The clown prince of Pop music celebrates his birthday but sadly no new album until next year as per his site. To satisfy his legion of fans, there’s just a five-song EP via iTunes and a compilation CD (only the hits) next week. Maybe the delay is being caused by another funny video premiere via Robot Chicken! Stranger things have happened such as his cameos in lame rapper material or peculiar episodes of Tim & Eric. Al being the voice of the squidhat as a parody of Harry Potter on the cartoon show Billy & Mandy was amusing.
If I have the time and energy, I may re-establish the stream dedicated to his music at work as a form of “countdown” until the new album appears.
Oct 23, 2009 Update: Due to the first comment I received, I posted a link to the rapper video here. I got it for free while it was offered through iTunes even though I have no idea who MC Lars is. If it’s Rap (or Hip Hop), I tend to ignore it, parody or not.
I also realized I forgot to mention a TV appearance he made that reminded me why I think he’s cool. (I was pretty tired last night as I was piecing together the post.) Over 20 years ago, Al was the celebrity contestant on Family Double Dare. If there’s any personality you want in your corner during the physical challenge or obstacle course, Weird Al will be on the short list because you know he’s not afraid of green slime. What raised my opinion of him was how nice he was to the little girl and her family. You could tell Al usually knew the answer but he’d let the child tell it, most of the time; there’s one instance I reviewed when he jumped in as time was running out.
Al had a cameo in a rapper video (other than one of his own) and nobody told us? Details, details! And he’s going to be on Jimmy Fallon Oct. 28. That’s not as good as a new album, but it’s certainly something.