The Hello my pretties and welcome to another swashbuckling bodice ripping edition of soda jerker on songwriting.

Our guest today is nothing short of a comedy behemoth, it's singer-songwriter,

accordionist and song-paradist extraordinaire, Weird Al Yankovic.

Can I get a hell yeah from my good friend Brian?

Hell yeah.

This is such a thrill.

I've personally been a fan of Als since my teenage years after I stumbled upon his cult 1989 movie

UHF while channel hopping late one night. Oh I love UHF. It's a classic. A young

Michael Richards there? Yeah, pre-Sinefeld and race controversy.

But doing a good job as Stanley Spidowski.

Absolutely.

I'm a sucker for inspired silliness so I found it to be right up my alley and shortly after

seeing the movie I discovered that it's curly-haired moustacheoed star was

actually a huge celebrity in his native US he really is isn't he's a household

name he is he's of, primarily known for his hilarious

pitch perfect parodies of contemporary pop songs, several of which have become considerable hits in their own right.

Aided in no small part by the videos of course. He reached

huge numbers of people thanks to MTV back when it's Ray's on Detra was

actually screening music videos and not just ghost reality shows

about bratty teens and souped up automobiles but we'll get off our soap

box now to give you some brief background on our guest, Weard Al Yankovic, born

Alfred Matthew Yankovic, is a native of California, born in 1959 and raised in the town of

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