The 1989 film UHF featured a " Weird Al " Yankovic parody music video, " Money for Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies *," combining " The Ballad of Jed Clampett " and Dire Straits ' " Money for Nothing.

Rick Dees, at the time a radio DJ in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded " Disco Duck " ( 1976 ) and " Dis-Gorilla " ( 1977 ); Frank Zappa parodied the lifestyles of disco dancers in " Dancin ' Fool " on his 1979 Sheik Yerbouti album, and " Disco Boy " on his 1976 Zoot Allures album ; and " Weird Al " Yankovic's 1981 eponymous debut album includes a disco song called " Gotta Boogie ", an extended pun on the similarity of the disco subgenre name " boogie " to the American slang word " booger " and its British counterpart " bogey ".

Weird Al Yankovic made a song parody of the virus titled " Virus Alert ".

" Weird Al " Yankovic's song " The Saga Begins ", a parody of " American Pie ".

Among the irregular contributors with just a single Mad byline to their credit are Charles M. Schulz, Chevy Chase, " Weird Al " Yankovic, Andy Griffith, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, J. Fred Muggs, Boris Vallejo, Sir John Tenniel, Jean Shepherd, Winona Ryder, Jimmy Kimmel, Jason Alexander, Walt Kelly, Rep. Barney Frank, Tom Wolfe, Steve Allen, Jim Lee, Jules Feiffer, Donald Knuth and Richard Nixon, who remains the only President credited with " writing " a Mad article.

* 1959 – " Weird Al " Yankovic, American musical parodist

In 1996, " Weird Al " Yankovic created a parody of the Presidents ' " Lump ", titled " Gump ".

" The music video for the song was directed by " Weird Al " Yankovic.

Popeil has been referenced in the music of Alice Cooper, the Beastie Boys, and " Weird Al " Yankovic, who wrote a parody song entitled " Mr. Popeil " which was a tribute to Ron Popeil's father, Samuel Popeil.

* " Spam ", a song about the meat by " Weird Al " Yankovic on the album UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff

* Weird Al Yankovic

** " Weird Al " Yankovic, American singer and parodist

Among some of the better known polka ( and waltzes ) artists and composers include Happy Louie and Julie, Frankie Yankovic, Walter Ostanek ( Canada ), Verne Meisner, Mike Schneider, Tom Brusky, Walt Groller, Joey Miskulin, Jimmy Sturr, Kyle Redman Polka Band, and ( in combination with more modern styles ) " Weird Al " Yankovic ( no known relation to Frankie Yankovic ) and The Our Gang Orchestra.

Many popular songs make reference to Captain Kangaroo, including the Statler Brothers ' 1965 hit song " Flowers on the Wall ", the " Weird Al " Yankovic song " The Brady Bunch ", the Bloodhound Gang's " Your Only Friends Are Make Believe ", and the VeggieTales song, " The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything ".

" Weird Al " Yankovic edits the Atlantic Records ' Wikipedia page to read " YOU SUCK!

In 2006, the label denied " Weird Al " Yankovic permission to release " You're Pitiful ", a parody of James Blunt's " You're Beautiful ", despite Blunt's own approval of the song.

Many of " Weird Al " Yankovic's original songs are pastiches: for example, " Dare to Be Stupid " is a Devo pastiche, and " Bob " from the album Poodle Hat is a pastiche of Bob Dylan.

* The same sequence was also parodied in the video for Weird Al Yankovic's song " Bob "; that video also includes specific allusions to the INXS video.

This odd contradiction was played up in " Weird Al " Yankovic's parody song, Isle Thing.

" Weird Al " Yankovic recorded a song called Isle Thing, a parody of Tone Lōc's " Wild Thing ", about a rapper whose girlfriend introduces him to the show.

* Musician " Weird Al " Yankovic has a song " Twister " on his Even Worse album about the board game, done in a style parody of early Beastie Boys.

Lander has also appeared in numerous other TV shows and movies including The Bob Newhart Show, Barney Miller, Happy Days, Married ... with Children, Twin Peaks, On the Air, The Weird Al Show, Mad About You, and The Drew Carey Show.

" Weird Al " Yankovic has a cameo appearance as the tambourine player.

* The Weird Al Show-S01E06 ( October 18, 1997 )

In 1989, Richards had a strong supporting role in " Weird Al " Yankovic's comedy film UHF.

She sang and appeared in the music video ( as Lucille Ball ) for " Weird Al " Yankovic's song " Ricky " ( 1983 ), which was based on the I Love Lucy television show and parodied the song " Mickey " by Toni Basil.

* Lucy ( Music video for " Weird Al " Yankovic's " Ricky ")

" Weird Al " Yankovic's debut album features a song called " Ricky " ( a parody of Toni Basil's " Mickey "), detailing the plot of I Love Lucy.

Pardo reprised that role with a cameo voiceover in " Weird Al " Yankovic's 1984 song " I Lost on Jeopardy " ( a parody of the Greg Kihn Band's 1983 hit song " Jeopardy ").

Kenny makes a vocal cameo in the track " TMZ " on Weird Al Yankovic's 2011 album Alpocalypse

In " Isle Thing ", " Weird Al " Yankovic's parody of the Tone Loc song " Wild Thing ", he sings, " Met this fine young thing / at the local Circle K / She made a date for half-past eight / So I said ' What the hey?

* Ak, the nickname for bassist Steve Jay, of the ethno-funk duo Ak & Zuie ( and " Weird Al " Yankovic's bassist )

" Weird Al " Yankovic's 1984 song " Polkas on 45 " parodies the Stars on 45 format, except that the entire song is done in the style of a polka.

* " Weird Al " Yankovic's video, CNR

* In " Weird Al " Yankovic's mock interview with Eminem, he mentions that Triumph thinks that he's a " really excellent rapper — for him to poop on.

“ Jeopardy ” was spoofed by " Weird Al " Yankovic as " I Lost on Jeopardy " on Yankovic's album Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D ; Greg Kihn made a cameo appearance in the music video for that song.

The following year, he created the music video for " Weird Al " Yankovic's " Don't Download This Song ".

*" Weird Al " Yankovic's " Trapped in the Drive-Thru "

In 1999 the song was used in " Weird Al " Yankovic's polka medley, " Polka Power!

* 27-The number often used in " Weird Al " Yankovic's videos and music.

The second verse of " Weird Al " Yankovic's Close but No Cigar from his album Straight Outta Lynwood contains the lyrics " I thought after all these years of searching around, I'd found my soulmate finally / But one day I found out she actually owned a copy of Joe Dirt on DVD ...", implying that her owning a copy of the DVD prompted the protagonist to end the relationship.

It appears in his album " Weird Al " Yankovic in 3-D, as well as in Yankovic's compilation, The Food Album ( where it was renamed " Theme from Rocky XIII ( The Rye or the Kaiser )").