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Chris Hardwick, whom you may remember from this post and in addition the host of G4's show Web Soup, just tweeted:
Sweet! Set your Tivo to G4 this Sunday June 27, 9pm EST to see what Chris and Al has cooked up this time.
Al once said that the one song that changed his life the most was "Eat It" because it let him buy a house. No other song had let him do that before. Of course, "Eat It" would not have been possible without Michael Jackson and "Beat It". So in memory of Michael Jackson, here's the scene from the mockumentary "The Compleat Al" in which Al asks Michael for permission for the parody. Click here to view the embedded video. And of course, also check out Al's spot on parodies of Eat It and Fat.
New update on WeirdAl.com
Come join Dr. Demento at AL FEST, a “Weird Al” Yankovic fan convention and celebration of comedy music, to be held 10 am to 10 pm Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Holiday Inn in Costa Mesa, Calif. Admission is $50 per person age 11 and up, $30 for children 5 to 10. Tickets are available on the event website at www.alfest2009.com. Dr. Demento will open the event and share never before seen clips from his new show on the online television station called “The Real UHF.” Other AL FEST highlights include a presentation by Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz, Yankovic’s drummer since 1981, a slack key guitar performance by Jim “Kimo” West, Yankovic’s guitar player since 1982, a performance by Ruben Valtierra, Weird Al's keyboard player, and a “UHF” 20th anniversary celebrity panel featuring Dr. Demento, Victoria Jackson, Gedde Watanabe and the film’s director/co-writer Jay Levey. The convention concludes with a screening of Yankovic’s 1989 debut feature film and cult classic, “UHF”, complete with costumed participants acting out the action on screen in the style of the midnight shadow casting made popular by the fans of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” In 2002 “UHF”(which Yankovic co-wrote and starred in) became an instant top ten bestseller upon its release on DVD. Other events at AL FEST include live performances by comedy musicians, an auction of Weird Al memorabilia, photo op and autograph sessions with stars from UHF and some members of Yankovic’s band, a trivia contest and a Weird Al fan variety show. Fans from across the United States, Europe, Asia and South America have already bought tickets to attend. To make the event truly global, organizers are offering free tickets to the first fans who register from Africa and Australia (airfare not included).
News alert from WeirdAl.com: Al will be live on www.indie1031.com today (Friday, June 19) from 12-1 Pacific Time.
Huh, found this article about Weird Al mastering his new songs at Bernie Grundman's. What's really interesting is that it divulges the long lost secret schedule of when the next "Internet Leaks" songs will hit the public: July 14, August 4 and August 25. So, it looks like we'll all be treated to the gift of Al every three weeks. Yay!
If you missed out on the Ustream/Twitter Ask Al session, you can watch the entire video in Ustream's archive. There'll be a lot of moments of Al reading through the flood of tweets and the mic gets overloaded quite a bit, but hey you basically get to personally "hang out" with Weird Al for an entire hour. He reveals that yes, he is wearing pants, he'd pay retail for a Klondike Bar, and how he landed the cameo on Rob Zombie's next Halloween movie. Plus at around 29 minutes, Al answers one of MY hard hitting questions. Woo!
Weird Al has posted the new video to YouTube in spectacular HD! And now the song available for purchase at iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, and everywhere else where mp3s are sold. AND... the video is also available for purchase at iTunes.
Recent post by Al on Facebook:
Then make sure to look at Ustream to see Al possibly answer your question while wearing a hot dog suit. What? The hot dog suit is at the cleaners? Ah... well, I'm sure whatever Al's wearing is fine. Also, have you seen WeirdAl.com lately? Looks mighty familiar.
It's here! It's here! The brand spankin' new Weird Al video is now available at Spinner.com |
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