# Al Yankovic fun fact **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837 "2024-03-14T17:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/1 "2024-03-14T17:48:44Z")
He was once on the CBS special “Circus Of The Stars” (Of which there were 19). What is your best guess as to what act he performed? If you _actually_ know, please don’t post the answer just yet, o.k.? Again: Guesses only for now. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/2 "2024-03-14T17:56:20Z")
Juggler? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/3 "2024-03-14T17:58:58Z")
Human cannonball ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/4 "2024-03-14T18:01:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Juggler? This was my first guess, but now I’ll go with ventriloquist. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/5 "2024-03-14T18:02:02Z")
Nope one and nope two and nope three. And before anyone asks, it is a nope on “juggling human cannonballs while drinking a glass of water”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/6 "2024-03-14T18:04:02Z")
I didn’t know he had been on that show so I looked it up. I was wrong, I also guessed juggler. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/7 "2024-03-14T18:04:43Z")
Sword swallower? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/8 "2024-03-14T18:07:22Z")
No…but here’s a clue for y’all. He was not aided by Ms. Funicello. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/9 "2024-03-14T18:08:36Z")
I was going to say unicycle… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/10 "2024-03-14T18:10:49Z")
…and you’d be going nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/11 "2024-03-14T18:12:15Z")
Something involving an accordion? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/12 "2024-03-14T18:12:24Z")
Yodeling? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/13 "2024-03-14T18:13:06Z")
I remember this. It did involve an accordion, _briefly_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/14 "2024-03-14T18:13:29Z")
No, he dropped that bit for this performance. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/15 "2024-03-14T18:14:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No…but here’s a clue for y’all. A walrus act? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/16 "2024-03-14T18:15:50Z")
Neither walrus nor carpenter were involved. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/17 "2024-03-14T18:15:58Z")
Trapeze act? Without a net? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/18 "2024-03-14T18:16:17Z")
Lion tamer, of course. Everybody wants to be a lion tamer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/19 "2024-03-14T18:17:04Z")
Clue reference?-dead on. Guess?-dead. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837/20 "2024-03-14T18:19:44Z")
No animals involved…and I ain’t lion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837.md?page=2)