"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, satirist, and parodist. He is best known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. He is also well-known for starring in his own meta-show called , as well as voicing Cheese Sandwich in .
For Disney, he appeared as himself in the 1998 television film Safety Patrol, as well as sang the introduction song of the 1996 Hollywood Pictures film Spy Hard. He has also done several voice-over roles, such as guest-starring as the singing minstrel in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Tank", Probabilitor the Annoying in the Gravity Falls episode "Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons" (as well as himself in a hidden video promoting The Book of Bill), Dr. Screwball Jones in Wander Over Yonder, Preston Change-O in the Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode "Trickstar", and Shapeshifter in The 7D. Beginning in 2016, Yankovic voiced the titular character of Milo Murphy's Law and made a cameo in Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe as Shirt Cannon Guy, as well as voiced Chip Dingle in Hailey's On It!. Additionally, he appeared in shows on ABC as himself in and the Head Monk in Galavant.
Prior to all of Yankovic's above-listed roles, his song "" (a parody of Michael Jackson's "") was the subject of a music video featured in the DTV TV special Doggone Valentine, and "I Want a New Duck" (a parody of Huey Lewis and the News' "") was used as the opening and closing song for Down and Out with Donald Duck. Yankovic himself also appeared in "Captain EE-I-EE-I-O", a one-shot comic featured in the January 1993 issue of Disney Adventures.
His cover of the "George of the Jungle" theme was used in the opening credits sequence of the movie adaptation of the TV show, and he was also referenced in the Lizzie McGuire episode "Bunkies". Additionally, the Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja episode "M-M-M-my Bologna" is named after one of his songs.
Yankovic wrote a song about the Jungle Cruise attraction entitled "Skipper Dan", which was referenced back into the attraction via a canteen prop added to the queue during the 2021 refurbishment. In 2024, Yankovic would incorporate the Encanto song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" into his single "Polkamania!".
Yankovic was mentioned in the Runaways episode "Rewind".
==Roles==
Char 33937.jpg|Singing Minstrel(Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Shirt Cannon Guy.png|Shirt Cannon Guy(Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe)
S2e13 wizard better view.jpg|Probabilitor the Annoying(Gravity Falls)
Screwballjoneswoy.png|Dr. Screwball Jones(Wander Over Yonder)
Galavant - S01E05 - The Singing Monks.jpg|Head Monk(Galavant)
Preston Change-O profile.png|Preston Change-O(Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
Milo Murphy.jpg|Milo Murphy(Milo Murphy's Law)
Wacko Wally.png|Wacko Wally(Hamster & Gretel)
Who Let the Dogs Out Hailey still 2.jpg|Chip Dingle(Hailey's On It!)
Bad bear deay still 3.jpg|Himself(Hailey's On It!)
==Gallery==
Disney Adventure Launchpad.jpg|Weird Al flies into space with Launchpad on the cover of Disney Adventures (April 1991).
Weird Al at the Grammy Awards.jpg|Weird Al poses in the pressroom during the 57th annual Grammy Awards in February 2015.
Weird Al's Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|Weird Al at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in August 2018.
==Trivia==
* Yankovic changed lyrics for Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" to make "Kids of the Future" from Meet the Robinsons, performed by the Jonas Brothers, which was unlisted and not to be recorded.
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