Talk:"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D

Page move
This page was moved from "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D to "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D as per the naming convention set out at Naming conventions – Ianblair23 (talk) 03:20, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * That goes against "Weird Al"'s naming structure, though. Thus, I'm changing the title in-article to how it's been published; however, I'll leave the article title alone... for now.  T.J. Fuller, Jr. 04:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Ron Popeil vs. Samuel Popeil
I'm Changing the "Mr. Popeil" trivia back to Samuel Popeil. From the booklet that came with "Permanent Record: Al In The Box": "'Mr. Popeil': ' It's not about Ron Popeil, the founder of Ronco, but about his dad, the guy who invented the Vegematic and the Pocket Fisherman. He did pitches for them on TV before Ronco was started. Mr. Popeil was a big facet of American pop culture; he started the whole genre of marketing these gimmicky gadgets on TV. Around the time I was writing the song, I came across a magazine article about me, and right next to it I saw a story about Mr. Popeil's daughter, Lisa Popeil, who was a classically trained singer who had worked with Frank Zappa. I thought it would be great if we could get her to sing on the track, and she agreed to do it. It was very odd, though, to be in the studio directing Lisa how to sing her own name!' Al got some musical inspiration for this song from the B-52's; it's one of many examples of what he calls a 'style parody.'" -- Elvis 02:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Style Parodies
Whoever is chosing particular songs with which to append these songs as "style parodies" SERIOUSLY needs to get their ears checked, because the songs listed (now removed) have no resemblance to those particular tunes! "Midnight Star" is "Hold The Line" by Toto? Definitely not - hell, HTL isn't even in the same time signature!


 * I added the Kinks byline to "That Boy Could Dance" because I heard Weird Al interviewed on Dr. Demento in the lead-up to Running with Scissors where Al admitted the influence and the nearly-identical introductions to both songs were played. Unfortunately, I'm going nuts remembering the original song or I'd give it a reference.

On this subject -- "Mr. Popeil" is generally accepted to be a style parody of "Rock Lobster", not "Private Idaho". I'm changing the article accordingly. - Pennyforth 16:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC) --- And on the subject of Style Parodies, "Buy me a Condo" was actually inspired? or ripped-off from a tune sent in to Dr. Demento in 1983 called "Livin in the Condos". It was also 'style parody of Bob Marley and reggae'. The author/composer received his cassette and the usual form letter in 1983, stating Dr. Demento wasn't interested. One can only suppose Al thought it good enough to plagiarize and make it his own. Nice work, when you can get it. 76.218.248.127 (talk) 17:43, 30 December 2014 (UTC)


 * not making this up, the original songwriter still has the paperwork, witnesses/participates to the recording of said song. Tired to get some sort of credit/acknowledgment, but in all those years, to no AVAIL.
 * I respect Al enough to suspect that this ins't the case, but even if it is, it needs a reliable source before it can be added into this article.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   05:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Did I miss an AfD?
What happened to I Lost On Jeopardy? Robert K S 13:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Track line-up
Surprised that there's no mention that when this album first came out, "Mr. Popeil" opened side 1, and "Eat It" was the opener on side 2. I'd edit the article myself, but how do I cite....my own original vinyl pressing....as a valid reference? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.141.7.159 (talk) 12:35, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Really? I'd love to see pictures. I've never seen this mentioned anywhere else, so I assume that yours was just a factory goof or something.--Gen. Quon (talk) 15:42, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

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