Teressa Claire MacNeille (née Payne) is an American voice actress,whose credits include voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series Animaniacs and its reboot,Babs Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures,Chip and Gadget Hackwrench on Chip 'n Dale:Rescue Rangers,and Daisy Duck in various Disney media since 1999. She has also worked on animated series such as The Simpsons,Futurama,Disenchantment,Rugrats,and Hey Arnold!
Bad Hair Day is the ninth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on March 12,1996. It was Yankovic's last studio album for the Scotti Brothers label before it was purchased by Volcano Entertainment in 1999. The album produced an array of hit comedy singles;lead single "Amish Paradise",which lampoons both Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" and the Amish lifestyle,charted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100,while "Gump",which parodies "Lump" by the Presidents of the United States of America and the movie Forrest Gump,reached at No. 102.
Running with Scissors is the tenth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on June 28,1999. It was the fourth studio album self-produced by Yankovic,and his first album for Volcano Records after its acquisition of Scotti Brothers. The musical styles on the album are built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the late 1990s,largely targeting alternative rock and hip-hop. The album's lead single,"The Saga Begins",however,was a parody of the 1971 single "American Pie" by Don McLean,and it recounts the plot of the film Star Wars:Episode I –The Phantom Menace,which was released around the same time. None of the album's singles charted domestically,although "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi",a parody of "Pretty Fly " by the Offspring,charted at number 67 in Australia.
Alapalooza is the eighth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic,released in 1993. By the completion of his previous album,Off the Deep End,Yankovic had already written all of the original songs that he planned to use on his next release. This new album,which would eventually be titled Alapalooza in reference to the music festival Lollapalooza,consisted of seven original songs and five parodies. It produced three parody singles:"Jurassic Park","Bedrock Anthem",and "Achy Breaky Song". "Jurassic Park" was a top five hit on the Canadian magazine The Record's single chart.
UHF –Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff is the sixth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on July 18,1989. The album is the final of Yankovic's to be produced by former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Recorded between December 1988 and May 1989,the album served as the official soundtrack to the 1989 film of the same name,although the original score by John Du Prez is omitted. The album's lead single was the titular "UHF",although it was not a hit and did not chart.
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on February 28,1984,by Rock 'n Roll Records. The album was one of many produced by former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Recorded between October and December 1983,the album was Yankovic's follow-up to his modestly successful debut LP,"Weird Al" Yankovic.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the debut studio album by American parodist Alfred "Weird Al" Yankovic. The album was the first of many produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Mostly recorded in March 1982,the album was released by Rock 'n Roll Records as an LP and on Compact Cassette in 1983.
Al TV is an American comedy TV series created by and starring singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic,which aired as periodic specials on MTV and VH1,beginning in 1984.
The Weird Al Show is an American television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions and taped at NBC Studios,it aired on Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network. The show ran for one season,from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15,2006.
"Bedrock Anthem" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic which was featured on his 1993 album Alapalooza. It is a parody of "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away",both by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and features the same funk rock musical style. The song also appears on the soundtrack album for the 1994 live-action movie version of The Flintstones,with a portion of the song played during the end credits.
Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation album of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic,featuring his best known songs that did not appear on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits,plus the new single "Headline News" which had first appeared on the box set Permanent Record:Al In The Box,released a month prior. The compilation album was met with mostly positive critical reviews,and it managed to chart on the Billboard 200 at number 198. However,it ranks as one of Yankovic's least-selling records.
Permanent Record:Al in the Box is a four disc compilation box set of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on September 27,1994. The album,released by Scotti Brothers Records so that the label could make monetary projections for the fiscal year,collects Yankovic's favorite songs from his first eight studio albums. The collection also includes alternate versions of "My Bologna","Happy Birthday","UHF" and the new single,"Headline News",a parody of "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies. It peaked at number 104 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits is a compilation album of parody and original songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic,featuring his best known songs from his first five studio albums,all of which were released in the 1980s. "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits was met with mostly positive reviews from critics,with Heather Phrase of AllMusic noting that it provided a good overview of the early part of Yankovic's career. Despite this,the album failed to chart upon release,and ranks as one of Yankovic's lowest-selling records.
"I Love Rocky Road" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic about a man's obsession with rocky road ice cream. It is a parody of the 1981 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' cover version of the British band Arrows' 1975 song,"I Love Rock 'n' Roll",originally sung and written by Alan Merrill.
"Dare to Be Stupid" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a musical pastiche of the band Devo. Released as the B-side to "The Touch",the song was included in the soundtrack for The Transformers:The Movie and is his most popular original song.
"Jurassic Park" is a parody of Richard Harris's version of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park",written and performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic;it was released both as a single and as part of Yankovic's Alapalooza album in October 1993. "Jurassic Park" was penned by Yankovic after he remembered the enjoyment he had when he combined a classic rock track with a recent movie theme with his 1985 song "Yoda". Yankovic decided to combine the plot of the recent movie Jurassic Park—a film about a park on a fictional island where geneticists have succeeded in cloning dinosaurs—with the classic Richard Harris track "MacArthur Park".
"Yoda" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from his third album,Dare to Be Stupid (1985). It is a parody of the song "Lola" by the Kinks. Inspired by the events of the movie The Empire Strikes Back,the song is told from the point of view of Jedi-in-training Luke Skywalker and concerns his dealings with Master Yoda on the planet Dagobah. The song was initially written and recorded in 1980,during the original release of The Empire Strikes Back and achieved success on The Dr. Demento Show;however,securing permission from both Star Wars creator George Lucas and "Lola" songwriter Ray Davies delayed the physical release of the song for about five years.
"Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (alternatively called "Pretty Fly (For a Rabbi)" in Australia) is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring,and it was released from the 1999 album Running with Scissors. The song was released as a single exclusively in Australia. Tress MacNeille performs the line "How ya doin' Bernie?",and appears in the music video. Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman also contributes with the "For a rabbi!" line near the middle of the song.
Alfred MatthewYankovic,known professionally as "Weird Al" Yankovic or simply Weird Al,is an American musician best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts,as well as polka medleys of several popular songs,most of which feature his trademark accordion.
