"This is the first book to address in a serious way the impact of the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Through original interviews with the man himself, Lily Hirsch addresses Yankovic's relationship to past parody songs and his unique approach to the art form, inviting music enthusiasts of all stripes to reconsider Yankovic's music"--

The amazing, hilarious, and almost-true "life story" of Weird Al Yankovic, the Grammy award-winning master of musical parody and rock & roll comedy. Go behind the scenes, beginning with his early and somewhat formative childhood years; his high school and college days, up through his present-day bout with super-stardom. It contains some of the funniest moments from "AL-TV", footage from his trip to Japan, and reveals for the first time the incredible...