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Weird Al Yankovic

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
501 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Kind of, yeah, because I didn't know really what my future held for me, and I was just looking at my options. I mean, I remember I graduated from college with a degree, but I didn't want to be an architect. I wanted to get as far away from that as I could, and I applied for anywhere that would take me. I think I applied to a phone company.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Kind of, yeah, because I didn't know really what my future held for me, and I was just looking at my options. I mean, I remember I graduated from college with a degree, but I didn't want to be an architect. I wanted to get as far away from that as I could, and I applied for anywhere that would take me. I think I applied to a phone company.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

I think I applied for janitorial work, and they wouldn't take me because, like, you get a college degree. What do you want to do this for? And I had to explain that I needed to eat food on occasion. And I got very lucky because the job that I got out of college was working for a radio syndication, a company called Westwood One. And they syndicated the Dr. Demento show.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

I think I applied for janitorial work, and they wouldn't take me because, like, you get a college degree. What do you want to do this for? And I had to explain that I needed to eat food on occasion. And I got very lucky because the job that I got out of college was working for a radio syndication, a company called Westwood One. And they syndicated the Dr. Demento show.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

I think I applied for janitorial work, and they wouldn't take me because, like, you get a college degree. What do you want to do this for? And I had to explain that I needed to eat food on occasion. And I got very lucky because the job that I got out of college was working for a radio syndication, a company called Westwood One. And they syndicated the Dr. Demento show.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

So not only did I get to hang out with Dr. Demento when he did his weekly broadcast, but all these... rock stars were coming into the studio to be interviewed. So I got to meet Frank Zappa. I got him to autograph my copy of Freak Out. I got to meet all these cool people. And even though I was working in the mailroom, literally for like $5 an hour at the time, which I guess was minimum wage,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

So not only did I get to hang out with Dr. Demento when he did his weekly broadcast, but all these... rock stars were coming into the studio to be interviewed. So I got to meet Frank Zappa. I got him to autograph my copy of Freak Out. I got to meet all these cool people. And even though I was working in the mailroom, literally for like $5 an hour at the time, which I guess was minimum wage,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

So not only did I get to hang out with Dr. Demento when he did his weekly broadcast, but all these... rock stars were coming into the studio to be interviewed. So I got to meet Frank Zappa. I got him to autograph my copy of Freak Out. I got to meet all these cool people. And even though I was working in the mailroom, literally for like $5 an hour at the time, which I guess was minimum wage,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

It was a pretty cool job. So, again, I can't really complain.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

It was a pretty cool job. So, again, I can't really complain.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

It was a pretty cool job. So, again, I can't really complain.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Yeah, I wouldn't say it was a wasted college education, but yeah, it made me learn that that wasn't my passion. I had to remember that my passion was music and my passion was comedy. And I didn't know that I could make a living doing that, but I thought, hey, I'm young. I got to try.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Yeah, I wouldn't say it was a wasted college education, but yeah, it made me learn that that wasn't my passion. I had to remember that my passion was music and my passion was comedy. And I didn't know that I could make a living doing that, but I thought, hey, I'm young. I got to try.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Yeah, I wouldn't say it was a wasted college education, but yeah, it made me learn that that wasn't my passion. I had to remember that my passion was music and my passion was comedy. And I didn't know that I could make a living doing that, but I thought, hey, I'm young. I got to try.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

maybe the entirety wasn't a way style but if you're applying for a janitor's job with an architect's degree you you have you have tossed aside the want to be an architect well i think i was my third year into college when i really had the epiphany like okay i'm definitely not going to do this the rest of my life but i didn't want to drop out because to me that that was failure i just wanted to i'm going to stick it out i'm going to spend another

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

maybe the entirety wasn't a way style but if you're applying for a janitor's job with an architect's degree you you have you have tossed aside the want to be an architect well i think i was my third year into college when i really had the epiphany like okay i'm definitely not going to do this the rest of my life but i didn't want to drop out because to me that that was failure i just wanted to i'm going to stick it out i'm going to spend another

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

maybe the entirety wasn't a way style but if you're applying for a janitor's job with an architect's degree you you have you have tossed aside the want to be an architect well i think i was my third year into college when i really had the epiphany like okay i'm definitely not going to do this the rest of my life but i didn't want to drop out because to me that that was failure i just wanted to i'm going to stick it out i'm going to spend another

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Um, yeah, hearing from, from people that, that, uh, you know, that are my heroes, that, that means a lot to me. Um, you know, I, uh, Mighty Python was such a, uh, a seminal influence to me growing up and, and, uh, you know, Eric Idle came to one of my shows and, and he loved it. And we actually become fairly close friends at this point, which is kind of blows my mind because he's,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Um, yeah, hearing from, from people that, that, uh, you know, that are my heroes, that, that means a lot to me. Um, you know, I, uh, Mighty Python was such a, uh, a seminal influence to me growing up and, and, uh, you know, Eric Idle came to one of my shows and, and he loved it. And we actually become fairly close friends at this point, which is kind of blows my mind because he's,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Weird Al Yankovic

Um, yeah, hearing from, from people that, that, uh, you know, that are my heroes, that, that means a lot to me. Um, you know, I, uh, Mighty Python was such a, uh, a seminal influence to me growing up and, and, uh, you know, Eric Idle came to one of my shows and, and he loved it. And we actually become fairly close friends at this point, which is kind of blows my mind because he's,