--- description: Weird Al Yankovic sings Yoda with singers who have title: Watch Weird Al's Touching Performance With Singers Who Have Autism image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Weird Al's Touching Performance With Singers Who Have Autism  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 9, 2015 3:44 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 9, 2015 3:44 PM CUT Singer-songwriter “Weird Al” Yankovic recently performed an especially moving rendition of “Yoda” — his spoof of “Lola” by The Kinks — with Jodi DiPiazza, a 13-year-old musician with autism, and the Actionplay chorus, also singers who have autism, at _Night of Too Many Stars,_ a variety show broadcasted on Comedy Central Sunday night. The event raises money to fund programs and services for people with autism through the non-profit New York Collaborates for Autism. DiPiazza, a student at the Mannes College The New School for Music in New York City, [performed](http://www.today.com/parents/watch-katy-perrys-sweet-duet-girl-who-has-autism-1C6559224 "undefined") “Firework” with Katy Perry at the 2012 event. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3737214/weird-al-yankovic-comedy-central-night-of-too-many-stars-autism-benefit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3737214/weird-al-yankovic-comedy-central-night-of-too-many-stars-autism-benefit/"},"headline":"Watch Weird Al's Touching Performance With Singers Who Have Autism","datePublished":"2015-03-09T15:44:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:29.500Z","description":"He sang with 13-year-old musician Jodi DiPiazza and the Actionplay Chorus, made up of singers with autism","url":"https://time.com/3737214/weird-al-yankovic-comedy-central-night-of-too-many-stars-autism-benefit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3737214/weird-al-yankovic-comedy-central-night-of-too-many-stars-autism-benefit/","name":"Watch Weird Al's Touching Performance With Singers Who Have Autism"}}]}] ```