"Weird Al" Yankovic Takes Over the Tube This Holiday Season; Concert Special Debuts on VH1 Nov. 20, Concert Home Video Release Nov. 23, ALTV 2K Debuts on MTV Dec. 4.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Pop satirist/director/actor/performer and two-time Grammy-winning recording artist "Weird Al" Yankovic will rule the airwaves this holiday season with a slew of TV specials, the release of a new home video and a Web chat. The onslaught begins on Saturday, November 20 on VH1 when Al hosts the channel's annual "Fairway To Heaven This Fairway to Heaven event was created in 1993 by Robert L. Goulet and Bo Overlook, a marketing Executive at VH1 , to join rockers and golfers to support VH1's Save the Music Foundation. " event. Taped in Las Vegas, the 3-hour special revolves around a golf tournament in which rockers, celebrities and pro golfers tee up for charity, along with a "Top 18 Countdown" of the week's most popular videos. Participating celebs include Alice Cooper, David Cassidy, the Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys, Greg Kinnear, and Joe Pesci. In addition to his antics on the links, Weird Al also presents the day's programming, including a special edition of "Karaoke" (2) and "The Sexiest Videos of the 90's." The Al-dominated program block culminates at 10 pm EST/PST (a sneek preview airs earlier in the day) with the premiere of "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC - LIVE!, a one-hour concert special taped last month in San Rafael, California San Rafael (IPA: /ˌsænrəˈfɛl/; originally IPA: [sɑn rɑfeˈɛl]), is the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. during Al's current North American tour in support of his new album, "Running With Scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends " (Way Moby/Volcano/Zomba). The special includes performances of Weird Al's biggest hits, including his parodies of Michael Jackson ("Fat"), Nirvana ("Smells Like Nirvana Smells Like Nirvana is a parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" written and performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It helped to reenergize Yankovic's career, and Nirvana considered it a sign that they had "made it" as a band. ") and Coolio ("Amish Paradise), along with two recent hits from the new album, "The Saga Begins" (his Star Wars-based epic to the tune of "American Pie") and his Puff Daddy parody "It's All Abthe concert, including many songs not seen in the broadcast. "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC -LIVE!, the home video, also includes as bonus tracks the music videos for "The Saga Begins" and "It's All About The Pentiums." The "Pentiums" clip featuresvideo channels continues on Saturday, December Al plays the videos that he likes to watch, aloorld, "Harvey The Wonder Hamster." ALTV ALTV Association of Local Television Stations ALTV Approach and Landing Test Vehicle 2K will be repeated on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. throughout December, while WEIRD AL LIVE! will repeat on VH1 through March of 2000. For those who can't wait for Al to hit the airwaves, he'll be visiting the World Wide Web for an on-line chat at Yahoo! (www.chat.yahoo!.com) on Tuesday, November 16 from 7 - 8 pm EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . Visitors to the chat will be able to see both the text of the chat, and hear Al live. For more information, or to arrange for interviews with Al, please contact: The Baker/Northrop Media Group: Sheryl Northrop/818-703-1520 sheryl@bakernorthrop.com Volcano: Gayle Fine/212-302-9790 gayle3r@aol.com |
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