Calling all Weird Al fanatics, and those who may have never fancied this odd cat in the past: his newest video—‘White and Nerdy’—is amongst his best to-date, and is complimented by a larger production budget, great editing and some really funny and catchy lyrics that will most certainly make you laugh out loud more than once. Spawned by his newer album, “Straight Outta Lynwood,” which hit store shelves about a year and a half ago, where Al takes on a new satire: making fun of rap songs and rapping. Yes, I know, he already did something similar to this in his funny music video hit, parodying the Coolio Song, entitled “Amish Paradise”; (A satire from Coolio’s ‘Gansta Paradise.)
But this time it’s a fast rapping, hard hitting, total dork that is Al, trying to be a cool gangster rapper, but entirely failing in all of his sordid attempts. And if you had thought that you had seen everything that Al could ever make that was funny, think again! Because ‘White and Nerdy’ truly takes the cake people!
What Other Celebrities Can you Spot?
There are some other celebrity friends of Weird Al that make some short cameo appearances in this hit funny music video. If you look closely at the guy who is dancing with Al during the choruses (see the music video below) you will notice that the dude in the back is actually Donnie Osmond; who thought that he and Al were friends. Another celebrity that makes a brief appearance is Seth Green, during the middle of the video he is shown with a bunch of collectible comic book action figures.
Is this Al’s Best Music Video Yet?
In my opinion, and being a huge fan if Weird Al over the years, this is indeed his best venture yet! The video shows Al dressed up like a quintessential Star Trek (Trekkie) dweeb who will do anything to get his hands on a vintage cartoon copy of the Original Star Wars. He also notes near the middle of the video that he is both fluent in java script as well as Klingon. The entire video is complimented by offhanded satire that is both whimsical and hilarious.
And for Al, who is more noted for his love of food and the incorporation of it into many of his hit songs, this video centers entirely on the latter: social inadequacies, being a dorky loser, and being obsessed with computers and information technology. All played off perfectly by a guy who you may not even think is Weird Al, because he is dressed so coyly.
Indeed, ‘White and Nerdy’ is most certainly Al’s best video and song to date, and one of the most popular. Having already well surpassed a million views on the popular video file sharing website, Youtube.com—it’s safe to say that ‘White and Nerdy’ is currently Al’s most popular video amongst web lovers and those who are rampant fans of his satirical endeavors.
Check out the hit music video by Weird Al Yankovich, ‘White and Nerdy’ below:
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