Political Cartoons

Despite the fact that he’s a comedy legend and the king of parody music albums, “Weird Al” Yankovic has never had a No. 1 album on the Billboard charts in his 31 years in the business. His 2011 effort “Alpocalypse” debuted at No. 9, which was the highest mark of his career, as 2006’s “Straight Outta Lynwood” debuted at No. 10 and “Bad Hair Day” at No. 14 ten years before it. Despite the progression of his chart success as Weird Al has gotten older, you wouldn’t think that his biggest moment might be coming at age 54, but as Billboard reports, “Mandatory Fun” will undoubtedly be his greatest debut to date, and it could even end up being his first No. 1 album. The only man who stands in the way is… Jason Mraz.

-- Ashley Burns, "‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Is On The Verge Of His First Ever No. 1 Album" at Uproxx.com (http://uproxx.com/music/2014/07/weird-al-yankovic-is-on-the-verge-of-his-first-ever-no-1-album/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uproxx%2Ffeatures+%28Uproxx%29)

Edited Date: 2014-07-18 07:45 pm (UTC)

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I loved Tacky, the other new video he's released. A friend thought this video may used a set from ABC's Scandal.

Edited Date: 2014-07-18 07:51 pm (UTC)

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He is making 50 look pretty cool - and youngish.

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Yeah he definitely has the Jared Leto ageless thing going on.

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unnamed525.livejournal.com

Goddamned vampires.

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LOL BA-ZINGA!

And I was thinking there might be hope for the rest of us.
Of course, one must go to the dark side...

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fizzyland.livejournal.com

We have cookies!

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I always thought Mephistopheles was more sly and clever.
The dark forces must be over-budget, I guess.

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fizzyland.livejournal.com

Sly and clever was for another time, when men clung to their virtues. I can buy souls from ebay these days so subtlety is right out the window.

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joshthevegan.livejournal.com

A friend thought this video may used a set from ABC's Scandal.

I can't speak to that, but it absolutely was used in The Big Lebowski.

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Good catch, thanks!

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yes-justice.livejournal.com

LIKE.

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joshthevegan.livejournal.com

He's releasing 8 music videos over 8 days starting this past Monday. They've all been pretty great so far.

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It looks like he is owning 2014,
and here I thought he was done with MTV.

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In that Fox interview, I thought he was, since he mentioned they're not really playing music videos anymore.

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Political how?

At least the FOIL video had a minor take on politics with the NWO/lizard-people mockery.

I really enjoy weird al, ever since he came out with The Saga Begins. But still.

Political how? How is this political to you?

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Who are you?

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A member of a community that I thought was about POLITICAL cartoons/comedy.

This is just comedy.

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I mean, am I wrong about that? Is that not what this comm is about? Political comedy?

So when something that is just comedy gets posted, am I somehow inappropriate by pointing out that this is not the proper comm for that material?

It's perfectly fine material, but place and time....

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Well, it's just that you have been barking at me a lot these last couple of days, as though you are my pimp and I am your junkie-whore who you need to beat into line. I understand what you mean about this not being the most obvious piece of politics, but I felt I had a predicate from the discussion of the "FOIL" video, and plus, nobody was posting anything, and plus again, I thought we could use something lighthearted after Russia and Israel. It's not like I do this a lot. How about a break?

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The twitter thing and this. Is there more that I am forgetting?

I would feel bad if there was a pattern of me picking on you, but I don't think there is.

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I just think you should start taking your tears to Wes
and ask him to do something about this awful hardblue guy,
because I don't think much of your judgment and bellyaching.

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Etiquette sir, etiquette.

It's not awful, as I said, I like Weird Al. It's just not political.

I didn't realize pointing out material that doesn't belong here involved tears or bellyaching.

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Whether it belongs or not, I think is still debatable,
and you are not the judge.

The problem is that you are being such a Debbie Downer.
This was a little fun until your griping.

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mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com

It sounds like whining when it's rare and could easily be avoided by just reading the next thing.

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lafinjack.livejournal.com

To be fair, you ARE a political junkie.

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mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com

fun fact! no one cares

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I suppose I get to play Odysseus then.

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yes-justice.livejournal.com

HUMOR IS NOT PERMITTED!!!!

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That album cover is more political than the song.

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yes-justice.livejournal.com

pop culture can be political.

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Yes, it can be. It's not always.

In this case, I don't see it being political. Can you make the case to me that it is? Otherwise, it's just funny, and I like funny, but this isn't with a teleological purpose of having all types of comedy posted, is it?

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odinokivolk.livejournal.com

The split infinitive at the end just kills me.

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I'm happily oblivious,
which I guess shows that ignorance is bliss.

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unnamed525.livejournal.com

Avoiding split infinitives is a hold-over from Latin, where you literally cannot split an infinitive. It's like not ending a sentence with a "pre"position.

Edited Date: 2014-07-19 06:23 pm (UTC)

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beyondfake-0.livejournal.com

Ahahaha I lol'd a few times.

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I am not overly familiar with Al's library,
but I think this could be his best ever.

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warrickwilson.livejournal.com

I.. actually liked this. a little young for weird al but whatever, atleast he's still keeping on.

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