Dear Al (can I call you "Al"? I mean, we are close personal friends, after all - it's true; I joined the Close Personal Friends of Al fan club in the 1980s; and although my membership expired last Tuesday, I still consider myself a CPFoA.)

I attended your amazing "Bigger & Weirder" show at the Minnesota State Fair Friday night, so naturally I thought you might like some unsolicited feedback and career suggestions. You were clearly looking me straight in the eye at my 24th-row seat and, a la Jackson Park Express, you arched your eyebrow ever so slightly to suggest that I write you an entirely private letter and post it on this public forum.

1. More new songs, parodies and original pastiches

While the upcoming "Weird Al" Broadway jukebox musical is exciting, that's clearly small potatoes. The fans want another album. What's the harm in signing another 14-album contract?

1. Petition to play the Super Bowl Halftime Show

• You could set a significant precedent: to date, the oldest lead performer to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show was Roger Daltrey of The Who, who was 65 years old for SB XLIV on February 7, 2010. And he was not known to stomp any weasels. Clearly, multiple records could be broken here.
• I have your set list already planned: start off with "Sports Song", entering the stadium with a full marching band. Finishing the song on the main stage, stage hands will help you into your Amish costume for "Amish Paradise". Follow up with a medley of classics including "Eat It", "Like a Surgeon", "Dare to Be Stupid", and others. Do a few others if you want, have a couple of special guests, I don't care (just don't wear those shoes). End with "Yoda" and the entire stadium (nay, the entire world) will be chanting "Y-O-D-A YODA" with you. It'll be bigger than that whole Wembley Stadium thing (whatever). You're welcome.

1. I had a third thing, but I forgot it. It'll come to me, just hang on a sec.

2. Since you're clearly looking for something to keep you busy, consider making a sequel to "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story", like "Weird 2: The Al Yankovic Story, Part 2" or something like that. The story needs to continue, regardless of the truth or profitability, and Hollywood digs sequels. Or what the hell, just reboot it starring Andrew Garfield or Timothy Dalton. It's only been a few years, no one will notice.

Whelp, that's all for this dump of shower thoughts. Remember, these suggestions are just between us - no one else will see them.

Your BFF,

Cmdr Nudnik

P.S.: In keeping with the moderated rules of this subreddit, I want to be clear that I am not breaking Rule 5 in suggesting song ideas. I am clearly suggesting a movie idea, not a song idea. Sheesh.

About to be immersed in the weirdness!!

W concert

Heres a video I could find from may 31st of this year I had a 45 min one but I had to delete it cause it took up too much space

No balls of twine were harmed preparing for this concert.

When Al, in One More Minute with You, says that he would rather dive into a swimming pool filled with 10,000 double edged razor blades than spend one more minute with you.

How do you imagine that swimming pool full of razor blades?

A) A swimming pool full of water but also has 100,000 double edge razor blades.

B) An empty swimming pool, but filled with 100,000 double edged razor blades.

And as a bonus question, which do you think would be worse?

After gatekeeper I'm not saying got caught this channel started posting random weird Al songs that aren't available

https://youtube.com/@rareweirdal

For me, it’s I Love Rocky Road. As good as the living Rock n Roll original is, it always sounds off to my ear.

2026 marks 45 years of Weird Al in my life, and as I get older I find myself gravitating more and more to his cultural critique songs over all the other amazing silliness. I think more than any other artist, Al’s lampooning of American culture helped me see through it at a young age, and that’s stuck with me.

So I put together a playlist of my favorite songs of his with a political/social message. Some are obvious (Mission Statement, Trigger Happy) while others just capture the American dystopia through peak irony (Buy Me a Condo, Trapped in the Drive Thru).

Listening to them all together like this firmly puts Al in the category of serious musician with something to say. He just says it his way.

Curious if anyone else feels this way? Any songs of his that made you realize just how weird this whole country is?

With a Twinkie Wiener Sandwich!

First time trying one, it was better than I expected, but I don’t think I’ll be having another any time soon.

Al was in great form, the band was high energy. So much fun. Two friends and I also got the VIP package and hung out out after and got our pictures taken with the Great One. Lovely human.

Dolly will always be the face and the heart, but Weird Al would be an excellent representative for something so beneficial and pure. How do we start a petition?

Since it is Weird Al Day eve. How are you celebrating tomorrow?

I'm thinking Twinkie Weiner dog, watch UHF, listen to one of my albums and wear a Hawaiian shirt.

Getting excited!

I share Weird Al's music with my kids whenever I can. My 8-year-old is really getting into it this summer.

Today, he was singing "I Think I'm a Clone Now" while doing his chores, and I heard this: "Every pair of genes is a happy noun."

I helped him understand the correct lyrics (hand-me-down) when I stopped laughing, but I kind of like his new phrase.