Weird Al's Life From Childhood To Stardom

From his early days as an accordion-playing teenager to his huge success as America's king of parody, Weird Al Yankovic has been cracking audiences up for decades. But his path to stardom was a bit of a rocky road.

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Straight outta Lynwood | 0:00
A fateful choice | 0:55
Big break in high school | 1:50
The birth of 'Weird Al' | 2:54
A legendary open mic night | 3:55
Brush with a major label | 4:45
The music video discovery | 5:39
'Eat it' | 6:32
Overdue career milestones | 7:27
From outcast to icon | 8:25

[sophiet]

Al not only graduate at 16, he was the valedictorion.
This kind of brain power is the reason he's a musical and lyrical genius.
Less than half of Al's 14 studio albums are parodies. Al's original songs are amazing.

[WheelerinMiami]

Weird Al has always been humble, funny, and his music has kept us laughing out loud...

[cgarza]

I'll always remember Sunday evenings listening to Dr. Dimento KMET and young Al playing his accordion to those early songs!

[Lorijenken]

they say if he parodies your song, you've made it.

[lianefehrle]

Thank you to his parents that nurtured his weirdness.

[annikboyer]

He's weird in a good and funny way!

[corinnepmorrison]

I love Weird Al...and Dr. Demento...❤️

[cliffbutler]

He some how reminds me of tiny Tim. Eccentric.

[kristophermueller]

You should have added the fact that Weird Al always asks the OP for permission to parody their songs

[ROBYNMARKOW]

He made accordion playing cool ( in his own quirky way, of course)

[melaniefortier]

He's so kool ilove the song like a virgin

[wackyruss]

Wow. The real Weird Al story differs EVER SO SLIGHTLY from the new WEIRD movie on Roku……..!!!

[captaincrespo]

Not a big deal but Al got lasik eye surgery, not contacts. And his procedure was filmed for TV because that way he was able to get it done for free.

[huntingtonbeachsasquatch]

As a teen back in the day I would think of Girls and the Doctor Demento show!

....That Always makes 4 a Fun Weekend!😂👍👍👍

[minecratsilentbuild]

this is better then the wrid al pardoy bio pc way better