For the first time in his long and storied career, Weird Al hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts with his album Mandatory Fun, which sold 104,700 records in its first week (beating out Jason Mraz's Yes!). There are a lot of reasons — seven, to be specific — why Weird Al had this late career renaissance: His strategy of releasing one music video a day was genius, he had great material to work with, and he hit our nostalgic soft spots, whether we remembered him for Eat It or Amish Paradise. Tom Green (!) presented Weird Al with the framed chart on Tom Green Live. Weird Al takes it in his hands and begins to tear up, and honestly, we don't think this could have happened to a better guy. Stay weird!
- 7/27/2014
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
Tom Green fans rejoice: The Canadian comic is on fire at Axs TV. A second season order for the one-hour live interview series Tom Green Live is ordered, featuring comedian and host Tom Green conversing with some of today’s most influential celebrities.From the press release: Green, who brings his one-of-a-kind wit, spontaneity and humor to every episode, has gone one-on-one with such guests as comedians Richard Belzer, Howie Mandel, Artie Lange and Andrew Dice Clay as well as skate board legend Tony Hawk. The intimate, in-depth interview series airs at 9 p.m. Et (6 p.m. Pt) as a part of the network's Thursday comedy block. The series follows episodes of the docu-series Gene Simmons Family Jewels at 8 p.m.
- 11/22/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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