--- title: Petition for Weird Al Halftime Show at Super Bowl description: There's a Change.org petition for Weird Al Yankovic to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. canonical: https://time.com/3086694/weird-al-super-bowl-halftime-petition/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-06T17:30:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:13.410Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: There's a Petition to Get Weird Al to Perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show og:description: There's a Change.org petition for Weird Al Yankovic to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. og:url: https://time.com/3086694/weird-al-super-bowl-halftime-petition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf088bd33ea4e679/69869c623bc999159c1a49b3/yankovicweirdal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: yankovicweirdal og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's a Petition to Get Weird Al to Perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show twitter:description: There's a Change.org petition for Weird Al Yankovic to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf088bd33ea4e679/69869c623bc999159c1a49b3/yankovicweirdal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Weird Al at the Super Bowl Halftime Show? Maybe!  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 6, 2014 5:30 PM UTC  Rommel Demano / Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 6, 2014 5:30 PM UTC Want “Weird Al” Yankovic to play this year’s Super Bowl halftime show? Of course you do — and you’re not alone. More than 5,400 people have signed a Change.org [petition](http://www.change.org/petitions/nfl-have-weird-al-yankovic-headline-the-super-bowl-xlix-halftime-show) to get the satirical songster the big gig. “The songs of artists that he is parodying could join him on stage to accompany,” according to the website’s description of the petition. “The theatrics alone would be hilarious and a welcoming change, and draw a wider audience of fans that typically would not tune into the championship game or half-time show.” The campaign’s organizer, a user named Ed Ball from Washington state, wrote an [update](http://www.change.org/petitions/nfl-have-weird-al-yankovic-headline-the-super-bowl-xlix-halftime-show) on the website saying he was surprised at how fast the idea took off after he “drunkingly submitted” the petition. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3086694/weird-al-super-bowl-halftime-petition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3086694/weird-al-super-bowl-halftime-petition/"},"headline":"Weird Al at the Super Bowl Halftime Show? Maybe!","datePublished":"2014-08-06T17:30:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:13.410Z","description":"The creator says he submitted the petition when he was drunk","url":"https://time.com/3086694/weird-al-super-bowl-halftime-petition/","keywords":["celebrity","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf088bd33ea4e679/69869c623bc999159c1a49b3/yankovicweirdal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf088bd33ea4e679/69869c623bc999159c1a49b3/yankovicweirdal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"yankovicweirdal","caption":"","creditText":"Rommel Demano / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3086694/weird-al-super-bowl-halftime-petition/","name":"Weird Al at the Super Bowl Halftime Show? Maybe!"}}]}] ```