Earlier this year, a contestant in Kveller’s Passover Song Parody Contest explained that her son wrote a first draft of their ...

Many parody songs tend to age poorly, but these gems from Weird Al are just as funny now as they were back in the day.

From “Sing” to “Put Down the Duckie” and beyond, Sesame Street has churned out so many hits over the last half century that even the Count would have trouble keeping track of them all. In addition to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Kia Forum on Saturday for his "Bigger & Weirder" tour. (Roger Kisby / For The Times) A decade ...

One of the most unique pop culture icons of any and all eras, “Weird Al” Yankovic has been entertaining audiences around the world for — [checks old calendar] — more years than many of his fans have ...

It’s really hard to write a good song parody. If you’re not careful a clever premise quickly becomes a tedious joke. Only it’s far more painful than a typical failed bit because it’s accompanied by ...

For this edition of GBH's All Things Considered Turntable, Newsroom Production Engineer Dave Goodman shares three parody ...

All hands were up at Mood Ring, a queer bar in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday night, as the viral song “Planet of the Bass" made its full-length live debut. No one had heard the track in its entirety ...

Crafting song parodies isn’t easy. That’s why there is just one song parodist of note, Weird Al Yankovic, who doesn’t get enough credit. There’s no one else that has come close to what Yankovic, who ...

Unless you have an intense hatred of Hawaiian shirts and/or words that rhyme with lasagna, it’s pretty tough to get mad at “Weird Al” Yankovic. After all, the song parodist has been a beloved staple ...

“Weird Al” Yankovic is bigger and weirder this year. And he’s justifiably proud of that. The self-described polka parodist from Lynwood, Calif., has been toting his accordion around for nearly 50 ...