- Title: "Weird Al" Yankovic honored with Hollywood star
- Date: 27th August 2018
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 27, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** STAR BEING UNVEILED/"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC KNEELING IN FRONT OF STAR AND POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FRAMED CERTIFICATE MORE OF YANKOVIC IN FRONT OF STAR FANS YANKOVIC ABOUT TO TAKE PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC, SAYING: "Mostly it is just an honor knowing that my name is going to be walked on, spit on, let's face it urinated on, for generations to come. That's a legacy my friends. By the way I am sorry I even have to say this, I don't want to even have to ask this but please, please don't pickaxe my star, ok guys? I mean I know it's all the rage these days but that's not cool, that's ... Just please don't do that unless at some point in the future I do something unfathomably monstrous and evil, in which case sure, fine, go ahead, it makes sense. But anything short of that please limit yourself to spitting and urinating, ok? Have some class people." YANKOVIC POSING FOR PHOTOS IN FRONT OF STAR (SOUNDBITE) (English) "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC, SAYING: "So I want to sincerely thank all of the generous fans who took out second mortgages on their homes and subsisted on nothing but ramen noodles for years and years just so I could be standing before you here today. Thank you for your selfless sacrifice. I mean I guess you could have donated that money to the Red Cross or the American Cancer Society or something but I think you made the right choice, I do. I think this was an excellent use of your disposable income." YANKOVIC GREETING RADIO DISC JOCKEY DR. DEMENTO AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) DISC JOCKEY DR. DEMENTO, SAYING: "Well I've known him for so long I knew him before he was weird, well before he was 'Weird Al' anyway. People began calling him 'Weird Al' because he's a little different and he took that as a badge of honor. All I can say about that is if more people were weird like him, wouldn't we have a much better world?" YANKOVIC POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH DR. DEMENTO AND ACTOR THOMAS LENNON IN FRONT OF STAR (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR THOMAS LENNON, SAYING: "Thank you for your music, your books, and for UHF and thank you for agreeing to be my friend, you've held up your end of that handshake agreement that we made at Staples better than I ever could have imagined. So they say don't ever meet your heroes but I hope you do if you are heroes are like mine: "Weird Al" Yankovic." VARIOUS OF YANKOVIC AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS POSING IN FRONT OF STAR VARIOUS OF YANKOVIC FANS ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD YANKOVIC'S STAR
- Embargoed: 10th September 2018 23:43
- Keywords: Weird Al Yankovic Star Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA0018UYRKUL
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- Story Text: Grammy-winning song parody specialist "Weid Al" Yankovic was honored in Los Angeles on Monday (August 27) with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Yankovic, who has scored hits over the past 30 years with parodies such as "Like a Surgeon"(Madonna's "Like a Virgin") and "Amish Paradise" (Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"), joked about his star being vandalized like that of U.S. President Donald Trump.
"By the way I am sorry I even have to say this, I don't want to even have to ask this but please, please don't pickaxe my star, ok guys? I mean I know it's all the rage these days but that's not cool," joked Yankovic.
"Just please don't do that unless at some point in the future I do something unfathomably monsterous and evil, in which case sure, fine, go ahead," added Yankovic, whose star ceremony was funded by his fans.
"I want to sincerely thank all of the generous fans who took out second mortgages on their homes and subsisted on nothing but ramen noodles for years and years just so I could be standing before you here today," said Yankovic.
Radio disc jockey Dr. Demento and actor Thomas Lennon turned out to support Yankovic at the ceremony on Los Angeles' Hollywood Boulevard.
Yankovic scored his first number 1 on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in 2014 with his parody album "Mandatory Fun" and won a grammy in 2003 for best comedy album for "Poodle Hat," the first comedy album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
Other releases inclide 2006's gold-certified "Straight Outta Lynwood," which reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200. In addition to the music, Yankovic has also written a children’s books. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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