We asked On the Media’s Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone to duke it out in this parody of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from our American Icons episode on Mad Magazine.
Al Yankovic grew up in the ’60s wanting to play in rock and roll cover bands. To his surprise, the other kids just didn’t take the accordion-playing teenager seriously.
It’s hard to be cool when you play the accordion. But after thirty years of creating parodies of popular hits, “Weird Al” Yankovic hit a whole new level of cool with his new album — a number one spot on the Billboard chart.
After 30 years, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic is finally cool
It’s hard to be cool when you play the accordion. But after thirty years of creating parodies of popular hits, “Weird Al” Yankovic hit a whole new level of cool with his new album — a number one spot on the Billboard chart.
