Original Air Date: Saturday, October 8, 1994
Original Airing: WIXX from Green Bay, WI.
Original Interviewer: unknown
Transcribed by:  Alyson Carr

(Sound of DJ dialing Al's phone number; phone ringing)
AL: HELLO?

DJ: ALFRED?

AL: YEAH!  WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?!

DJ: WELL I WAS JUST READING ABOUT YOU IN THE "'WEIRD' AL YANKOVIC"
PERMANENT RECORD BOXED SET HERE.
	
AL: WOW, THAT'S THE LONGEST BOOK I'VE READ SINCE HIGH SCHOOL!

DJ: I KNOW, (LAUGH) AND THEY USED TO CALL YOU ALFRED!

AL: YEAH, MY PARENTS STILL DO.

DJ: WHY?

AL: 'CAUSE THAT'S MY NAME!

DJ: IT'S AWFULLY FORMAL THOUGH, ISN'T IT?

AL: I KNOW.  WELL THEY USED TO CALL ME "MR. YANKOVIC, SIR", SO THEY'RE 
LOOSENING UP A LITTLE BIT.

DJ: (LAUGH)...pause for commercials...

AL: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!

DJ: SO YOU HAVE A BRAND NEW VIDEO WHICH DEBUTS TUESDAY ON MTV?

AL: HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?!

DJ: WELL, I DON'T KNOW, IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE. (LAUGH)

AL: OH.  YEAH, NOT THAT I'VE MEMORIZED THE TIMES BUT I THINK IT'S ON AT 
9:30 1:00 3:00 6:00 AND 9:00.

DJ: AND THIS IS FOR "HEADLINE NEWS" WHICH IS,...

AL: THAT'S RIGHT!

DJ ... IS THE TAKE OFF OF THE CRASH TEST DUMMIES' "MMM MMM MMM"...

AL: "MMM MMM MMM"

DJ: ... WHERE YOU GO INTO JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT 'N EVERYBODY ELSE.

AL: YEAH WELL WE GOT JUDY Tenuda TO PLAY THE PART OF LORENA.  I THINK 
IT WAS PRETTY FANTASTIC THERE.

DJ: (LAUGH) I NEVER REALIZED THIS IS A FOUR CD SET, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 
OF ALL "WEIRD AL" PARODIES GOING BACK TO "MY BOLOGNA".

AL: I THINK A FOUR CD SET BY ME IS THE FIRST SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE.

DJ: WAS THAT THE FIRST ONE, "MY BOLOGNA?"

AL: YES, THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT ACTUALLY GOT RELEASED, IN FACT 
THAT VERSION ON THE BOXED SET IS THE ORIGINAL BATHROOM RECORDING THAT I 
DID BACK WHEN I WAS NINETEEN YEARS OLD.

DJ: AND WHAT WAS THE IDEA?  YOU JUST THOUGHT,"I'LL DO A PARODY SONG".

AL: ACTUALLY I HAD BEEN THINKING OF IT SINCE I WAS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS 
OLD. I MEAN I ALWAYS USED TO MAKE UP STUPID LYRICS TO THE SONGS I'D HEAR 
ON THE RADIO, AND I JUST NEVER GREW OUT OF IT. I'M STILL GOING THROUGH A 
PHASE RIGHT NOW.

DJ: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE, LIKE, WAY OF FIGURING OUT WHAT SONGS YOU'RE 
GONNA DO?  DO YOU HEAR  A SONG AND YOU THINK THIS'LL BE CUTE TO DO, OR 
WHAT?

AL: WELL I TAKE A COPY OF BILLBOARD MAGAZINE, AND I TAPE IT UP ON THE ON 
THE WALL, AND THEN I THROW DARTS AT IT AND WHEREVER IT LANDS-THAT'S IT!

DJ: NO, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT, IS IT?

AL: NO, WELL I PICK SONGS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY POPULAR AND HAVE A STRONG 
MUSICAL AND LYRICAL HOOK AND, JUST YOU KNOW, WHATEVER I CAN COME UP WITH 
TO GET A GOOD ENOUGH IDEA FOR.

DJ: ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT "HEADLINE NEWS".  LIKE, HOW'D THIS GET 
STARTED?

AL: WELL, I THOUGHT THAT THE "MMM MMM MMM" SONG WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 
MORE CATCHY TUNES OF THE YEAR, AND I JUST DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS QUITE 
ENOUGH MEDIA EXPOSURE ON JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT AND NANCY AND TONYA AND 
MICHAEL FAE AND I THOUGHT, "I WANNA BE EVEN MORE REDUNDANT!"

DJ: WHAT'S COMING NEXT, AN OJ SONG?

AL: AH NOW YOU KNOW, DOUBLE HOMOCIDES JUST DON'T CRACK ME UP THE WAY THEY 
USED TO.

DJ: (LAUGH) I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A TOUCHY SUBJECT TO DO, WOULDN'T IT.

AL: YEAH

DJ: WELL LET'S PLAY "HEADLINE NEWS" NOW. WE'LL LOOK FOR THE DEBUT OF YOUR 
VIDEO TUESDAY ON MTV.

AL: ALRIGHT THANKS JOHN!

DJ: AND AL, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TALKING TO YOU!

AL: YOU TOO!

DJ: "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC!..."Headline News" played