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Dog and Pony Shows

Here are my thoughts on three movies and three television shows, with SPOILERS for all of them. Phantom of the Paradise – Brian De Palma’s campy 1974 rock musical is mostly a take on The Phantom of the Opera, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Food, Gender, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Star Wars, Television, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Toys, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a new hope, adrienne barbeau, allan sherman, augie doggie, bail organa, barney rubble, boo boo bear, brian de palma, captain caveman, cindy bear, danny devito, darth vader, doggie daddy, faust, fred flintstone, goober and the ghost chasers, great gazoo, hanna-barbera, huckleberry hound, jabberjaw, james earl jones, jamie lee curtis, janet leigh, jellystone, jerry springer, jerry springer fights camera action, jessica harper, John Carpenter, jonny quest, loopy de loop, magilla gorilla, my little pony, my little pony the movie, obi-wan kenobi, oprah winfrey, peter potamus, phantom of the paradise, princess leia, quick draw mcgraw, raspberry rover, richard dominick, satan, scooby-doo, shazzan, smooze, snagglepuss, solo a star wars story, the fog, the hillbilly bears, the phantom of the opera, the picture of dorian gray, tom atkins, tony randall, top cat, touche turtle, vivien lyra blair, wally gator, william finley, wilma flintstone, yogi bear |

Tzimished, Fachottered, and Tzebulbet Am I

Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman, by Mark Cohen – I’m a fan of Sherman’s song parodies, but I can’t say I really knew that much about his life, aside from bits and pieces I picked up … Continue reading →

Goldeneh Moments from Broadway

There Is Nothing Like a Lox: The Lost Song Parodies of Allan Sherman – While Sherman used many different sorts of humor in his songs, he is particularly known for Jewish-themed parodies. While some of the stereotypes are still current, … Continue reading →

One True Parody

In a recent NPR interview with “Weird Al” Yankovic, he responds to a question about Cookie Monster‘s parody of “Call Me Maybe” with “Yeah, Cookie Monster is my No. 1 competition right now.” Apparently he’s forgetting that Cookie Monster did … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Art, Beatles, Humor, Muppets, Music, Sesame Street, Television, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged allan sherman, born to add, cookie monster, gilbert and sullivan, parody, salvador dali, spike jones, stan freberg, tom lehrer |

We’re Just Technologically Impaired

After Alapalooza, “Weird Al” Yankovic didn’t put out another album until 1996, although in the interim his label released a boxed set. It was all material from previous albums aside from the demo version of “My Bologna” and a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amish, Anabaptists, Christianity, Futurama, Humor, Mennonites, Music, Religion, Television, The Simpsons, They Might Be Giants, Weird Al Yankovic, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged accordion, allan sherman, bad hair day, bart simpson, buster keaton, chris ballew, coolio, elvis costello, forrest gump, hilly michaels, kwanzaa bot, moe szyslak, nine inch nails, pat boone, polka, presidents of the united states of america, rivers cuomo, santa claus, sheryl crow, soul asylum, sparks, tlc, u2, weezer |

I Get By on All My Prehistoric Knowhow

Alapalooza – “Weird Al” Yankovic’s eighth album, released in 1993, was named after the Lollapalooza music festival, but the cover design references Jurassic Park. In fact, some copies of it had a sticker clearly stating that it was NOT the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Cartoons, Humor, Music, Television, The Flintstones, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged ac/dc, aerosmith, alapalooza, allan sherman, anthony kiedis, barney and friends, barry manilow, billy ray cyrus, dave barry, dick van patten, dinosaurs, donny osmond, fred flintstone, james taylor, jimmy webb, jurassic park, peter gabriel, prince, queen, red hot chili peppers, rem, richard harris, the weird al show, tiffany, village people, will vinton |

Martian Ham, Pork from Space

Dr. Seuss’s legendary Green Eggs and Ham recently made the news when Ted Cruz read it out loud during his not-really-a-filibuster against Obamacare. Strange that he would choose this book while decrying something he hadn’t tried. Wasn’t he kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Current Events, Dr. Seuss, Food, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Music, Television, The Simpsons, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged allan sherman, audrey geisel, charles montgomery burns, dr. seuss on the loose, green eggs and ham, grinch, homer simpson, how the grinch stole christmas, humpty dumpty, moxy früvous, paul winchell, sam-i-am, ted cruz, the cat in the hat, through the looking-glass, tigger, u2, what was i scared of? |

Alco-Holidays

Cinco de Mayo has caught the public attention here in the States in recent years, but I don’t know how many people actually realize what it’s celebrating. I get the impression that it’s mostly just an excuse to drink, essentially … Continue reading →