# Weird Al's takes on the White Stripes and Charles Nelson Reilly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297 "2009-08-04T15:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/1 "2009-08-04T15:38:04Z")
[New Weird Al song, “CNR,” in the style of the White Stripes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrGmD2wk8m4) Good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/2 "2009-08-04T16:05:54Z")
Holy crap, that video is violent! ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/3 "2009-08-04T16:11:34Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Holy crap, that video is violent! _and_ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/4 "2009-08-04T16:19:37Z")
> [@LateComer](#): > > _and_ awesome. Yeah, that too! I’m just shocked that a WEIRD AL video is one of the most violent ones I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/5 "2009-08-04T16:25:32Z")
Very, very good imitation of the White Stripes. The song wasn’t really what I expected. I assumed it was going to take off on Jack White’s interest in Charles Foster Kane. I might’ve liked that song better. This one was funny but it got a little tired by the end. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/6 "2009-08-04T16:31:44Z")
I just realized that the song concept is almost exactly the same as that for “What Would Brian Boitano Do?” from South Park, except substitute Reilly for Boitano. And yes, the White Stripes parody is spot-on. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/7 "2009-08-04T16:40:30Z")
That was all kinds of awesome, and several different flavors of badass. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/8 "2009-08-04T16:43:02Z")
I always secretly suspected that Charles Nelson Reilly was into manatees. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/9 "2009-08-04T16:44:40Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I just realized that the song concept is almost exactly the same as that for “What Would Brian Boitano Do?” from South Park, except substitute Reilly for Boitano. > > And yes, the White Stripes parody is spot-on. Bill Brasky scoffs at you. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/10 "2009-08-04T17:04:34Z")
I love the fact that CNR has Chuck Norris’s head mounted along with all the animals. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/11 "2009-08-04T18:42:58Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Holy crap, that video is violent! > [@LateComer](#): > > _and_ awesome. Much like Charles Nelson Reilly. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/12 "2009-08-04T18:48:57Z")
Hahaha!!! That’s great! Thanks for posting it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/13 "2009-08-04T18:50:33Z")
That is a brilliant video. I love that animation style. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-als-takes-on-the-white-stripes-and-charles-nelson-reilly/505297/14 "2009-08-04T19:19:44Z")
Good one. I had no idea Weird Al was still alive. Reminds me of “Washington” by Brad Neely. No I’m not linking it because then I’d have to add “NSFW” and that goes against my principles as I hold the quaint and outdated belief that people at work should be… working, or something.