# Want to feel old? Weird Al turns 60 tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144 "2019-10-22T17:08:25Z")\ **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:** [October 22, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/1 "2019-10-22T17:08:25Z")
Ghoddammit, it was just yesterday or thereabouts I was listening to him call in to Dr. Demento on the Mighty KMET. Happy Birthday, Alfred Matthew Yankovic! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/2 "2019-10-22T18:19:07Z")
[Happy Birthday!](https://youtu.be/fV3VjF64ga4) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/3 "2019-10-22T18:25:03Z")
That’s what I was gonna say! I’ve also been listening to Al since the beginning. I wrote to him once in high school (he replied; I still have it) and I’ve met him twice. Very cool guy. What an amazing career he’s carved out for himself. Happy birthday, Al! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/4 "2019-10-22T18:26:21Z")
Jesus, I thought he was a lot older than THAT. I turn 59 next week. And he’s so much more famous than me…(sob). Also, Amy Klobuchar was in my same college class. But I’d rather be Al than Amy. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/5 "2019-10-22T18:28:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I wrote to him once in high school … Did you give him the idea for [Like a Surgeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8pH83AT3zc)? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/6 "2019-10-22T18:28:20Z")
Apropos of nothing, I just found out today that Vera Lynn is still alive. She’s 102. ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/7 "2019-10-22T18:28:52Z")
Oh my gosh, I was a really geeky accordion player and him on Dr. D (yes on KMET, Sunday nights were the best hours of my junior high school life) was a revelation. Not that it made me any less geeky but it made it a little more ok to be (white & ) nerdy. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/8 "2019-10-22T18:31:40Z")
_Little bit of Heaven, 94.7 KMET, tweedle-dee_ Dr. Demento was a staple. Weird Al was a major part of that. Happy Birthday, Al! ---
**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:** [October 22, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/9 "2019-10-22T18:38:12Z")
When I was working as a PA for LiveNation, I worked one of his shows in DC and he let me try on the fat suit. It wasn’t the same one from the video which was inflated, the concert one was just foam. And it was exceptionally large on me because I’m much shorter than Al. Hell of a nice guy. In person and off stage he’s actually quite reserved. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/10 "2019-10-23T14:04:09Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Jesus, I thought he was a lot older than THAT. I turn 59 next week. His name was listed in the newspaper’s “Celebrities Born Today” list. When I saw that he turned 60, my reaction was, “He’s only 60??!!”. FWIW I turned 58 in July. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/11 "2019-10-23T14:16:16Z")
I turn 65 in January. I already feel old, thanks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/12 "2019-10-23T15:03:31Z")
You don’t feel as old as I do. I could have babysat for Weird Al. (The cousin I did, in fact, babysit for is turning 66 next week.) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/13 "2019-10-23T17:40:55Z")
Yeah it’s weird that he’s only a few years older than me. That would have made him about 20 or 21 when he did “Another One Rides The Bus”? I was a freshman in college when that came out. The guy who drove the bus from the dorms to campus would play it on his tape player every morning to a bus full of students. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/14 "2019-10-23T17:52:29Z")
I’m surprised he’s only 60. It’s been close to 40 years since he first became well-known to Dr. Demento fans. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/15 "2019-10-23T19:17:32Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m surprised he’s only 60. It’s been close to 40 years since he first became well-known to Dr. Demento fans. He actually was a teenager when he got started. His first song was played on Dr. Demento when Al was 16. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/16 "2019-10-23T20:45:16Z")
Al turning 60 doesn’t make me feel old at all. Hearing Mary Lou Retton in a radio commercial pitching a menopause supplement made me feel old. She is permanently a perky teenager in my mind. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/17 "2019-10-24T22:25:08Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Yeah it’s weird that he’s only a few years older than me. That would have made him about 20 or 21 when he did “Another One Rides The Bus”? I was a freshman in college when that came out. The guy who drove the bus from the dorms to campus would play it on his tape player every morning to a bus full of students. Weird Al recorded “My Bologna” in a restroom at my college (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). Apparently there’s a plaque next to it. I should check that out next time I go down there to visit. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/18 "2019-10-24T22:33:35Z")
I thought Weird Al blew his brains out in the late 80s when nobody was buying his records. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/19 "2019-10-24T23:28:23Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I thought Weird Al blew his brains out in the late 80s when nobody was buying his records. No, I don’t think you did think this. Why the mean-spiritedness? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144/20 "2019-10-24T23:29:48Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No, I don’t think you did think this. Why the mean-spiritedness? Hank Hill said so. 2nd edit: I found this old thread too! Fun. > **[i dont get this king of the hill joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560577)** > > i dont remember the episode or what but bobby and hank were talking about comedy and you know how Hank is about that and bobby says something about weird al and hank says “weird al blew his brains out in the 80s after people stopped buying his... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-feel-old-weird-al-turns-60-tomorrow/842144.md?page=2)