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Published: 2012-04-24 01:03:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 13971; Favourites: 435; Downloads: 238
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This is a personal piece featuring 13 characters from Weird Al Yankovic albums and Al himself. I'll be seeing Al perform live in Minneaplois on May 3rd. It will be my fifth time seeing him live and I can't wait!Drawn and colored in Photoshop CS4 on a Wacom Cintiq 21UX.
-Otis
UPDATE: People have been asking who each character is...well, some are "official" Al characters that are named in songs or appear in "UHF" and some are my own interpretations of certain songs or album titles. The only non-Al characters are the bouncer and the two ladies hanging onto Al. But all in all, there are 13 characters from each of Al's 13 albums. They go from left to right, oldest to newest album, ending with Al himself re-enacting the attitude of "This Is The Life", the theme song to "Johnny Dangerously".
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Canβt believe this one slipped under my radar. Β Wish Iβd known about it when I attended my own Meet βN Greet when I saw him in Roanoke, VA on the Strings Attached tour. Β Bravo!
Took a little thinking, but I recognized each personβs song from each album. Nicely done.
(And I hope and trust you had fun in your concert, too!)
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THEY ARE IN ORDER (MY GUESS)....
1.) The "Gotta Boogie" guy.
2.) Retired boxer-turned-deli-owner Rocky Balboa. ('Rye or the Kaiser').
3.) The "I Want A New Duck" guy (who even looks just like Huey Lewis, LOL!).
4.) A generic polka guy ('Polka Party' album. Personally I would've put in Al's James Brown-with-a-hernia alter-ego, instead).
5.) Al's "Fat" alter-ego.
6.) Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richard's lovable janitor/TV superstar from Al's movie 'UHF').
7.) "Airline Amy".
8.) The protagonist from "Amish Paradise".
8.2.) At the Amish guy's feet, "Harvey The Wonder Hamster".
9.) The titular Truck Driver from "The Truck Driving Song" (note the high-heels).
10.) Weird Al's Bob Dylan alter-ego/impression from "Bob".
11.) Weird Al's "White & Nerdy" alter-ego.
12.) Charles Nelson Reilly; The flamboyantly campy 70's funnyman-turned-superhuman-badass in the song "C.N.R.".
13.) The Bouncer.
14.) Weird Al with two lovely ladies.
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Is that the janitor from UHF in the line?
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Very good job, Weird Al Yankovic the Comedy artist
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Pretty similar to the line when I met him. Β Nice work!
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This is GORGEOUS. 
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I see the blonde douche-guy from "First World Problems" at the end of the line
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This was drawn in 2012, so... um... no. That's not him. Sorry.
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i know
I meant, in an update of your work i'd like to see this guy from "Mandatory fun"-Album.
Sorry for my bad english ^^
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TouchΓ©
but WordCrimes is also for all you english first-language- speakers out there, too ^^
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I recognize some of them. I think one of them is Airline Amy
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I love how you put Stanley Spadowski in there!
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AWSOME!!!!!!! IM A HUGE FAN OF AL'S AND THIS IS SO FAR THE BEST ART I SAW.
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Nice work and I am so jealous you got to see Al!
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I'm guessing:
Gotta Boogie, Theme from Rocky XIII, I Want a New Duck, Polka Party!, Fat, Stanley Spedowski/UHF, Airline Amy, Harvey the Wonder Hamster, Amish Paradise, Truck Drivin' Song, Bob, White and Nerdy, and CNR...
the only one I'm unsure of is Polka Party! but it's the only one that makes sense.
great idea once again!
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this is hilarious and so cool. Love all the references to his work you managed to squeeze in.
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I have a strange urge to go watch every single Al video now just to see which videos these come from...
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The only thing cooler than your Al drawing is Al in the flesh at a post-show party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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They don't all come from videos.
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Awesomely done.
And you are SO lucky to see him LIVE in concert.
Have a blast!
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AWESOME! Huge Al fan. Unfortunately never been able to see him in concert, but love this!
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Is that a Harvey the Wonder Hamster I see before me? Genius!
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Clever concept! I actually knew most of the characters in line (I'm so proud!).
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Awesome.
Stanley Spedowski and Harvey the Wonder Hamster.
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HARVEY THE WONDER HAMSTER!!! HAHA... and Amish Paradise... epicness. Great job!
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Cool picture as always! I wish I could go and meet you there casually. Such a great artist......
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I feel like I just found the marble in the oatmeal! This is great.
I'm still waiting for someone in Hollywood to wake up and make Nature Trail to Hell - in 3-D!!!!
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That's one of my favorite AL songs (on my all time fave Al-bum).
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There really isn't a bad song on that one. My friends and I outlined a screenplay using all of the songs as beats in the story.
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In 08 I got to be on stage with him in Wichita, it was awesome to say the least. He signed the inside of my Stormtrooper helmet after the show.
Awesome piece.
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Thanks! My friend and I are going to see him live on May 3rd and are trying to get backstage passes to meet him. Wish us luck!
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Good luck indeed. He is pretty cool in person, a bit quiet which you wouldn't expect.
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Actually, that doesn't surprise me at all.
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