Let’s face it, Weird Al is a comic genius, he really is. I doubt there is anyone out there who hasn’t laughed out loud to a Weird Al song. From “Like A Surgeon” to “Eat It” to “Amish Paradise” he is everywhere and as usual he is side splittingly funny. Running With Scissors is his latest effort and once again he is right on the money with his parodies.
“The Saga Begins” is a brilliant take on “American Pie” but based on Episode 1 of Star Wars. This is the funniest comedy song I’ve heard in a long ass time. “My, my, this here Annikin guy, may be Vader someday later now he’s just a small fry…”
“My Baby’s In Love With Eddie Vedder” is a feisty Cajun flavored original with hysterical, quirky lyrics like “He’s her favorite slacker multimillionaire, Yeah my baby’s in love with Eddie Vedder. “Pretty Fly For A Rabbi” does some comic justice in the form of Klezmer Punk to the obvious Offspring song; “How ya doin’ Bernie? Oy Vey Oy Veh! “Jerry Springer” is a clever take off of “One Week” by the Bare Naked Ladies complete with the rapid fire white boy rap but this time it’s about the Jerry Springer Show; “Five days since they had the show with the hermaphrodite, the slut and the crack ho”
“All About The Pentiums” is a geek rap a la Puff Daddy’s “All About The Benjamins”. But the most fun on any Weird Al album has got to be the top 40 accordion polka medley. This time he sends up “Wannabe “, “Ghetto Superstar”, “Walking On The Sun”, “Tubthumping” and a host of others like the Backsteet_Boys and the Beastie Boys.
Weird Al never fails to entertain and amaze me but best of all he cracks me up, ALL_the time!