THE SIMPSONS NEWS – At a Simpsons Party, I Encountered Weird Al Yankovic and…

Simpsons quote:

Homer Simpson: Hey, Weird Al! Did you get those parodies I sent you?
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic: Yes I did, Homer.
Homer Simpson: Which one was better, “Livin’ La Pizza Loca” or “Another One Bites The Crust”?
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic: Actually, Homer, they were both the same.
Homer Simpson: Yeah, like you and Allan Sherman.

Sometimes, at Simpsons parties, celebrities that provide guest voices show up.

I don’t often get starstruck.  In fact, I’ve NEVER gotten starstruck.  This isn’t to say that I don’t think it’s neat when I see a celebrity.

Although, if I was to ever get an opportunity to talk to a celebrity or something, I probably would, if I wanted.  Problem is, I don’t do well socially in the BEST of times. Not even with people I know, so I doubt talking to strangers would be any better.

Case in point, I had the opportunity one time to talk to Weird Al Yankovic at a party, here’s what happened.

You can either watch the video or read about the event below. It’s the same info:

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Growing Up with Weird Al

Growing up I really didn’t listen to much music.  In fact, my little brother and my big sister LOVED music. I was surrounded by their music. They just couldn’t get enough music. From U2 to Bob Dylan…you name it they where into it. But I was not.

The only thing that I would listen to, was Weird Al Yankovic.

I still have my records.  Like my “Even Worse” record:

and this self titled one:

The right hand corner of the second record album above is chewed up by the hamsters I had growing up. I left the album too close to the hamster cage.

I do have a turn table so I can still listen to the records.  I also had tapes. Mostly I had tapes.

I listened to them all the time. I memorized the music, it was fun.  I lyrics where humorous. I was really into comic strips and comedy. It was my thing.

Yeah ,so I was into Looney Tunes, comics strips, funny music…that was my life. I wasn’t that serious a kid (well maybe I was) which is why I like comedy and liked to laugh.

Who would have thought that he’d do a voice on the show.  I believed he played himself in it.

An Encounter on at The House of Blues

Well, one time there was Simpsons party that took place in The House of Blues in Hollywood.  My wife and I, we were in line to get in, and who was in front of us, but Weird Al Yankovic.

So it was a bit of shock because…well, I grew up listening to his music.  For so many years, and there he was.  But I didn’t do anything.  I didn’t say anything. I’m just too introverted to do that. But it was a very strange experience.

Anyway, we get inside The House of Blues and we go and mingle.  We’re there for an hour or two and my wife needs to use the ladies room.

So we walk over there to the restrooms and I stand outside, lean against a wall and while I wait for her to come out, because I have nothing else to do.

Of course, who has a date that also needs to use the lady’s room, but Weird Al Yankovic. So he’s standing there next to me, and we make eye contact.

The Big Moment

For that split second when we made eye contact…in my head I said to him,

“Dude, I listened to your albums for so many years of my life. They’ve been part of my life.  Thank you for making me laugh.” Stuff, stuff I wanted to say. It was just welling up.

We locked eye for just a simple second. Then we turned away from each other feeling really really awkward.  I can tell he felt awkward, like he should say something, but he didn’t. And I felt awkward, because I KNEW I should say something but I didn’t.

It Passes By

So we just sat there feeling uncomfortable, sharing silence.  It was terrible.

It’s the curse of the introvert, the curse of the shy guy. And then my wife came out and we walked away, and that was it.

That’s my story. It’s anti-climactic, it’s heart wrenching and he was there and I said nothing. It was weird, and sad, and it sucked.

Tell me Your Story

Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever done that?

I few weeks ago I got a good response from one of these posts and it was really interesting to hear your stories.

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