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5 Suggested Parodies For Weird Al's Next Album

By MATTHEW SINGER

1. "I Really Like Tofu" (to the tune of Carly Rae Jepsen's "I Really Like You")

VIDEO CONCEPT: Al, dressed in tie-dye, shorts and sandals, his hair tied back in a bun, runs wild through a Whole Foods. Tom Hanks is also there, for some reason.


2. â€œTurn and Cough” (to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”)

VIDEO CONCEPT: Al is a doctor who'd check these young men for a hernia if only they'd stop dancing for 10 seconds.


3. â€œVlasic Man” (to the tune of Jidenna’s “Classic Man”)

VIDEO CONCEPT: A dapper-looking Al rides in a Cadillac with a pimped-out stork, hollering at ladies and sipping pickle-juice martinis.


4. â€œDowntown Monk” (to the tune of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk”)

VIDEO CONCEPT: The funkiest monk in the monastery takes the bus into the city to show the unholy how the enlightened get down. 


5. â€œAll About That Bass” (to the tune of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”)

VIDEO CONCEPT: To clarify, it's "all about that bass," as in "no tuna." Al is a fisherman, hunting his personal Moby Dick. Remember those mechanical singing fish everyone used to buy their dad as a gag gift? They're back, and more hilarious than ever!

SEE IT: "Weird Al" Yankovic plays the Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 5-6. 7 pm. Both shows sold out. All ages.

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