"Weird Al" Yankovic - '"Weird Al" Please Explain' - Wits

Have you even wondered how "Weird Al" gets to do what he does? How does he choose his songs? What do the artists think?
We had a chance to ask him the background on some of his most famous projects.
Hear the stories behind "My Bologna", "Smells Like Nirvana", UHF, and "Word Crimes".
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[@40GamesAG]

"I didn't know you were still alive!" "I never knew you were alive!" I died right there! XD I wish I could have seen that tweet! Maybe I can still find it in his history.

[@sophiet1576]

Al's an older man I would definately go out with, handsome, smart and kind. Looking good in this interview.

[@645sup]

UHF is a great movie, I recommend it to anyone who loves weird al!

[@-JustHuman-]

Have it on DVD :)

[@fireflocs]

Cobain's response to "It's a song about how nobody can understand your lyrics." should have been "We already do songs about that."

[@MrUndersolo]

fireflocs Cobain also said he knew Nirvana had made it once Weird Al covered “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

[@vintagevhsarchive]

"Louie, Louie" got nothin' on "Beeswax"

[@opaljk4835]

Do they?

[@dysequilibrium]

they charged him $1000 to rerecord My Bologna????

[@Marialla.]

He's looking handsomer as he ages (dare I say matures? Nahhhh). I never noticed him for his looks before.

[@HowDareThey1970]

+Marialla He was always handsome though

[@Marialla.]

HowDareThey1970 I couldn't see it through his silliness in the 80's. He wears it better now.

[@HowDareThey1970]

Marialla I think i sort of overlooked it too... yet realize i never minded looking at him....and would periodically see a really handsome picture. i think he was really strikingly handsome with the short hair wigs he used for a couple of videos he did in the late 90s. Reveals chiseled features best. I never fully embraced the long hair with the center part, but with it partly pulled back (like at some award shows and some videos) looks great, and in the beginning of the Foil video with the hair brushed out and the part off center his hair looks really good, shows off his face.

[@buslady6695]

I always thought he was cute in the old days, and he grew to be handsome.

[@legionaireb]

The reason UHF wasn't a blockbuster was because all the blocks had already been busted that summer.

[@SimuLord]

I want to tweet this at Weird Al but I'm not gonna send him some dumb thing on KZbin that everybody else already saw three years ago.

[@natalieeuley1734]

Most underrated comment I am practically crying

[@Spence12]

5/29/20 The one DISLIKE on this video is probably the guy who wrote to Al, "Your an idiot."

[@algonacchick]

Haha, this is so great! Btw, I saw that tweet exchange mentioned at the very end. Brilliant!

[@milliequick1271]

I had not no idea that was how Bologna was pronounced 😂

[@wwelovr29]

I love word crimes!

[@angiemelanie]

Esta muy guapo 😍

[@emilphoryew9436]

The word "weird" is spelled weirdly. Figures he'd call himself that.

[@hangugeohaksaeng]

Nice to see Al. The host was a bit of a dud.

[@Danimal300zx]

The interviewer was not able to follow up AT ALL to Al's answers to his questions. Al would say something funny and the interviewer would take an awkward pause and then just go on to the next question. REALLY? Can't think of ANYTHING to retort with? Al was clearly wanting some kind of comeback and remark, but nothing came.