![]() In various venues, Yankovic has repeatedly cited Top Secret! as his favorite comedy movie. ![]() He followed up earlier in 2013 with My New Teacher And Me!, and he’s currently on a brief signing tour for the book, through the end of September. Musical career aside, in 2011, he became a bestselling author as well, with the children’s picture book When I Grow Up. ![]() And he’s never been given enough credit for his dozens of original tracks, designed as pitch-perfect mimicries of specific performers, rather than parodies of individual songs. He’s also built a reputation as a tireless, energetic live performer he’s only now winding down the tour for his latest album, 2011’s Alpocalypse. Over the course of more than three decades as a musical parodist, “Weird Al” Yankovic has become an inextricable part of music culture: From his humble origins as “the goofy guy who does novelty parodies of pop songs, and acts wacky on MTV,” he’s became a comedy staple, winning three Grammys, accumulating a pile of platinum-certified albums, and co-writing and starring in the 1989 cult comedy movie UHF.
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