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greazeball posted:He built himself up as the sole creator of the Rutles (which was not at all the case) when it took off as a cult hit on VHS in the states and then went to great lengths to make sure that the songwriters and performers who were actually behind it were unable to perform or release any new material at all. GREAT lengths, with a bunch of bait and switch and last-minute lawsuits to block releases of albums that had already been recorded and pressed, etc. because he's a thin-skinned jealous prick who wouldn't allow anyone to talk about the Rutles unless it was all about him. Really justified use of the C-word, IMHO. drat, what a prick! Also I appreciate the summary, thanks! I realised my post was actually pretty snarky, but it's actually just that I'm interested but feeling sick at the moment and didn't have it in me to read heaps
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greazeball posted:Gilliam's arguably the worst of all of them. Cleese is an arrogant loudmouth Tory prick and Idle is a petty vindictive POS, but Terry really went all in and doubled down on his bigotry with a number of different interviewers, it was baffling. Well gently caress, I was really hoping I was wrong about that one.
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Just vaguely knowing their post-Python output, you can correctly surmise that Michael Palin is the least terrible Python (well, that's still alive) pretty easily. All you learn from hearing more is just how wide the gap is.
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Ok, I can't believe the pattern recognition side of my brain picked that up
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greazeball posted:Weird Al is a saint though, so I'm a little conflicted I have a deep aching fear in the pit of my stomach for the day we finally learn something lovely about Weird Al.
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Ok, I can't believe the pattern recognition side of my brain picked that up I honestly saw goatse in the white space before I saw loss. Jesus loving christ.
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https://twitter.com/EllenBarkin/status/975133466235777024 So there's that too.
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McCracAttack posted:I have a deep aching fear in the pit of my stomach for the day we finally learn something lovely about Weird Al. He's in his 60s (yes really) so here's hoping he continues being a great guy and performer. Maybe he can be his generations' Mr.Rogers and kick rear end for decades without, to quote Ray Smuckles, having to "retreat into obvious-style born again Christianity" (he actually is a Christian, but it's not some weird public thing he makes a big deal out of to make people forget his coke habit or whatever). El Gallinero Gros has a new favorite as of 14:26 on Mar 30, 2022 |
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ultrafilter posted:https://twitter.com/EllenBarkin/status/975133466235777024 Is this a sexual thing or does he blast out farts you can taste?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:He's in his 60s (yes really) so here's hoping he continues being a great guy and performer. Maybe he can be his generations' Mr.Rogers and kick rear end for decades without, to quote Ray Smuckles, having to "retreat into obvious-style born again Christianity" (he actually is a Christian, but it's not some weird public thing he makes a big deal out of to make people forget his coke habit or whatever). Weird Al couldn't swerve into being weirdly into religion, weird conservatism or fringe beliefs anyway, because we'd just assume it's a bit.
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Lobok posted:Is this a sexual thing or does he blast out farts you can taste? I assume that if it was farts she wouldn't have had to include the "alone"
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Lobok posted:Is this a sexual thing or does he blast out farts you can taste? This tweet was made in the wake of the MeToo movement, so I’d assume it’s directly related to that.
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https://twitter.com/EloiseFaichney/status/1508675539262853123 https://twitter.com/wyatt_privilege/status/1509162592866033673 https://twitter.com/DrakeGatsby/status/1508811005589180417 https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1509065974367936515 https://twitter.com/EiiArt/status/1509045938890887168
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God how I wish that were true
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I’m mid-40s and I don’t go on social media so I will take this sample size of one as proof of the hypothesis and assume 90% of people on this forum also aren’t on social media because they are olds
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Milo and POTUS posted:God how I wish that were true  
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Children seem to be good at doing devastating owns. Somewhat alarmingly so. https://twitter.com/Debjpage/status/1509082172287823874
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freeedr posted:I’m mid-40s and I don’t go on social media so I will take this sample size of one as proof of the hypothesis and assume 90% of people on this forum also aren’t on social media because they are olds You called me out. Early 40’s and I deleted all social media years ago. I guess I still have an Instagram but haven’t posted in nearly a year. SA is my SM.
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Weird Al got kinda weirdly defensive about some transphobic tropes in Truck Driving Song a few years back, but I think he hasn't doubled-down since or anything.
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DoctorWhat posted:Weird Al got kinda weirdly defensive about some transphobic tropes in Truck Driving Song a few years back, but I think he hasn't doubled-down since or anything. From what I've seen there's a bunch of poo poo he regrets and genuinely tries to atone for. He's walking that fine line where he can explain that that was the humor at the time and it wasn't his intent to be offensive while also acknowledging that that's no excuse and taking full responsibility. He has a tweet that's something along the lines of "I used a slur in a song decades ago and if you think I was a dumb idiot that should've known better... you're absolutely right. I was a dumb idiot that should've known better and I'm really, really sorry." He genuinely seems like a good person.
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Taeke posted:From what I've seen there's a bunch of poo poo he regrets and genuinely tries to atone for. He's walking that fine line where he can explain that that was the humor at the time and it wasn't his intent to be offensive while also acknowledging that that's no excuse and taking full responsibility. He has a tweet that's something along the lines of "I used a slur in a song decades ago and if you think I was a dumb idiot that should've known better... you're absolutely right. I was a dumb idiot that should've known better and I'm really, really sorry." https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/490724534513700864 
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Taeke posted:From what I've seen there's a bunch of poo poo he regrets and genuinely tries to atone for. He's walking that fine line where he can explain that that was the humor at the time and it wasn't his intent to be offensive while also acknowledging that that's no excuse and taking full responsibility. He has a tweet that's something along the lines of "I used a slur in a song decades ago and if you think I was a dumb idiot that should've known better... you're absolutely right. I was a dumb idiot that should've known better and I'm really, really sorry." yea all I saw for his trans stuff was him kinda trying to explain 'well at the time this was funnier and trans people weren't exactly mainstream so we didn't get jokes like that were offensive' but no real double downs or 'gosh take a joke already' nonsense which, yea you can for sure argue it's kinda pointless to try to argue that when you should just say 'yep, that was hosed up, sorry' but considering how he's handled pretty much everything else I think it's fair to say he genuinely tries to make his stuff everyone can enjoy and doesn't truck with bigotry for easy laughs.
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I have in my hand the power to cancel weird al yankovic
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projecthalaxy posted:I have in my hand the power to cancel weird al yankovic it's just a gun, projecthalaxy doesn't understand what 'cancelling' is.
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flavor.flv posted:There's one thing he could do to freak everybody out normal al
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I dunno, I heard he was very unfair to Mr. Chamillionaire https://twitter.com/shrimpJAJ/status/1317920644336513024
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projecthalaxy posted:I have in my hand the power to cancel weird al yankovic THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER IT'S LOUD ROAR TELLS ME TO POST RECIEPTS TAKE THIS! MY RAGE, MY TAKES, AND ALL OF MY POSTING
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Weird Al doesn't even curse. I dont just mean in his music. He was profiled by some magazine a year or two ago and the guy literally does not swear.
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DoctorWhat posted:THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER this made me smile
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codo27 posted:Weird Al doesn't even curse. I dont just mean in his music. He was profiled by some magazine a year or two ago and the guy literally does not swear. He was asked to be an actor on Drunk History and he said he'd love to do it but he wouldn't swear. Amazingly enough, the drunken story teller used a lot of swears in the retelling but none of them were said by the character they wanted Al to play. And that's how we got "Weird Al as Hitler".
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He's also a delight in interviews, and a vegan who doesn't make a thing out of it. Just a solid guy all around, that Alfred Yankovic.
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Philippe posted:He's also a delight in interviews, and a vegan who doesn't make a thing out of it. dunno, sounds kinda weird
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venus de lmao posted:so did all of the Monty Python guys turn out to be monumental dickheads? Chapman died young enough to be fondly remembered
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