# Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354 "2006-09-20T00:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/61 "2006-09-23T02:52:52Z")
Ah, nevermind. He does say “here’s the part I sing,” but he says it so fast that I mistook it for something significantly more nerdy. 🙂 My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/62 "2006-09-26T00:05:03Z")
Looks like Al repaid Seth Green’s cameo in the video by appearing in Robot Chicken this week. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/63 "2006-09-26T01:26:43Z")
I loved the _Weasel Stomping Day_ song so much, I ordered the album. (The video is one of six new animated videos that will appear on the album. John K. and Bill Plympton are among the animators collaborating with Al.) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/64 "2006-09-26T01:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Now one thing that has me pissed off is that his record label has decided to only release the enhanced CD/DVD in the USA, which means I either have to settle for the inferior **CD-only** international version when it hits stores a week late up here in Canada or I have to make a pilgrimage to the States next week to buy the good version. [/QUOTE] (emphasis mine) According to Al’s official website, the international version will not be a DualDisc™, but rather a seperate CD and DVD. The DVD will not contain the stereo and instrumental versions of the songs, but it will contain the behind-the-scenes feature and music videos. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/65 "2006-09-27T02:59:31Z")
I purchased the DualDisc but am disappointed with the karaoke tracks. They are just instumental with the subtitles turned on. Is it me or did you think about Hal during the sheep line for Virus Alert! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/66 "2006-09-27T03:14:11Z")
I’m really enjoying the album. Besides _Weasel Stomping Day_, _Virus Alert_ is my favorite original, followed by _Pancreas_. _Canadian Idiot_ is my favorite parody, followed by _Polkarama!_ The animated music videos are really well done- _Close But No Cigar_ is classic John K., and _Virus Alert_ is a lot of fun to watch, especially the little gags hidden in the details (I loved the two references to _UHF_). This is the first of Al’s albums I’ve bought, and I must say I’m quickly becoming a Weirdo! (Aloholic? Yankovictim?) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/67 "2006-09-27T03:15:55Z")
Oh, and even though there’s already a reference to the number in _Confessions Part III_, I think the size of the hole in _Virus Alert_ should have been 27 feet instead of 43- not only because it’s a Weird Al running gag, but also because it fits the rhythm better (Al wouldn’t have had to held the word “hole” for two notes). I actually change it to “27” when I’m singing the song. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354/68 "2006-09-27T03:40:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I think the size of the hole in Virus Alert should have been 27 feet So you’re saying he should have gone the whole nine yards? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-s-white-and-nerdy/373354.md?page=3)