Weird Al, FTW!

by Kevin Kelly on Sep 21st 2006 6:30PM

Weird Al's latest video revels in all things nerdy, from speaking Klingon, to playing Minesweeper, to the Star Wars kid. And check out that sweet Pac-Mac background done up in red flares. As always, the video is embedded after the break.

While we're waiting on the next awesomeness to come out of TGS, it seems like we've just been caught white and nerdy.

[Thanks, LuigiHahn]

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Reader Comments (58)

Nice video.

Hahaha! Yes! This is funny... hehe... always love his stuff... hehe, editing wikipedia.

HELL YES, Weird Al FTW!!!111one It's the best movie I've seen from him since "Gump"

OMG, the actual song (Ridin') Is the most annoying song ever made. Thank God for Weird Al. This version is way better than Chamillionaire's crappy song.

Great video. Almost as good "All About the Pentiums"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nEi0eQB-NtY

Haha, funny lyrics. Surprisingly I love this.

I've been listening to the song practically nonstop, whether actually on my PC, or just in my head. Not a bad song to have stuck in one's head, though. It makes me smile! =D

ROTFLOL

This is so last week, but still awesome.

I totally have the keyboard he uses, the white one when they are talking about myspace

God I love Weird Al he is so funny

"I've been listening to the song practically nonstop, whether actually on my PC, or just in my head. Not a bad song to have stuck in one's head, though. It makes me smile!"

So have I. At first, I thought it was a little sad, but I know of other people who are doing the same thing. It's so great!

My minesweeper highscores:
9 sec
53 sec
142 sec

They were a little better once, but I had to reinstall windows.

Does anyone know who the guy is dancing with Al when he's on the white backdrop? My hubby and I just can't tell.

Warbleflit,

To me, it looks like Donny Osmond. I may be wrong though.

thanks for the vid hadn't seen it yet. sometimes weird al isn't funny this one was good though.

Donnie Osmond, warbleflit.

dude i love weird al so much. i hope to GOD this means he'll be dropping a whole new album soon.

-"superfan" tactics.

I like how he plays minesweeper....with the keyboard...

Half of that song just described me...

I do know JavaScript, although I lack the Klingon. At one point I could actually speak a form of Elvish though...

lol, check out the wikipedia page. he's saying you suck on the atlantic records page, the same guys who banned the 'you're pitiful' song.

It's absolutely Donny Osmond. Good eye.

More goodies:
-The Wikipedia page he edited was for Atlantic Records
-Osmond and Al dance in front of Schrödinger's wave equation for hydrogen
-On the Trivial Pursuit card:
1. (Geography) In what city is the largest ball of twine built by one man?
2. (Entertainment) What's the deal with Lindsay Lohan? I mean, seriously?
3. (History) F.D.R. -- Was he faking it?
4. (Arts & Literature) On what page does Harry Potter die in the next book?
5. (Science & Nature) What is the melting point of a gorilla's head?
6. (Sports & Leisure) How many Wicket men are there on a 43-Man Squamish team?
-MySpace Friends: Bill Gates, Napoleon Dynamite, Mr. Peabody, Albert Einstein, Screech, Frodo, Pee Wee Herman, and of course, Tom Anderson

This is the most awesome song ever. I'm so picking up the new album on the 26th :) Yet again Weird Al proves why he's my hero.

M.C. Escher is my favorite MC.

Weird Al is the best. He filmed UHF in my hometown (Tulsa, OK). Can't wait to pick this up.

I like how Tycho from PA refrenced this in his last news post

(check his sig line)

and it's strange that Weird al makes a more convincing rapper than kevin federline.

A++
Would listen to again.

Weird Al albums always sneak up and get released with out my knowing. Sweet tune, I LOL'd while I watched it.

Woohoo, SEGWAY!

weird al kicks ass

I found this the other day and have been playing it at high volume several times a day.

Pleasant.

Okay, I actually do put mayo on everything.

I was hoping for an update of "All about the Pentiums"(perchance "All about the Athlons"), but this is even better.

Oh, and Kirk would win. Picard is still cooler.

I love this song, can't get enough of it. Hadn't seen the video yet, I fell out of my chair when he pulled out the Star Wars Holiday Special. That's almost exactly the same way I ended up with a copy.

Obviously Weird Al made a much better song with this beat than Chamillionaire did. I wish it was a little bit longer though.

@retromancer

Weird Al actually has talent. It's something that's sordidly lacking in music lately.

One of the best music videos I've ever seen, just for seeing Pac-man done up in red flares

at 28
I did the same thing when he whipped the "star wars holiday special", that there made my day.

The new CD is called "Straight Outta Hollywood" i think... it got a 10min53sec song about a casual couple stori "stuck in the drive throught" and a Pro(kinda)-RIAA song called "Dont download this" ...

my favorite is called : "Canadian Idiot" ... cauze i'm one... and i do prononce "Z" Zed!!!!!

35, it's actually called Straight Outta Lynnwood.

The album is called Straight Outta Lynwood, and comes out on the 26th. Weird Al fans will not be disappointed (I have, uh, somehow... heard... the album already...) But I still plan on buying it. It's possibly his best album to date.

And I wouldn't be going too far to say White and Nerdy is his best parody ever, even though he doesn't do the 3rd verse (aww). Very clever, right up there with Pentiums. And the music video is hilarious, it's among his best... but it's harder to pick there. He always does a phenomenal job with his music videos.

Oh, and anyone notice Seth Green on the "all my action figures are cherry" line? I'm pretty sure that's him in the background.

who doesn't pronounce their Z "zed" ?? Seriously...

I haven't seen Weird Al since the 'stache and long wavy hair days!!! I hated him back then... but this new song is A-OK!

ytcracker is still the best though...

Seth Green!

Yes, that is Seth Green. They likely recorded that shot in association with the music video that Robot Chicken is doing for the album.

Also, how do people always spell my name wrong?

zOMGROFLOL!

I don't know what song that's a parody of (because I'm too white and nerdy) but that's just awesome :). Weird Al rawks! hahaha!

That dude that's dancing in the background is a crack up! This video's great!

dont forget his myspace :
http://www.myspace.com/weirdal

I've been a Weird Al fan since his first official album. (Of course, I listen to "regular" music too) My folks got me a visit to his trailer a few years back after a concert in MN, and me and three friends hung out with him in his trailer for about 20 minutes. Honestly, one of my favorite events in the past ever.

CLASS ACT. He's just a nice guy (physically large skull), chatted and took pictures, talented to boot. He's about as nice as you'd think, it's why I buy his albums sight unseen as soon as they come out. People like him deserve the dollars.

Badgers? Badgers?!? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!

I have that javascript book.

I like how he used that awful Chamillionaire track.. Good going

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