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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bad_hair_day_album_cover.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Music/TheProdigy Got a lousy haircut]], [[Series/TheWeirdAlShow a really stupid haircut...]]"]]
3	->''As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain\
4	I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain\
5	But that's just perfect for an Amish like me\
6	You know, I shun fancy things like electricity\
7	At 4:30 in the mornin' I'm milkin' cows\
8	Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows, fool\
9	And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long that\
10	Even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone!''
11	-->--"'''Amish Paradise'''"
12
13	''Bad Hair Day'' is the ninth studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, released in 1996 through Scotti Bros. Records.
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15	It features the hit song "Amish Paradise," a parody of Music/{{Coolio}}'s "[[Film/DangerousMinds Gangsta's Paradise]]" which infamously got Al in trouble with the rapper, who claimed that he rejected Al's proposal to record the parody and felt that Al was trivializing the gangland drama he was attempting to bring attention to. Despite (or rather [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity because of]]) the controversy, it remains one of his most popular songs, and Coolio eventually made peace with it.
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17	!!Tracklist:
18	# "Amish Paradise"[[note]]Parody of Music/{{Coolio}}'s "Gangsta's Paradise"[[/note]]
19	# "Everything You Know Is Wrong"
20	# "Cavity Search"[[note]]Parody of Music/{{U2}}'s "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"[[/note]]
21	# "Callin' In Sick"
22	# "The Alternative Polka"
23	# "Since You've Been Gone"
24	# "Gump"[[note]]Parody of Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica's "Lump"[[/note]]
25	# "I'm So Sick Of You"
26	# "Syndicated Inc."[[note]]Parody of Music/SoulAsylum's "Misery"[[/note]]
27	# "I Remember Larry"
28	# "Phony Calls"[[note]]Parody of Music/{{TLC}}'s "Waterfalls"[[/note]]
29	# "The Night Santa Went Crazy"
30	----
31	!!''Tropin' in an Amish Paradise.''
32	* ACappella: "Since You've Been Gone".
33	* AmbiguouslyJewish: "The Night Santa Went Crazy" features use of the word "gentile", a term mainly used by Jewish people to describe non-Jews. This implies that Al is singing the song from the perspective of a Jewish character.
34	-->''Down in the workshop all the elves were makin' toys\
35	For the good gentile girls and the good gentile boys''
36	* AntiChristmasSong: "The Night Santa Went Crazy".
37	* AntiLoveSong: "I'm So Sick Of You".
38	* AssholeVictim: Larry from "I Remember Larry", who pulls all sorts of horrifying pranks on his neighbor, who eventually snaps and leaves Larry for dead.
39	* AnAssKickingChristmas: "The Night Santa Went Crazy":
40	-->''From his beard to his boots, [[MoreDakka he was covered with ammo]]\
41	Like a big fat drunk disgruntled Yuletide Franchise/{{Rambo}}\
42	And he smiled as he said with a [[TwinkleInTheEye twinkle in his eye]]\
43	"Merry Christmas to all, now you're all gonna die!"''
44	* BadSanta: "The Night Santa Went Crazy".
45	* BlackComedy:
46	** "I Remember Larry" recounts how the singer was repeatedly pranked (sometimes quite viciously and dangerously) and how he eventually murdered the prankster.
47	** "The Night Santa Went Crazy" details Santa Claus going on a killing spree at the North Pole.
48	* BreakupSong: "Since You've Been Gone".
49	* ByWallThatIsHoley: The barn-raising scene in "Amish Paradise", with the side frame of the barn falling on Al.
50	* TheCameo:
51	** Florence Henderson takes Michelle Pfeiffer's place in the video for "Amish Paradise".
52	** Ruth Buzzi (as her ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' character Gladys Ormphby) and crooner Pat Boone make cameos in the video for "Gump".
53	* CannotTellAJoke: In "I'm So Sick of You", Al complains to his girlfriend that she cannot tell a joke without forgetting the punchline.
54	* CarefulWithThatAxe: The end of "Cavity Search."
55	* ComedicSociopathy: "I Remember Larry".
56	* TheDentistEpisode: "Cavity Search".
57	* DisproportionateRetribution: PlayedWith in "I Remember Larry". On the one hand, he apparently responds to Larry's constant pranks by murdering him. One the other, Larry did many cruel, costly and dangerous pranks, such as cutting the singer's car in half and spiking his brownies with ex-lax.
58	* TheDogBitesBack: The last verse of "I Remember Larry". [[spoiler:The singer ends up [[BoundAndGagged tying Larry's mouth with a rag]], "[dragging] him by the ankles to the middle of the forest and [stuffing] him in a big plastic bag", and leaving him for dead.]]
59	* DownerEnding: "The Night Santa Went Crazy". Depending on which version you listen to, it ends with Santa Claus either in prison for several hundred years or dead. Additionally, in the Extra Gory version, Al mentions that children will no longer get any Christmas presents, and the elves are forced to file for unemployment.
60	* EgocentricallyReligious: Parodied with "Amish Paradise", about an UsefulNotes/{{Amish}} man singing about how much he enjoys his simple life. He's mostly portrayed as a pretty decent upstanding person who happens to prefer the life of a "crazy Mennonite" but he admits at points that the reason he acts like a decent, forgiving person to everyone, even people who mock or assault him, is because he believes he'll be going to Heaven and will be laughing his head off while those people are burning in Hell.
61	* EvilTwin: The narrator of "Everything You Know is Wrong" tries to send a letter to his. [[NoodleIncident The reason(s) why is left unclear]].
62	* FaceOnTheCover: "Weird Al" having [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a bad hair day]].
63	* FakeOutOpening: "Alternative Polka" starts with the exact same opening slide guitar riff from Music/{{Beck\|Musician}}'s "[[Music/MellowGold Loser]]"...then [[SillinessSwitch adds the whistle and the tuba.]]
64	%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
65	* HellOfAHeaven: "Everything You Know Is Wrong" has someone violating Heaven's dress code, and getting stuck with the room next to the noisy ice machine for all eternity. (Suggesting that Heaven is a mid-priced hotel.)
66	* InTheStyleOf:
67	** "Everything You Know Is Wrong" - Music/TheyMightBeGiants
68	** "Callin' In Sick" - Grunge, specifically Music/{{Nirvana}}'s [[Music/NevermindAlbum "Come As You Are"]].
69	** "I'm So Sick Of You" - Music/ElvisCostello (circa ''Music/ThisYearsModel'')
70	** "I Remember Larry" - Hilly Michaels
71	** "The Night Santa Went Crazy" - Soul Asylum's "Black Gold" and Music/OzzyOsbourne's "Mama I'm Coming Home"
72	* KarmicDeath: "I Remember Larry" which has Larry being murdered by the target of many of his malicious gags, with the target making it sound like it was only another malicious gag.
73	* LyricalDissonance: "I Remember Larry" (an upbeat song about a vicious prankster who gets left for dead in the woods by his victim) and "The Night Santa Went Crazy" (a gentle Christmas song about Santa Claus going on a homicidal rampage at the North Pole).
74	* {{Medley}}: "The Alternative Polka". Songs featured, in order:
75	** "[[Music/MellowGold Loser]]" by Music/{{Beck\|Musician}}
76	** "Sex Type Thing" by Music/StoneTemplePilots
77	** "All I Wanna Do" by Music/SherylCrow
78	** "[[Music/TheDownwardSpiral Closer]]" by Music/NineInchNails
79	** "[[Music/MonsterREMAlbum Bang and Blame]]" by Music/{{REM}}
80	** "[[Music/JaggedLittlePill You Oughta Know]]" by Music/AlanisMorissette
81	** "[[Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness Bullet with Butterfly Wings]]" by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins
82	** "My Friends" by Music/RedHotChiliPeppers
83	** "[[Music/FooFightersAlbum I'll Stick Around]]" by Music/FooFighters
84	** "Black Hole Sun" by Music/{{Soundgarden}}
85	** "[[Music/{{Dookie}} Basket Case]]" by Music/GreenDay
86	** [[CouchGag "Ear Booker Polka" by Al Yankovic]]
87	* MindScrew: "Everything You Know Is Wrong".
88	* MundaneUtility: The main character of "Everything You Know Is Wrong" is given the chance to go back in time. He decides to go back to the previous Thursday so he can pay his phone bill on time.
89	* NonAppearingTitle: "Cavity Search".
90	* OldTimeyAnkleTaboo: In the music video for "Amish Paradise" two Amish teens are seen looking at a supposedly erotic magazine, with the centerfold girl lifting up her long skirt to show her ankle. This illustrates how the Amish live by very old-fashioned values.
91	* NonSequitur: "Everything You Know is Wrong" is full of these.
92	* ParodyAssistance: Subverted. Coolio wasn't too fond of his song "Gangsta's Paradise" being used by "Weird Al" as a parody without his permission, to put it lightly. [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/coolio-did-not-want-weird-al-spoof-gangsta-205954306.html He eventually got over it and apologized.]]
93	* PrankCall: The subject of "Phony Calls".
94	* {{Pun}}: An example in "I Remember Larry," after he talks about tying the titular prankster's mouth with a rag and leaving him for dead:
95	-->''If the cops ever find him, who knows what they'll say\
96	But I'm sure if ol' Lar were still with us today\
97	He would have to agree with me - it was a pretty good gag!''
98	* RecordProducer: This is the third album to be produced by Al himself.
99	* RewindGag: Near the end of the video for "Amish Paradise", he sings through one scene which obviously plays backwards. Most notably, a buggy rolls past in the background backwards.
100	* SanitySlippage: "Everything You Know is Wrong" can be seen as one of these (if you consider that all the things that happen to be inside his head, maybe after being horrifically injured in the car crash at the beginning).
101	* SantaClaus: The man in red himself goes off the deep end in "The Night Santa Went Crazy". Depending on the version, he either dies from a shootout or gets sent to federal prison.
102	* SarcasticWellWishing: As heard in "Amish Paradise":
103	-->"A local boy kicked me in the butt last week\
104	I just smiled at him and I [[TurnTheOtherCheek turned the other cheek]]\
105	I really don't care, in fact I wish him well\
106	'cause I'll be laughing my head off when he's burning in Hell!"
107	* SelfBackingVocalist: "Since You've Been Gone" is a bunch of Weird Als singing a cappella (except for the bass line, which is, of course, his bassist Steve Jay).
108	* ShoutOut:
109	** To ''Series/GilligansIsland'' in "Amish Paradise":
110	-->''There's no phone, no lights, no motorcar\
111	Not a single luxury\
112	Like Robinson Ca-rusoe\
113	It's as primitive as can be!''
114	** "Amish Paradise" also includes the line "But I ain't never punched a tourist even if he deserved it", a reference to the movie ''Film/{{Witness}}'', in which Creator/HarrisonFord is a police detective placed undercover in an Amish community to protect a murder witness and punches out a tourist who steals his hat.[[note]]Al would later appear on Creator/{{VH1}}'s ''I Love the '80s'' in a segment called "Movies That Should Have Been in 3D," with ''Witness'' being one of them. According to him, the Amish would have still been plain and simple folk, but they'd have been plain and simple ''in your face!''[[/note]]
115	** "Syndicated Incorporated" name-drops several classic and then-popular syndicated TV series, such as ''Series/{{Mash}}'', ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', ''Series/ThreesCompany'', and ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', among others.
116	** The last verse of the "Extra Gory" version of "The Night Santa Went Crazy" includes the line "Guess they won't have the fat guy to kick around any more," referencing UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's infamous line after losing the 1962 UsefulNotes/{{California}} gubernatorial election, "You don't have Nixon to kick around any more!"
117	* SoundEffectBleep: Al's rendition of "Closer" during "The Alternative Polka":
118	-->''I want to (POINK!) you like an animal!''\
119	''I want to feel you from the inside!''\
120	''I want to (CLANG!) you like an animal!''
121	* SpokenWordInMusic: A [[{{Sampling}} sample]] of Bart Simpson calling Moe's Tavern from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E22BloodFeud "Blood Feud"]] plays in "Phony Calls" where the rap breakdown was on the original song ("Waterfalls" by Music/{{TLC}}). Yankovic later made a guest appearance on the show.
122	* SquirrelsInMyPants: The first verse of "Everything You Know Is Wrong" starts with the narrator driving "in the fast lane, with a rabid wolverine in my underwear".
123	* StockFootage: Used extensively in the video for "Gump", much like [[Film/ForrestGump the movie it was based on.]]
124	* SubliminalSeduction: His song "I Remember Larry" has the backwards message "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands."
125	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: "I'm So Sick of You" features "You don't have an ounce of class. You're just one big pain in the neck."
126	* TastesLikeChicken: Barbecued Blitzen, according to Santa in "The Night Santa Went Crazy."
127	* TwistEnding: "Since You've Been Gone" is set up as a traditional "I want you back" BreakupSong until the final line of the song, which is "I feel almost as bad as I did/when you were still here."
128	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the uncensored version of "The Night Santa Went Crazy" (in which Santa is killed in the shootout), no mention is made of Vixen and Donner's fates. In the original song, the former is in therapy and the latter is simply "still nervous".

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