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What makes Al weird?

by Mary Lucia, Minnesota Public Radio
August 27, 2007

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St. Paul, Minn. — "Weird Al" Yankovic's career has outlasted the careers of many the artists he has been parodying since the early '80s. He even had a top 10 single last year with "White and Nerdy."

The Current's Mary Lucia talked with Weird Al at the State Fair Monday.

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