World of Weird Al Yankovic

Jeremy, I thought the same thing. I should have recognized the artist for that Bjork video as being John K. This could be very interesting.

spacedingo @ Nov 2 2005, 08:34 PM wrote: So we've allegedly got a song about girls (And a video according to the new info...hey, sounds a little off base, but there's no denying the picture!)

Where'd we see this?

spacedingo @ Nov 2 2005, 11:34 PM wrote: So if this is indeed a lead parody (It may not be...it might be an internet thing, much in the same vein as John K's video with Tenacious D *Title Deleted for Younger Viewers    *  ), what song from the last year lends itself best to girls?

That was my first thought that it had to be for a lead parody, but it could be for a second video, which might be the follow-up parody, or even an original. No idea how long it takes to animate a 3 minute video, but you'd have to start early. It's not something that can be done in a day. Even that website said they'd been at it for a few weeks already.

Then again, if that's the case, Al's taking a chance that the album is popular or promoted well enough that there would actually be a need for a second video.

iisryan27 @ Nov 3 2005, 03:11 AM wrote: Also, we must keep in mind that one of Al's trademarks is doing parodies of the visual styles of music videos. I'm not up to date on most videos now days outside of Shady / Aftermath but does any popular video have Betty Boop-esque characters like that?

I was under the impression that the Betty Boop-esque characters were just placeholders because they were easy to draw with the limited people working on the project at the moment. Final character design still TBD.

Dave

Elvis @ Nov 3 2005, 07:49 PM wrote: I was under the impression that the Betty Boop-esque characters were just placeholders because they were easy to draw with the limited people working on the project at the moment.  Final character design still TBD.

I think what she meant was that they were using Betty Boop cartoons more as a frame of reference on the style of both the animation and the character design, which they wanted to keep simple because of the smaller crew working on it. Those are probably not going to be just placeholders but rather the actual character designs used.

I don't necessarily agree with Katie's assessment that the designs and poses are Grim Natwickesque (think '30s Disney and Fleischer cartoons), but it seems her heart's in the right place.

And yeah, let's hope there's enough interest for a second video.

With Al's recent luck, let's just hope we get to a first video

spacedingo @ Nov 4 2005, 06:22 AM wrote: With Al's recent luck, let's just hope we get to a first video

huh

KnottyEmily @ Nov 17 2005, 05:37 PM wrote: huh

I believe the Good Dingo was referring to the fact that there was no video for PH (Bob doesn't count).

Indeed I am

Kevbo1987 @ Nov 17 2005, 11:39 PM wrote: I believe the Good Dingo was referring to the fact that there was no video for PH (Bob doesn't count).

oooh okay

TheMegChan @ Sep 11 2005, 11:09 PM wrote: Oh, Dr. Demento is a lucky lucky guy. 

Luck is when you win the lottery. All that Dr. Demento has accomplished has been through hard work and persistance. He got where he is today by becoming an unparalleled music expert (you know he has a doctorate in music, yes?), collecting hundreds of old recordings, developing a successful show format, doing tons of marketing (including many live appearances every year), listening to and categorizing hundreds of new tapes every year,and of course showing up to the studio once a week to record a whole new show. It was WORK, not luck!

I love the man. If it weren't for all his hard work, I'd have never read my favorite book or found my soulmate. My three kids would never have been born. And I'd have probably died in 2003. (PM me if you want to know the whole story.) So I appreciate every day of the three decades he's spent working hard to bring funny music to funny-music lovers all over the world. Smooches to the Doctor!

(oops...sorry, off-topic. My mind wanders.)