Another fun detail of “Al TV” was the false interviews of Yankovic. He would find B-Roll of famous musicians giving interviews and cut himself off in the interview, asking absurd questions. Yankovic liked the interviews so much that he later played them during the concerts.

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There are, to date, there are specials “Al TV” of 10 “. There have been two in 1984 followed by additional episodes in ’85, ’87, ’88, ’92, ’96, ’99, ’03 and ’06. They all coincided that Yankovic having a new album that comes out, giving it a chance to make his own videos and her threshing in the 1990s MTV format was codified, musical trends had changed, and “Al TV”, although sharper and funnier than ever, did not have the same “pioneer” effect as in 1984 and 1985. In the 1990s, “Al TV” was an early event (Unlike his 1989 “UHF” film, which horribly tank).

But for a spell, it appeared that “Al TV” filled a more fascinating media function. Yankovic was a vital part of these first years of MTV, showing that the clips were acceptable to be satiated and that comedy was an essential part of the musical landscape. Indeed, the punk humor of Al was vital to establish that MTV was a force in itself, establishing that deconstruction was the cornerstone of the network. MTV may have killed the radio star, but “Weird Al” gave them an arsenal of weapons to do so.

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To date, Yankovic has more or less retired from the cup of new albums. His latest album, “Mandate Fun”, was released in 2014, and he only recorded a few singles. In addition, the state of MTV has radically changed in the 2000s, focusing less on music and more on reality TV shows. As such, neither “compulsory fun” nor his file before that, “Alpocalypse”, specials “Al TV”. Time for them had passed.