Weird Al only gets better with age, like a good cab

WITNESS WEIRD AL'S STATELY PROGRESSION FROM SPELLING BEE CHAMP (AT LEFT) TO THE WHITE & NERDY MAN "FLUENT IN JAVASCRIPT AS WELL AS KLINGON" (AT RIGHT).

Weird Al Yankovic, our saviour from pop tunes, has outdone himself again. The music video to his song "White & Nerdy" satirizing Chamillionaire's' "Ridin' Dirty" is almost too good to be true. Until you realize that in fact it IS true. Here's what Weird Al says on the MTV website about the first single from his new CD Straight Outta Lynwood:

This is the song that I was born to write, basically. I've been doing research on this song my entire life, so it's basically the culmination of a lifetime of work. It's also my first big-budget, live-action video in seven years, and it was a lot of fun to do. We got Donny Osmond to do the Krayzie Bone role, because obviously if you can't get Krayzie Bone, you get Donny Osmond.

Still skeptical? Behold, Weird Al's family pictures. Not only proof that the man has earned himself some hardcore dork merit badges in his lifetime, but that he is also very brave of heart for sharing them.

(Thanks to Lou for flagging this gem)

Comments

[Fizzygoo]

An Inspiration in so many ways...the Great Al, wonderful and awe-inspiring. All hail Al in his supreme coalescence of intelligence, satire and silly! The Bad Astronomer directed me here, but I've yet to get him to accept my Al-direct-neural inputs as of yet. Soon, soon.

[Peter]

All hail the great and wonderful Al...

If ever you have the chance you have to see one of concerts...and cruise on over to YouTube to see some the fake interviews & a few other music videos he does with music stars (they are shown at concerts & VH1).

Also Al is now on MySpace and of course weirdal.com

I watched White & Nerdy - it was like viewing my life - I have done all of that.