“Weird Al” Yankovic turned 50 on Friday. (Can you believe he’s been around that long? And that he has a new album?) Yankovic’s exceedingly goofy, and quite clever. He also has a song off of his 2006 album, Straight Outta Lynnwood, that seems somewhat appropriate for the VC: “I’ll Sue Ya.” It begins:
I sued Taco Bell
‘Cause I ate half a million Chalupas
And I got fat!I sued Panasonic
They never said I shouldn’t use their microwave
To dry off my catHuh, I sued Earthlink
‘Cause I called them up
N’ they had the nerve to put me on holdI sued Starbucks
‘Cause I spilled a Frappucino in my lap
And brrr, it was cold!I sued Toys’R’Us
‘Cause I swallowed a Nerf ball
And nearly choked to deathUgh, I sued PetCo
‘Cause I ate a bag of kitty litter
And now I got bad breath!
The full lyrics are on a fan site here, and here’s the video. More “Weird Al” birthday wishes, etc. at Idolator.
I sued Taco Bell 'Cause I ate half a million Chalupas And I got fat! I sued Panasonic They never said I shouldn't use their microwave To dry off my cat Huh, I sued Earthlink 'Cause I called them up N' they had the nerve to put me on hold I sued Starbucks 'Cause I spilled a Frappucino in my lap And brrr, it was cold! I sued Toys'R'Us 'Cause I swallowed a Nerf ball And nearly choked to death Ugh, I sued PetCo 'Cause I ate a bag of kitty litter And now I got bad breath!
Regolith says:
I think Don’t Download This Song would also be pretty appropriate for this blog, considering how much time is spent discussing copyright laws here.
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October 25, 2009, 9:10 amMarco says:
That fan site provides a great service, and its home page graciously hat-tips the [old] Yahoo! trade-dress. Do any copyright or trademark lawyers out there think the fan site would have any hope of prevailing against infringement claims, even assuming they could afford competent counsel?
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October 25, 2009, 9:22 amGlenn Bowen says:
Dog, man, you’re from Cleveland, man– you post about Al without even mentioning... FRANKIE??!!!
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October 25, 2009, 10:49 amCornellian says:
There is only one “n” in Lynwood, both in the album name and in the name of the LA county town after which it is named.
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October 25, 2009, 12:29 pmPubliusFL says:
And considering the number of Second Amendment-related posts:
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October 25, 2009, 5:01 pmPatent Lawyer says:
I found it interesting that for some reason, this was taken off of Zune Pass recently preventing me from downloading the song (along with the rest of Straight Outta Lynwood).
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October 26, 2009, 9:10 amBrian G. says:
Only in America can a guy like Yankovic be famous, and liked by even those that think his music is crap. I always found his words a lot more interesting than his performance of them. There will always be a place for him in our culture, which is one of the millions reasons why America is so great.
May he live to 100 and share his parodies with us just as long.
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October 27, 2009, 11:22 pmJeanie Rackham says:
I went to the link you give to get the free gift card for toys from Kmart but it says I am not in USA and do not qualify, do you know if Kmart is doing this in canada too?
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December 19, 2009, 10:24 pm