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Weird story...his parents moved to Fallbrook CA (the northernmost part of San Diego County, and the "Avocado Capitol of the World"), and  they both died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning due to a faulty fireplace. 

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7 hours ago, Underdog said:

I've read/heard that he's quite the musician that most don't realize given his shtick. 

Saw him on the Mandatory Fun tour, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen.

And yeah, you gotta be a good musician to play everyone else's shit PLUS your own hits. To this day, DEVO founder Mark Mothersbaugh is jealous that Al wrote, in "Dare to be Stupid," a better DEVO song than DEVO ever made themselves.

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15 hours ago, South Austin said:

Man, I loved him growing up in the 80s.  I played the shit out of my In 3D and Dare to be Stupid cassettes, and I loved UHF.  He's always seemed like a genuinely good and humble dude.

Jonah Ray Franks 2Ktv GIF by Burger Records

 

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On 9/24/2024 at 9:33 PM, Rimbo said:

His Holy Weirdness is going on tour next year.

I have 4 tickets to the San Diego show.

woohoo!

Thanks for the tip.  Chad Jr. and all his buddies are squarely in his demo now and are thoroughly enjoying him.  I think I'll surprise them with some tix. 

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12 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

Jonah Ray Franks 2Ktv GIF by Burger Records

 

HORRIBLY underrated movie. Was released on the absolute worst possible weekend.

27 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Thanks for the tip.  Chad Jr. and all his buddies are squarely in his demo now and are thoroughly enjoying him.  I think I'll surprise them with some tix. 

Better get em fast.

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36 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who loved UHF, and those who haven't seen it. Unfortunately, the former class is just far too small.

I mean, how do you really appreciate game shows until you've seen Wheel of Fish

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6 hours ago, Rimbo said:

HORRIBLY underrated movie. Was released on the absolute worst possible weekend.

It was the film which caused Orion to go out of business. It had the best pre-screening reviews of any movie in their history, and instead of letting it ride as a mid-budget success that would pull in way more than they cost to produce, they made it the single biggest marketing push in Orion history. Bigger than robocop. Hence, it ballooned the budget way way up on the marketing side, and was officially classified as one of the biggest bombs in movie history. Big enough to kill Orion. And all because they wanted to turn it into a blockbuster when it wasn't and never was intended to be.

One of the funniest movies of all time. Both Weird Al movies are fucking hilarious, actually. And so it a lot of his music. Weird Al fucking rules.

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I legitimately love this song, maybe even more than the Dire Straights original. This is so fucking good, they actually got Mark Knopler and Guy Fletcher from the real Dire Straights to play background. And they also got the original production company which did the Dire Straights music video, which eventually became Mainframe Entertainment, the creators of Reboot. A lot of fucking awesome pedigree in that silly song.

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His "style parody" originals are some of his best. Mimics the style of a song or band but not a direct parody.

Some of my favorites are:

Dog Eat Dog, Talking Heads style parody

Why Does This Always Happen To Me?, Ben Folds style parody with Ben Folds playing piano on the song

Skipper Dan, Weezer style parody

Dare to Be Stupid, Devo as already mentioned above

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