Over the last quarter century, "Weird
Al" Yankovic has emerged as a comic chronicler of pop culture, satirizing various
musical genres and trends and demonstrating mind-bending versatility. The singer-songwriter
first exhibited this gift in 1979, where as a college disc jockey he recorded
"My Bologna," a spoof of The Knack's "My Sharona." Al has amassed 25 Gold and
Platinum album certifications in the U.S., Canada and Australia, as well as
four Gold-certified home videos and a four-CD boxed set retrospective.
