Self-parody: Pop icon “Weird Al” Yankovic made his reputation skewering popular music by means of witty parody lyrics set to the original musical arrangement. Through his popularity, an entire subculture has grown up imitating Al and even parodying him. A parody of a parody? That’s pretty Meta if you ask me. Would the end result be deadly serious or totally off-the-wall? You’ll find out at Call Me Al, the “Weird Al” look-alike page. I can call you Betty at www.concentric.net/~monten/al/al.html.

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