biggest acts get to play it like Beyonce, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, etc.

With a new album debuting at #1 on Billboard, Weird Al Yankovic might just be a great candidate to play that very same half time show, which is the purpose of a petition that has started by Weird Al’s fans.

We sincerely hope this happens to not only have Yankovic’s name mentioned in the same sentence with Super Bowl Half Time alums, but we’re sure it will be one hell of a show.

Weird Al Yankovic Might Be Just Releasing Singles and Music Videos From Now On

August 2, 2014

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(via Laughspin)

Weird Al Yankovic who scored a #1 album for Mandatory Fun on Billboard might have made his last complete album. The success of his 8 music videos over 8 days is undeniable in its conjunction with the release of the actual album.

So, maybe it might be sad that Mandatory Fun could potentially be the last full album from Weird Al, but, on the other hand, it might not take 3 years to get another song and video from him either.

Weird Al Yankovic Scores His First #1 Billboard Album

July 23, 2014

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Billboard has just reported their official chart toppers and it Weird Al Yankovic has indeed made it to #1 with his latest album Mandatory Fun. This is an overdue first for Weird Al.

We’re not surprised given how well crafted both the album and music videos were as well as Yankovic’s release strategy across the wild plains of the Internet.

Even more impressive than that is Mandatory Fun now rests as the sole comedy album to reach the top of the charts this millennium as the last #1 comedy album was released in 1963 with Allan Sherman’s My Son, The Nut.

Weird Al Yankovic Is Uniting the Internet with His #8Videos8Days and Might Be On His Way to a #1 Album

July 21, 2014

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Nerdist, Funny or Die, College Humor, Vevo, Yahoo!, Pop Crush, Amazon, and even The Wall Street Journal all got to release one of Weird Al Yankovic’s 8 music videos from his new album Mandatory Fun.

To our knowledge, there hasn’t been such an expansive rollout of music videos over so many brands that make or host original content and, as you might imagine, this move has gotten Yankovic has gotten tons of views and a #1 album overall on iTunes as well as possible #1 album on Billboard.

For any album, not just a musical comedy parody album, that’s impressive.

Weird Al Yankovic Parodies Lorde’s “Royals” with “Foil”

July 16, 2014

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The 8 days of 8 music videos from Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album Mandatory Fun continues today with Yankovic’s spin on the megahit from Lorde played on nearly every radio station in existence, “Royals”.

Watch “Foil” made with College Humor featuring cameos from Patton Oswalt, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant, and you’ll forget about how you’ll never be royal.

Weird Al Yankovic’s “Mandatory Fun” Now Out

July 15, 2014

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After Alpocalypse, it’s been years since we’ve enjoyed the mastered parody stylings of one Weird Al Yankovic and there’s been plenty ripe for Weird Al to parody.

Already, he has done his take on Pharrell’s “Happy” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”. Get in on the rest of Mandatory Fun whether you’re going to disregard it being mandatory or not.

Weird Al Yankovic’s First Music Video “Tacky” Parodies Pharrell’s “Happy”

July 14, 2014

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Weird Al Yankovic has begun his 8 days of 8 consecutive, brand spanking new music videos by parodying Pharrell’s mega hit “Happy” with his “Tacky”. Enlisting the loudest possible clothes you could find and the talents of Jack Black, Kristen Schaal, Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, and Eric Stonestreet, Yankovic is off to a great start making the release of his new album Mandatory Fun tomorrow all the more exciting.

Nerdist has the exclusive first video to watch right here.

Weird Al Yankovic Announces Track List for Mandatory Fun

July 7, 2014

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Weird Al Yankovic Announces Track List for Mandatory Fun

While we’re still a week away from the release of Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album, Mandatory Fun, the track list has been announced as Mandatory Fun is currently up for pre-sale.

Sure, you can try guessing which popular songs Weird Al will be parodying, but we can’t wait to hear “NOW That’s What I Call Polka”.

Weird Al Yankovic Has 8 Music Videos Ready for “Mandatory Fun”

June 29, 2014

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Weird Al Yankovic Has 8 Music Videos Ready for “Mandatory Fun”

The release of Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album Mandatory Fun isn’t until July 15th, but, starting a day before, Yankovic will be releasing a horde of music videos for the album.

In fact, Weird Al has 8 lined-up and he’s going to release them day-by-day for 8 days. So, two weeks from now is going to be a lot of fun, whether you’re want to have some or not.

Weird Al Yankovic’s New Album Mandatory Fun Out on July 15th

June 17, 2014

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Weird Al Yankovic’s New Album Mandatory Fun Out on July 15th

It’s been a while, three years in fact, since we last heard a collection of great song parodies from the one and only Weird Al Yankovic. Luckily, we don’t need to wonder when and if there’s another album as he has a new album coming out next month called Mandatory Fun.

There are no track listings as of yet, so it’s all speculation as to what he might be parodying, but we’re excited that the release is only a few weeks away.

Weird Al Yankovic Settles Multi Million Lawsuit Against Sony Music

December 20, 2013

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Weird Al Yankovic Settles Multi Million Lawsuit Against Sony Music

Apparently, Sony Music had not being giving Weird Al Yankovic his due for what he was owed from various uses of Yankovic’s content.

Amidst several allegations, the music video for “White and Nerdy” was big on YouTube for Sony Music and Yankovic saw little money from that.

Looks like we’re all still figuring out how to make a feasible online content model that’s fair to artists and lucrative enough for investors/companies.

Puddin’ with Eddie Pepitone’s Has “Wonderful” Holiday Send Off

December 18, 2013

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Not only is it great to see Weird Al Yankovic, Patton Oswalt, Dana Gould, and several more come together for a Christmas web series special, but it’s really touching the way they do so for the holiday episode of Matt Oswalt’s Puddin’ with Eddie Pepitone.

Part of why it’s so great? Eddie gets exactly what he wants for Christmas/no other Christmas special ends like this. Watch A Puddin’ Christmas here.

Morning Debriefing 7/1/11

1) I can think of at least 5 places off the bat where you could do this… [via IHateComedy]

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2) Kelly Oxford on Last Call with Carson Daly.

3) Weird Al Yankovic made music videos for his whole new album and they’re all right here like Party in the CIA.

4) RT @MarcMaron For those asking: My New CD, ‘This Has to be Funny’, will be out in August.

5) Megan Amram at the Cheesecake Factory

6) Jackie Kashian in LA Weekly.

7) Last night, we went to the vintage video game arcade Ground Kontrol for the first edition of Ron Funches’ No Pun Intendo and to show you how packed it was, the picture below was literally the best picture we could take of Mike Drucker killing it and dispatching a heckler wearing an Effin Vodka shirt (at a vintage video game arcade no less).

Most amazing part to us was that hipsters wanted to see the show, believed in comedy so much that they stopped playing X-Men to watch comedy.

8) Puddin’-“Question” (This is their 100th episode!)

9) ON THE HORIZON
Laugh Revival @ Venice Sound Stage Thurs. July 14th 8:30PM FREE

10) COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
LETTUCE Entertain You (With Stand-Up) @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Re-Animator the Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
The Tulsa Skull Swingers @ Redwood Bar & Grill (316 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA [Downtown[) 9:30PM
First Friday Funnies @ Serenity Hall (7212 Chapman Ave., Garden Grove, CA w/Jesse Case, Eli Olsberg, Johnny Gold, and Kerry Arnold Stevens) 10PM FREE
Kate Micucci @ Steve Allen Theater (opening for Re-Animator Benefit) 11PM
Re-Animator Cast Benefit @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $15

11) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served
TRINITY CHURCH 1015 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 8PM/must work clean/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available

12) Anyone who says that they’re legitimately enjoying Transformers 3 needs to read Orwell’s Animal Farm again and specifically the parts about how the animals on the farm were fooled into thinking that they tyranny they lived under was somehow better than before.

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Morning Debriefing 6/30/11

1) Watch comedic brilliance by Jon Dore & Rory Scovel on Conan. Oh yeah, they might do the same thing at Meltdown Comics on August 11th.

2) Want to be on a “High School Talent Show”?

Hot House, which normally hosts a fantastic “secret” comedy show, is putting the 3rd Annual Hot House High School Talent Show. Already, it’s half booked, but if you’re interested, the show is on Thurs. July 21st 8PM and they’re looking to book all types of variety/comedy/character acts of varying lengths – but – no stand up (unless it is part of a larger character piece).

The basic theme of the night is the show takes place in a High School Auditorium hosted by the Vice Principal of Affairs. Talent must decide up front whether to play a Student or an Administrator. And all acts should be between thirty seconds to three minutes (five if there is a real need) And let us know the general concept beforehand.

Nothing is too small or too stupid. Please email mariecolette24@gmail.com if interested.

3) So Café Muse, to those comedians that put up with its open mic or shows, is now gone. No more comedy will take place within its walls despite it being next door to the Comedy Central Stages. We’re frankly surprised that it lasted this long as every time we’ve been there something along the lines of a frustrated white kid in his late 20’s would ask anyone who was black to be his black friend 5 minutes over the light would happen.

4) Don’t follow @MitziShore. It’s not her. Besides, gaining favor with her and an audition to be passed at the Comedy Store is a whole lot harder than just getting a fake account of her to follow you on Twitter.

5) Compatish goes cup stacking…

6) Weird Al Yankovic writes/confesses lyrics for the Conan theme.

7) Puddin’-“Books”

8) ON THE HORIZON
California for Alabama Benefit @ Meltdown Comics Wed. Aug. 3rd, 6:30PM $10
The Business @ Nerdist Theater Fri. July 15th, 8PM $10

9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Conan O’Brien Writers Retrospective @ Cinefamily 7:45PM $12
Comedy 90210 @ Roxbury Cafe 8PM $5
1642 Comedy Social Club @ 1642 Beer & Wine 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Mr. Napkins Big Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM FREE
Loose Meat @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Persona! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10PM $5
Love Machine Comedy Show @ M Bar 10PM $5
Paul Danke & Cornell Reid Live Tweet a Movie @PaulDanke & @Corneezy 10PM FREE

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available

11) I tried defending Tree of Life to my sister and mother who sat through it with me and the best I could come up with was, “Well, it’s best if you don’t try to figure it out.” Now, if I only could write jokes that work like that.

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Morning Debriefing 6/20/11

1) Perform This Way by Weird Al Yankovic

2) Today: the wonderfully hilarious Jamie Lee will be hosting coverage of the Critics’ Choice Television Awards for VH1.com. Do not miss.

3) What Megan Amram thinks an episode of “Games of Thrones” is like without having ever seen the show.

“Enter JAIME LANNISTER, an important member of the 92,924,024-person cast. He has just finished elaborately sexing a glimmering satyr with his shimmering be-amuleted penis. P.S. There are 356,753,103 satyrs in this show. They are half-horse/half-sexy horse.”

4) The march for the Onion getting a Pulitzer via their own grassroots organization AFAJP continues with the celebrity backing of Arianna Huffington, Tom Hanks, and Mario Batali. I wonder what Literally Unbelievable will makes of this.

5) Louis CK doesn’t want his show to go on forever. [via Caroline’s on Broadway]

6) This Thursday, you don’t have to leave the house: Futurama on Comedy Central 10PM, Louie on FX 10:30PM, AND Nick Kroll on Conan 11PM.

7) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
MTV Showcase @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 8PM $30/2 drink min.
Harmontown @ Meltdown Comics 8PM $10
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Shittastic Variety Hour @ iO West 10:30PM $10
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)

8) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is lottery/no purchase necessary
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

9) To any of you comedians out there, writing a brand new 20 minute anything is a Catch-22 in LA.

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Morning Debriefing 6/4/11

1) Fantasy Rock Band OGRE MAGE just launched their Kickstarter to get their first album recorded! Watch and donate.

2) “Get Your Number” by MC Mr. Napkins aka Zach Sherwin.

3) James Adomian will be on Lopez Tonight this Wednesday 6/8 performing stand-up. In other words, this is what you’ll be watching or DVR’ing to watch later on Wednesday night.

4) “@alyankovic It’s official-there’s going to be a music video for EVERY SINGLE SONG on my new album. #overkill” More details on this story to come.

5) NOTE: Andrés Du Bouchet will be recording his CD on Wed. at Bar Lubitsch at 10PM (and not 8PM as we had posted yesterday).

6) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 6/5-6/11. Thanks Wisepix.

7) Mitch Hedberg’s Jimmy John Promos. Yes, that’s promos for a fast food establishment by Mitch Hedberg. [via Pauliophonic.com}

8) IWantHerJob.com Interview w/Jamie Brunton: I’ll second that.

9) A roast, a show at Largo, and now TJ Miller’s in the LA Times.

10) The “Tip of the Hat” this time goes to Katie Crown. Article as to why you need to see her perform as SOON as possible coming later today.

11) COMEDY CRAWL
Two Headed Beast: A Storytelling Show @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Battleship Pretension @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) 8PM $10
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo 8:30PM $25
Trevor Moore’s Whatever Show @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
The Midnight Show @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8

12) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/no purchase necessary/4 min.

13) GPOCWLCKS (Gratuitous Picture of Cat Watching Louis CK Saturday). Thanks to Nicole Christo and her cat.

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