{"id":429,"date":"2006-08-11T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T22:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2006\/08\/11\/friday-night-videos-weird-al-yankovic\/"},"modified":"2006-08-11T17:30:50","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T22:30:50","slug":"friday-night-videos-weird-al-yankovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Videos: Weird Al Yankovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Ben Folds: Rockin&#8217; the Suburbs (2001)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GUkiFLURt38\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GUkiFLURt38\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For his first solo effort post-Ben-Folds-Five, Ben Folds decided to play every instrument. It thus makes sense that, in the video, he indeed plays every instrument. Mix in suburbia and a healthy dose of awkward dancing and you have&#8230;well, this video. What&#8217;s the link to Weird Al? He directed it, and has a cameo appearance.<\/p>\n<p><b>Weird Al Yankovic: The Saga Begins (1999)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4ttidEl0gXU\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4ttidEl0gXU\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Weird Al summarizes <i>The Phantom Menace<\/i> in five minutes and sets it to Don McLean&#8217;s &#8220;American Pie&#8221;. I get the feeling that his entire career led to this one song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Folds: Rockin&#8217; the Suburbs (2001) For his first solo effort post-Ben-Folds-Five, Ben Folds decided to play every instrument. It thus makes sense that, in the video, he indeed plays every instrument. 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