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		gydfi on Feb 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How ‘Weird Al’ eclipsed most stars he parodied When I was growing up, Michael Jackson was the guy who did boring versions of Weird Al songs. I loved "Fat" and hated "Bad" for being just like it except not funny. To this day I still don't like Michael Jackson, probably because of that. Why just have a good tune when you can have a good tune and be funny?

jacquesm on Feb 19, 2017 | [–]

Because it's easier to make a funny version of a popular tune than it is to make a popular tune to begin with.

kobeya on Feb 19, 2017 | [–]

Because Weird Al can't dance like MJ.

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