I mentioned to some of you that Wednesday was double-Palindromic Day (11-1-11 and 11-02-2011); the second only occurs every twenty thousand years, I've heard.
What I forgot to mention was one of my favorite Weird Al videos. Fellow blogger Pete Scribner posted a link to the video on his blog...go watch it. It's funny, if you like ironic humor.
So Weird Al is necessary to fully enjoy the double-Palindrome day!
(I might add- Weird Al often bases his songs on oldies and recent pop hits...this one is no different. For those of you under the age of about 40, he's spoofing a 60s singer named Bob Dylan. Here's the video of the Dylan song that Weird Al took 'Bob' from. Here's the video of a Dylan song that sounds much like Yankovic's Bob.)
You may not appreciate Weird Al's work as much as I do, but you can't deny he's a creative genius. (Each of these link to a video on YouTube.)
Weird Al as MJ in 'Eat It'-
Weird Al as 'Gump'-
Weird Al as a contestant in, 'I Lost on Jeopardy'-
Weird Al as Obi-Wan Kenobi in 'The Saga Begins' (one of his most creative works)-
Weird Al as an Amish in 'Amish Paradise'-
Weird Al as MJ in 'Fat'-
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