Weird Al comments on Paris Hilton

One of Weird Al Yankovic's lesser-known classics, Headline News, provided humorous commentary on some of the more popular (yet relatively unimportant) news stories of the mid-1990s. These were: The Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding conflict, the caning of US delinquent Michale Fay, and Lorena Bobbitt's impromptu act of surgery on her husband.

During his 1997 Straight out of Lynwood tour, Al had initially modified the lyrics to describe Brittany Spear's flashing and head-shaving episodes. Midway through the tour though, he rewrote them to say:

“Once, there was this girl who got herself a DUI and wound up in jail
And when she finally got out, she did an interview with Larry King on TV
Would someone please tell me, why we give a crap about her”

Preach it, Al!

I like Al because his humor is mostly clean. On occasion, he does touch on more mature topics, but at least his language is never foul. Also, his humor is much more clean that what you'll typically hear in a primetime sitcom. (Good clean jokes can be a bit of a rarity nowadays.)