Weird Al was the first live concert I ever went to, and he played this interview during one of his costume changes. One of his encores at the end was singing "We all have cellphones, so come on, let's get real." Everyone pulled out their cellphones and waved them like lighters, and it was magical.
My first concert was R.E.M. back when only rich people owned cells. This one went off in the front row between songs and he asked them to turn it off and the crowd roared in approval cause the rich kid got told. He probably sensed the indignation so he then added, "I turned MINE off, so..."
I can't believe Weird Al has had his "new look" (no beard, nno glasses) for more than 20 years already. In fact, he's had this look longer than his old look now.
I saw Al on the Mandatory Fun tour, and he actually started the encore of the show by singing "We all have cellphones so come on let's get real." And a bunch of people in the crowd held up their phones and waved them back and forth like lighters. No word of a lie.
The first two albums I ever owned were Running with Scissors (need I say by whom?) and Automatic for the People by R.E.M. Both were gifts by my dad. He knew me so well! R.E.M. is still my favorite band and I still love Weird Al, too. As you can imagine, I loved this "interview!"
"Weird" Al is the King of all Parodies. 😃 I'd love to meet him one day! He's made me laugh so much throughout my life. I first heard his music when I was staying the UCLA mental health ward for teens, and one of the patients had that album. The amount of joy he's brought me is insurmountable. 😊😊
5:42 "So... d'ya like cheese..?" "A lot" "Really..?" "Yeah" "Rrreeaalllyy???" "..Yeah" "Uh-huh." ... "Well I'm starting to run out of questions to ask..."
@@thegrimyeaper I was a junior in high school in '97. I think I knew of 2 kids out of 1000+ at my school that had them, and they were rich kids. Like parents worth $10 million rich. Not even many adults had them back then.
@@turdfurgusson You're kidding? I knew the US of A was behind the times, but no cellphones in '97? Everyone had them here by then, but then again the world leading phone at the time was also made here. They were expensive to call with though at the time, so that's why text messages became so popular in the first place.
My English teacher used this in class as an example. We had to find things that he did well, and did poorly. I said that I liked the Albuquerque reference
As a huge R.E.M. fan (since 1998, so very close to when this 'interview' was recorded), I love this clip! Have watched it for probably 15 years at this point :D I also love the Eminem and Paul McCartney ones! I'm very curious about the original interview with Michael Stipe, I wonder why he got so angry with the interviewer... 😅
@@huesos_azules Not so, the President just gave me a special Poster's Medal of Honor and said "young man, this post is truer with every passing day. God bless you", to which I remarked "Thank you, Mister President Biden, sir."
I love you Al you're the most hilarious wacky and nice dudes out there, you're just too cool man and it was awesome getting to meet you years back at the author's breakfast for your book "When I grow up". Thank you for always being your true authentic self and living the best life you can live.
The thing that saddens me is the knowledge that eventually all these will be uploaded and I'll have to wait for new ones to be made in order to watch them.
cell phones lets get real....then his face at 1:49 XD "you think I have pianist envy? what would happen if a big hairy monster from outer space came down and ate the president? lol
in concert, al shows a bit of this interview, and later he sings that cellphones song, and everyone in the audience took out their cellphones and waved them in te air (like lighters)
Usually when other people do mock interviews like these they end up sucking. Like that time Daniel Tosh did one of Mel Gibson on Tosh.0. But Al always puts them together so well!
Al "u wanna introduse yourself" Micheal" My name is bjork" Al "No its not quit foolin around he is a social activaste a concuement musician and a dear dear friend mr Micheal stipe" Micheal "DONT TALK ABOUT ME ON MTV!" Best Lines.
Vergil9 you've got to be kidding you got to check out his interview with Uma Thurman and Nicolas Cage and there's some other ones that are absolutely hilarious this jerk was boring
You should interview David Draiman (Disturbed's singer). I want to see Disturbed and Al in the same video. It will literally make the world stop spinning. I'm serious. But it will be worth it.
When I saw him live, he actually performed the "We All Have Cell Phones" song. It was absolutely hilarious and awesome.
Weird Al or R.E.M?
@@marvinthemaniac7698 HAAAAHAHAHAhahahahaha! Fucking brilliant.
@@UberLummox thank you
@@marvinthemaniac7698 👍
@@marvinthemaniac7698 Please be REM
Weird Al was the first live concert I ever went to, and he played this interview during one of his costume changes. One of his encores at the end was singing "We all have cellphones, so come on, let's get real." Everyone pulled out their cellphones and waved them like lighters, and it was magical.
Yessss same here! =D His live show was absolutely the BEST concert I've ever been to!! He is amazing!
My first concert was R.E.M. back when only rich people owned cells. This one went off in the front row between songs and he asked them to turn it off and the crowd roared in approval cause the rich kid got told. He probably sensed the indignation so he then added, "I turned MINE off, so..."
me too. I went in 2003 :)
gatsuuga9 Aww, the good ol' days when people were still judged for being jerks with their phones instead of it just being considered the norm.
Same. This happened at a concert I went to in 2006.
Bjork is an Icelandic term for "you're standing on my windpipe".
Really? i thought Bjork was an icelandic term for "I'm about to shoot myself in the mouth"
MY NAME IS BJORK!!!
@@escargooncominatya4732 No, it's not!
Quit fooling around!
Isn't that a Splendora song?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Would you shave my back for a nickel?"
"Wacka wacka doodoo yeah!"
😂that’s exactly what I was gonna comment😂
Half-Eaten Sandwich and it wasn’t long before my dream came true
@@woodenwind9456 my mother tied me to the wall m force fed me nothing but sourkraut till i was 26 n a half yrs old LOL
@Nentardes LMAO!!!!
Instablaster...
I never knew Al did these videos, it's absolutely great.
me either. im glad I found them.
I just found them a few days ago
@@ericsbuds i discovered just now 😂😂😂😂
I discovered them today 💀
I can't believe Weird Al has had his "new look" (no beard, nno glasses) for more than 20 years already. In fact, he's had this look longer than his old look now.
He lied to us! He said he would change his look every 20 years. It’s been almost three years past the due date and he still looks the same!
@@SpikeShooter92 maybe for his next look, he should start aging (there’s a first time for everything)!
Same 🙄‼️
We all have cellphones so come on let's get real.
😂😂😂😂
Sheep all of you
@@meepteehee5249 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I saw Al on the Mandatory Fun tour, and he actually started the encore of the show by singing "We all have cellphones so come on let's get real." And a bunch of people in the crowd held up their phones and waved them back and forth like lighters.
No word of a lie.
John Keys 1999 baby
Cell Phones (Let's Get Real)
Michael Stipe ft. Weird Al Yankovic
And Snoop Dogg
awesome interview!
A masterpiece. I'm a fan since the days of Dr. Demento, and Al is wonderfully weird to this day and never weirder than this one. LOVE IT.
The first two albums I ever owned were Running with Scissors (need I say by whom?) and Automatic for the People by R.E.M. Both were gifts by my dad. He knew me so well! R.E.M. is still my favorite band and I still love Weird Al, too. As you can imagine, I loved this "interview!"
Where can I find the original version of this interview?
"Weird" Al is the King of all Parodies. 😃 I'd love to meet him one day! He's made me laugh so much throughout my life. I first heard his music when I was staying the UCLA mental health ward for teens, and one of the patients had that album. The amount of joy he's brought me is insurmountable. 😊😊
I met him on my birthday, and he was a very sweet man. :)
*My name is Bjork.*
[flailing arms]
*Don't talk about me on MTV.*
5:42 "So... d'ya like cheese..?" "A lot" "Really..?" "Yeah" "Rrreeaalllyy???" "..Yeah" "Uh-huh."
...
"Well I'm starting to run out of questions to ask..."
- What year is it?
- This is 1984...
- Eh, close enough.
It's obviously hard to green screen Al with his hair. lol
These days they use AI
AL AI?
When you think of it, "we all have cellphones" was kind of prophetical song :D. Not so many people had them back in 1999.
V1kte they had em back then, they were just terrible ones
Every single kid in my school had a cellphone back in 97.
@@thegrimyeaper I was a junior in high school in '97. I think I knew of 2 kids out of 1000+ at my school that had them, and they were rich kids. Like parents worth $10 million rich. Not even many adults had them back then.
@@turdfurgusson i know what you mean, i knew lots of people who had pagers back then.
@@turdfurgusson You're kidding? I knew the US of A was behind the times, but no cellphones in '97?
Everyone had them here by then, but then again the world leading phone at the time was also made here. They were expensive to call with though at the time, so that's why text messages became so popular in the first place.
Been watching these all week. Would love to see Al make some new interview videos.
R.E.M's drummer's name was Bill Berry, in case anyone forgot.
@@TheJester39 I always knew
@@TheJester39 I'm so embarrassed
Al: Would you shave my back for a nickel?!
Michael: What?
I guess this confirms that Michael Stipe isn't from Albuquerque.
I get that reference!
This is my favourite interview of all of Al’s. It’s so bizarre and funny.
My English teacher used this in class as an example. We had to find things that he did well, and did poorly. I said that I liked the Albuquerque reference
And what did he do well and what poorly?
I love this video. Without this fake interview, "We All Have Cell Phones" wouldn't exist. Genius.
As a huge R.E.M. fan (since 1998, so very close to when this 'interview' was recorded), I love this clip! Have watched it for probably 15 years at this point :D I also love the Eminem and Paul McCartney ones!
I'm very curious about the original interview with Michael Stipe, I wonder why he got so angry with the interviewer... 😅
I bet Michael really wishes he wrote Barbie Girl now
When Weird Al makes a South Park reference my life is complete
I guess I’m old. This “new” Al from 2000 without glasses still looks strange.
He got rid of his "classic" look in 1998 after he had laser eye surgery.
If Kevin Spacey and John Malkovich could conceive a child together, I think he might be something like Stipe.
This comment aged like milk.
@@huesos_azules Not so, the President just gave me a special Poster's Medal of Honor and said "young man, this post is truer with every passing day. God bless you", to which I remarked "Thank you, Mister President Biden, sir."
@@FungusMossGnosis I guess I was mistaken then.
@@FungusMossGnosis now we just need a big hairy monster from outer space
he continued the gradient in the background, that’s hillarious
I love you Al you're the most hilarious wacky and nice dudes out there, you're just too cool man and it was awesome getting to meet you years back at the author's breakfast for your book "When I grow up".
Thank you for always being your true authentic self and living the best life you can live.
It's amazing the difference between his baldness and Al's glorious curly hair.
Stipe also had great long dirty blond curls back in the 80s, when he was beautiful. Time’s a bitch, and Pre-Raphaelite looks fall course dramatically.
Stipe isn't bald, he shaves his head.
These interviews are the best thing since the invention of
Invention of what!?
These are top notch, Al is something else, love it!
Weird al has literally outlived the icons he parodied and lived through music history there fore becoming living history himself.
“What would happen if a big, hairy monster came down from outer space and ate the President?” .... One can only dream!!! 😂😂😂
Cellphones....We all have them so... let's get real..., let's get real.
at his concert he sang the we all have call phones song... it was the most amazing song i have ever heard
"You don't look like a day over 65"
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Haha, I love these interviews!
How did he find a clip of Michael Stipe saying 'what would happen if a big hairy monster came down from outer space and ate the president' hahahaha
Wondering the same thing. When did Michael Stipe ever say that
@@LisaMitchellGD and why lol
"Uhh..it was really bad.."
"Oookay well I think that's all we have time for..."
hahahahah
The thing that saddens me is the knowledge that eventually all these will be uploaded and I'll have to wait for new ones to be made in order to watch them.
AL TV 2015...believe!
he never gets older!
Sep 15, 2018
Perfection.
Truly.🙌😄💛💛
Your making me sound like Michael Stipe.
That is all I can think about now.
Thanks Family Guy!!
everybody!!!! TRUCK BACKING UP!
Beep Beep Beep...
@@Shastasnow That was amazing!
Do it again!
@@Zolega89 Beeep
@@Shastasnow TRUCK BACKING UP, TRUCK BACKING UP, TRUCK BACKING UP
16 people think R.E.M. wrote "Barbie Girl."
You mean they didn’t???
That's me in the corner.
And that's me over heeere.
Life in plastic,
it's fantastic.
"I can play piano and violin". Since when? I thought the only instruments Stipe could play were the guitar, harmonica and the melodica!
"Don't talk about me on MTV" xD Love these, Al!!!
Great! Reminded me of the interviews on Space Ghost. :)
Okay, now I'm gonna hypnotize you...
I haven't seen this in years - it's awesome. Please parody an R.E.M. song, Al!
SPAM is what you are looking for
cell phones lets get real....then his face at 1:49 XD "you think I have pianist envy? what would happen if a big hairy monster from outer space came down and ate the president? lol
It's a reference to lyrics from Al's song "Albuquerque"
can't wait for a new Al tv
5:42 Cheese Sandwich. YUS!XD:D
This is so funny!! 😂 love them both! 🥰
in concert, al shows a bit of this interview, and later he sings that cellphones song, and everyone in the audience took out their cellphones and waved them in te air (like lighters)
Turns out "Runnins WIth Scissors" is a great album. Eff off everyone who says I stole it. It's just great.
Why am I playing with my hands right now?
4:45-5:02 AL HYPNOTIZED ME TOO! DXD
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pinkiepieforev Austin And another to my ban list.
Otto Wong Meanie*sticks tounge out*
nwhat31
bully.
I'm a fan of Al too! have you listened to my bologna? :-)
Usually when other people do mock interviews like these they end up sucking. Like that time Daniel Tosh did one of Mel Gibson on Tosh.0. But Al always puts them together so well!
"Would you shave my back for a nickel?!?!" lol Albuquerque reference.
I LOVE THAT SONG!
He played that song on his 2010 tour!
"we aaaallllllll have cellphones, so come onnnnn lets get reeeaalll!"
Should we talk about the weather
Should we talk about the government
This is the only redeeming quality on MTV anymore.
This videos make my day
Al has great shirts.
*D O N ‘ T T A L K A B O U T M E O N M T V*
Al "u wanna introduse yourself" Micheal" My name is bjork" Al "No its not quit foolin around he is a social activaste a concuement musician and a dear dear friend mr Micheal stipe" Micheal "DONT TALK ABOUT ME ON MTV!"
Best Lines.
Lol! I just made 01:34 - 01:48 my ringtone!!!!! He played it on his 2010 tour as a "pre-encore"
This is a very real interview
4:00 Yaaay, an Albuquerque reference!! :)
i saw him live and as an encore he sung the cell phone song then started singing albequerque
When Al said "Would you shave my back for a NICKEL?!" I yelled "WAKKA WAKKA DOO DOO YEAH!" at my monitor...
Between this and sitting on Colbert's shelf, he's been pretty busy.
"So, do you like cheese?" "A lot." "Really?" "Yeah." "Realllly?" lol
I just love that goofy face he makes in those interviews haha. That -> ";-) Biatch" kind of expression haha
Weird Al is so funny with his "interviews"
this is da best one fo sure
Vergil9 you've got to be kidding you got to check out his interview with Uma Thurman and Nicolas Cage and there's some other ones that are absolutely hilarious this jerk was boring
I was at a concert where he performed the cellphone song live :D
he sang the cell phone song on july 8th 2008 in richmond va at the concert
You don't look a day over 65!
Two of my heroes
best part is the cell phone song
I would watch a whole series of these lol
4:29 I said "yeah me too" right before Al did, lol
I laughed a lot with this. XD
Have never seen a Stipe interview. Now I want to know where this was from.. Did not know that Stipe could smile.
i love these
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep
can't... stop.... laughing... head lice again? bummer...
BEHOLD! The dawn of 'We all have cellphones'!
It is definitely time for a new Al TV.
You should interview David Draiman (Disturbed's singer). I want to see Disturbed and Al in the same video. It will literally make the world stop spinning. I'm serious. But it will be worth it.
Lou Reed would had liked to be interviewed in this way...
He's quoted that song before too, like in one interview he references the hermaphrodite with the flock of seagulls haircut.
Haha. Weird Al is too funny.
Lol, Al is awesome.
That was some weird wild stuff 😁
This was great...