weird al yankovic

A young "Weird Al" Yankovic, playing accordion barefoot in quilted velvet pants and a frizzy ball of hair, looked positively hip next to square extraordinaire Tom Snyder.

We're finally at the end of "Weird Al" Yankovic eight-videos-in-eight-days campaign.

Given the cornucopia of new videos "Weird Al" Yankovic has given us from his new album, 'Mandatory Fun,' available on Amazon and iTunes, we thought now might be a good time to dig into his videolog and pick out our favorites.

Motley Crue, Steven Seagal, Brad Pitt and other celebs get name checked in the new 'Weird Al' Yankovic video for 'Lame Claim to Fame.'

'Weird Al' Yankovic is letting all of his first world frustrations out in 'First World Problems,' the latest in his eight videos in eight days campaign -- and PopCrush has the exclusive premiere of the video.

If you haven't heard by now, "Weird Al" Yankovic is promoting his new album, 'Mandatory Fun,' by releasing eight videos in eight days.

We had the opportunity to ask Weird Al about his phone conversation with Kurt Cobain when he was seeking permission to spoof Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'

For more than 30 years now, "Weird Al" Yankovic has been the king of spoofs and parodies.

It's almost impossible to stay on topic when interviewing 'Weird Al'. He's a walking encyclopedia of popular culture knowledge and every answer leaves multiple alleyways to explore. Ahead, the topics covered include 'Star Wars,' 'UHF,' Charlie Kaufman, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Springsteen, 'The LEGO' Movie, his is favorite movie of all-time, Joe Piscopo, 'The Naked Gun,' 'Rocky' and a host of other topics that don't have much to do with one another.

Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler got together with Alice Cooper on New Year's Eve and covered the old Beatles tune "Come Together".  Add Weird Al Yankovic to the mix, and you would think that things would get, well...weird.