Yes, Weird Al Yankovic is still around with his ... silliness

This 2004 picture shows Weird Al Yankovic with a Grammy award. As hard as it is to believe, Weird Al has actually won four Grammys! Photo: Tribune News Service

Nearly 40 years ago “Weird Al” Yankovic began building his fanbase the old-fashioned way: Radio.

Yankovic would send tapes to disc jockey and comedy song expert Dr Demento, who gave airtime to Yankovic’s early parodies of the Knack’s then-chart-topping new wave hit My Sharona (recast as My Bologna) and Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust (as Another One Rides The Bus).