jeffrubinjeffrubin: Al was very friendly and a real pleasure to talk to, and you can read the interview right now on CollegeHumor. Here’s a teaser: CollegeHumor: You are by far the number one selling comedy musician of all time. Do you even know who number two is?WA: Uh, I don’t.CH: Why do you think there are no other Weird Als out there?WA: I don’t know, I guess the zeitgeist only had room for one and I got it. I just started at the right time and had a few lucky breaks and worked hard at it and surrounded myself with talented people and I’ve just been very lucky I guess. I was a huge fan of Weird Al growing, and thus, loved this interview. I’m pretty much a fan of everything Jeff Rubin is doing at College Humor. He’s a little like a young, internet version of Chuck Klosterman. He’s got takes on the pop culture I liked as a kid (and still do) that are generally funny and poignant. He also makes me a little less embarrassed about still enjoying video games so much. With respect to Weird Al, his career is amazing to think about. How was he able to pump out parodies fast enough for them to be relevant before the internet, and how are his parodies able to stand out above all the other noise in the age of the internet? In both cases it shouldn’t have worked. And to Rubin’s point, why hasn’t there been another one? It’s like the Red Sox knuckleball pitcher, Tim Wakefield. If you can make millions of dollars doing something that seems both fun and effortless, how are more people not trying to duplicate your success?

jeffrubinjeffrubin:

Al was very friendly and a real pleasure to talk to, and you can read the interview right now on CollegeHumor. Here’s a teaser:

CollegeHumor: You are by far the number one selling comedy musician of all time. Do you even know who number two is?

WA: Uh, I don’t.

CH: Why do you think there are no other Weird Als out there?

WA: I don’t know, I guess the zeitgeist only had room for one and I got it. I just started at the right time and had a few lucky breaks and worked hard at it and surrounded myself with talented people and I’ve just been very lucky I guess.

I was a huge fan of Weird Al growing, and thus, loved this interview. I’m pretty much a fan of everything Jeff Rubin is doing at College Humor. He’s a little like a young, internet version of Chuck Klosterman. He’s got takes on the pop culture I liked as a kid (and still do) that are generally funny and poignant. He also makes me a little less embarrassed about still enjoying video games so much.

With respect to Weird Al, his career is amazing to think about. How was he able to pump out parodies fast enough for them to be relevant before the internet, and how are his parodies able to stand out above all the other noise in the age of the internet? In both cases it shouldn’t have worked. And to Rubin’s point, why hasn’t there been another one? It’s like the Red Sox knuckleball pitcher, Tim Wakefield. If you can make millions of dollars doing something that seems both fun and effortless, how are more people not trying to duplicate your success?

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