Albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) | "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D | Dare to Be Stupid | Polka Party! | Even Worse | UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff | Off the Deep End | Alapalooza | Bad Hair Day | Running with Scissors | Poodle Hat | Straight Outta Lynwood | Alpocalypse | Mandatory Fun
Films: UHF | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
- Alternative Joke Interpretation: In the song "Fat", Yankovic claims that when he goes to the beach, he's "the only one who gets a tan." Some have taken it as meaning that he blocks the sun for everyone else, while others assumed that he was the only one on the beach because he took up all the space. Either way, it works well for a song that is an extra-long fat joke.
- Crosses the Line Twice: In "Good Old Days", the narrator reminisces how he bashed in a grocery store owner's head...and then says, "You should have seen the look on his face."
- Growing the Beard: While Al was already decently regarded, reviewers and analysts both then and now cited Even Worse as a turning point for him. In particular, this was his first album where the original songs were widely seen as rivaling the song parodies in quality instead of being viewed as Album Filler (barring the Title Track of Dare to Be Stupid, which is just as popular as Al's pre-Even Worse parodies).
- Win Back the Crowd: Thanks in large part to him returning to the Michael Jackson material for his lead single that many people associated with him, Even Worse was seen as a successful return to form after the critical and commercial failure of Polka Party!. This would be the first of many times that people would say "Weird Al is back!" before it became nearly an every-album occurrence.
