Yankovic. A master satirist who spent years fashioning pun-filled, ornately produced send-ups of the most popular hits of any given time period, “Weird Al” Yankovic paid homage to the ‘80s ...

Ask people under 50 for their favorite "Weird Al" Yankovic record ... (Sample acknowledgement: "I guess I lost a little bit of my self-esteem / That time that you made it with the whole hockey ...

12. “I Lost On Jeopardy” (1984) I Lost On Jeopardy “Weird Al” Yankovic released “I Lost On Jeopardy” during the brief window when no version of the syndicated game show Jeopardy!

"Weird Al" Yankovic has sold millions of albums ... the MTV era for songs like “Ricky,” “Eat It,” and “I Lost on Jeopardy” that made him a household name. “I can't tell you how ...

Starting with his first professional recordings and appearances on the Dr. Demento radio show decades ago, "Weird Al" Yankovic ... far more civil. 8. "I Lost On Jeopardy" might have played ...

Mitch Loflin, a set decoration coordinator who grew up in North Carolina, said he used a portion of the prize money to buy ...

The song, about a relationship gone wrong, would gain yet more popularity when it was spoofed by "Weird Al" Yankovic, who penned the song, “I Lost on Jeopardy,” with a video featuring the ...

The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while “Weird Al” Yankovic parodied it, titling his version “I Lost on Jeopardy.” Kihn was grateful to Yankovic for lending his song even ...

but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this about "Weird Al" Yankovic: I think that more than the perfect rhyming scheme, more than the most ridiculous pun, more than music itself, what "Weird Al ...

He even appeared in the music video for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s parody of “Jeopardy,” called “I Lost on Jeopardy,” and said he loved it. “It was a brilliant parody,” Kihn said.

The song arrives after an iconic career run for Yankovic that began with his 1979 breakout hit “My Bologna,” a reimagined version of the Knack’s chart-topping hit “My Sharona.” ...