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Aug 5, 2026 37 min

Weird Al vs The Knack

from Rock N Roll Story Guys

Brian and Murdock dig through the history of musical parody to find the path taken by Alfred Matthew Yankovic to go from aspiring architect to godfather of laugh-out-loud lyrical tom-foolery. See the RNRSG on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!) SHOW NOTES: Used in this episode: Bach “Peasant Cantata” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_mass https://interlude.hk/bach-makes-joke-peasant-cantata/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122018506 https://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mozart-to-weird-al-the-evolution-of-parody-video/sound-field/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_MuddahHelloFadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/644173/dr-demento-ruled-radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento Full 1991 episode of the Dr Demento show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdnb8Z9IxmQ Full 1986 episode of the Dr Demento show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYcPmo9d2w https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-dr-demento-man-discovered-weird-al-fish-heads-222028433.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic Belvedere Cruisin’ – Weird Al demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwaY5Ibz83w https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75056/9-musicians-who-refused-let-weird-al-yankovic-parody-their-songs https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/alex-melton-youtube-pop-punk-covers

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