Geek Out!: Trailer for Weird Al 'biopic' up on Funny or Die

Beyond a Weird Al biopic, the question is why hasn't Al been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Weird Al is a creative genius and a creative inspiration. I remember the Sunday night when Dr. Demento played one of the first Weird Al hits...I have been hooked ever since. Parody on Al!!!!

WhiteandNerdygirl...there are a lot of talented artists that deserve to be in the RRHOF WAY more than many of the ones that have been inducted. RRHOF has noting to do with an artist's contribution to rock, but the politics of the BOD and whether or not the chairman likes them.

[...] Geek Out! Trailer for Weird Al 'biopic' up on Funny or Die CNN (blog) – Mar 23rd – 12:01 [...]

Funny or Die is a sham.

Amy Poehler STOLE a skit done by Lex and Terry TWICE.

The whole "panties" thing?

Lex and Terry.

The two old friends who are reunited and start making out?

Lex and Terry.

Funny or Die promotes PLAGIARISM.

Weird Al needs to get a chill pill!!

weird al is better than all musicans combined execpt andy sandberg he's equal to him

I would pay to see a Weird Al movie. UHF was super funny (SUPPLIES!!!)

Andy Sandberg? ... It is Samberg.

I still proudly show-off my weird al t-shirt he autographed in Soldotna Alaska (from the early 90's)...HEY AL...hang in the brah. God Bless you man!!!!!!

Heh. If he produced this movie, I would likely watch it.

Though it would be nice if some of the other artists from Dr Demento got more notice. It seems like we only have room for one comedy band in the public mind, when Weird Al is not even considered the best Demento's finds.....

Al has made tons of money re-writing other peoples songs and making people happy. Does it really hurt your feelings that he's in the RRHOF? He's a comedic musician, he never claimed to be Elvis. His albums have gone PLATINUM, that's why he's in the RRHOF, or is going to be- I dont know.

Poeple like Adam are the reason most Weird Al fans don't claim thier fanship in public. You can try to explain exactly why its funny till you're blue in the face, but if they insist on feeling superior about what they call humor – there's nothing you can do. In the end its usually better laugh out loud by yourself than be ridiculed.

I don't know if Weird Al deserves to be in the RRHOF, but I do know that I've been listening and laughing at his stuff for literally decades. I believe that he is extremely talented and appreciated by loads of people. Keep it up Al, I'm behind you 100%!!

I remember whaching the WierdAl videos on MTV, and i had fun whatching them. Adam Full-of-it up there can kiss my hairy behind!!!

I remember his old movie, "UHF."It was hilarious!

Personally, I've never seen any talent there. A lot of people listen to him, but a lot of people do incredibly silly things. Lady Gaga, Britney Spears...It's funny what people consider talent nowadays.

Al is actually something of a straight-edge, according to his friends. Doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs.

Many people believe that he only rewrites lyrics to others songs. They do not realize that more than half of his music is original comedy music. Usually in a parody of a certain style of music. His genius goes way past just changing lyrics. I'm not as happy with some of the hip-hop stuff he's done lately, but it's a small portion of his overall repertoire.

And his wife is smokin hot! (Sorry, Suzanne, I got a thing for ya!)

"it's not that hard to take an already established song and change the words to make them dumber?" I challenge you to make the words to Crank Dat Soulja Boy any dumber than they already are.

Besides, Al doesn't even to straight parodies as much anymore. He's started doing stylistic parodies where he does an original song in the style of other artists. He's done Ben Folds, Rage Against the Machine, Cake, and Frank Zappa. If you don't think that takes talent, well then there's just no helping you.

Literary people know that parody and satire are two of the most difficult genres of writing to pull off well. Al is recognized as being a master of the form, as well as being a very talented musician in his own right. His "The Saga Begins" is an absolutely dead-on take of the classic "The Day the Music Died," all the way down to internal rhyme scheme and parallel narrative. And at the same time it packs enough insider Star Wars jokes and references to fill a ComicCon convention. If talent and contribution to pop culture are considerations, then he certainly is as qualified for the RRHOF as many of the others who are in there

Weird Al kicks @ss. Bite me when you say he's not a music genius. How many people who uses the accordian other than traditional polka music? Very little if any.

So he's not a genius because he thinks "outside of the box" from twisting other people's songs? Get a clue. Everyone does a "remake" of other people's stuff. I remember the day N'SINC (or some crap like that) came out. A lot of their songs sound remarkably close to Backstreet Boys (whom I liked as a little girl). How about Rihana (sp) and her song "Living your life". It's taken from "Numa Numa" by Ozone. I can name a ton. Fyi, it's SUPPOSED to be stupid. That's why it's called "comedy". It's meant to be so stupid it's funny.

Mr. Yankovic is one heck of an entertainment! If you ever get a chance to see him in concert. – GO!! It's great show and flies in the face of the latest trends of music. It reduces the latest "IN" trend to what it eventually becomes – the cast-off of the "hip" crowds who shove it aside for the next popular trend! Al is a master at pointing out how sad and shallow popular culture is,,,

When you see the crowd lightiing cell phones and echoing "YODA" to
"LOLA" ...you get it !!!!

Backstreet boys is a very popular band during my teenage years, they are great performers too.:,-

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