Weird Al's career has lasted longer than most artists he's parodied.

No, no, no, no, not his first hit. His first award winning hit was “Eat It”, in 1985, but he was known from the Dr Demento Show, which he was started on in the mid-late 70’s.

Michael Jackson thought his idea to parody “Bad” was so funny that he allowed Wierd Al to use the same set to film his parody.

"So was that, like, his first big hit?" I got a good laugh from that. His first big hit was almost 40 years ago, and he's still putting out hit parodies and original songs.

Eat It was probably his first big song and one of his most prominent.. but he really kicked things off with Another One Rides the Bus.

Also the action figure scene in Seth Green and the guys dancing near the end is Donny Osmond!

1980s is when he had his first Musical break. His newly formed band did a parody of "I love Rock n Roll", which he titled, "I love Rocky Road" in 1982. It hit the charts and made it onto the Top 40 charts. This then got them signed to a label. They produced an album and released a Single called "Ricky" which was a parody of the song "Mickey". This made it onto MTV and broke the top 100 videos of all time record. Afterwards they made a new album, with the new single "Eat it", a parody of Michael Jacksons "Beat it" in 1984. This song peaked at no 12 on the Billboard Top 100. As of 2007 statistics, he has sold more than 12 million albums and recorded more than 150 parodies and performed over 1000 live performances. He has 5 Grammys, 11 nominations, 4 Golden Records and 6 Platinum Records. He has also stared in film and TV shows. And written 2 childrens books.

White & Nerdy was released in 2006, he started in '76 and 4 of his 5 other band members have been with him since the early 80's. By the time of this song (2006) Weird Al already won 3 and was nominated for 11 Grammys, had a dozen gold and platinum albums and won a plethora of other high rank awards, top 10 (and Number 1) albums and so much more. This homey has been at it for decades and is still as humble as ever.

One little detail that everyone misses is that Weird Al is wearing a millennium Falcon medallion on his big fat silver chain. It’s pretty subtle.

Even if this was today, the middle finger would more than likely be blurred out. Just because it's Weird Al. Dude is as wholesome as they come.

Props to his SiL for recognizing Donny Osmond. She's honestly the first person I've seen in a react to this song who caught that. 🤣👊 No one ever seems to mention Seth Green either.

You're right when you say his lyrics are really smart, the line "M. C. Escher is my favorite M. C" he's not referring to an M.C like a DJ, Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired art. A very clever line that goes over most peoples heads.

"So is that like, his first big parody that he did?" Far from it, his first big parody was when he did the parody "My Bologna" which is a parody of the song "My Sharona" by "The Knack"

his first parody was ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS, a parody of Queen's another one bites the dust. He recorded it in a bathroom stall so that Dr. Demento would play it.

I have to give y'all some tips on this song. *tardy to the party* There's SO many excellent nerd references in this song and video. Take some time, read the lyrics, and look at who is in the video, like Donny Osmond. You will gain a whole new love and appreciation for this song. I've been a fan of Al's since the 80s. He never ceases to amaze me.

weird al is a genius he has done every type of music from rap to classical and pulls it off well. the dude nailed ridin dirty in geekese.

He started in the late 70s. His first thing was "Another One Rides The Bus".

He recorded "My Bologna" in the restroom of the school radio station when he was in college, it wasn't the first song Dr. Demento played of his, but it was the one that got things rolling. That was 1979, and was his first real parody, trust me on this one, I listened to Dr. Demento as a kid and it stole the show.

Weird Al’s first big parody was “Another One Rides The Bus” which was a parody of Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” from 1980.

"is that his first big parody"? omfg. wtah. I just can't.

I like Donny Osmond dancing when he is dancing at the white board.

Weird Al's first single was "My Bologna," parody of "My Sharona. It was released in 1979.

I think Al would likely blur the middle finger anyway. He tends to keep his content pretty clean.

I have seen many many concerts and one of the best and most unexpected, was Weird Al. The dude can put on a show! Amazing live performer.

Weird Al, Pricless. "Whiter than sour cream." I'm on the floor

5:38 - No Weird Al has been doing parodies for 40 years!!! You should watch the following list: "My Balona" - Parody The Knack's of "My Sharona" "I lost on Jeopardy" - Parody of Greg Kihn Band "Our loves in Jeopardy" "Eat It" - Parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat it" "Like a Surgeon" - Parody of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" "Living with a Hernia" - Parody of James Brown's " Living in America" Rocky IV soundtrack "Beverly Hillbillies" - Parody of Dire Straights "Money for Nothing" "Fat" Parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad" "Smells Like Nirvana" Parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Bedrock Anthem" Parody of Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give it Away" "Amish Paradise" Parody of Coolio's "Gangsters Paradise" "Headline News" Parody of Crash Test Dummies "mmm mmm mmm mmm" "Gump" Parody of The Presidents of the United States "Lump" "The Saga Begins" Parody of Don McLains " American Pie" "Tacky" Parody of Pharrell Williams "Happy"

Weird Al had many songs in the early 80s like "Another one rides the bus", "Ricky", etc. When he came out with "I love Rocky Road", I think people started to really catch on to him. But it was definitely "Eat It" that was what put him on the map, because Michael Jackson's "Beat it" was hot that year, so when this came on it's heels - you couldn't tell which video you were seeing initially.

Honestly he is very gifted- his voice is pretty good - his writing is very very smart! He does great videos and look at all the people he gets to be in them!

I love the Donny Osmond cameo

He was doing parodies since the late 70's

His first big production parody was his "Eat It" parody of "Beat It." He's been doing parodies since he was in high school. There used to be a radio show called "Doctor Demento" where they played his songs (and lots of other weird songs). That was way back in the 1970s.

There are so many references and subtle things in this song, that the lyrics are needed or at least a reference to the content. So many funny things, but if you don't understand the "nerdy" stuff, you won't get it. It's beautiful!

First: My Bologna in 1979 Breakthrough: Eat It in 1984

When this song came out I was amazed at how good Weird Al was at spitting rhymes. He not only wrote his own version of the lyrics but he did that rapid fire style too. Considering he isn't a rapper that had to be hard. I couldn't do it.

Weird Al did "Eat It" which was a tremendous hit before "Fat". Seriously, he was almost going to be "The Eat It Guy" if he didn't have another hit. He had a bunch of hits, and then he almost ended his career after a failed album... and then "FAT" hit, and he never stopped. His big hits since then have been "Smells Like Nirvana", "Jurassic Park", "Amish Paradise", and "White and Nerdy" (which he actually had to come up at the last minute after his intended big hit for the album was squelched by the record label, which is why he's "editing Wikipedia" in this video -- he's changing the entry for that record label to just read "YOU SUCK!" in big letters). The white people you didn't recognize in the video are: Seth Green and his action figures that he uses in "Robot Chicken", Judy Tenuta as his geeky girlfriend, and dancing behind him is none other than the whitest person Al could think of, Donnie Osmond. I love that Donnie's moves are clownish yet still expertly done.

Probably his first "hit" was another one rides the bus from queen's another one bites the dust weird al been around since the late 70s

His first big one was Eat It & then Fat but they weren’t the first ones he did

WEIRD AL got his start in 80s his parody was My Bologna, a parody of My Sharona

Here's why his parodies work, he's good at them, usually the parody is pretty close musically to the original song. I guess what I'm saying is he doesn't half ass it.

His first one was probably, 'Like a Surgeon' when he parodied Madonna's, 'Like a Virgin'.

Anther big one way back when was the parody of 'Eye of the Tiger', parody title was 'Rye or the Kaiser'

No reaction to Seth Green or Donny Osmond, though? That wasn't even close to being Al's first "big" parody.

Shout out to Weird Al's band. They have been with him through the decades and are phenomenal musicians in their own right. They match all the musical styles of the songs being parodied. Great concerts as well. Al plays a mean accordion. Lol. He does a polka on every album that's a medley of a bunch of current songs at the time. Puts his own twist on things. One of his best is the Hamilton Polka. It's crazy.

"So is that his first big parody that he did?" Yeah. Not like he parodied Beat It by Michael Jackson or Like A Virgin by Madonna when they first came out 20-25 years before anybody knew of Chamillionaire.....

I'm glad you said "inlaw" cause I was like either Jamel is the blackest Asian I've ever seen or she's the most Asian black chick I've ever seen. I know all about being white and nerdy.

Check out his "Craigslist" video. He does a great Jim Morrison, and has the original keyboard player from The Doors, Ray Manzarek playing on it!

Man, Chamillionaire was probably in diapers when Weird Al had his first big hit.

Wierd Al's very first song he wrote and recorded was "My Belona", a parody of The Knack's My Sharon. He sent it in to The Dr. Demento's show and everyone loved it. He then met The Knack after they played at his collage and introduced himself as the author of "My Belona" and they suggested that Capitol Records release it as a single and they gave Wierd Al a 6 month recording contract. In 1980 he wrote " Another One Rides The Bus" a parody of Queen's- Another One Bites The Dust. He preformed it on a TV show to really good revues. He formed a band after that and wrote the parody "I Love Rocky Road", a parody to Joan Jett's I Love Rock-N-Roll in 1982. He then wrote the song "Ricky" which was a parody of the song Micky and was played on the new station MTV in 1983. His really big break came when he wrote and released "Eat It" a parody of Micheal Jackson's song Beat It in 1984.

Al’s first parody was of a Queen song; Another One Bites the Dust, called: Another One Rides the Bus.

The first Weird Al song I can remember on the radio was "My Bolonga".

I’ve seen Weird Al in concert twice and have an autographed Even Worse album. He and his band are probably the most talented group of musicians you’ll ever listen to. They play *everything*.

Ya know, I love how white/black, serious/funny etc. doesn’t matter to you. I would be extremely proud for you to consider a brother of yours. May God bless you and your family this Thanksgiving. Your videos give me joy on my worst days. Thank You!

"I Lost on Jeopardy" was one of the first. It got him attention, even if the song it parodied wasn't as big as the MJ ones.

Donny Osmond, the epitome of nerdy, is dancing in the video.

Weird Al is a National Treasure. He has the unique talent for skewering a song, while still paying respect to it. If you haven't yet, and I've been really busy so may have missed, you should do "All About The Pentiums". It will be immediately recognizable.

"White and Nerdy" was his biggest single. His first TV appearance was "Another One Rides the Bus" (a parody of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen) in 1981. The one that really put him on the map was "Eat It" in 1984.

I’m assuming that the Donny Osmond cameo went over their heads because he was well before their time. Jamel, check out The Osmonds’ “Crazy Horses” to see young Donny and his brothers in action, back when they were the alternative to the Jackson 5. Peace ✌🏽

He had several hits before this. They didn't recognize Donny Osmond? This reminded me of two video suggestions: Donny and Marie Osmond- "A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock N Roll" and Pogo- "Data and Picard"

Weird Al's first was a parody of My Shirona called My Bolognia. Been with Al all the way. He is a masterful genius. White and Nerdy is probably how Al was at one time. He studied architecture, and you do not have to be an idiot to do that, but rather very clever indeed. Shout out too to Al's band, they have been with him from the beginning and are world class musicians. Note how Al never makes fun of the song, only the lyrics. Plus, although he does not have to, Al always asks permission to parody a song.

No no no....he was big back in the 80s. He's been doing this for decades. If I remember correctly his first big one was covering Madonna "Like a Virgin" which he did "Like a Surgeon"! I saw him live my first time I believe in 1986....maybe 87. Anyway, I've got a good friend, whose a fairly big guy, almost as big as Jamel. Like you, he's a great big teddy bear! He has that "White N Nerdy" sweatshirt, and it is funny as all get out when he wears it. People give him the funniest looks (obviously they don't know Weird Al 😁)

Every white person hiding their face recognizing Donny Osmond dancing in the background.

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Can't believe nobody mentioned Seth Green (as the action figure collector) and Donny Osmond (as "back-up dancer"), both iconic "Nerds" in their own right.

Donny Osmond stole the whole video. He did it all in 1 take. Check out the bts of it.

Dare To Be Stupid was one of his first biggest hits.

Weird Al's first song recorded was "My Bologna" a parody of the Knack's "My Sharona" in 1979. Weird Al's first top 40 hit was a "I love Rock N Roll" parody "I love Rocky Road" in 1982. His first top 20 hit was "Eat It" in 1984. Dudes been killin it for over 40 years.

I think his first big hit was a parody of the Queen song another one bites the dust, Al’s version is Another rides the bus. He is a talented musician and song writer & is AMAZING to watch perform Live

I think you'd get a kick out of Weird Al's "Word Crimes". Also, obligatory Tom Waits request.

You should give his cameo in "Epic Rap Battles Of History" a try.

I had a friend who saw Weird Al in concert in the mid 90's; it was a crazy show with props and big costumes and special effects. He also made a movie in 1989 called "UHF" where he takes over a TV station.

of all the bands/artists to bring out to the family, i'm glad this is the fellow you chose to share:)

Weird Al started in the 80s with Michael Jackson, Madonna, and other popular 80s artists. He's kept up with the times, doing parodies at the same time that the original song/artist is relevant. I think he started before the 80s. He was a regular on the Dr. Demento show (radio). I remember "Another One Rides the Bus," a song parody of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." He got his start with Dr. Demento before MTV.

In 1979 Al's very first parody that was recorded and released was My Bologna, a parody of My Sharona by the Knack. It was released as a single with School Cafeteria on the B side. He sent it to Dr Demento who played it and the listeners loved it. He met the Knacks at his college. Their lead singer introduces him to Capitol Records' VP, who gave Al a six-month recording contract and released the single. That was the start of it all!

I love that Donny Osmond makes an appearance showing how 'White and nerdy" he is! 🙂

Al has done an entire re-make of Hamilton with the accordion. He has zero fear lol.

anybody noticed at the beginning when Al approached the car, the guys in the car locked the car doors in a convertible? That's funny!

I love the "just be a good human" t-shirt. If I could afford it, I'd by one. However, I support you in the way I can. I really dig your reactions!

I saw him in concert in 1984 and he was already a big hit by then. He has been doing this forever. He did 'My Bologna' back in 1979.

'Rocky Road' was his first song to get real airtime. 'Eat It' made him a superstar!

Another One Bites The Dust, a parody of a Queen song, was his earliest parody. It appears on his 1983 self-titled debut album in 1983. His 1st single was My Bologna, a parody of My Sharona, was released in 1979.

A real throwback with Donnie Osmond dancing with Weird Al…

Thank you for making this content right now man, it’s nice to see some people sitting around having a good time listening to music and laughing with each other as opposed to “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM COVID AND CLIMATE CHANGE” which feels like I see wherever I go on the internet. Been watching the channel for a while to both expose me to new music and to vicariously listen to RATM for the first time lol. Thank you for your wholesome and inspiring content, I hope making content doesn’t stress you out because I need this shit in my life rn lol

First of all, a masseuse is a woman. A male massage expert is a masseur. Also I'd like to suggest two other parody masters from days past. Tom Lehrer was a great musical comedian from the fifties with many great songs of which my favorite is "I Got It from Agnes". And from the eighties I'd like to suggest Julie Brown. Her song "Because I'm Blonde" is absolutely hilarious.

His first parody of a hit was "My Bologna", which he debuted live on Dr Demento in 1979. He first charted with "Another One Rides the Bus" in 1981. "Ricky" was his first single to break into the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. "Eat It" was on his 1984 album "Weird Al Yankovic in 3D", and was probably his biggest parody hit until "Fat" in 1988. He has released literally hundreds of parodies over the decades, but his memorable rap/hip hop parodies are pretty much "Amish Paradise" and "White & Nerdy". Of course that's not counting his polka medleys.

Weird Al has been doing parodies since back in the 1970's his first couple were My Bologna ( Done to my Sharona ), Another One Rides The Bus ( Done to Another One Bites The Dust ), I Love Rocky Road ( Done to I Love Rock and Roll ), Stop Dragging My Car Around ( Done to Stop Dragging My Heart Around ). Two of his biggest hits were parodies of Michael Jackson songs where he turned Beat It into Eat It and he turned Bad into Fat.

Weird Al is the OG of parody. His first album came out in 1983, but he's been writing parody music since he was in high school. One of his songs was played on the Dr. Demento Show on the radio in '75 or '76, something like that. The guy is a legend, that's all there is to it.

His first hit was Another one rides the bus parodying another one bites the dust by queen in 1981. BTW the guy dancing in the background is Donnie Osmond from Donnie and Marie. They were a pair or Mormon kids from Utah who made it big in the 1970s

Eat it off his second Album, Weird Al in 3D. That was his first BIG hit. His first album includes a lot of songs that he did with just an accordian. Another One Rides the Bus (Another One Bites the Dust) My Bologna (My Sharona) I Love Rocky Road (I Love Rock and Roll) Ricky (Mickey) Stop Draggin' My Car Around (Stop Draggin' My Heart Around) My Bologna being the first parody to get airplay on the Dr Demento show back in 1979

His first "hit" was a Queen parody "Another One Rides the Bus" that recorded in a bathroom playing an accordian. It played on the Dr. Dementia show often.

Jesus Christ you guys , Weird All is and has been the king of parodies for 3 decades !!!! Unmatched !!!

Weird Al's first song was My Bologna. (Parody of My Sharona.) Then he made Another One Rides the Bus, a parody of Another One Bites the Dust. The next song, that I know of, was I Love Rocky Road, and Ricky, a parody of Micky by Tony Basil. Eat It took off and really made him a household name. It reached # 14 on the Billboard charts. (And now I am on Wikipedia if you couldn't tell.) I listened to the Doctor Demento show on Sunday nights and heard about some performances on the Tomorrow show, so I saw Weird Al's first live performance on television. I didn't know he would take off like he did.

He started to be well known at the beginning of the 1980s, and was really huge from the mid 80s going forward. It can be said that "white and nerdy" was the beginning of a big new stage of his career and a lot of new young fans got to know him through this song in 2006

Did you know that that was Donny Osmond (He was famous when the Jackson five were famous) was dancing behind Weird Al 🤔

Key and Peele, Seth Green, Donny Osmond, I'm sure I missed someone. His first hit was "Another One Rides the Bus" (Another One Bites the Dust) Queen parody.

Weird Al's first parody was Queen's Song "Another One Bites the Dust". His song is "Another Rides the Bus". He put that song out in the late 70's.

His first parody that earned him fame was "My Balona" it was a parody of "My Sharona" WAY back in 1978. He was even on a nighttime talkshow performing that one.

There was also only one artist that ever turned Weird Al down when he wanted to do a parody of one of his songs. That was Prince.

Just FYI... Weird Al also did a movie in the 80s called UHF, which featured the beginning of the careers of Michael Richards (Kramer from Seinfeld) and Fran Drescher (The Nanny). And Al also had a show on MuchMusic in Canada (Canada's version of MTV) featuring Harvey the Wonder Hamster.... he doesn't bite and he doesn't squeal, he just runs around on his hamster wheel!

He's one of just a few artists to have a Top 40 song in every decade between the 1980s and the 2010s. Last I knew, there were three others (Madonna, Michael Jackson, and U2), but I haven't looked lately.

Weird Al's first parody was "My Bologna", which was a parody of "My Sharona" by The Knack in 1979 or 1980. He recorded it the bathroom of his college radio station and sent it to the famous Dr. Demento, which got him air time and a recording contract. His first album, simply titled "'Weird Al' Yankovic" included "My Bologna" and "Another One Rides the Bus", a parody of Queen's "Another One Rides the Bus". He continued to gain popularity from there.