Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born on October 23, 1959, in the Los Angeles suburb of Lynwood. He first took up the accordion when a salesman came around to solicit business for a music school. His parents, Nick and Mary Yankovic, decided on the accordion because of polka king Frankie Yankovic (no relation)...See full bio »
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Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Fuckups
(2009)
(writer: "Everything You Know Is Wrong" - uncredited / performer: "Everything You Know Is Wrong" - uncredited)
2003'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection
(video)
(writer: "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Dare to Be Stupid", "UHF", "One More Minute", "This is the Life", "Spy Hard", "Christmas at Ground Zero", "Bob" / performer: "Fat", "Amish Paradise", "It's All About the Pentiums", "Smells Like Nirvana", "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Bedrock Anthem", "Gump", "Jurassic Park", "Headline News", "Dare to Be Stupid", "Eat It", "Like a Sergeon", "UHF", "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies", "One More Minute", "I Lost On Jeopardy", "This is the Life", "Living with a Hernia", "Spy Hard", "Ricky", "Christmas at Ground Zero", "Bob", "The Saga Begins")
2003Weird Al Presents Al-TV
(TV special)
(writer: "Bob", "Harvey the Wonder Hamster" / performer: "Bob", "A Complicated Song", "Trash Day", "Harvey the Wonder Hamster", "Angry White Boy Polka", "Ebay", "Couch Potato" / "A Complicated Song", "Trash Day", "Angry White Boy Polka", "Ebay", "Couch Potato")
1999'Weird Al' Yankovic Live!
(video)
(performer: "Gump", "Polka Power!", "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder", "The Night Santa Went Crazy", "Dare to Be Stupid", "It's All About The Pentiums", "Germs", "One More Minute", "Like a Surgeon", "Pretty Fly For a Rabbi", "Another One Rides The Bus", "I Love Rocky Road", "Achy Breaky Song", "Jurassic Park", "Grapefruit Diet", "I Lost on Jeopardy", "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", "Bedrock Anthem", "Amish Paradise", "Fat", "The Saga Begins", "Yoda")
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Al Gets Robbed
(1997)
(writer: "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" - uncredited / performer: "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" - uncredited)
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The Obligatory Holiday Episode
(1997)
(writer: "I'm a Little Kitty" - uncredited / performer: "Auld Lang Syne" - uncredited, "I'm a Little Kitty" - uncredited)
1996Spy Hard
(writer: "Spy Hard Theme" / performer: "Spy Hard Theme" / producer: "Spy Hard Theme")
1996'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos
(video)
(performer: "Ricky", "Gump", "UHF", "This is The Life", "Headline News", "Amish Paradise", "I Lost on Jeopardy", "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "I Love Rocky Road", "Bedrock Anthem", "Eat It")
1989UHF
(writer: "UHF", "FUN ZONE", "LET ME BE YOUR HOG", "SPATULA CITY", "GANDHI II" / lyrics: "THE BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT" / performer: "UHF", "FUN ZONE", "LET ME BE YOUR HOG", "SPATULA CITY", "GANDHI II")
Hosted a four-hour program on MTV called
Al TV since 1985 and has hosted three two-hour programs on the Canadian music channel MuchMusic called "AlMusic". In both he plays videos, both his own and slightly altered videos of others', acts odd, creates horrific sandwiches, brings out...
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie
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1 Print Biography
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2 Interviews
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4 Articles
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[on a 1999 episode of
Behind the Music, answering a question about (then) being unmarried. He is now married and has a daughter] [My parents] are like, 'Well, he's almost 40, lives in Los Angeles, and he's unmarried. You know what THAT means!"
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Trivia:
During the height of his "Eat It" fame, he spoofed Michael Jackson's Pepsi sponsorship by appearing briefly in a Diet Coke commercial. The spot showed a figure from the back, in a "Thriller"-style jacket, who then turned to reveal it was Al.
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Trademark:
Performs polka style medleys of songs that have no connection with each other, as if randomly chosen.
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