World of Weird Al Yankovic

mrmeadows wrote:Holy smurf! I should have remembered that MC Grammar bit from So Random! I work at the darned Disney Channel, for crying out loud! Granted, that sketch was from a long time ago....

You work at the Disney Channel? Cool! What do you do?

Bruce the Duck wrote:I think there's a decent chance that the Jack Black video is "Word Crimes". But I still don't think Jack Black will be performing anything on the track itself. I hope I'm wrong though.

He tweeted though a pic of a sheet from the shoot he was part of, and it said "Fanny pack." That seems to fit much more with Handy than Word Crimes.

Yeah, I know. It's a decent chance, I wouldn't go so far as to say likely. But it's a decent chance. In the video for "Word Crimes" there are three women, and he cast three women for that same video with Black. Not a slam dunk by any means, but a possibility.

Anyway, every time I try to type "fannypack" I type it as a compound word, which my computer tells me is wrong. So, isn't that a "word crime?"

I always end up typing "fannypack" as one word, too.

tomatochives wrote:

mrmeadows wrote: You work at the Disney Channel? Cool! What do you do?

I'm post production manager for original series. Just a glorified office job, not as exciting as it sounds. But I do remember the MC Grammar videos (we did a couple of them) from So Random. They were okay for what they were (skits for 12 year olds), but the songs weren't anything you would want on your iPod. I think "Word Crimes" is going to actually take a song with cruddy lyrics and decently funky instrumentals and turn it into an actual good song. I get what you're saying about the subject matter being old hat, but it IS uncharted territory for Al. I bet he comes up with some fresh jokes.

Bruce the Duck wrote:In the video for "Word Crimes" there are three women, and he cast three women for that same video with Black. Not a slam dunk by any means, but a possibility.

The famous Three Women Theory.

I hate that I have to listen to Blurred Lines for this. >_< At least this means Word Crimes will be hella catchy.

yankochick38 wrote:I hate that I have to listen to Blurred Lines for this. >_< At least this means Word Crimes will be hella catchy.

You and me both. Fancy is getting a tad catchy on further listens but I still don't want to listen to Blurred Lines more than I have to. I have faith in Al to make the parody listenable!

TMBJon wrote:

Bruce the Duck wrote:In the video for "Word Crimes" there are three women, and he cast three women for that same video with Black. Not a slam dunk by any means, but a possibility.

The famous Three Women Theory.

Hypothesis. Not theory. Another "word crime" that is a pet peeve.

Big Spoon wrote:

Bruce the Duck wrote:I think there's a decent chance that the Jack Black video is "Word Crimes". But I still don't think Jack Black will be performing anything on the track itself. I hope I'm wrong though.

He tweeted though a pic of a sheet from the shoot he was part of, and it said "Fanny pack." That seems to fit much more with Handy than Word Crimes.

Seems to fit with Tacky more than Word Crimes