New York Times:

After 40 years, Yankovic is now no longer a novelty, but an institution — a garish bright patch in the middle of America’s pop-cultural wallpaper, a completely ridiculous national treasure, an absurd living legend.

I have spent much of my life chortling, alone in tiny rooms, to Weird Al’s music.

Weird Al has now been releasing song parodies for seven presidential administrations. He has outlasted two popes and five Supreme Court justices. He is one of only five artists (along with his early muses, Michael Jackson and Madonna) to have had a Top 40 single in each of the last four decades. Yankovic has turned out to be one of America’s great renewable resources.

I’ve honestly never gotten the appeal of Weird Al. While I admire his longevity and ingenuity, his music has never done anything for me.