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Running With Scissors

Released 1999

The Weird Al Show Theme	01:13	91,069 plays
Polka Power!	04:21	87,699 plays
Truck Drivin' Song	02:27	83,911 plays

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1	The Saga Begins (Lyrical Adaption Of 'American Pie')	05:27	213,109plays	Buy
2	My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder	03:25	62,957plays	Buy
3	Pretty Fly For A Rabbi (Parody Of 'Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)' By Offspring)	03:02	136,248plays	Buy
4	The Weird Al Show Theme	01:13	91,069plays	Buy
5	Jerry Springer (Parody Of 'One Week' By Barenaked Ladies)	02:46	130,427plays	Buy
6	Germs	04:38	72,669plays	Buy
7	Polka Power!	04:21	87,699plays	Buy
8	Your Horoscope For Today	03:59	126,319plays	Buy
9	It's All About The Pentiums (An Adaptation Of 'It's All About The Benjamins' By Puff Daddy)	03:34	126,713plays	Buy
10	Truck Drivin' Song	02:27	83,911plays	Buy
11	Grapefruit Diet (Parody Of 'Zoot Suit Riotz' By Cherry Poppin' Daddies)	03:30	76,229plays	Buy
12	Albuquerque	11:22	127,428plays	Buy

album review

Like many of Weird Al's 1990s albums, Running With Scissors is something of a mixed bag, although devoted fans will definitely find enough of interest to add it to their collections. As usual, the highlights tend to be song parodies: "The Saga Begins" is a retelling of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace from Obi-Wan Kenobi's point of view set to the tune of "American Pie," while "Jerry Springer" is a clever rewrite of the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week." Not all of them quite hit the mark, though: "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" has the same borderline ethnic condescension of the Offspring's original, and Yankovic's mimicry of the sound of his source material on the Puff Daddy takeoff "It's All About the Pentiums" isn't quite up to his usual standards. The originals tend to come off as forced, as though Yankovic is trying way too hard to live up to his nickname; although the snarky rip of "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder" hits pretty close to the mark, the 11-minute closer "Albuquerque" is interminable. Overall, there are some songs worthy of adding to Yankovic's next best-of, and some more that no one will miss. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi

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