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* TruckDriversGearChange: "Frank's 2000[=''=] TV" changes key from E-flat to F major for the last chorus.
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* TheCameo: Heather [=DeLoach=] reprises her role as "Bee Girl" (from Blind Melon's "No Rain" video) for the opening of the "Bedrock Anthem" video.

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* TheCameo: Heather [=DeLoach=] reprises her role as "Bee Girl" (from Blind Melon's Music/BlindMelon's "No Rain" video) for the opening of the "Bedrock Anthem" video.
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* EvilLawyerJoke: From "Jurassic Park":

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* EvilLawyerJoke: From "Jurassic Park":Park" ([[AlternativeJokeInterpretation though the syntax deliberately makes it unclear whether it's the dinosaurs or lawyers that aren't all bad]]): [[invoked]]
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* VocalRangeExceeded: Invoked on "Young, Dumb, And Ugly"; the whole song is sung in a high register similar to Bon Scott or Brian Johnson of Music/{{ACDC}} that is too high for Al's natural singing voice. According to Al, his manager convinced him to release it cause he thought it made the performance funnier.
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* PokeThePoodle: "Young, Dumb & Ugly" is about a gang who boast about various misdemeanors and pranks they've committed as if their actions are serious crimes that help their intimidating cred.

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* PokeThePoodle: "Young, Dumb & Ugly" is about a gang who boast about various misdemeanors and pranks they've committed as if their actions are serious crimes that help their intimidating cred.cred, such as threatening to [[ToiletPaperPrank TP the listener's lawn]] if they piss them off.
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* BestialityIsDepraved: One of the secrets the viewpoint character of "Talk Soup" wishes to reveal on national television is having a thing for poodles and rubber underwear.


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* DontEatAndSwim: One of the misdemeanors the gang in "Young, Dumb & Ugly" brag about is that they go swimming after a big, heavy meal.


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* PokeThePoodle: "Young, Dumb & Ugly" is about a gang who boast about various misdemeanors and pranks they've committed as if their actions are serious crimes that help their intimidating cred.
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''Alapalooza'' is the eighth studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which was released in 1993.

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''Alapalooza'' is the eighth studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which was released in 1993.
1993 through Scotti Bros. Records.
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** The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real T. Rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.
** "Achy Breaky Song" is all about one man's hatred of "Achy Breaky Heart." Al even lists other widely hated music acts which he claims [[DamnedByFaintPraise wouldn't be as bad as "Achy Breaky Heart"]] but are still bad enough to be compared to nails on a chalkboard.
*** Ironically, some of the artists he lists, like ABBA and Music/TheBeeGees, are fairly well regarded today.

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** The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line line, "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz me/'Cause they sure don't act like Barney" [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]]", accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real T. Rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.
** "Achy Breaky Song" is all about one man's hatred of "Achy Breaky Heart." Heart" by Music/BillyRayCyrus. Al even lists other widely hated music acts which he claims [[DamnedByFaintPraise wouldn't be as bad as "Achy Breaky Heart"]] but are still bad enough to be compared to nails on a chalkboard.
*** Ironically, some of the artists he lists, like ABBA Music/{{ABBA}} and Music/TheBeeGees, are fairly well regarded today.
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* MisspellingOutLoud: The narrator in "Young, Dumb, and Ugly" does not know how to correctly spell the word "trouble".
--> ''We got three-day stubble. Our name spells "trouble".''
-->''T-R-U-B-E-L.''
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* KazoosMeanSilliness: "Achy Breaky Song" features a chorus of kazoos playing the instrumental line at the end of the song.
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# "Bedrock Anthem"[[note]]Parody of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers' "Under The Bridge" and "Give It Away"[[/note]]

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# "Bedrock Anthem"[[note]]Parody of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers' "Under The Bridge" and "Give It Away"[[/note]]Away"; also featured on ''Film/TheFlintstones'' movie soundtrack.[[/note]]
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# "Bohemian Polka"

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# "Bohemian Polka"Polka"[[note]]CoverVersion of [[Music/ANightAtTheOpera "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] by Music/{{Queen|Band}}[[/note]]



* CoverSong: "Bohemian Polka" is Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" done InTheStyleOf polka.

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* CoverSong: "Bohemian Polka" is Music/{{Queen}}'s Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s [[Music/ANightAtTheOpera "Bohemian Rhapsody" Rhapsody"]] done InTheStyleOf polka.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: “Waffle King” is actually a downplayed example since the Waffle King does seem to be a truly successful chef/businessman. But his ego is '''way''' out of control.
-->''“Don’t you know who I am? '''You’ve gotta be kidding me!''' I’m the Waffle King!”''

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* SmallNameBigEgo: “Waffle King” "Waffle King" is actually a downplayed example since the Waffle King does seem to be a truly successful chef/businessman. But his ego is '''way''' out of control.
-->''“Don’t -->''"Don't you know who I am? '''You’ve '''You've gotta be kidding me!''' I’m I'm the Waffle King!”''King!"''



** The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real T. rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.

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** The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real T. rex.Rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.



* WrestlerInAllOfUs: In the video for "Jurassic Park", one of the T. rexes jumps off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.

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* WrestlerInAllOfUs: In the video for "Jurassic Park", one of the T. rexes jumps off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.it.
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* IncessantMusicMadness: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" absolutely ''despises'' "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Rae Cyrus and is so fed up with hearing it all the time that it's making him unhinged, to the point that he'd rather die than listen to it.

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* IncessantMusicMadness: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" absolutely ''despises'' "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Rae Ray Cyrus and is so fed up with hearing it all the time that it's making him unhinged, to the point that he'd rather die than listen to it.
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* WouldRatherSuffer: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" lists all of the lame music acts he'd rather listen to than Billy Rae Cyrus, and when he runs out of musicians to name, he decides actual torture would be just as fine.

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* WouldRatherSuffer: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" lists all of the lame music acts he'd rather listen to than Billy Rae Ray Cyrus, and when he runs out of musicians to name, he decides actual torture would be just as fine.
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* FilkSong:
** "Jurassic Park", a parody of the Jimmy Webb-written "[=MacArthur=] Park", is this for... [[Film/JurassicPark well, you know]].
** "Bedrock Anthem" is this for ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', while at the same time parodying the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away" from ''Music/BloodSugarSexMagik''.

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-->''A huge tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer''
-->''Well, I suppose that proves''
-->''They're really not all bad''

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-->''A huge tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer''
-->''Well,
lawyer\\
Well,
I suppose that proves''
-->''They're
proves they're really not all bad''



* ProfessionalWrestling: In "Jurassic Park", one of the T. rexes jumps off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.
* RapRock: "Bedrock Anthem".

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* ProfessionalWrestling: In "Jurassic Park", one of the T. rexes jumps off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.
* RapRock: "Bedrock Anthem".Anthem," as befitting a Music/RedHotChiliPeppers parody.



* {{Understatement}}: The narrator of "Jurassic Park" drily soft-sells his harrowing experience on the island, describing nearly becoming dinosaur chow as "a crummy weekend" that left him "kinda mad."
-->''Now I'm being chased by some irate velociraptors\\
Well, believe me, this has been one lousy day''



Just please don't play that stupid song no more!''

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Just please don't play that stupid song no more!''more!''
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: In the video for "Jurassic Park", one of the T. rexes jumps off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.
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*** Ironically, some of the artists he lists, like Music/ABBA and Music/TheBeeGees, are fairly well regarded today.

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*** Ironically, some of the artists he lists, like Music/ABBA ABBA and Music/TheBeeGees, are fairly well regarded today.
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*** Ironically, some of the artists he lists, like Music/ABBA and Music/TheBeeGees, are fairly well regarded today.
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* MinisculeRocking: "Harvey the Wonder Hamster" is 26 seconds long.
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark.]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park Film/JurassicPark is frightening in the dark.]]]]
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** "Bedrock Anthem" is this for ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', while at the same time parodying the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away".

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** "Bedrock Anthem" is this for ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', while at the same time parodying the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away".Away" from ''Music/BloodSugarSexMagik''.
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You can play some schlock like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock\\

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You Or you can play some schlock like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock\\



Or you can play Music/TheBeeGees any day\\

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Or And you can play Music/TheBeeGees any day\\

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I just can't take no more of Billy Ray!''



I just can't take no more of Billy Ray!''

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I just can't take no more of Billy Rae!''

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* AudienceParticipationSong: When doing "Bedrock Anthem" live, Al will turn the mic to the audience for the second "Yabba Dabba Yabba Dabba Dabba Doo now" of each chorus.
I just can't take no more of Billy Rae!''Ray!''
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In "Jurassic Park", he only admits to being "kinda mad" about getting his guts torn out.

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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In "Jurassic Park", he the narrator only admits to being "kinda mad" about getting his guts torn out.



** "An anorexic codependant bingo addict stripper born without a chin."

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** "An anorexic codependant codependent bingo addict stripper born without a chin."



* ProfessionalWrestling: In "Jurassic Park", one of the T-Rex's jump off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.

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* ProfessionalWrestling: In "Jurassic Park", one of the T-Rex's jump T. rexes jumps off of a turnbuckle with the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] logo on it.



** The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real t-rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.

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** The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real t-rex.T. rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.
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* ItCanThink: In "Jurassic Park", parodying the "Unless it can open doors" scene in ''Film/JurassicPark'', one of the velociraptors stuck behind a closed door goes sorts through keys on a keyring.

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* ItCanThink: In "Jurassic Park", parodying the "Unless it can open doors" scene in ''Film/JurassicPark'', one of the velociraptors stuck behind a closed door goes sorts through keys on a keyring.
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* ItCanThink: In "Jurassic Park", parodying the "Unless it can open doors" scene in ''Film/JurassicPark'', one of the velociraptors stuck behind a closed door goes sorts through keys on a keyring.
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* ToyotaTripwire: This line from "Traffic Jam" provides the page quote:
-->''There's a motorcycle zoomin' past me\\
Watch what happens when I open the door!''

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* AnythingButThat: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" lists a number of schlocky music acts he'll gladly accept as a substitute for "Achy Breaky Heart."
-->''You can torture me with Donnie and Marie\\
You can play some Music/BarryManilow\\
You can play some schlock like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock\\
Or any Music/VillagePeople song you know\\
Or play Music/VanillaIce -- hey, you can play him twice\\
Or you can play Music/TheBeeGees any day\\
But Mr. DJ, please, I'm begging on my knees\\
I just can't take no more of Billy Rae!''



* IncessantMusicMadness: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" absolutely ''despises'' "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Rae Cyrus and is so fed up with hearing it all the time that it's making him unhinged, to the point that he'd rather die than listen to it.
-->''Don't play that song, that achy breaky song\\
I think it's driving me insane\\
Please don't play that song, that irritating song\\
I'd rather have a pitchfork in my brain!''



* TakeThat: The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real t-rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.

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* TakeThat: SuckinessIsPainful: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" hates "Achy Breaky Heart" so much that listening to it makes him physically ill.
-->''Don't play that song, that achy breaky song\\
You know I hate that song a bunch\\
And if you play that song, that nauseating song\\
It might just make me lose my lunch!''
* TakeThat:
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The video for "Jurassic Park" has the line "I'm afraid those things'll harm me/Cuz they sure don't act like Barney" accompanied by Barney's head getting bitten off by a real t-rex. When shown at his concerts, the crowd regularly responds with thunderous applause.applause.
** "Achy Breaky Song" is all about one man's hatred of "Achy Breaky Heart." Al even lists other widely hated music acts which he claims [[DamnedByFaintPraise wouldn't be as bad as "Achy Breaky Heart"]] but are still bad enough to be compared to nails on a chalkboard.
* WouldRatherSuffer: The narrator of "Achy Breaky Song" lists all of the lame music acts he'd rather listen to than Billy Rae Cyrus, and when he runs out of musicians to name, he decides actual torture would be just as fine.
-->''Tie me to a chair and kick me down the stairs\\
Just please don't play that stupid song no more!''

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