Is There A Topic For This Already?

[Driew_La_27]

Is there any word of another AlCon??? If not, how would one start organizing one?

Um not that I know of. The person that usually does it said something like she didn't have the time or money to organize another one....... or something like that.

[anthontherun]

why did drooling over suzanne get locked?

We men are a bit too classy for that.

I think our only female moderator should merge all the Suzanne topics together. Don't you, Dave?

[LadyKatia]

Okay, well... if someone was interested in at least looking into the logistics of organizing one (and has experience being on convention staff), where should this person start?

[anthontherun]

First off, I would email whoever ran AlCon and ask basic info (how many people usually attended, how much it cost, etc.) and then go from there.

[scottidog]

why did drooling over suzanne get locked?

It was decided that it was a little creepy. I believe we allowed a drooling over Nirvana cheerleaders.

Ok, fine. I'll merge the Suzanne topics.

[AMFilms]

We men are a bit too classy for that.

speak for yourself.

[TheMegChan]

I don't know if anyone's seen this yet, but:

This webpage claims the following:

So, is Weird Al still alive? I heard on the radio that he died. What's the truth?
(an actual letter)

Actually, there has been more than one "Weird Al," you know. The character of Weird Al has become kind of like Bozo the Clown, where as performers rotate portraying him.

Below is top secret information on the various performers who have taken the role of Weird Al. This info comes direct from J. Ward, an informed source on the subject.....

Alfred Matthews, 1983-1985 - The original "Weird Al," who of course coined the nickname in college. Although he went by the last name of Yankovic in honor of his parents' love of Frankie, he has yet to legally change it from Matthews. Alfred retired after the release and runaway success of In 3-D and "Eat It." It was because of his last name that the "Weird Al" character was given the middle name "Matthew" in later years. It is believed that Alfred is living comfortably in Pasadena.

Albert Janckavich, 1985-1988, 1990-1991 - Discovered by Jay Levey while going through the California phone book. Apparently Jay saw enough of a connection in the name to believe in divine intervention. Albert was all too willing to style his hair in the similar fashion after he was told what his salary would be. A recording engineer in his own right, he also produced the Babalu Music! compilation.

Michael Janckavich, 1989 - The long-haired brother of Albert Janckavich. Because of his almost identical looks, he was chosen to star in UHF after his brother felt he wasn't much of a film actor, thus temporarily handing the job over to Michael. However, Albert was clearly the more musically-inclined brother, so he took the reigns again when recording for Off The Deep End commenced in 1990.

Curtis DeWebb, 1992-1997 - The fourth "Weird Al," and the longest acting so far. He made his visual debut on the Off The Deep End cover, however Albert was the one heard in the songs. When Curtis finally got to premiere his singing talents on The Deep End Tour, he had a stipulation in his contract allowing him to bring his half-brother Ruben Valtierra on the tour to play keyboards. Curtis had a creative spark not seen since the days of Alfred Matthews, as Curtis came up with the idea to make a Jurassic Park album cover for Alapalooza. Since Curtis had followed the tradition of not legally changing his name to "'Weird Al' Yankovic," the 1996 court papers of the Coolio vs. Weird Al case were signed under his own name. A condition of the agreement prevented Coolio from revealing Curtis' true identity to the press. After production wrapped on the short-lived The Weird Al Show, the experience completely wiped Curtis out. Curtis' last television appearance as Weird Al was on the 1998 American Music Awards, in which he showed up as how he really looks and not "as Weird Al." Although Jay Levey had quickly found a replacement, he paid Curtis heavily to make one final public appearance as Weird Al...at ALCON '98 in June of 1998.

Marty Cohen, 1998-present - Marty differs from the rest of the "Weird Al's" in that he didn't want to have the same "Al look." Marty already had 20/10 vision and wasn't too keen on facial hair, so he agreed to take on the Weird Al role only if he was not forced to wear the glasses or moustache. Jay Levey agreed to the condition only because Marty is a gifted voice mimic, and his voice practically matched Curtis DeWebb's. Marty's official debut was on the Running with Scissors album. Marty broke a lot of fans' hearts in early 2001 when Weird Al finally married. The truth is, Marty was already married to his wife Susan, and he didn't want to lead his females fans on anymore. Marty further used the "wedding" as an excuse to take a year off his Weird Al duties.

It is believed that there is a picture somewhere on the web that has all of the Weird Al performers posing together, but the URL is unknown just yet.

Anyway, it might very well be true then that one of the "Weird Al" guys have died....although All Things Yankovic hasn't heard anything.

Can ANYONE clear that up? I fear that it may be true, and I would be devastated if it was. I find it kind of hard to believe that the Weird Al we know now isn't the same one that started his career....

[Manda]

Its not true! That's a stupid joke or rumor going around. Al is alive and well, he has a album out called Poodle Hat check it out.

And I think this could have been asked in the Al blather topic. to the forum.

[anthontherun]

That's a joke on one of our member's website.

[drnick954]

ok....... ? There is only one Al and hes alive. thats one of the craziest things ive ever read.