Weird Al Yankovic
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You know, I was just young and naive, and I probably didn't even know at that time that I should be scared. Only with the decades of time to have retrospection do I look back and say, wow, I should have been scared. That was a pretty scary moment in my life. But at the time, you're just too young to know any better?
You know, I was just young and naive, and I probably didn't even know at that time that I should be scared. Only with the decades of time to have retrospection do I look back and say, wow, I should have been scared. That was a pretty scary moment in my life. But at the time, you're just too young to know any better?
You know, I was just young and naive, and I probably didn't even know at that time that I should be scared. Only with the decades of time to have retrospection do I look back and say, wow, I should have been scared. That was a pretty scary moment in my life. But at the time, you're just too young to know any better?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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,
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,
It was a pretty cool job. So, again, I can't really complain.
It was a pretty cool job. So, again, I can't really complain.
It was a pretty cool job. So, again, I can't really complain.
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.
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.
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.
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
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