# Subtle, PG-13 references in Weird Al's canon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 18, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881 "2024-08-18T18:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/1 "2024-08-18T18:06:13Z")
Weird Al has been reliably clean throughout his career, but he’s not above sneaking in the slightest of slight risque jokes. The two that come to mind are: The lyrics to [Word Crimes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc): At 2:18 he says “you should hire some cunning linguist,” which is obviously a subtle reference to cunnilingus. The video to [Amish Paradise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg): At 0:54 he’s churning butter by moving a stick up and down. When a woman walks past, he moves the stick up and down faster, which is obviously a suble reference to masturbation. What are some others? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/2 "2024-08-18T18:15:55Z")
In One More Minute, there’s the line “'Cause I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love And I have to use the self service pumps.” ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/3 "2024-08-18T18:24:44Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > “'Cause I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love > And I have to use the self service pumps.” Which may be a sly reference to a visual from the video for Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop” – which is all about masturbation, and which came out a year before the album which contained “One More Minute”: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Nu90V8o.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/i7Ryxnk) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/4 "2024-08-18T18:42:14Z")
The title of “The White Stuff”. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/5 "2024-08-18T19:57:50Z")
Uh, he did do a polka mix that included “Closer” by NIN. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vwKSN8pSq8g/maxresdefault.jpg "The Alternative Polka") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwKSN8pSq8g&t=91) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/6 "2024-08-18T20:23:48Z")
Heck, he included “WAP” (albeit somewhat censored) in [his latest polka medley](https://youtu.be/y0ZoX4dBvwk). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/7 "2024-08-19T03:54:29Z")
Also, in “Amish Paradise”, there’s a scene where Al’s being heckled by some “English” (non-Amish) people, and he turns around and flips them the bird, which was pixellated on MTV. Back in the Al TV days, he would make repeated references to butterscotch enemas. I really don’t want to know what, if anything, THAT might have been about. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/8 "2024-08-19T05:13:26Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > The lyrics to [Word Crimes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc): At 2:18 he says “you should hire some cunning linguist,” which is obviously a subtle reference to cunnilingus. And in the video, there’s a closing boast about the size of Al’s dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/9 "2024-08-19T10:35:30Z")
“Pretty Fly for a Rabbi” includes “The parents pay the mohel, I get to keep the tip” Brian (had to look up spelling) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/10 "2024-08-19T16:24:35Z")
Al is apparently quite Christian, but, refreshingly for a celeb, he keeps it to himself (his friend Joel Hodgson is as well, and is likewise low-key about it). In a world of Kirk Camerons and Mel Gibsons, it’s refreshing. So, acknowledging my own stereotypes re: prudery, I’m actually kinda stunned at some of the above cites, but good on 'im. For what it’s worth, in his cover version of the _George of the Jungle_ theme song, I thought for years that he was singing “…and away he slips on his elephant’s shit…” when it’s actually “Then away he’ll schlep on his elephant Shep…” Even as a kid that seemed out of character for him. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/11 "2024-08-19T17:36:40Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Al is apparently quite Christian I’d never heard that. I am aware of Joel; one of my private-Christian-school teachers went to college with Joel and knew him, thought he was pretty funny even then. Where did you hear about Al’s faith? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/12 "2024-08-19T17:42:44Z")
> **[Ask Al | "Weird Al" Yankovic](https://www.weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/ask-al/)** > > The official website of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Search the page for “religion” ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/13 "2024-08-19T17:51:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > [Ask Al | "Weird Al" Yankovic](https://www.weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/ask-al/) > > Search the page for “religion” - > _What religion are you? Would you call yourself a Christian? (“Lisa Hut” Jenson/Doug Rand/Justin Pettway/Jonathan Rand/Shonna Felice)_ > > **Yes.** Covers a _lot_ of ground. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/14 "2024-08-19T18:00:34Z")
See also: > _If you’re not Jewish, why do you use a lot of Yiddish in your songs?_ > **I’m in the entertainment industry. It’s like a second language!** ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/15 "2024-08-19T18:38:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Where did you hear about Al’s faith? Just here and there. Like I said, he makes virtually no big deal about it. But if you google “Al Yankovic Christian” you’ll find a bunch of [tidbits](https://churchofchristcelebrities.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/3-weird-al-yankovic-1959/) about his membership in something called the Church of Christ, which is such a vague name that googling it’s a bit of a headache. ETA: I’ve enjoyed Al’s work since I was a kid, even met him a couple of times, and while I’ve been an atheist almost as long, I’ve never gotten preachy vibes from him. I brought it up not to disparage him, but just as a theory as to why he keeps his comedy pretty clean. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/16 "2024-08-19T18:48:19Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Church of Christ If it’s anything like what my wife grew up in, it’s a pretty reasonable Lutheran-like mainstream protestant church. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/17 "2024-08-19T19:13:15Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > I brought it up not to disparage him, but just as a theory as to why he keeps his comedy pretty clean. - Along with his personal life and ethics. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/18 "2024-08-19T19:20:42Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Church of Christ A more traditional (viz, focus on liturgy; ancient hymns instead of insipied “praise & worship” ditties; etc.) wing of the [Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_Movement). Other arms of the SCRM tend to be what you think of when you think of a Protestant Evangelical, fundamentalist church. @RitterSport is pretty much spot-on with his description. Lutherans with Believers Baptism. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/19 "2024-08-19T19:21:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Along with his personal life and ethics. Not according to his biopic – torrid love affair with Madonna, alcoholism, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881/20 "2024-08-19T20:06:13Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Not according to his biopic – torrid love affair with Madonna, alcoholism, etc I still miss him. Can’t listen to his music and, gosh, how long ago did he die? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881.md?page=2)