I worked on this video in 1984 as first assistant director. Shooting it was a riot! A few insights into the production: Evertime the picture cuts, it jumps. The reason was that the negative was pasted together and edited with cement rather than editing the transferred video, for whatever reasons. It was shot on a small stage on the corner of La Brea and Melrose in L.A. owned by Ray Manzarek, the famous keyboard player for The Doors. The stage entrance is featured at the end of the video where Weird Al dives in the car. We shot tons of videos there including those by the Stray Cats. Art Fleming (in video) was the original host of Jeopardy from 1964 to 1975 and 1978 to 1979. When the show was revived in 1983 by Merv Griffin, there was some sort of rift between Fleming and Griffin, and Fleming told me he wasn't happy with the outcome.
I love how everybody was into this, including Dr. Demento and Greg Kihn. Just seems like everybody had fun back then. I don’t think Kanye or Cardi B. would join in mocking themselves like this.
Fun fact: he's not referring to the current Jeopardy, he's talking about the Jeopardy that ran between 1964 to 1975, before being canceled. Jeopardy was back on the air in 1984, and it's actually believed that this song contributed to Jeopardy returning that year.
Absolutely, if I'm not mistaken, Merv Griffin who owned the rights said that the popularity of this video heavily influenced his decision to "reboot" the franchise.
@@New3DSLuigi364 his bet was actually a strategic attempt to win. He knew (or guessed correctly) the 1st place contestant would wager enough to win even if James doubled his bet, so by betting small he had a chance to win the game even if he (and 1st place) got the question wrong because he would still have more than the 3rd place contestant if that contestant got the question right. Also, almost certainly I would think he would want to take down Ken Jennings consecutive win record.
@@danculbert6349 you dont see it very often whether it be in a movie or a tv show or a video unless its someone who is so recognizable it would be a sin to get someone else to play it
The beauty of this video is that they used a good replica of the original “Jeopardy!” set, the actual host and announcer appeared as themselves, actual game show prizes were shown and identified by their real names, and the singer of the real song that this parodied (Greg Kihn) drives the car at the end, just as he did in his song’s video (“I Was In Jeopardy”.) In 1984 it was great to see that all these people were in on the joke and participated.
Ok, that last part was cool. I wondered if the people in the car had any significance, and you answered that question. The other things you mentioned were great too but that last one really hit home.
Some fun trivia to impress your friends: 1. Don Pardo was a guest vocal in this song. He was the announcer of Jeopardy in the year 1964-1975 2. The parents depicted at 2:36 were Al's actual parents 3. At the end, after Al is thrown into the convertible, he is driving away through Lynwood, CA, his home city
Greg Kihn couldn't have been more amazing about the song and video, especially when other musicians get bent out of shape when one of their songs gets the Weird Al parody treatment. They just don't write like that anymore.
It was great seeing Dr. Demento as one of the cameramen. Took me a millisecond to realize who that was. Very cool. Dr. Demento gave Al his start and Al put him in a music video. I like Al. He seems like a really cool guy.
I was his stunt double diving into the car. Fun shoot. Greg Kihn was actually in the car when I did it. They did not use a stand in for him. I used a mini trampoline and had to do it twice.
The thing that I love that most people don't realize is that he's had the same band from the beginning. Most bands don't last 30 years; much less one named after the singer.
+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi Might be because in a lot of their music videos they go through a fair whack of costumes. But yeah, it is pretty cool that they've stuck together for so long, and really speaks for how they get along
BloodBrandy And you just know Al has had many meetings where some corporate douche would try to pursuade Al into just using a studio band. Just so they could save money money by using their studio musicians already on payroll and not have to sign contracts to 3 extra guys. "You don't really _need_ these guys, do you? If you just agree to use our studio musicians then we'd have enough in the budget to double your share of the contract. You're _Weird Al_, you're all that _really_ matters! Keeping those other guys around will just weigh you down." It really shows a lot of integrity that most lead singers don't keep after being in the spotlight for 30 years. Okay, I'm done sucking Weird Al's cock now.
Who's here because one of the clues in today's season finale of "Jeopardy!", guested hosted by Joe Buck, concerns this video and Art Fleming and Don Pardo's participation in it?
RIP Merv Griffin; creator of "Jeopardy!" and composer of the think music, Don Pardo; announcer of the show, Art Fleming; original host of the show, and now Alex Trebek; host of the show.
That's the opposite of true. Plumbers can make good money with less than a year of study. People who complain about needing an advanced degree for employment are typically in the humanities and have no practical skills.
@@sswpp8908 You do however, need at minimum a bachelors in order to have any hope for success in STEM fields, such as computer science. For reference, I am saying this, and I am not in the humanities. I am in computer science; which has VERY practical skills. Sure, it's hyperbole to say that you need a PHD to become a plumber, but it's also fair satire of many employers' current dependency upon higher education.
@@sswpp8908 I think the joke is that they studied for something else, but then they became a plumber because they couldn't break into any college-educated careers.
That's because the older generation set the bar for those kinds of insults very low on November 8th 2016 by electing a certain guy (who says these kinds of things) for a certain position,
The way the crew is singing "I lost on Jeopardy" kind of makes it seem like if you lose on Jeopardy, you are cursed to have to work for the show for eternity.
Twisted Sister no longer wear their drag, Weird Al looks respectable, Cyndi Lauper no longer has the vari-coloured hair, Madonna doesn't wear her underwear outside anymore...it is like all these great musicians have, I don't know, changed and evolved with the passing of 30-40 years...
Yep, why I thought of this. *sigh* Safe to say he "had a good run", but it could never have been long enough. I'll take "The Afterlife" for $200, Alex.
@@ronburgundy244 potpourri: a mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl or small sack to perfume clothing or a room Basically something you'd find on a shelf in a Pier 21 and having very little to do with mathematics lol
Al has done some great work over the years but this is still one of his best. The production values, the guest stars (Art Fleming, Don Pardo, Greg Kihn and Dr. Demento) and all of the extras, the song itself - amazing work.
"Plumber" is a derisive term theoretical physicists use for experimental ones, in case you were wondering what Mister, sorry, Doctor Finkelstein's PhD was in.
+Film Producer that could be said for every cover artist and parody artist ever, but, even with that advantage, most times they're not able to make a product as good as the original. I don't know why, but Weird Al is able to overshadow the original almost every time and that's fucking impressive.
I once knew an answer on Jeopardy (what is the pancreas) that none of the contestants knew, because of Al's song Pancreas. Now Trebek sadly has pancreatic cancer. The universe is strange.
They didn't know what a pancreas is? Isn't the digestive system part of compulsory education of most developed countries? One can't know everything, and it's perfectly okay to be ignorant about stuff, as long as one keeps learning, but it is really weird that 3 people (or whatever the amount of players in a game of Jeopardy is) in the same room can't answer a question about something that was taught to them at school and is about a topic that is not at all obscure. My reply doesn't have anything to do with the victims of pancreatic cancer, and is not meant to be offensive or condescending, but rather an expression of curiosity towards the strange situation portrayed in the comment I'm replying to and an invitation for people to clarify my wonder.
@@festerdam4548 I'm sure they all knew what the pancreas is, but Jeopardy clues can be quite specific bits of knowledge sometimes. I just looked up the archive and the ($2000) clue was "This gland's main duct, the duct of Wirsung, collects its juices & empties into the duodenum."
You aren't kidding. Within a year after this vid originally hit the Chicago market, the "2.0" (fronted by Alex Trebek and airing in first-run syndication) premiered.
Sort of like the parody to Dire Straits Money for Nothing. Mark Knopfler agreed to it on one condition and that was that he be allowed to play on the recording. Since Knoplfler is one of the best guitar payers out there it was a no brainer.
As a form or Carbondale resident, I have to say, said architect lost his job, in the 2008 Great Recession and now manager’s a local Starbucks. Do the Saluki strut!
As has probably been said a million times, this guy is a genius. I can't listen to any of the originals without then listening to Al's. What a blast this guy brings to music. There was, is, and will be only one Al. Thanks for the years of laughter and joy.
You musta heard the one about the plumber and the doctor right? Doctor's got a dripping faucet, so he calls the plumber. Plumber comes in and it's an easy job: coupla washers and the shutoffs are under the sink. 15 minutes later the job is done. Plumber presents the doctor with a bill. $150. Doctor says, "That's outrageous. $150 for 15 minutes of work. Hell, that's more than I make!" Plumber thinks and says, "Yeah, I know. I used to be one..." Badabing!
I've known this song forever and I heard the original today driving home and I started cracking up. I thought this was one of his originals, I had no idea it was a cover.
I love all the trivia and info that people in the comments are providing. It really contextualizes songs that I've been listening to since I was a kid making them feel almost new. Thanks guys. Also, R.I.P to everyone in the video who has died.
I love that Greg is in the last shot of the video. I was lucky enough to meet and talk with Greg back in the late 1990's when he still had his show on KUFX (San Jose). He is the nicest person and wants to hear what you have to say. He is a good guy. I'm lucky to have met him.
+Tim Jeppesen I was on-air talent at a Nor Cal radio station that gave Greg's stuff lots of airplay long before he was top 40, and I've been to at least 6 Greg Kihn concerts. About a year ago, Greg followed my twitter account! I was flattered he remembered me, I was just one of millions of his fans @gringotj
I've lived in Carbondale IL most of my life. Such a random place for a Jeopardy contestant to be in, both Brooklyn and even Lynwood are significantly more well known and famous of towns/cities then Carbondale. I wonder why Carbondale of all towns was picked as the random place the first contestant was from.
You will probly never see this But I saw weird al In wild adventures Them park Valdosta Georgia . Out doors he walked all the way out to were i was shoke my hand ( wife 6 kids LOL coolest thing of my life .
I saw him at his New Orleans stop! Did the meet and greet and got his autograph. I hope he comes here again, it would be my third time seeing him live.
My late mother got crushed on Jeopardy! in 1974 and we did in fact get the twenty-volume set of the Encyclopedia International. Pretty nice set of books and I read them often!
@@matthewmartin7750 Given that Emma was right, of course. He didn't know that when he made his wager, though he *did* know it was extremely likely she would make a very large wager (which she did). He knew he couldn't win if she was right, so he bet to guarantee he'd win if she was wrong.
Some people think he threw the match, because he didn't want to take Ken's record. I doubt it, but the only reason I could see that he would do that is to avoid additional publicity.
I’ve been binging weird al concerts recently. All thru the years from 85 to 2023 and he always plays this one. Like always I think it maybe his favorite or at least one of them
This was the first Weird Al music video I saw, as a kid. My uncle was a huge fan, of Al and Jeopardy, so the song was a perfect fit. Still is. Thanks for the memories!
Also one of those has to be a guy who has Al's LAST NAME. Which makes how bad he did even worse if he missed that one. ESPECIALLY since in doing so he "brought shame on his family name for generations to come." Al's a comic genius.
What makes this even funnier is that Al actually is an architect. He's a genius that graduated as the valedictorion and went to college when he was only 16 and got his degree in architecture.
John Barrett What does being good in school have to do with Jeopardy? None of the questions (answers?) in the show have any real ramifications on history, art, math, or science. They're random factoids that are fun to know but not very helpful.
Peter I Actually, in some categories those random facts are part of what a person in certain professions SHOULD remember from college. There was a pediatrician on Jeopardy recently who badly missed three or four of the questions in the human anatomy category. Maybe she was nervous, or maybe she has been explaining things to children and their parents using the common words such as "kneecap" that she forgot the formal medical terms such as "patella" from not using them. Al Yankovic is surely a very smart man in real life. One other surprisingly smart man (who proves that not everyone gets forgetful on weed, or maybe he didn't use it in real life) is Cheech Marin. He has been a big winner a couple of times on Celebrity Jeopardy. Tommy Chong, I'm not so sure (he played a character much like his '60s/'70s movie roles on "That '70s Show" in the '90s; I haven't heard much about him lately).
+Jordy Garcia ... im still trying to figure out why any one ( generally speaking ) would want to "limit themselves" so severely? Why yearn to be an animal when Humans have more abilities and sense the animals do not have? Why give away a Space Shuttle in trade for a old beat up Volksvaggen Wabbit? Al is a Human Spirit i think maybe. just a Human Spirit that also contains some animal abilities but most important of all is Unique Human abilities such as Al's. I'm still trying to figure out why people want to trade being human for a crappy old broken down VW Bug by yearning about animal spirits? edit?: just because someone "saw" a shape of an animal (moving-bad-thing; Latin Ani-Mal root word) ... that does not mean animals can build spaceships and build telescopes or that animals know jack-all about anything. Sorry to have to burst anyones bubbles. All in good fun. ?;-)
+Mynnia Ignea Agreed. Common thing, people saying some sort of inept mess, droning on about gibberish and saying something like 'sorry to disappoint', making it doubly pathetic.
Amazing that they brought in Art Fleming and Don Pardo for this video. I watched the '60s and '70s version of Jeopardy! and this is what it looked like.
My mom watched this with us when we were kids, and I remember her being shocked because she'd never actually seen Don Pardo before. Best cameos in Weird Al vids.
whats funny is that Weird Al has an actual degree in architecture
Ice Cube had a degree in Industrial Architecture!
He is a genius, studied brilliantly in math, enjoyed music and chose to pursue that over anything else of interest or wealth. it paid off! :D
Plus I think he graduated high school a couple years early. Guy's a freaking genius
Frankincensed He graduated at 16. He most likely graduated as a junior or sophomore. Though he did skip 2nd grade so I'll say sophomore.
Emiliano Martorell Are there any buildings he has designed that were built? I want to know what they are lol
A plumber with a PHD... so he's Dr. Mario?
No,he's Leroy Finklestein.
Leroy.
Leroy Finklestein
This is Mr. Leroy Finkelstein from Brooklyn, New York.
Sounds like Mario lol since he is from Brooklyn, New York too. Just with an Italian ancestory.
I worked on this video in 1984 as first assistant director. Shooting it was a riot! A few insights into the production: Evertime the picture cuts, it jumps. The reason was that the negative was pasted together and edited with cement rather than editing the transferred video, for whatever reasons. It was shot on a small stage on the corner of La Brea and Melrose in L.A. owned by Ray Manzarek, the famous keyboard player for The Doors. The stage entrance is featured at the end of the video where Weird Al dives in the car. We shot tons of videos there including those by the Stray Cats. Art Fleming (in video) was the original host of Jeopardy from 1964 to 1975 and 1978 to 1979. When the show was revived in 1983 by Merv Griffin, there was some sort of rift between Fleming and Griffin, and Fleming told me he wasn't happy with the outcome.
So you were there - was there a stuntman for the "Al's body tossed into the backseat of the Alfa" scene?
@@pault151 so long ago but I believe that was a stuntman
is that Dr Demento in 'the booth"?
I love how everybody was into this, including Dr. Demento and Greg Kihn. Just seems like everybody had fun back then. I don’t think Kanye or Cardi B. would join in mocking themselves like this.
@@rfichokeofdestiny Those two are walking mockeries of themselves, no one could do a better job at it.
The subtle genius of Weird Al, taking the first line of the original song "Where were you?", and making it "I was there".
Fun fact: he's not referring to the current Jeopardy, he's talking about the Jeopardy that ran between 1964 to 1975, before being canceled. Jeopardy was back on the air in 1984, and it's actually believed that this song contributed to Jeopardy returning that year.
I didn't know that
#Art_Fleming hosted then, not #Alex_Trebek
Absolutely, if I'm not mistaken, Merv Griffin who owned the rights said that the popularity of this video heavily influenced his decision to "reboot" the franchise.
Reportedly Flemming was offered the chance to host the revived version but turned it down, so Merv offered it to Trebek instead.
Hey thanks for pointing this out, I had no clue that Jeopardy was that old of a show and just always assumed Alex Trebeck hosted it.
James Holzhauer changed his twitter avatar to Weird Al from this video, now that's just great.
@Jimmy The dude who won over 2.5 million dollars on jeopardy in just over 30 games a week or so ago
It's like he LOST on Purpose; since HE KNEW THE ANSWER; AND SHOULD'VE BET IT ALL!!
@@New3DSLuigi364 his bet was actually a strategic attempt to win. He knew (or guessed correctly) the 1st place contestant would wager enough to win even if James doubled his bet, so by betting small he had a chance to win the game even if he (and 1st place) got the question wrong because he would still have more than the 3rd place contestant if that contestant got the question right.
Also, almost certainly I would think he would want to take down Ken Jennings consecutive win record.
Pretty in your facey imo
New3DSLUIGI364 No, you’re right, he SHOULD’VE BET IT ALL, so he could have LOST BY LESS!
RIP Alex Trebek
RIP Don Pardo
RIP Art Fleming
Back when America had a sense of humor.
And rip Diego Maradona!
RIP Sean Connery and Trebek’s mother...
Jeopardy will never be the same.
@@EuropeYear1917 is he referring to the current jeopardy?
yes
Weird Al's attention to detail is legendary
Getting Don Pardo to announce was a stroke of brilliance
and getting art fleming to appear in the video
If he had waited another year, he could have gotten Alex Trebek and Johnny Gilbert for the video.
How is that genius? Getting one of the hosts of Jeopardy to play a host on Jeopardy is a very obvious choice
@@danculbert6349 you dont see it very often whether it be in a movie or a tv show or a video unless its someone who is so recognizable it would be a sin to get someone else to play it
You forgot to say "the Legend" when talking about Don Pardo the Legend.
The beauty of this video is that they used a good replica of the original “Jeopardy!” set, the actual host and announcer appeared as themselves, actual game show prizes were shown and identified by their real names, and the singer of the real song that this parodied (Greg Kihn) drives the car at the end, just as he did in his song’s video (“I Was In Jeopardy”.) In 1984 it was great to see that all these people were in on the joke and participated.
it's lost not was
sorry i made a typo
Ok, that last part was cool. I wondered if the people in the car had any significance, and you answered that question. The other things you mentioned were great too but that last one really hit home.
The Greg Kihn song is just called "Jeopardy." The refrain goes "Our love's in jeopardy, baby, ooh."
Just shows that everyone respects Al.
Some fun trivia to impress your friends:
1. Don Pardo was a guest vocal in this song. He was the announcer of Jeopardy in the year 1964-1975
2. The parents depicted at 2:36 were Al's actual parents
3. At the end, after Al is thrown into the convertible, he is driving away through Lynwood, CA, his home city
4. The convertible is being driven by Greg Kihn - the writer and singer of the original song this is based on: Our Love's in Jeopardy.
5. I’m pretty sure that Dr. Demento was manning one of the cameras.
7. The current incarnation of Jeopardy was being developed around the same time this song was released
8. When jeopardy was brought back Al was there!
What about the little girl? Niece? I don't think he had kids at that point, and I'm sure it wasn't his sister. Probably just a kid of a family friend.
Greg Kihn’s cameo at the end of the video is the clincher.
I was wondering if anyone else caught that. Priceless.
Dr. Demento is in there, too. 😀
Great ending: I was imagining Madonna's head popping out of some lady giving birth at the end of the video in Al's "Like a Surgeon"
Greg Kihn couldn't have been more amazing about the song and video, especially when other musicians get bent out of shape when one of their songs gets the Weird Al parody treatment. They just don't write like that anymore.
It was great seeing Dr. Demento as one of the cameramen. Took me a millisecond to realize who that was. Very cool. Dr. Demento gave Al his start and Al put him in a music video. I like Al. He seems like a really cool guy.
I thought that was Dr. Demento
A real father figure.
Who put him other videos too
I was his stunt double diving into the car. Fun shoot. Greg Kihn was actually in the car when I did it. They did not use a stand in for him. I used a mini trampoline and had to do it twice.
That's dope AF! Always thought it was the icing on the cake that Greg Kihn was actually in the video lol
that is so awesome.
hotrodhorror1: You rock!
awesome
That is freaking awesome!!!
I love the way Al bites his fist at the thought of losing out on all that delicious Rice-A-Roni
in the year 2019 Rice-A-Roni is plentiful and cheap.
@@zorro456 Yep, that and Ramen Noodles.😀
THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT!
What's rice-a-roni?
galaxy and spirit studios the best thing ever
I would pay money to see Weird Al host Jeopardy
With his educational credentials, why not?
I second that motion. Vote 4 Weird Al.
To host it, aye. He's been a RnR contestant but he needs the big chair
He'd have to rename the song to "I Hosted Jeopardy"
He was on Remote Control on MTV and won.
I always love it when parodies outshine the original source material, it's funny
I don't even know this one!
“He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.”
-Homer Simpson
Stole
Agree
@@NervousDisordo I was just joking
@@NervousDisordo not trying to offend you
Will people stop commenting this on every single Yankovic video?
It's really annoying and overused.
The thing that I love that most people don't realize is that he's had the same band from the beginning. Most bands don't last 30 years; much less one named after the singer.
+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi Might be because in a lot of their music videos they go through a fair whack of costumes. But yeah, it is pretty cool that they've stuck together for so long, and really speaks for how they get along
BloodBrandy And you just know Al has had many meetings where some corporate douche would try to pursuade Al into just using a studio band. Just so they could save money money by using their studio musicians already on payroll and not have to sign contracts to 3 extra guys.
"You don't really _need_ these guys, do you? If you just agree to use our studio musicians then we'd have enough in the budget to double your share of the contract. You're _Weird Al_, you're all that _really_ matters! Keeping those other guys around will just weigh you down."
It really shows a lot of integrity that most lead singers don't keep after being in the spotlight for 30 years.
Okay, I'm done sucking Weird Al's cock now.
+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi lol
+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi That's nothing. The Rolling Stones have been together since the early 60's.
Zmagic500
Yeah, but they've swapped out people, Al has had all the same guys from the start, it seems
Who's here because one of the clues in today's season finale of "Jeopardy!", guested hosted by Joe Buck, concerns this video and Art Fleming and Don Pardo's participation in it?
It was a great show good luck Matt amodio
Guilty. Lol.
I’m here because Weird Al wrote about what you said in his Twitter 😄
I had to do it!
Came for the Modern Jeopardy, Stayed for the Weird Al.
RIP Merv Griffin; creator of "Jeopardy!" and composer of the think music, Don Pardo; announcer of the show, Art Fleming; original host of the show, and now Alex Trebek; host of the show.
But Weird Al lives!
@@Notecrusher So does Johnny Gilbert, and long may he reign.
And Art Fleming and Alex Trebek BOTH died of PC.
@@Notecrusher moral:if you lose on jeopardy youll live longer
Merv’s wife suggested the concept to him.
Weird Al actually lost on Jeopardy. He won on Wheel of Fortune though.
He actually got stuck in a closet with Vanna White
@@campbellrobbins5534 lmao!!!
in real life and in a game!
Game grumps, anyone?
@@arifakyuz7673 what?
Wierd Al: A plumber with a PHD!
1984: Lol, that's silly
2019: Seems about right.
That's the opposite of true. Plumbers can make good money with less than a year of study. People who complain about needing an advanced degree for employment are typically in the humanities and have no practical skills.
@@sswpp8908 You do however, need at minimum a bachelors in order to have any hope for success in STEM fields, such as computer science. For reference, I am saying this, and I am not in the humanities. I am in computer science; which has VERY practical skills.
Sure, it's hyperbole to say that you need a PHD to become a plumber, but it's also fair satire of many employers' current dependency upon higher education.
Dr. Mario?
@@bbarrett726 every time I hear this song that's exactly who I think of as one of the contestants.
@@sswpp8908 I think the joke is that they studied for something else, but then they became a plumber because they couldn't break into any college-educated careers.
I really can't listen to the original song without immediately thinking of this version.
Me neither!
Same lol
What's the original song?
@@fitzytail896 greg kihn band-Jeopardy
@@fitzytail896 Our Love’s in Jeopardy.
No one can replace Alex. His influence is everywhere
RIP.
You are literally eveywhere on CZcams
@@andrewcarvalho7019 why do you care
Yeah, no kidding. We already knew that
Hey again
Cameos from Art Fleming, Don Pardo, Dr. Demento, and Greg Kihn take this to 11.
I was pretty sure that was Dr Demento
Younger generations will never fully understand why hearing Don Pardo call somebody a "complete loser" is so magical.
Please tell me why
He tells the winner what they win and congratulate them.
Well I get it and I'm 34
101st like!!
That's because the older generation set the bar for those kinds of insults very low on November 8th 2016 by electing a certain guy (who says these kinds of things) for a certain position,
The way the crew is singing "I lost on Jeopardy" kind of makes it seem like if you lose on Jeopardy, you are cursed to have to work for the show for eternity.
Kinda true... for Ken Jennings.
And who is old enough to remember Art Fleming, top dollar amounts of $100, and actual intellectually substantive questions?
i love that one of the catagories was famous accordian players
Does anyone miss how Weird Al looked in the 80s, with the short curly hair and glasses?
yes, I miss the mustache. it gave him that special charm))
Yes I do
He used to look awsome
Twisted Sister no longer wear their drag, Weird Al looks respectable, Cyndi Lauper no longer has the vari-coloured hair, Madonna doesn't wear her underwear outside anymore...it is like all these great musicians have, I don't know, changed and evolved with the passing of 30-40 years...
Yup, the new look is too different.
Who else is watching after Alex Trebek’s passing? RIP.
RIP Alex Trebek
😿
Yep, why I thought of this. *sigh*
Safe to say he "had a good run", but it could never have been long enough.
I'll take "The Afterlife" for $200, Alex.
@@bra-balllegend3940
Alex luck has finally ran out. IT'S OVER
Me
Did anyone notice that when they are looking over the category’s the last one said famous accordion
players?
Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren like this
weird al
@newsbloopers Frankie Yankovic (1918-98). America’s Polka King. No relation, but collaborated with Al in his late years.
"I'll take potpourri for $100"
*theoretical equations of relativity*
@@ronburgundy244 potpourri: a mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl or small sack to perfume clothing or a room
Basically something you'd find on a shelf in a Pier 21 and having very little to do with mathematics lol
Those are just time dilation equations. Literally the only thing you need is velocity. The rest are constants.
It's I took Potpourri for $100.
@@Focusakker Today it would be $2,000.
@@manfromnantucket9544 On Jeopardy Potpourri is a miscellaneous category
Art Fleming doing the "neener neener" as Al gets hauled away is a riot. Such a brilliant video to a great song.
I hadn't realized this song was about the Art Fleming era of Jeopardy.
Al has done some great work over the years but this is still one of his best. The production values, the guest stars (Art Fleming, Don Pardo, Greg Kihn and Dr. Demento) and all of the extras, the song itself - amazing work.
"Plumber" is a derisive term theoretical physicists use for experimental ones, in case you were wondering what Mister, sorry, Doctor Finkelstein's PhD was in.
Chugga and I have been singing this nonstop for the last week. WE COULDN'T STOP
damn dude
NCS!!!
Nice
You guys should play jeopardy on TRG 😄
i love you. tell chuggy i love him. it will mean a lot to me
2:25 his reaction to not winning the rice-a-roni was priceless 😱
Right . LOL !
I do that, this is probably where I saw it
Dude, its Rice-a-roni - at least you could eat the consolation prize!
That San Francisco Treat! 😂
Funny that Al was playing against an architect, since that was Al’s major at Cal Poly.
That's probably why he wrote that in his lyrics.
Al has 6 Grammy Awards. It should be 60. the man is just brilliant!
He has more Grammys than Elvis!!!!!
He should get the whole Quad!
R.I.P. Don Pardo 1918-2014.
Why are Al's song so much better than then originals???
+KlunkerRider I know, right?
+KlunkerRider I know, right?
+KlunkerRider I know, right?
+KlunkerRider
i like alsqo the both versions Weirld Al Yankivic & Greg Kihn Band
+Film Producer that could be said for every cover artist and parody artist ever, but, even with that advantage, most times they're not able to make a product as good as the original. I don't know why, but Weird Al is able to overshadow the original almost every time and that's fucking impressive.
Not only is this not actual HD (just an upscale), the audio's slightly off from the video.
A: "Greg Kihn and Dr. Demento were both featured in the music video for this song."
I once knew an answer on Jeopardy (what is the pancreas) that none of the contestants knew, because of Al's song Pancreas. Now Trebek sadly has pancreatic cancer. The universe is strange.
Even stranger is that Art Fleming died of pancreatic cancer.
RIP
And now Mr. Trebek is dead..
They didn't know what a pancreas is? Isn't the digestive system part of compulsory education of most developed countries? One can't know everything, and it's perfectly okay to be ignorant about stuff, as long as one keeps learning, but it is really weird that 3 people (or whatever the amount of players in a game of Jeopardy is) in the same room can't answer a question about something that was taught to them at school and is about a topic that is not at all obscure.
My reply doesn't have anything to do with the victims of pancreatic cancer, and is not meant to be offensive or condescending, but rather an expression of curiosity towards the strange situation portrayed in the comment I'm replying to and an invitation for people to clarify my wonder.
@@festerdam4548 I'm sure they all knew what the pancreas is, but Jeopardy clues can be quite specific bits of knowledge sometimes. I just looked up the archive and the ($2000) clue was "This gland's main duct, the duct of Wirsung, collects its juices & empties into the duodenum."
1984. Weird Al was insanely ahead of his time. Also he hasn't aged.
You aren't kidding. Within a year after this vid originally hit the Chicago market, the "2.0" (fronted by Alex Trebek and airing in first-run syndication) premiered.
Dr demento in the control room!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Best way to celebrate April Fool's Day is marathoning Weird Al's Greatest Hits.
Don Pardo, you will be missed.
A voice of decades and generations.
A name synonymous with the pinnacle of voice acting.
wut
Raylan Givens I don't get it?
Michael Cordero Cadillac69 - Google Don Pardo. He was a voice announcer that was a legend. RIP Don.
Yep, he was one if the greatest voices ever. He also was the announcer on SNL for many many years.
" It's NBC's Saturday night ! ". That's what it was called at the beginning before it was " Saturday Night Live "
The Greg Kihn cameo at the end of this always cracks me up.
+inkjetlabel
Thank you, I was GOING to ask who was driving that car!
how about dr demento cameo
When Weird Al asked Greg Kihn's permission to write a parody, he said he could do one under one condition; if he got to be in the video.
Sort of like the parody to Dire Straits Money for Nothing. Mark Knopfler agreed to it on one condition and that was that he be allowed to play on the recording. Since Knoplfler is one of the best guitar payers out there it was a no brainer.
Also, Pardo actually does the announcing.
Is that actually Fleming as the host?
As a form or Carbondale resident, I have to say, said architect lost his job, in the 2008 Great Recession and now manager’s a local Starbucks. Do the Saluki strut!
As has probably been said a million times, this guy is a genius. I can't listen to any of the originals without then listening to Al's. What a blast this guy brings to music. There was, is, and will be only one Al. Thanks for the years of laughter and joy.
A plumber with a PHD? He's hired.
You can get a doctorate degree in anything you want, even if it's not your career field.
He must have stole it during a late night at work.
You musta heard the one about the plumber and the doctor right?
Doctor's got a dripping faucet, so he calls the plumber. Plumber comes in and it's an easy job: coupla washers and the shutoffs are under the sink. 15 minutes later the job is done. Plumber presents the doctor with a bill. $150. Doctor says, "That's outrageous. $150 for 15 minutes of work. Hell, that's more than I make!" Plumber thinks and says, "Yeah, I know. I used to be one..."
Badabing!
make funn
I've known this song forever and I heard the original today driving home and I started cracking up. I thought this was one of his originals, I had no idea it was a cover.
Greg Kihn got radio-play in 1983 but not much after that.
I know, I'm old.
@@zimrielno, _thank you._
I was looking for this comment.
this is one of my absolute favorites. it like doesnt even get mentioned, probably one of his best songs imo
I love all the trivia and info that people in the comments are providing. It really contextualizes songs that I've been listening to since I was a kid making them feel almost new. Thanks guys.
Also, R.I.P to everyone in the video who has died.
3:09 that is actually dr. Demento, the person in charge of the radio station that gave weird al his big break.
I love that Greg is in the last shot of the video. I was lucky enough to meet and talk with Greg back in the late 1990's when he still had his show on KUFX (San Jose). He is the nicest person and wants to hear what you have to say. He is a good guy. I'm lucky to have met him.
+Tim Jeppesen I was on-air talent at a Nor Cal radio station that gave Greg's stuff lots of airplay long before he was top 40, and I've been to at least 6 Greg Kihn concerts. About a year ago, Greg followed my twitter account! I was flattered he remembered me, I was just one of millions of his fans @gringotj
This song is so ingrained in my head, I don’t even remember the original song.
You can never go wrong with classic Weird Al. 👍🏼👍🏼
If you OD on Eat It, you get Fat.
So yes. Yes you can.
That's true
He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life
SuperGomez59 That's my favorite Buddha quote!
Dadadada margerine
Speaking as someone who is tired of life, anyone tired of Weird Al is just plain wrong.
IKR?
Could not agree more. Weird Al should be declared a National Treasure and an Ambassador of the State!
I think it's pure awesome that he got Art Fleming and Don Pardo to do this.
I've lived in Carbondale IL most of my life. Such a random place for a Jeopardy contestant to be in, both Brooklyn and even Lynwood are significantly more well known and famous of towns/cities then Carbondale. I wonder why Carbondale of all towns was picked as the random place the first contestant was from.
It was probably a random town in the Midwest that maybe a staff member grew up in or had family member there
This is the funniest video ever.
Saw weird al in concert during his strings attached tour. He is a great performer live. It was a sold out show
You will probly never see this But I saw weird al In wild adventures Them park Valdosta Georgia . Out doors he walked all the way out to were i was shoke my hand ( wife 6 kids LOL coolest thing of my life .
I met Extreme singer Gary Cherone in Boston and asked him what the highlight of his career was. He said "Being parodied by Weird Al Yankovic".
he is a high energy performer live and you definitely get your entertainment dollar value. Awesome show in London Ontario yrs ago.
@@davidtucker3729 at 3:09 is that the original host of jeopardy?
I saw him at his New Orleans stop! Did the meet and greet and got his autograph. I hope he comes here again, it would be my third time seeing him live.
How ironic that James Holzhauer would lose 35 years TO THE DAY after the release of this song (June 4, 1984).
He lost on June 3.
Al's band plus Dr. Demento as the camera crew
I really love how the song I Lost On Jeopardy by Weird Al Yankovic features a voice over from the original Jeopardy announcer, Don Pardo.
Congratulations James Holzhauer. You had a good run. Hopefully you'll still get some encyclopedias, Turtle Wax, and Rice-A-Roni.
My late mother got crushed on Jeopardy! in 1974 and we did in fact get the twenty-volume set of the Encyclopedia International. Pretty nice set of books and I read them often!
Everybody has Wikipedia today, though!
He won over $3 million
He got a couple million dollars, and the undying respect of Ken Jennings for not breaking his record.
you get 2 come back today
Who's here after James Holzhauer lost on Jeopardy?
Street Hierarchy HE DID?? WHEN
@@ThatGuyCanmanNC yesterday, after a questionable final bet
@@jackdavis8596 He couldn't have won no matter his bet. He was just betting to be in second
@@matthewmartin7750 Given that Emma was right, of course. He didn't know that when he made his wager, though he *did* know it was extremely likely she would make a very large wager (which she did). He knew he couldn't win if she was right, so he bet to guarantee he'd win if she was wrong.
Some people think he threw the match, because he didn't want to take Ken's record. I doubt it, but the only reason I could see that he would do that is to avoid additional publicity.
I’ve been binging weird al concerts recently. All thru the years from 85 to 2023 and he always plays this one. Like always I think it maybe his favorite or at least one of them
This was the first Weird Al music video I saw, as a kid. My uncle was a huge fan, of Al and Jeopardy, so the song was a perfect fit. Still is. Thanks for the memories!
Ahhh! Nothing picks me up like some good' ol Weird Al humour. 125 people need more Weird Al in their life.
u mean 127
samuel kalinovskiy
How can you dislike this!? What, they don't watch Jeopardy?
i never said i disliked this
and i didn't
samuel kalinovskiy
Oops. Sorry, not you-I meant the people who hit thumbs down...it's this new system CZcams has.
oh okay
The section "Famous Accordion Players" is a nod to Al playing it on many of his videos. I think
That's correct.
Easier to catch herpes or AIDS back then
Also one of those has to be a guy who has Al's LAST NAME. Which makes how bad he did even worse if he missed that one. ESPECIALLY since in doing so he "brought shame on his family name for generations to come." Al's a comic genius.
@@SuperSaiyanGuyver Accordionist Frank Yankovic is no relation.
@@tenorlove But his parents chose Al get accordian lessons so that there would be more then one Yankovic who played it.
Al is like Ed Harris, they just don't age and they are good at what they do. ❤️
You are absolutely right 💯💯
best comment
I like the way his little sister throws his picture away. I also thought it was clever the way he lands in Greg Khin's car.
What makes this even funnier is that Al actually is an architect.
He's a genius that graduated as the valedictorion and went to college when he was only 16 and got his degree in architecture.
In real life, "Weird Al" Yankovic would have aced Jeopardy as he was an honour student in high school and college.
John Barrett this is why alex is glad there hasn't been a celeb jeopardy yet :D
John Barrett Actually, Weird Al was a contestant on Rock and Roll Jeopardy and lost. A part of the music video played during the closing credits.
John Barrett What does being good in school have to do with Jeopardy? None of the questions (answers?) in the show have any real ramifications on history, art, math, or science. They're random factoids that are fun to know but not very helpful.
John Barrett really he was an honor roll student
Peter I Actually, in some categories those random facts are part of what a person in certain professions SHOULD remember from college. There was a pediatrician on Jeopardy recently who badly missed three or four of the questions in the human anatomy category. Maybe she was nervous, or maybe she has been explaining things to children and their parents using the common words such as "kneecap" that she forgot the formal medical terms such as "patella" from not using them.
Al Yankovic is surely a very smart man in real life. One other surprisingly smart man (who proves that not everyone gets forgetful on weed, or maybe he didn't use it in real life) is Cheech Marin. He has been a big winner a couple of times on Celebrity Jeopardy. Tommy Chong, I'm not so sure (he played a character much like his '60s/'70s movie roles on "That '70s Show" in the '90s; I haven't heard much about him lately).
Al lost on Jeopardy, won on parody.
Fun fact: Dr. Demento was in the studio clip of this song! Also, Demento was in I Love Rocky Road.
At 2:36 those are his real parents
You cannot listen to the original Greg Kihn Band version without substituting these lyrics in your mind.
I love you. Sadly no one knows these songs,... I love it
That music video by "Weird Al" himself was hilarious back in the day. I could watch it over and over again until I turn blue in the face!!!!
2:07 the fact he knew it always cracks me up.
Still watching this in 2016. Weird Al is basically my spirit animal
+Jordy Garcia ... im still trying to figure out why any one ( generally speaking ) would want to "limit themselves" so severely? Why yearn to be an animal when Humans have more abilities and sense the animals do not have? Why give away a Space Shuttle in trade for a old beat up Volksvaggen Wabbit? Al is a Human Spirit i think maybe. just a Human Spirit that also contains some animal abilities but most important of all is Unique Human abilities such as Al's. I'm still trying to figure out why people want to trade being human for a crappy old broken down VW Bug by yearning about animal spirits? edit?: just because someone "saw" a shape of an animal (moving-bad-thing; Latin Ani-Mal root word) ... that does not mean animals can build spaceships and build telescopes or that animals know jack-all about anything. Sorry to have to burst anyones bubbles. All in good fun. ?;-)
+Mynnia Ignea Agreed. Common thing, people saying some sort of inept mess, droning on about gibberish and saying something like 'sorry to disappoint', making it doubly pathetic.
We've all done it, amirite? eh ? no? ok.
same
***** There is something seriously wrong with you if you think weed is any more dangerous than kale or water you're a clown.
3:09 is that Dr. Demento??
As the cameraman.
I need to watch UHF again.
One gift mentioned which I hadn't thought about in years was the 24 volume encyclopedia.
Basically, it's Wikipedia, now.
2:17 story of my life
Lol you made me laugh alfred matthew yankovic.
Yall that end scene with greg kihn is gold
He and the camera crew and the other Jeopardy cast mates sang together in the choruses of "I Lost On Jeopardy"
Amazing that they brought in Art Fleming and Don Pardo for this video. I watched the '60s and '70s version of Jeopardy! and this is what it looked like.
I never usually watched Merv Griffin. Can you imagine an evening talk show starting at 8:30 pm today? Never.
Adam Hovey
I've seen that clip. Merv commented that he never saw Art Fleming stick out his tongue like he did in this video.
also the members of the Greg Kihn band and Greg himself at the end.
They do, on cable.
My parents used to watch the Merv Griffin Show at night. It was a completely different world.
I use to watch Weird Al videos alot back in the 80s...classic Al
They should play this song anytime someone doesn't make it to final jeopardy
Top 3 signs you're going to lose on Jeopardy:
You have purple hair
You hate potpourri
You heard this song before you went on Jeopardy
My mom watched this with us when we were kids, and I remember her being shocked because she'd never actually seen Don Pardo before. Best cameos in Weird Al vids.
1:47 I love the fact his head started to spin using a dummy dressed as him in this shot
oh my this is a masterpiece..