Thatababy by Paul Trap for October 25, 2017

Oh, that’s awfully comforting of you, 1980s-style Alfed. (How is Ms. Sharp doing these days anyway?)

“Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?”

I can’t be the only one whose brain will block out the actual lyrics and replace them with Weird Al’s lyrics when one of the songs he’s parodied comes on the radio.

Would have been better on Monday, though (it was Al’s birthday)!

original on alexa

Despite both of those songs being before my time, I can totally do the Mashed Potato (dance). I’m not sure I’ve ever thought of the Monster Mash as being more than a silly Halloween song.

Hey! Al doesn’t wear glasses any more. He had lasik.

The original? So “Please, Mr. Postman”?

Mashed Potato Time sounds more like “Please, Mr. Postman” than it does the “Monster Mash.” I don’t know which of the non-Halloween songs was first.

Actually, James Brown recorded “(Do the) mashed potatoes” three years earlier. There were lots of “mashed potato” songs in 1959–1962, and even more songs that mentioned the “mashed potato” in lists of dances.

Weird Al—sweet!

Some of his songs that are my favorites include Dare to be Stupid, Tacky, Word Crimes, and eBay. (All on YouTube … )

That’s good