# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 223
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4441 "2011-03-23T16:47:49Z")
Songs Weird Al Yankovic has parodied and its title. 1. King of Pain/King of Suede 2. Like a Virgin/Like a Surgeon 3. Beat It/Eat It 4. Another One Bites the Dust/Another One Rides the Bus 5. Jeopardy (“Our love’s in jeopardy” to “I lost on Jeopardy!”) 6. Living in America/Living with a Hernia 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana 8. My Sharona/My Bologna ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4442 "2011-03-23T17:05:29Z")
Songs Weird Al Yankovic has parodied and its title. 1. King of Pain/King of Suede 2. Like a Virgin/Like a Surgeon 3. Beat It/Eat It 4. Another One Bites the Dust/Another One Rides the Bus 5. Jeopardy (“Our love’s in jeopardy” to “I lost on Jeopardy!”) 6. Living in America/Living with a Hernia 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana 8. My Sharona/My Bologna 9. I love Rock and Roll/I Love Rocky Road ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4443 "2011-03-23T17:23:26Z")
Songs Weird Al Yankovic has parodied and its title. 1. King of Pain/King of Suede 2. Like a Virgin/Like a Surgeon 3. Beat It/Eat It 4. Another One Bites the Dust/Another One Rides the Bus 5. Jeopardy (“Our love’s in jeopardy” to “I lost on Jeopardy!”) 6. Living in America/Living with a Hernia 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana 8. My Sharona/My Bologna 9. I love Rock and Roll/I Love Rocky Road 10. Gangsta’s Paradise - Amish Paradise ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4444 "2011-03-23T17:36:39Z")
Looks like we’ve got some other topic updaters among us. 😛 If you must, at least make it agree: Songs “Weird Al” Yankovic has parodied and \*\*their \*\*titles. ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4445 "2011-03-23T17:48:38Z")
Songs Weird Al Yankovic has parodied and their titles. 1. King of Pain/King of Suede 2. Like a Virgin/Like a Surgeon 3. Beat It/Eat It 4. Another One Bites the Dust/Another One Rides the Bus 5. Jeopardy (“Our love’s in jeopardy” to “I lost on Jeopardy!”) 6. Living in America/Living with a Hernia 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana 8. My Sharona/My Bologna 9. I love Rock and Roll/I Love Rocky Road 10. Gangsta’s Paradise - Amish Paradise 11. Canadian Idiot/American Idiot ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4446 "2011-03-23T18:11:12Z")
Songs Weird Al Yankovic has parodied and their titles. 1. King of Pain/King of Suede 2. Like a Virgin/Like a Surgeon 3. Beat It/Eat It 4. Another One Bites the Dust/Another One Rides the Bus 5. Jeopardy (“Our love’s in jeopardy” to “I lost on Jeopardy!”) 6. Living in America/Living with a Hernia 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana 8. My Sharona/My Bologna 9. I love Rock and Roll/I Love Rocky Road 10. Gangsta’s Paradise - Amish Paradise 11. Canadian Idiot/American Idiot 12. Bad/Fat ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4447 "2011-03-23T18:14:44Z")
Songs Weird Al Yankovic has parodied and their titles. 1. King of Pain/King of Suede 2. Like a Virgin/Like a Surgeon 3. Beat It/Eat It 4. Another One Bites the Dust/Another One Rides the Bus 5. Jeopardy (“Our love’s in jeopardy” to “I lost on Jeopardy!”) 6. Living in America/Living with a Hernia 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana 8. My Sharona/My Bologna 9. I love Rock and Roll/I Love Rocky Road 10. Gangsta’s Paradise - Amish Paradise 11. Canadian Idiot/American Idiot 12. Bad/Fat 13. Lola/Yoda Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4448 "2011-03-23T18:23:10Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4449 "2011-03-23T18:49:15Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4450 "2011-03-23T19:05:52Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota ---
**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 23, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4451 "2011-03-23T19:10:55Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4452 "2011-03-23T19:49:14Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute #4 is kind of iffy. Ever listen to “30,000 Pounds of Bananas” by Harry Chapin? It’s not a direct parody but it’s definitely more than just a standard style parody. (Not contesting your answer at all, just pointing out something interesting and a little obscure.) 1. Nature Trail to Hell ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4453 "2011-03-23T20:02:36Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4454 "2011-03-23T20:31:41Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars 8. Good Enough for Now ([anime cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHlTV0VFTA&feature=fvwrel)- the official video wouldn’t play) ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4455 "2011-03-24T01:02:50Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars 8. Good Enough for Now ([anime cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHlTV0VFTA&feature=fvwrel)- the official video wouldn’t play) 9. [Christmas at Ground Zero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU) ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4456 "2011-03-24T01:25:33Z")
Interesting [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnCUQOT3zjU&feature=relmfu) of Yankovic at work in the studio. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4457 "2011-03-24T01:31:30Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars 8. Good Enough for Now ([anime cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHlTV0VFTA&feature=fvwrel)- the official video wouldn’t play) 9. [Christmas at Ground Zero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU) 10. [The Night Santa Went Crazy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY&feature=related) ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4458 "2011-03-24T01:46:02Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars 8. Good Enough for Now ([anime cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHlTV0VFTA&feature=fvwrel)- the official video wouldn’t play) 9. [Christmas at Ground Zero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU) 10. [The Night Santa Went Crazy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY&feature=related) 11. [Happy Birthday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV3VjF64ga4&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4459 "2011-03-24T02:36:59Z")
Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars 8. Good Enough for Now (anime cover- the official video wouldn’t play) 9. Christmas at Ground Zero 10. The Night Santa Went Crazy 11. Happy Birthday 12. I Remember Larry ---
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Weird Al Yankovic songs that were not parodies of specific other songs: 1. Midnight Star 2. Trigger Happy 3. Albuquerque 4. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 5. One More Minute 6. Nature Trail to Hell 7. Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars 8. Good Enough for Now (anime cover- the official video wouldn’t play) 9. Christmas at Ground Zero 10. The Night Santa Went Crazy 11. Happy Birthday 12. I Remember Larry 13. Airline Amy New list - Unique (American) college nicknames 1. University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=224)