# Did Weird Al ever do a parody of "Love Shack"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426 "2009-11-30T03:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/1 "2009-11-30T03:25:34Z")
Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/2 "2009-11-30T03:42:22Z")
Weird Al never did a parody of _Love Shack_, but did include it on one of his polka medleys on the _Off The Deep End_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/3 "2009-11-30T03:44:12Z")
I’d like to make a parody of it, because I often cross the Nooksack River. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/4 "2009-11-30T04:03:18Z")
It’s hard to parody stuff that doesn’t take itself too seriously in the first place, and Love Shack is a pretty light and bouncy song. He’s more likely to do an original song “in the style of” as he did with Devo, or just add it into a polka medley like **mobo85** said. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/5 "2009-11-30T04:08:27Z")
Over a decade ago, my church showed a promo video titled “Church Camp” which was a dead-on parody- not cheesy & half-assed at all. One of the coolest things I’ve seen & I’ve never been able to hunt it down. ---
**Author:** ![Dorothea\_Book](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dorothea\_Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorothea_Book)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/6 "2009-11-30T04:09:11Z")
How can you parody a self-parody?: “I’ve got me a car that’s as big as a whale…/I’ve got me a Chrysler that seats about twenty…” I guess it could be a mini-van. A Suburban? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/7 "2009-11-30T04:09:43Z")
I initially misread that as ‘my church showed a **porno** video titled “Church Camp”…’ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/8 "2009-11-30T04:13:02Z")
_The Simpsons_ got the B-52s to make their own parody, called “Glove Slap.” ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/9 "2009-11-30T05:53:59Z")
I’ve heard a morning radio parody called ‘Butt Crack’. _Oh the butt crack is a little ole place where butt cheeks come together!_ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/10 "2009-11-30T06:59:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I initially misread that as ‘my church showed a **porno** video titled “Church Camp”…’ - “…and this one time? At Church Camp?”\* ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/11 "2009-11-30T13:02:50Z")
Weird Al did a song about Ron Popeil which was done in the style of the B-52’s. But it was years before Love Shack came out. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/12 "2009-11-30T15:32:04Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > _The Simpsons_ got the B-52s to make their own parody, called “Glove Slap.” Ah, yes. I found the tune on YouTube, but it has some weird Japanimation to go along with it and not the original _Simpsons_ video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edF51dMpsYI&feature=PlayList&p=F77EAB4B87892FA6&playnext=1&playnext\_from=PL&index=10](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edF51dMpsYI&feature=PlayList&p=F77EAB4B87892FA6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/13 "2009-11-30T16:01:36Z")
There was a parody called “Radio Shack” on Dr. Demento that I heard some 20 years ago. The only thing Google found for me was a post on [Slashdot](http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1350&aid=-1) that references the song’s lyrics, but not the artist. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/14 "2009-11-30T16:19:45Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Weird Al did a song about Ron Popeil which was done in the style of the B-52’s. But it was years before Love Shack came out. Yup, it was called “Mr. Popeil,” off the 1984 “in 3-D” album. More similar to “Rock Lobster”. Wiki says “Love Shack” came out in 1989. I listen to it for years without realizing it was supposed to be a style parody of the B-52’s until about 2 years ago. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/15 "2009-11-30T17:07:31Z")
Bob River’s did a Christmas song parody called “Toy Sack” that’s pretty danged funny… This [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM1VbyMfuXA?)is not by Bob Rivers, but it’s kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/16 "2009-11-30T17:08:16Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I’ve heard a morning radio parody called ‘Butt Crack’. > > _Oh the butt crack > is a little ole place where > butt cheeks come together!_ Yup, I heard this one in Detroit back in the day. Started off something like: “If you see a guy workin’ by the side of the road, he’s showin’ 15 inches of BUTT… CRACK! Butt crack, yeah…” (I occasionally sing it to my kids. It annoys them. SCORE!) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/17 "2009-11-30T19:52:42Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Yup, it was called “Mr. Popeil,” off the 1984 “in 3-D” album. More similar to “Rock Lobster”. Wiki says “Love Shack” came out in 1989. And it featured Ron Popeil’s daughter singing backup. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/18 "2009-12-01T13:25:25Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > There was a parody called “Radio Shack” on Dr. Demento that I heard some 20 years ago. The only thing Google found for me was a post on [Slashdot](http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1350&aid=-1) that references the song’s lyrics, but not the artist. I remember hearing it once on Dr. Demento. It wasn’t by Weird Al. They had to stop playing it because Radio Shack threatened to sue. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/19 "2009-12-01T16:40:45Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > I listen to it for years without realizing it was supposed to be a style parody of the B-52’s until about 2 years ago. :smack: I just realized it from reading this thread. It’s so obvious now that I know. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426/20 "2009-12-01T17:54:40Z")
> [@c\_goat](#): > > I just realized it from reading this thread. It’s so obvious now that I know. Do you know whose style “Velvet Elvis” is based on? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426.md?page=2)