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Running with Scissors (Music)
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Running with Scissors is the tenth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, which was released in 1999. It was the first album to debut his post-LASIK surgery, glasses-free appearance. It was also Al's first album on Volcano Entertainment, which bought out Al's prior label Scotti Bros. Records, and Way Moby Records, a vanity imprint established to release Al's material.Tracklist: "The Saga Begins"note Lyrical adaptation of Don McLean's "American Pie" "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder" "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi"note Parody of The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" "The Weird Al Show Theme" "Jerry Springer"note Parody of Barenaked Ladies' "One Week" "Germs" "Polka Power!" "Your Horoscope for Today" "It's All About the Pentiums"note Parody of Puff Daddy's "It's All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix)" "Truck Drivin' Song" "Grapefruit Diet"note Parody of Cherry Poppin' Daddies' "Zoot Suit Riot" "Albuquerque" | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Drew Carey and Emo Philips show up in the video for "It's All About the Pentiums". | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_1e7c47ab | type |
Stealth Pun | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_1e7c47ab | comment |
Stealth Pun: At the end of "Polka Power" Weird Al segues from the song "Closing Time" to a line, "take us home!" In music, this refers to wrapping up the song, which is what happens next. During the "Semi-Charmed Life" segment, Al turns the high-note into a Glass-Shattering Sound. The original song was about meth (a.k.a "glass") addiction. Also, "Woofie, you b*tch!" Woofie is a female dog! | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_1f37a427 | type |
Face on the Cover | |
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Face on the Cover: "Weird Al" in track gear running a marathon while holding scissors in each hand. | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_256d1a2d | type |
Nerdcore | |
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Nerdcore: "It's All About The Pentiums" is widely credited as the first "official" song of this genre. | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_269e82c1 | type |
Death of a Child | |
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Death of a Child: In "Albuquerque". | |
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Alliterative Title | |
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Alliterative Title: "Polka Power!" | |
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She Cleans Up Nicely | |
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He Cleans Up Nicely: The album was released one year after Al's LASIK surgery to correct his nearsightedness, after which he changed up his trademark appearance of wire-rimmed glasses, bangs and a mustache for longer, brushed-back hair, a clean shave and no glasses. This album's cover was his first to debut his new look, which many agree is significantly more attractive than his previous one (though just as many say it makes him look like Kenny G or Tiny Tim). | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser: The narrator of "Truck Driving Song" is a cross-dressing truck driver whose deep voice and folksy drawl contrast with lyrics like this: | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" uses Yiddish to make puns such as "The parents pay the mohel and he gets to keep the tip." | |
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Awesome, but Impractical | |
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Awesome, but Impractical: On the rare occasion he'll perform "Albuquerque," he saves it for the encore, as it wrecks his throat and makes it difficult for him to sing anything else afterward. Then again, could anything follow it up? | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_2bf54826 | type |
Longest Song Goes Last | |
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Longest Song Goes Last: The album ends with "Albuquerque" (11:23). | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_32976084 | type |
Destination Defenestration | |
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Destination Defenestration: The narrator of "Your Horoscope for Today" tells Scorpios to "Get ready for an unexpected trip when you fall screaming from an open window." | |
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Captain Obvious | |
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Captain Obvious: In "Albuquerque," while flesh-eating weasels are assaulting Al's face, he meets a girl, who says "Hey. You've got weasels on your face." The predictions in "Your Horoscope for Today" that aren't absolutely insane are completely trivial, but the biggest offender is "The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep." | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_41744454 | type |
Spelling Song | |
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Spelling Song: Spoofed. | |
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Ask a Stupid Question... | |
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Ask a Stupid Question...: "Albuquerque" has this example: | |
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Sarcasm-Blind | |
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Sarcasm-Blind: The narrator in "Albuquerque" sees his friend Marty trying to carry a full-sized sofa up a set of stairs, and asks if he needs any help: | |
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And the Rest | |
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And the Rest: Towards the end of "Albuquerque", Al tries to actually spell out the name of the titular city. He only gets as far as A-L-B-U then, after a pause, gives up and just yells "Querque!" | |
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Does Not Like Spam | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_5973fab5 | comment |
Does Not Like Spam: The narrator of "Albuquerque" is quite vocal about his hatred of sauerkraut. It didn't help that his mother tied him up to a wall and force fed him the stuff with a funnel until he was 26 "and a half". | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: The trope is both played straight and inverted with his song called "Grapefruit Diet", which is about needing to lose weight after eating a lot of food. | |
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Record Producer | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_6053dc28 | comment |
Record Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic. | |
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Sanity Slippage | |
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Sanity Slippage: Albuquerque follows a man who gradually loses his mind after escaping a Hilariously Abusive Childhood and being the sole survivor of a horrific plane crash, then killing about two people. | |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... | |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...: "The Saga Begins" starts off with this, spoofing the original song's opening line "A long, long time ago/I can still remember..." | |
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Lack of Empathy | |
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Lack of Empathy: The viewpoint character of "Albuquerque" doesn't seem to understand why anyone would be upset to have a bite taken out of them or for their limbs to be cut off when such an act was only requested sarcastically. | |
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Serious Business | |
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"It's All About the Pentiums" pokes fun at people who treat computers as Serious Business. | |
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Location Song | |
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Location Song: "Albuquerque" is a parody song describing "Weird Al" Yankovic's fictional lifestory in this city. | |
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Epic Rocking | |
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Epic Rocking: "Albuquerque." Emphasis on "epic". Although it also deliberately borders on Ending Fatigue. | |
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All of Them | |
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All of Them: In "Jerry Springer": "Baby, I've been sleepin' with your sister." "Which one?" "All of 'em!" | |
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Curse Cut Short | |
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Don't forget "Woofie" the dog: "WOOFIE, YOU BI*bleep*...!" | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: At the end of "Germs": | |
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Motor Mouth | |
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Motor Mouth: In the middle of "Your Horoscope for Today," all in one breath: Taken up to eleven with the first verse of the theme song for The Weird Al Show. It's not only a Patter Song, it's a run-on sentence! | |
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Inherently Funny Words | |
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Inherently Funny Words: "Albuquerque" is chock-full of 'em. Besides the titular city, there's mentions of sauerkraut, weasels, snorkels and fritters, among others. | |
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What Happened to the Mouse? | |
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What Happened to the Mouse?: We never do find out if Al got his snorkel back or not in "Albuquerque", or what happened to the hermaphrodite man with a Flock of Seagulls haircut and one nostril. We also never hear about the two children Al has with Zelda after they get a divorce. | |
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Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: "It's All About the Pentiums" is a great example of this coming from a hard-core computer nerd. | |
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Rap Rock | |
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Rap Rock: "It's All About The Pentiums," which spoofs the rock remix of "It's All About The Benjamins." | |
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Literal Metaphor | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_8cf6aa | comment |
Literal Metaphor: On "Jerry Springer", that bitch Woofie really is a female dog. | |
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Tongue on the Flagpole | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_8f4a4aad | comment |
Tongue on the Flagpole: "Your Horoscope for Today" features a variant. | |
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Major Injury Underreaction | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_91cab736 | comment |
Major Injury Underreaction: In "Albuquerque", Al cuts off a poor sap's arms and legs with a chainsaw. The victim doesn't react to the pain and explains he was being sarcastic. | |
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Trivially Obvious | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_91e8bb36 | comment |
Trivially Obvious: Used in "Your Horoscope for Today" to parody the overly-vague predictions of actual horoscopes. | |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_91e8bb36 | featureConfidence |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_91e8bb36 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_92d6af50 | type |
Truck Driver's Gear Change | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_92d6af50 | comment |
Truck Driver's Gear Change: Appropriately used near the end of "Truck Driving Song". | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_92d6af50 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_92d6af50 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_92d6af50 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_94680696 | type |
Shaped Like Itself | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_94680696 | comment |
Shaped Like Itself: "That snorkel's been just like a snorkel to me!" Doubles as a Shout-Out to Cheech & Chong. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_94680696 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_94680696 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_94680696 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_95680e79 | type |
Cardboard Box Home | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_95680e79 | comment |
Cardboard Box Home: "Albuquerque" opens with Al flashing back to "way back when I was just a little bitty boy living in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait Shop (you know the place)." | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_95680e79 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_95680e79 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_95680e79 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_98b5f82b | type |
Basement-Dweller | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_98b5f82b | comment |
Basement-Dweller: From "It's All About the Pentiums": | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_98b5f82b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_98b5f82b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_98b5f82b | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b3a3b01 | type |
Weight Loss Salad | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b3a3b01 | comment |
Weight Loss Salad: The song "Grapefruit Diet" is from the perspective of someone who has to go on a diet where he can only eat grapefruit until he's able to lose weight. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b3a3b01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b3a3b01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b3a3b01 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b6acdb3 | type |
Lyrical Cold Open | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b6acdb3 | comment |
Lyrical Cold Open: "The Saga Begins". | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b6acdb3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b6acdb3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9b6acdb3 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9da3227a | type |
Careful with That Axe | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9da3227a | comment |
Careful with That Axe: "Albuquerque", but a box of one dozen starving, crazed weasels will do that. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9da3227a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9da3227a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9da3227a | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e0c3153 | type |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e0c3153 | comment |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "I! HATE! SAUERKRAUT!" | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e0c3153 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e0c3153 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e0c3153 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | type |
One-Man Song | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | comment |
One-Man Song: "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder". | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a07afea2 | type |
Random Events Plot | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: "Albuquerque." | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a07afea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a07afea2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a07afea2 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a188ac4b | type |
Overly Long Gag | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a188ac4b | comment |
Overly Long Gag: He wrote "Albuquerque" because he wanted to annoy people for 12 minutes straight. The extended version he uses for live performances takes this up to eleven with a much larger list of pastries in the donut shop scene. Sometimes he even starts the song over from the beginning just before the finale. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a188ac4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a188ac4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a188ac4b | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: The Nine Inch Nails style parody "Germs" is followed by an intensely happy polka (the first track in the medley being the Spice Girls, for crying out loud). Mood Whiplash at its finest, folks. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: The guy with a Flock of Seagulls haircut and one nostril manages to get away with the snorkel, and apparently gets no comeuppance for it, in spite of Al vowing to bring him to justice and the passage of time. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a70223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a70223 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a82ff02f | type |
Meet Cute | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a82ff02f | comment |
Meet Cute: Parodied in "Albuquerque." Al meets the girl of his dreams, while being mauled by starving crazed weasels that he inexplicably bought at a donut shop. They immediately become a couple. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a82ff02f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a82ff02f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a82ff02f | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a849183f | type |
Toilet Seat Divorce | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a849183f | comment |
Toilet Seat Divorce: In "Albuquerque", Al gets a divorce after his wife asks if he wants to join the Columbia Record Club. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a849183f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a849183f | featureConfidence |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a849183f | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | type |
Medley | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | comment |
Medley: "Polka Power!" Songs featured, in order: "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger "Ghetto Supastar" by Pras (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa) "Everybody (Backstreet's Back) by the Backstreet Boys "Walkin' on the Sun" by Smash Mouth "Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba "Ray of Light" by Madonna "Push" by Matchbox Twenty "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind "The Dope Show" by Marilyn Manson "MMMBop" by Hanson "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground "Closing Time" by Semisonic "W.A.Y. Moby Polka" by Al Yankovic | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | featureConfidence |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_aa61064a | type |
Runs with Scissors | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_aa61064a | comment |
Runs with Scissors: Well, obviously. The album's cover has Al literally running on a track with a giant pair of scissors in each hand. The inside booklet includes a punchline where Al stands triumphantly on the "first place" stand wearing a gold medal while all of the other runners (played by his band) sustain gruesome scissor-related injuries. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_aa61064a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_aa61064a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_aa61064a | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b01aea9c | type |
Filk Song | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b01aea9c | comment |
Filk Song: "The Saga Begins" is a retelling of The Phantom Menace - which Al wrote before the movie even came out by fishing for spoilers online, and they turned out to be mostly correct (only slight alterations occurred once he attended an early charity screening). | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b01aea9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b01aea9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b01aea9c | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b067ddfe | type |
Animated Music Video | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b067ddfe | comment |
Animated Music Video: In 2023, "Your Horoscope for Today" received an animated music video directed by Aaron Augenblick of Superjail! fame. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b067ddfe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b067ddfe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b067ddfe | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b11f6c47 | type |
Big Rock Ending | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b11f6c47 | comment |
Big Rock Ending: "Albuquerque" in a double subversion, with the burp subverting the big rock ending at first. If you listen closely at the end once the music stops, you can faintly hear Al's guitarist, Jim West, laughing over the extremely off-key note he finishes with. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b11f6c47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b11f6c47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b11f6c47 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b3497596 | type |
Cheek Copy | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b3497596 | comment |
Cheek Copy: "Your Horoscope for Today" offers Leos the following advice: "Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt and staple it to your boss' face, oh no!" Which leaves the question of whether there is a good time to do so. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b3497596 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b3497596 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b3497596 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b503102e | type |
Terrified of Germs | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b503102e | comment |
Terrified of Germs: The singer of "Germs" vividly describes his fear of MICROSCOPIC BACTERIA. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b503102e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b503102e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b503102e | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" is more sarcastic than harsh, and Al even apologizes in the liner notes. In "Albuquerque", one of the many unfortunate circumstances to befall our protagonist on his airplane ride to the titular city is the fact that the in-flight movie is Bio-Dome. Also, he's fine with getting married and having kids, but joining the Columbia Record Club is too much of a commitment to him. "It's All About the Pentiums" pokes fun at people who treat computers as Serious Business. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b53077b3 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: The narrator of "Albuquerque" meets, falls in love with, dates, marries, moves in with and has children with a woman without a moment's notice. As soon as she asks if he wants to join the Columbia Records Club, he divorces her because he's "just not ready for that kind of a commitment." | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b707726f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b707726f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b707726f | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: In "Albuquerque", the two children, Nathaniel and Superfly. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b9d334b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b9d334b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_b9d334b2 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: In "Albuquerque", the donut shop has nothing that Al requests. When he gets to bear claws, the music stops and the cashier says, "Wait a minute. I'll go check." One instrumental break later: "NO, WE'RE OUTTA BEAR CLAWS!" | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3c18143 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3c18143 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3c18143 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3fbac64 | type |
Bestiality Is Depraved | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3fbac64 | comment |
Bestiality Is Depraved: The spoken interlude of "Jerry Springer" also mentions this. "That goat doesn't love you!" Don't forget "Woofie" the dog: "WOOFIE, YOU BI*bleep*...!" | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3fbac64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3fbac64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c3fbac64 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c4d09d24 | type |
Couch Gag | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c4d09d24 | comment |
"W.A.Y. Moby Polka" by Al Yankovic | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c4d09d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c4d09d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c4d09d24 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Monty Python is referenced a couple times: "The Truck Drivin' Song" is basically an update of "The Lumberjack Song" and "Albuquerque" has a scene that recreates the "Cheese Shop" sketch with doughnuts.note It's also a reference to the song it's sort-of parodying, "Dick's Automotive," where Dick asks the guy applying for a job there if he knows how to repair certain cars and the guy answers every question with "No." "Albuquerque" also features a reference to the Cheech & Chong song "Basketball Jones" with the line "That snorkel's been just like a snorkel to me!" (the original line being "That basketball was just like a basketball to me!"). And of course the one-nostriled man with A Flock of Seagulls haircut is one to The Fugitive and the mysterious one-armed man. The line in "Your Horoscope for Today" which mentions "taking down the naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine you have hanging in your den" is a reference to this George Carlin bit. The dance scene in the video for "The Saga Begins" has some dancers mimicking moves from Pulp Fiction. In the video for "Your Horoscope for Today," the guy being advised to kill his friends for laughing behind his back is the Joker, and the friends in question are the Penguin and the Riddler. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c75df49a | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c93a6560 | type |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c93a6560 | comment |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Impalement is mentioned twice in "Your Horoscope for Today." | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c93a6560 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c93a6560 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_c93a6560 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_ccb85091 | type |
Nose Shove | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_ccb85091 | comment |
Nose Shove: The narrator of "Your Horoscope for Today" advises Cancers against shoving a roll of duct tape up their noses while taking a driving test. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_ccb85091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_ccb85091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_ccb85091 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d028e0da | type |
An Arm and a Leg | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d028e0da | comment |
An Arm and a Leg: In "Albuquerque," the narrator cuts off his friend Marty's arms and legs with a chainsaw. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d028e0da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d028e0da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d028e0da | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0b60f23 | type |
GoshDangItToHeck | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0b60f23 | comment |
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: The narrator of "Truck Driving Song" complains that his pumps "keep slipping off the mother-loving clutch" whenever he hits a speed bump. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0b60f23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0b60f23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0b60f23 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title: Two: "Germs" "Albuquerque" is a parody song describing "Weird Al" Yankovic's fictional lifestory in this city. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: We present to you the tale of his trip to Albuquerque. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d148b019 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d148b019 | featureConfidence |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_d148b019 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_db2f3581 | type |
All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_db2f3581 | comment |
All Girls Want Bad Boys: The girlfriend from "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder" admires the titular singer for his tough, rebellious bad-boy image. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_db2f3581 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_db2f3581 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_db2f3581 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_dc1c7647 | type |
Voice of the Legion | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_dc1c7647 | comment |
Voice of the Legion: On "Your Horoscope for Today" when Al tells Sagittariuses that all their friends are laughing at them behind their back. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_dc1c7647 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_dc1c7647 | featureConfidence |
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| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_dc1c7647 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_df41acb | type |
Casual Danger Dialogue | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_df41acb | comment |
Casual Danger Dialogue: The titular "Germs" want to control him! They want to destroy him! They're trying to kill him! It kind of upsets him. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_df41acb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_df41acb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_df41acb | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2a41c3b | type |
Literal-Minded | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2a41c3b | comment |
Literal-Minded: The narrator of "Albuquerque" pretends to be literal-minded in a way that brings a Stock Schtick to a Bloody Hilarious conclusion. | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2a41c3b | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2a41c3b | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2e4edb2 | type |
Yiddish as a Second Language | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2e4edb2 | comment |
Yiddish as a Second Language: "Pretty Fly For A Rabbi". | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2e4edb2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2e4edb2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Running with Scissors (Music) | hasFeature |
Running with Scissors (Music) / int_e2e4edb2 | |
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Insistent Terminology | |
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Insistent Terminology: The liner notes list The Saga Begins as a Lyrical adaptation, not a parody, of Don McLean's American Pie. | |
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In the Style of | |
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In the Style of: "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" - Zydeco genre "Germs" - Nine Inch Nails (specifically "Closer" and "Terrible Lie'") "Your Horoscope for Today" - Third Wave Ska "Truck Drivin' Song" - Truck driving country "Albuquerque" - The Rugburns (specifically "Dick's Automotive") | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: The narrator of "Your Horoscope for Today" is openly insulting and rude to the people whose future he's predicting: The viewpoint character of "Albuquerque" is also rather prickish at times, especially when he decides to respond to a man remarking he hasn't had a bite in days by actually taking a bite out of him and later cuts off a man's arms and legs when he sarcastically instructed him to do so, rather callously complaining that the man he bit is screaming in pain instead of appreciating his play on words and insinuating that the man he de-limbed brought it on himself because it wasn't clear he was being sarcastic, in addition to thinking the limbless man has no reason to complain when his condition has earned him the nickname "Torso Boy". | |
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The Internet Is an Ocean | |
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The Internet Is an Ocean: "It's All About The Pentiums": There's a line where an Internet modem is metaphorically a surfboard, which is waxed, connecting the idea of the Internet to an ocean: | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution: In "Your Horoscope For Today" — | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
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The Dog Bites Back: Played for Laughs in "Germs" when our protagonist decides he's had enough. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: From "Albuquerque": "Hey! You can't have that! That snorkel's been just like a snorkel to me!" | |
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Go-Karting with Bowser | |
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Go-Karting with Bowser: A cloaked man resembling Emperor Palpatine plays the piano in the music video for "The Saga Begins"; Al meanwhile is dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: After 11 minutes of insanity, the song "Albuquerque" finally winds its way back to the original point: AL...HATES...SAUERKRAUT!. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: Would you believe that Al wrote "The Saga Begins" before the film it's about was released? He got all of his information off of fan websites (something you needed serious nerd cred to do in 1999), insider sources and the tie-in novelization, but the accuracy is so impeccable that you couldn't tell. He even attended an expensive pre-screening for charity to ensure accuracy and only had to make a couple of changes. | |
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