[124] Yankovic returned to Australia and toured New Zealand for the first time in 2007 to support the Straight Outta Lynwood album. "Ricky" broke the top 100 videos on MTV at the time, which Yankovic took as a sign that his career was in music, quitting his job as a mailroom clerk at the local offices of Westwood One to pursue the music career. "[150] In 2012, Al was extensively featured in the sixth season episode of 30 Rock called "Kidnapped by Danger", where Jenna tries to come up with a "Weird Al-proof" song,[151] as well as appearing on two episodes of The Aquabats! Kathie Lee Gifford's daughter Cassidy has married her love, Ben Wierda. [189] Yankovic's application was resubmitted for consideration in 2007, but he was not included among 2008's inductees. : The Alpocalypse Tour, The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic, UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. In 1983, Yankovic's first self-titled album was released on Scotti Bros. [189] The campaign raised the new target each time and applications continued to be submitted yearly, until The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced in June 2017 that Yankovic would receive a star on the Walk of Fame as one of the 2018 inductees. [30] When Running with Scissors debuted in 1999, he unveiled a radically changed look. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic&oldid=979499838, 21st-century American non-fiction writers, California Polytechnic State University alumni, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2007, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2011, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Also composed the film's opening credits song, Episode: "The Rock and Roll Show" / Uncredited, Episode: "Drew Between the Rock and a Hard Place", Episode: "Where Do French Fries Come From? Yankovic released the song as a free download on his MySpace profile, as well as his official website, and plays it in concert, since it was not Blunt himself objecting to the parody. That's not how I live my life. [94] Though McCartney suggested possibly changing the parody to "Tofu Pot Pie", Yankovic, who is also a vegetarian, found this wouldn't fit the lyrics he had written, which featured the sound of a chicken throughout the chorus. Toadblatt's School of Scorcery/Educating Grim/It's Hokey Mon!