--- description: Featuring cameos from Eric Stonestreet, Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, Kristen Schaal and a twerking Jack Black title: Weird Al Yankovic's "Tacky" Parodies Pharrell's "Happy" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Famous Friends Take on Pharrell's 'Happy'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 6:19 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 6:19 PM CUT “Weird Al” Yankovic was parodying pop music long before everyone had YouTube at their disposal, so for his spin on Pharrell Williams’ Oscar-nominated hit “Happy,” he relies on something your average Internet video star doesn’t have: celebrity cameos. Jack Black, Eric Stonestreet, Margaret Cho, Kristen Schaal and Aisha Tyler all don some garish get-ups in [“Tacky,”](http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ "undefined") a track from Yankovic’s 14th studio album, _Mandatory Fun_ (out tomorrow), and run through some behaviors you’ve hopefully had the good sense to never attempt: live-tweeting funerals, twerking in the DMV and the most shudder-inducing of all, printing your resume in Comic Sans. \[[_Nerdist_](http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/"},"headline":"'Weird Al' Yankovic and Famous Friends Take on Pharrell's 'Happy'","datePublished":"2014-07-14T18:19:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:08:16.885Z","description":"If you've ever wanted to see Jack Black twerk, this is the video for you","url":"https://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/","name":"'Weird Al' Yankovic and Famous Friends Take on Pharrell's 'Happy'"}}]}] ```