Posted on 07/14/2014 1:05:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
We wonder if Pharrell Williams has gotten wind of this... "Weird Al" Yankovic debuted the music video for his first single from his upcoming album, Mandatory Fun, on Monday, and, in anticipation of the record's release, the 54-year-old celeb will be sharing eight new videos over the next eight days.
The first of which is a parody of the Pharrell's hit jam "Happy" and has been cleverly renamed "Tacky" in an effort to poke fun at the tackiest folks in our society with a little help from Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, Eric Stonestreet, Kristen Schaal and Jack Black, who are all featured in the clip.
Among the tacky offenses highlighted in the tune?
"Wear my Ed Hardy shirt with florescent orange pants," Stonestreet lip-syncs. "Got my new resume, it's printed in Comic Sans!"
"43 bumper stickers and a YOLO license plate, bring along my coupon book whenever I'm on a date," Black adds.
"Practice my twerking skills at the DMV, took the whole bowl of restaurant mints because they said they're free."
The track also calls out the sandals-with-socks wearers and the live-tweeters in addition to the over- Instagrammers and the notorious name-droppers. Oh, and did we mention Jack Black twerks? Yeah, that happens. Yankovic's latest record, which comes three years after his previous album, will also feature parodies of Miley Cyrus, Lorde, Robin Thicke and Iggy Azalea.
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Can't believe he's 54...the guy doesn't look a day over 30.
So funny.
He looked better with shorter hair and a mustache. Now he just looks like Tiny Tim.
Weird Al is awesome!!
I liked “Amish Paradise.”
“Even Ezekiel knows that my mind is gone!”
I liked “Amish Paradise.”
“Even Ezekiel knows that my mind is gone!”
This one’s great, but White & Nerdy is my favorite!
Think goodness something from the good old days is still around.
I loved Amish Paradise.
Bump for link I can play on laptop.
Weird Al’s parody of American Psycho with Huey Lewis is very funny. A little NSFW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk15H6PjBis
Thanks! New favorite song. Wish I could find one of those shirts! (Maybe at the county fair next week ... could alternate with my tractor pull T-shirt.)
I think “Word Crimes” is also going to be excellent.
LOL!
I needed that today! :-)
It was a good movie sandwiched in one of the biggest blockbuster summers ever. It was dead out the gate because of Batman.
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