# A celebrity lurks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335 "2006-10-13T18:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/1 "2006-10-13T18:10:43Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390831) Weird Al thread from last Friday, prompted some speculation that he may be a Doper. How’s this for timing…shortly after I read the thread, my husband mentioned that my brother (a DJ at KISS-FM in Cleveland) was going to have him in the studio this past Monday night. So I emailed my brother to see if he would ask him if he’s a member of the SDMB or if he at least lurks. His answer was that he doesn’t post, but HE DOES LURK! He didn’t get any further information than that he seems to enjoy it. BTW, he said he was a really cool guy, looks great for his age and has no ego whatsoever. You’re welcome! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/2 "2006-10-13T18:15:05Z")
Excellent! _Bill & Ted guitar riff_ ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/3 "2006-10-13T18:18:10Z")
Hi, Al! ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/4 "2006-10-13T18:19:36Z")
Sorry for the double post, but an “Ask Weird Al” thread would be the best “ask the…” thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/5 "2006-10-13T18:21:19Z")
Even before I knew this, he would have been in my list of **“Top 5 Celebrities Most Likely to Secretly Lurk The SDMB.”** Probably right between Bill Nye and Alton Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/6 "2006-10-13T18:24:18Z")
Al, if you are reading this: You do realize that you can register and post for a month for free. And after that it’s only $14.95. We even have a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366113) if you need any help. Love ya. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/7 "2006-10-13T18:28:44Z")
I’m guessing Al would be too intimidated to go mano a mano with **Master Wang-Ka** or **Scylla** , so he’ll just continue to lurk. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/8 "2006-10-13T18:42:25Z")
For Al’s eyes only: I love you. Call me. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/9 "2006-10-13T18:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] BTW, he said he was a really cool guy, looks great for his age and has no ego whatsoever. [/QUOTE] A friend of mine [interviewed](http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/interviews/2006/weird_al_yankovic.htm) him for a website, and said pretty much the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/10 "2006-10-13T18:58:46Z")
I’ve spent the last ten minutes trying to write parodies to both Missy Elliot’s _Work It_ (as _Lurk It_) and The Beatles’ _We Can Work It Out_ (as _I Can Lurk It Out_) but my creativity fails me. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/11 "2006-10-13T19:00:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hogwash] I’ve spent the last ten minutes trying to write parodies to both Missy Elliot’s _Work It_ (as _Lurk It_) and The Beatles’ _We Can Work It Out_ (as _I Can Lurk It Out_) but my creativity fails me. [/QUOTE] Perhaps there’s a lurker here who can assist. Pwetty pwease? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/12 "2006-10-13T19:17:05Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Even before I knew this, he would have been in my list of **“Top 5 Celebrities Most Likely to Secretly Lurk The SDMB.”** Probably right between Bill Nye and Alton Brown. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. I would think that number one on the list would be that nice Nigerian man. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/13 "2006-10-13T19:23:17Z")
This is an interesting and potentiall exciting possibility. Consider: You may be a big fan of Weird Al’s, but this shows that it’s possible that Weird Al might be a fan of _you_. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/14 "2006-10-13T19:23:32Z")
So, I’m guessing this means he doesn’t live in an Amish paradise after all? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/15 "2006-10-13T19:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] This is an interesting and potentiall exciting possibility. Consider: You may be a big fan of Weird Al’s, but this shows that it’s possible that Weird Al might be a fan of _you_. [/QUOTE] That would be funnier if the lurker were Yakov Smirnoff ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/16 "2006-10-13T19:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] This is an interesting and potentiall exciting possibility. Consider: You may be a big fan of Weird Al’s, but this shows that it’s possible that Weird Al might be a fan of _you_. [/QUOTE] In Soviet Russia… ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/17 "2006-10-13T19:28:43Z")
Goddammit, **Annie-Xmas**! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/18 "2006-10-13T19:30:10Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] This is an interesting and potentiall exciting possibility. Consider: You may be a big fan of Weird Al’s, but this shows that it’s possible that Weird Al might be a fan of _you_. [/QUOTE] On SDMB, Weird Al reads _you_! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/19 "2006-10-13T19:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmmm. I would think that number one on the list would be that nice Nigerian man. No, no, that nice Nigerian man is dead. You’re thinking of his financially-naïve widow (who therefore needs your help). ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335/20 "2006-10-13T19:44:03Z")
CUT IT OUT GUYS! With all this attention you’ll scare Weird Al away like a frightened bunny. It’s obvious to anyone who has glimpsed the lad what a sensitive, fragile flower he is. Don’t let them scare you, Wierd Al. That’s a nice snookums. I’ll just put down this plate of kibble for you and slowly back away. (Now no sudden moves, anyone…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-lurks/376335.md?page=2)