# Are there any parody artists besides Weird Al? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226 "2026-03-05T16:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/61 "2026-03-06T20:31:55Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’d never heard of them. I’m pretty impressed! [The Rutles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rutles) were kind of inspired by the humor of Monty Python, and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (a comedy/satire/art group that had been featured in the Beatles’ _Magical Mystery Tour_ film). They were the brainchild of Eric Idle (of the Pythons) and Neil Innes (a Python collaborator, and a member of the Bonzo band). They had appeared on a 1970s British TV comedy sketch show produced by Idle and Innes, which eventually led to an album and a mockumentary, _All You Need Is Cash_ (which predated _This is Spinal Tap_ by several years). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/62 "2026-03-06T20:46:02Z")
And Innes, of course had several roles in _Holy Grail_. He played Sir Robin’s chief minstrel, and was also crushed by the Trojan Rabbit. He appeared in _Life of Brian_ as a “weedy Samaritan.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/63 "2026-03-06T21:15:10Z")
The Rutles are also a musical legend that will last a lunchtime! ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/64 "2026-03-06T21:23:34Z")
Between 2018 and 2022, Internet celebrity Ladbaby (Mark Hoyle) and wife Roxanne became the first British performers to achieve five consecutive Christmas Number 1 singles with their sausage roll themed novelty songs. Some were obvious parodies including “We Built This City” “I Love Sausage Rolls” and “Don’t Stop Eating.” The Beatles had the previous record with four consecutive Christmas Number 1s. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/65 "2026-03-06T21:27:08Z")
Dang it , I came in to say that exact thing ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/66 "2026-03-06T21:35:38Z")
_I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together_ v. _I know you know what you know but you should know by now that you’re not me_ 😁 ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/67 "2026-03-06T21:50:50Z")
AFAIK Weird Al writes all the material he takes credit for. Bob Rivers employed numerous ghostwriters (I was one of them) who did not receive credit. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/68 "2026-03-07T03:03:29Z")
They’re not parodists, but I thought I’d mention Uncle Bonsai here. They’re a folk trio (for lack of a better description) from Seattle; not quite as literate as Tom Lehrer, but more musical. I’ve always been a bit surprised that they don’t have more of a following here. They could be very funny and satiric, but they could also knock it out of the park when they decided to be sincere. Similar to Postmodern Jukebox, there was a group called Big Daddy back in the '80s. They did modern (mostly from the '80s) songs in the style of early rock-n-roll. They did _A Day in the Life_ as if it were done by Buddy Holly, and it’s great. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lu81LI9EEY8/hqdefault.jpg "A DAY IN THE LIFE - BIG DADDY (NOT BUDDY HOLLY!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu81LI9EEY8) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/69 "2026-03-07T03:04:54Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Similar to Postmodern Jukebox, there was a group called Big Daddy back in the '80s. They did modern (mostly from the '80s) songs in the style of early rock-n-roll. They did _A Day in the Life_ as if it were done by Buddy Holly, and it’s great. I had a Big Daddy album; the songs I remember best from that one were “Money for Nothing,” in the style of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” and “Nothing Compares 2 U,” in the style of Little Richard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/70 "2026-03-07T03:41:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Similar to Postmodern Jukebox, there was a group called Big Daddy back in the '80s. They did modern (mostly from the '80s) songs in the style of early rock-n-roll. Another group in that vein was the Anachronistic Jazz Band, which did covers of John Coltrane and Miles Davis originals in the style of Dixieland. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/71 "2026-03-07T16:14:28Z")
Let’s not forget [Pinkard & Bowden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkard_%26_Bowden), purveyors of such classics as “Libyan On A Jet Plane” and my personal favorite - “Propane.” ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gc1URQgQWNo/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gc1URQgQWNo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDGc1URQgQWNo ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/72 "2026-03-07T18:14:32Z")
I must say I really enjoyed the ‘Propane’ parody, but what is most fun is listening to the videos that follow it! They are all most fine!! @Silenus Are they from your favorites list? If so that just confirms my feeling that you and I are brothers from different fathers and mothers. RIght now I’m groovin’ to Bowie’s 'Modern Love", sipping on a ginger beer. And now, well, that’s an interesting version of ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’, I must say. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/73 "2026-03-07T18:56:19Z")
Some. Youtube generates a list based on what I’ve been listening to. Sometimes it’s good. Sometimes….for example, I have no idea which version of “Ghost Riders” you are seeing. The one I watch is Roy Clark and Glen Campbell tearing it up. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/74 "2026-03-07T19:02:22Z")
The version I got was “Fudge packers in disguise”. Definitely not politically correct. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/75 "2026-03-07T19:13:07Z")
That one’s on Youtube! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Happytree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happytree/32/3555_2.png) [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/76 "2026-03-08T00:07:23Z")
Mac Sabbath is a Black Sabbath/McDonald’s parody band. They put on a good show. Their costumes and props are amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/77 "2026-03-08T06:30:58Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Are they from your favorites list? If so that just confirms my feeling that you and I are brothers from different fathers and mothers. That list is a “mix” which youtube algorithmically generates a different one for each person who uses that link. Youtube is generating that list for you based on your watching habits, not Silenus’s. It’s possible to give a direct link to a static list that everybody sees the same contents, but not with those “mix” lists. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/78 "2026-03-08T13:52:15Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Another group in that vein was the Anachronistic Jazz Band, which did covers of John Coltrane and Miles Davis originals in the style of Dixieland. The British sitcom “Timewasters” was about a jazz band that went back in time from the present to Jazz Age London where they gain fame for playing jazz arrangements of songs like “Hey Ya” and “Return of the Mack”. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/79 "2026-03-08T21:37:21Z")
There’s also the [Axis of Awesome](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5D4364384A31264). Although the version of [Four Chord Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I) that I like best isn’t on their YouTube channel. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-parody-artists-besides-weird-al/1028226/80 "2026-03-09T08:26:15Z")
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