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-->''Aw, but they're just jealous, 'cause I've seen'' Film/Porkys,
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-->''Aw, but they're just jealous, 'cause I've seen'' Film/Porkys,Film/{{Porkys}}
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** Music/{{Madonna}} asked one of her friends (who was also friends with Al's manager Jay Levey) how long it would be before Al satirized "Like a Virgin", and when Al got word that Madonna ''wanted'' him to parody her song, Al recorded "Like a Surgeon" and even listed Madonna's name alongside his on the songwriting credits.
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** Music/{{Madonna}} asked one of her friends (who was also friends with Al's manager Jay Levey) how long it would be before Al satirized "Like a Virgin", and when Al got word that Madonna ''wanted'' him to parody her song, Al recorded "Like a Surgeon" and even listed Madonna's name alongside his on the songwriting credits.Surgeon."
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Or stick my nostrils together with Crazy Glue\\
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Or stick my nostrils together with Crazy Krazy Glue\\
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* ParodyAssistance: Music/{{Madonna}} asked one of her friends (who was also friends with Al's manager Jay Levey) how long it would be before Al satirized "Like a Virgin", and when Al got word that Madonna ''wanted'' him to parody her song, Al recorded "Like a Surgeon" and even listed Madonna's name alongside his on the songwriting credits.
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* ParodyAssistance: Music/{{Madonna}} ParodyAssistance:
**Music/{{Madonna}} asked one of her friends (who was also friends with Al's manager Jay Levey) how long it would be before Al satirized "Like a Virgin", and when Al got word that Madonna ''wanted'' him to parody her song, Al recorded "Like a Surgeon" and even listed Madonna's name alongside his on the songwritingcredits.credits.
** For “George of the Jungle”, Al got Bill Scott, the original voice of George, to do vocal effects.
**Music/{{Madonna}} asked one of her friends (who was also friends with Al's manager Jay Levey) how long it would be before Al satirized "Like a Virgin", and when Al got word that Madonna ''wanted'' him to parody her song, Al recorded "Like a Surgeon" and even listed Madonna's name alongside his on the songwriting
** For “George of the Jungle”, Al got Bill Scott, the original voice of George, to do vocal effects.
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* AliensAreBastards: The very premise of "Slime Creatures From Outer Space"--It's even the trope's quote source.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "Dare to Be Stupid", there's a reference to ''Looking For Mr. Goodbar''. No, not the candy...
** In "One More Minute":
-->'''Cause I'm stranded all alone\\
In the gas station of love\\
[[ADateWithRosiePalms And I have to use the self-service pumps]]''
** In "Dare to Be Stupid", there's a reference to ''Looking For Mr. Goodbar''. No, not the candy...
** In "One More Minute":
-->'''Cause I'm stranded all alone\\
In the gas station of love\\
[[ADateWithRosiePalms And I have to use the self-service pumps]]''
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "DareGettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to Be Stupid", there's a reference to ''Looking For Mr. Goodbar''. No, not overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the candy...
** In "One More Minute":
-->'''Cause I'm stranded all alone\\
Infuture, please check the gas station of love\\
[[ADateWithRosiePalms And I havetrope page to use make sure your example fits the self-service pumps]]''current definition.
** In "Dare
** In "One More Minute":
-->'''Cause I'm stranded all alone\\
In
[[ADateWithRosiePalms And I have
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''Dare to Be Stupid'' is the third studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic. It was released in 1985 and was the first comedy album released on UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.. It contains the song "This Is The Life", which was featured in the Creator/MichaelKeaton movie ''Film/JohnnyDangerously''. The TitleTrack would later be used as part of the soundtrack of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' in 1986.
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''Dare to Be Stupid'' is the third studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic. It was released in 1985 and was the first comedy album released on UsefulNotes/CompactDisc..UsefulNotes/CompactDisc. It contains the song "This Is The Life", which was featured in the Creator/MichaelKeaton movie ''Film/JohnnyDangerously''. The TitleTrack would later be used as part of the soundtrack of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' in 1986.
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''Dare to Be Stupid'' is the third studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which was released in 1985. It contains the song "This Is The Life", which was featured in the Creator/MichaelKeaton movie ''Film/JohnnyDangerously''. The TitleTrack would later be used as part of the soundtrack of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' in 1986.
Holds the distinction of being the first comedy album released on UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.
Holds the distinction of being the first comedy album released on UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.
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''Dare to Be Stupid'' is the third studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which Music/WeirdAlYankovic. It was released in 1985.1985 and was the first comedy album released on UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.. It contains the song "This Is The Life", which was featured in the Creator/MichaelKeaton movie ''Film/JohnnyDangerously''. The TitleTrack would later be used as part of the soundtrack of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' in 1986.
Holds the distinction of being the first comedy album released on UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.
1986.
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* CoverSong: "George of the Jungle", covering the [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle TV theme song]]. Al had [[ExecutiveMeddling an executive mandate]] to do a cover, but they never said from where.
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* CoverSong: "George of the Jungle", covering the [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle TV The theme song]]. Al had song from ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', as per [[ExecutiveMeddling an executive mandate]] to do include a cover, but they never said from where.''any'' cover, on the album.
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# "Yoda"[[note]]Parody of Music/TheKinks' "Lola"[[/note]]
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# "Yoda"[[note]]Parody of Music/TheKinks' "Lola"[[/note]]
[[Music/LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne "Lola"]][[/note]]
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* BlackComedy: "Like a Surgeon" is perhaps the most hilarious song about extreme medical malpractice in the world. The music video ups the ante even further, showing Al as a cartoonish [[MeatgrinderSurgery meatgrinder surgeon]] who doesn't even have basic knowledge about human anatomy.
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* MeatgrinderSurgery: The video for "Like a Surgeon" revolves primarily around this.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: "This Is the Life" has the narrator bragging about all the stuff he can afford because he's rich.
-->''I eat filet mignon seven times a day\\
My bathtub's filled with Perrier\\
What can I say?\\
This is the life\\
I buy a dozen cars when I'm in the mood\\
I hire somebody to chew my food\\
I'm an upwardly mobile dude\\
This is the life''
-->''I eat filet mignon seven times a day\\
My bathtub's filled with Perrier\\
What can I say?\\
This is the life\\
I buy a dozen cars when I'm in the mood\\
I hire somebody to chew my food\\
I'm an upwardly mobile dude\\
This is the life''
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* FoodSongsAreFunny: "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch" is a sort of SelfParody example, as Al was mandated to do a parody of a Music/CyndiLauper and so did it in the laziest way possible.
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* FoodSongsAreFunny: "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch" is a sort of SelfParody example, as Al was mandated to do a parody of a Music/CyndiLauper and so did it in the laziest way possible.
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: The narrator of "This is the Life" talks a lot about his money, but not about how he got it; the most we get is his claim that "I make a fortune while I sleep," implying that whatever company he's in charge of basically runs itself at this point.
* PopularSayingBut: The rich narrator of "This is the Life" turns a famous saying on its head in such a way that shows how money-obsessed he is.
-->''If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it!''
-->''If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it!''
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: The narrator of "This is the Life" brags that his obscene wealth gives him the ability to do whatever he wants and boss people around.
-->''I'm the boss, the Big Cheese\\
Yeah, I got this town on its knobby little knees\\
I can do just what I please\\
This is the life\\
That's right, I'm the king, number one\\
I buy monogrammed Kleenex by the ton\\
I pay the bills, I call the shots\\
I grease the palms, I buy the yachts''
* ShelteredAristocrat: The narrator of "This Is the Life" is a rich guy who comes across as oblivious to how selfish and arrogant he's coming across as.
-->''They say that money corrupts you\\
But I can't really tell\\
I got the whole world at my feet\\
And I think it's pretty swell''
-->''I'm the boss, the Big Cheese\\
Yeah, I got this town on its knobby little knees\\
I can do just what I please\\
This is the life\\
That's right, I'm the king, number one\\
I buy monogrammed Kleenex by the ton\\
I pay the bills, I call the shots\\
I grease the palms, I buy the yachts''
* ShelteredAristocrat: The narrator of "This Is the Life" is a rich guy who comes across as oblivious to how selfish and arrogant he's coming across as.
-->''They say that money corrupts you\\
But I can't really tell\\
I got the whole world at my feet\\
And I think it's pretty swell''
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* StylisticSuck: Invoked with "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" as a form of WriterRevolt.
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* SimpletonVoice: Al performs "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" in a nasal, grating, over-enunciating voice.
* StylisticSuck: Invoked with "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" as a form of WriterRevolt. The label was dead against releasing the album without a Cyndi Lauper parody, so Yankovic deliberately made the song as unlistenable as possible: the lyrics are repetitive and nonsensical (the only joke being "women are obsessed with eating lunch and ''only'' lunch"); Al sings in a harsh, grating SimpletonVoice that sounds as if he's constantly on the verge of throwing up; and the song is occasionally punctuated with disgusting chewing and slurping sound effects set at a high volume in a rare audio version of GrossUpCloseUp.
* StylisticSuck: Invoked with "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" as a form of WriterRevolt. The label was dead against releasing the album without a Cyndi Lauper parody, so Yankovic deliberately made the song as unlistenable as possible: the lyrics are repetitive and nonsensical (the only joke being "women are obsessed with eating lunch and ''only'' lunch"); Al sings in a harsh, grating SimpletonVoice that sounds as if he's constantly on the verge of throwing up; and the song is occasionally punctuated with disgusting chewing and slurping sound effects set at a high volume in a rare audio version of GrossUpCloseUp.
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* WouldRatherSuffer: “One More Minute” has the singer repeatedly mention all the painful or disgusting things he would rather do to himself than spend... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin one more minute]] with his ex-girlfriend.
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* UpperClassTwit: "This is the Life" is about a rich guy who obnoxiously brags about his wealth, buys a bunch of expensive stuff he doesn't need, actively uses his wealth to grant himself special societal privileges at the expense of everyone else, and overall is overjoyed that his money basically makes him, in his words, "a living legend and not some ordinary creep."
* WealthyYachtOwner: The narrator of "This is the Life" is rich, so ''of course'' he owns yachts.
* WouldRatherSuffer: “One More Minute” has the singer repeatedly mention all the painful or disgusting things he would rather do to himself than spend... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin one more minute]] with hisex-girlfriend.ex-girlfriend.
-->''I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks\\
Or stick my nostrils together with Crazy Glue\\
I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades\\
Than spend one more minute with you."
* WealthyYachtOwner: The narrator of "This is the Life" is rich, so ''of course'' he owns yachts.
* WouldRatherSuffer: “One More Minute” has the singer repeatedly mention all the painful or disgusting things he would rather do to himself than spend... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin one more minute]] with his
-->''I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks\\
Or stick my nostrils together with Crazy Glue\\
I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades\\
Than spend one more minute with you."
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* TitleTrack: "Dare to Be Stupid". This is also Al's first album to have one.
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* TitleTrack: "Dare to Be Stupid". This is also Al's first album to have one.one.
* WouldRatherSuffer: “One More Minute” has the singer repeatedly mention all the painful or disgusting things he would rather do to himself than spend... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin one more minute]] with his ex-girlfriend.
* WouldRatherSuffer: “One More Minute” has the singer repeatedly mention all the painful or disgusting things he would rather do to himself than spend... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin one more minute]] with his ex-girlfriend.
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* FoodSongsAreFunny: "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch".
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* FoodSongsAreFunny: "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch".Lunch" is a sort of SelfParody example, as Al was mandated to do a parody of a Music/CyndiLauper and so did it in the laziest way possible.
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* CoverSong: "George of the Jungle", covering the [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle TV theme song]]. Done as part of Writer Revolt.
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* CoverSong: "George of the Jungle", covering the [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle TV theme song]]. Done as part of Writer Revolt.Al had [[ExecutiveMeddling an executive mandate]] to do a cover, but they never said from where.
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* ShoutOut: "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" includes a line from an Series/{{SCTV}} sketch and the vinyl of this album had "[[Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood More Songs About TV and Food]]" etched into the inner groove.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" includes a line from an Series/{{SCTV}}sketch and the sketch.
** The vinyl of this albumhad has "[[Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood More Songs About TV and Food]]" etched into the inner groove.
** "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" includes a line from an Series/{{SCTV}}
** The vinyl of this album
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** "Method of Modern Love" by [[Music/HallAndOates Daryl Hall & John Oates]]
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** "Method of Modern Love" by [[Music/HallAndOates Daryl Hall & John Oates]]Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates
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** "Method of Modern Love" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
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** "Method of Modern Love" by [[Music/HallAndOates Daryl Hall & John OatesOates]]
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# "Like A Surgeon"[[note]]Parody of Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Like A Virgin"[[/note]]
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# "Like A a Surgeon"[[note]]Parody of Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Like A Virgin"[[/note]]
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* ParodyAssistance: Music/{{Madonna}} asked one of her friends (who was also friends with Al's manager Jay Levey) how long it would be before Al satirized "Like a Virgin", and when Al got word that Madonna ''wanted'' him to parody her song, Al recorded "Like a Surgeon" and even listed Madonna's name alongside his on the songwriting credits.
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** "Dare to Be Stupid's" line "You'd better sell some wine before its time" is a parody of Creator/OrsonWelles's commercials for Paul Masson wines, whose tagline was "We will sell no wine before its time".
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* CoverSong: "George of the Jungle", covering the [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle TV theme song]]. Done as part of WriterRevolt.
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* CoverSong: "George of the Jungle", covering the [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle TV theme song]]. Done as part of WriterRevolt.Writer Revolt.
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Holds the distinction of being the first comedy album released on CompactDisc.
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Holds the distinction of being the first comedy album released on CompactDisc.
UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.
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-->"So I pulled your name out of my rolodex
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-->Just because it reminds me of you..."
-->And I tore all your pictures in two
-->And I burned down the malt shop where we used to go
-->Just because it reminds me of you..."
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* BreakUpSong: "One More Minute".
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* BreakupBonfire: From "One More Minute":
-->"So I pulled your name out of my rolodex
-->And I tore all your pictures in two
-->And I burned down the malt shop where we used to go
-->Just because it reminds me of you..."
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-->And I burned down the malt shop where we used to go
-->Just because it reminds me of you..."
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** "Film/{{Footloose}}" by Kenny Loggins
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** "Film/{{Footloose}}" by Kenny LogginsMusic/KennyLoggins
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** "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" - Music/ThomasDolby
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** "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" - Music/ThomasDolbyMusic/ThomasDolby, specifically "Hyperactive."
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* ICantHearYou: Used on the last chorus of "Dare To Be Stupid." When the backup singers respond with the title, Al says "Okay, I can hear you now!" In concerts, he'll turn this into an OverlyLongGag where he'll keep saying that he can't hear the audience.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: In "One More Minute", a malt shop was burnt down just so the song's narrator doesn't want to remember his ex.
* FaceOnTheCover: "Weird Al" amidst a bunch of random stuff floating in space.
* FaceOnTheCover: "Weird Al" amidst a bunch of random stuff floating in space.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: In "One More Minute", a "...and I burned down the malt shop was burnt down just so the song's narrator doesn't want where we used to remember his ex.
go/Just because it reminds me of you!"
* FaceOnTheCover:"Weird Al" Al getting a little too close to the camera and making a goofy expression amidst a bunch of random stuff floating in space.
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* StylisticSuck: "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch". Deliberately invoked as WriterRevolt.
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* StylisticSuck: Invoked with "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch". Deliberately invoked Lunch" as a form of WriterRevolt.
