--- description: See the comedic artist evolve over the course of his career title: Weird Al Yankovic Over the Years: His Life in Photos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc99bec2ddac5356/69869bd81eebf702a1371df4/158618986.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Weird Al Yankovic: A Life in Photos by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 3:13 PM CUT  Weird Al Yankovic attends the 23rd Annual American Music Awards on January 29, 1996 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Weird Al Yankovic attends the 23rd Annual American Music Awards on January 29, 1996 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 3:13 PM CUT Musician and master parodist Weird Al Yankovic is releasing eight music videos in eight days. Take a look back at his wacky antics over the years.  Weird Al Yankovic attends the Second Annual American Video Awards on April 5, 1984 at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Run-DMC with Weird Al in 1987. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovic attends the Fifth Annual American Video Awards on February 26, 1987 at Scottish Rites Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovich attends the 30th Annual Grammy Awards on February 2, 1988 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovic, as a parody of Rambo in his 1989 film UHF. Orion Pictures  Weird Al won a Grammy for Best Concept Music Video in 1989 for Fat, a parody of Michael Jackson's Bad. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovic attends the 23rd Annual American Music Awards on January 29, 1996 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  "Weird Al" Yankovic at Beacon Theater in New York City on February 6, 2000. Hiroyuki Ito—Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovic on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on November 2, 2006 NBC/Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovic guest starred as himself on the sixth season of 30 Rock. NBC/Getty Images  Weird Al Yankovic performs at Sands Event Center on June 4, 2013 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Lisa Lake—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2989111/weird-al-yankovic-a-life-in-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2989111/weird-al-yankovic-a-life-in-photos/"},"headline":"Weird Al Yankovic: A Life in Photos","datePublished":"2014-07-17T15:13:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:06.972Z","description":"See the comedic artist evolve over the course of his career","url":"https://time.com/2989111/weird-al-yankovic-a-life-in-photos/","keywords":["Music","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc99bec2ddac5356/69869bd81eebf702a1371df4/158618986.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc99bec2ddac5356/69869bd81eebf702a1371df4/158618986.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"23rd Annual American Music Awards","caption":"23rd Annual American Music Awards","creditText":"Ron Galella—WireImage/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":"https://time.com/2989111/weird-al-yankovic-a-life-in-photos/","name":"Weird Al Yankovic: A Life in Photos"}}]}] ```