Weird Al vs The Knack

Brian and Murdock dig through the history of musical parody to find the path taken by Alfred Matthew Yankovic to go from aspiring architect to godfather of laugh-out-loud lyrical tom-foolery.

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SHOW NOTES:

Used in this episode: Bach “Peasant Cantata”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_mass

https://interlude.hk/bach-makes-joke-peasant-cantata/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122018506

https://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mozart-to-weird-al-the-evolution-of-parody-video/sound-field/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_MuddahHelloFadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/644173/dr-demento-ruled-radio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento

Full 1991 episode of the Dr Demento show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdnb8Z9IxmQ

Full 1986 episode of the Dr Demento show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYcPmo9d2w

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-dr-demento-man-discovered-weird-al-fish-heads-222028433.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic

Belvedere Cruisin’ – Weird Al demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwaY5Ibz83w

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75056/9-musicians-who-refused-let-weird-al-yankovic-parody-their-songs

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/alex-melton-youtube-pop-punk-covers

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