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Please join me in welcoming to Google, "Weird Al" Yankovic."WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Thank you.Thank you.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Thank you.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, I knew that I wanted to do one of those one-take continuous-take videos, like Pharrell had done for his "24 Hours of Happy."
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I did.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I wanted it to be like Hanukkah in July.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, I specifically did not want to draw from that controversy because "Blurred Lines" was almost a year old by the time this album came out.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, the web has just become the way that I market my music now.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: We kind of partnered up.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Yeah.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, "Blurred Lines" was certainly overdone.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, I pick songs usually based on how big of a hit they are.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, there's a number of occasions, and I've spoken of them a lot.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: He said, yeah, OK, that's funny.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Yes.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: No!
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Yeah, I learned don't make a big flop movie.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: People ask if I'm going to do a "UHF 2." And I don't think that's really in the cards.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I was approached by an editor from HarperCollins, Anne Hoppe.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I pitched her a couple of ideas and the one that she responded to was, "When I Grow Up."
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, when you play the accordion, you don't fit in by definition.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, here's the thing.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: He was my de-mentor.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I don't remember anything specific, but he was certainly a guiding force early on.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I've become friends with a lot of the artists that I've done parodies of.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: That is true.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, I run into people all the time at parties and awards shows that they say, when are you
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Instant request.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I'm making some of my own faux pas.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I have not watched MTV in years.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: There's a lot of shows that I like.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Oh, no, I was well aware they were in my video.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: They'd been on "Mad TV," but they didn't have their Comedy Central show, which is really funny because every now and then I'll still
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I'm aware of the multi-generational nature of my audience.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I have to wait for the dust to settle.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: There will be a "Mandatory" tour by all means.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: OK.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Got it.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: It's not part of my mission statement to make my songs educational.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Oh gosh.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Hey.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Well, I attribute it to working with very talented people.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Oh.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I love those guys.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Sure.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Nope.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I want to stop you.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I'm sorry.
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