Yesterday’s How I Met Your Mother on CBS was all about Weird Al Yankovic! Ted was a big fan and claimed that he was the inspiration for his 1985 hit Like a Surgeon. Well at the end of the show, you find out the truth with a flash back to past when Weird Al had shorter and fuller curly hair with bangs and a mustache that Tom Selleck envied.
There is only one problem with the show’s truth…it was truth reworked as a writers White & Nerdy fantasy. You see, yes the inspiration came from another person, but that person was the singer of Like a Virgin, Madonna herself, in a round about way! According to a Weird Al FAQ page here is what happened:
Madonna had just released her song, “Like a Virgin” and was walking down some street in New York when she questioned out loud, “I wonder when ‘Weird Al’ is gonna do ‘Like a Surgeon’.” A friend who was with her was also a friend of Al’s manager and the word got back to Al. He thought about it and said “Hey, that’s not bad! Mayybe I’ll do it.” This is the only case in which Al has created a parody based on a suggestion. Just to re-state, Al does NOT take suggestions for song ideas, unless you are Madonna, and it’s a decent suggestion.
Forgetting the truth, it was nice to Weird Al as he used to be in the funniest moment of the CBS sitcom all season!
And for you Weird Al fans like me, here is Like a Surgeon…the song that was inspired by Ted Mosby!!!
I gave up Dancing with the Stars this season because there was no one for me to root for this season, but if someone like Weird Al Yankovic brought his Polka style to the show I would’ve watched. But can anyone see him doing that? Well Billboard Magazine thinks he would be good on the show and asked him if he would do it. Here is what he said, “They asked me, and I said no. It’s not my thing, you know? It wouldn’t be a pleasant experience for me. I’m frankly not a big fan of reality TV — I know there’s a zillion people who watch the show, and it would probably be ‘good for my career,’ but I don’t know, it’s just not my thing.” Too bad because I bet he would’ve one because the curly haired singer can really move.
BTW if there is any reality show I could see him on, it would be Celebrity Apprentice. Hey Donald Trump, you should give him a call and maybe he will donate some hair to your cause!
For years Weird Al Yankovic has been without his signature mustache, and now the schlock rock singer has grown it back! No idea why he did it, but I am glad that he did because I never got used to him without it!!!
Weird Al Yankovic’s Alpocalypse is coming out tomorrow, but you don’t have to wait until then to see the video for the biggest song off the album! He released the music video for his version of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way called Perform This Way and in less than three minutes he has nailed her career thus far. No wonder once she finally heard the song that her manager hid from her, she approved him doing it.
BTW doesn’t Weird Al look good as woman? I wonder who his body double was?
I know that Harold Camping is saying that today is the Rapture, but he is wrong. The Apocalypse is actually coming exactly a month from today, well actually that is the title of Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album that is due out on June 21st. As the schlock rock singer reminded us today on his Twitter when he Tweeted, “On the slight off chance that the apocalypse DOESN’T happen today, be forewarned – the #ALPOCALYPSE is still on for June 21!” So if he you weren’t raptured today, make sure to buy the CD that includes his take on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way called Perform This Way next month.
