So as you know, Al Franken has been the talk of the town recently…
but there’s ANOTHER Al who’s not too happy about it.
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC.
Why? Well… people are using his nickname to refer to Gropy McGroperson Al… and he’s not a huge fan of that.
Weird Al is pissed off that people are associating his name with a pervert.
We got Al Friday leaving Bristol Farms in WeHo and he seems miffed Fox News Channel has been referring to Franken as Weird Al. He says he does not want to be confused with a pervert.
Weird Al tweeted, “If you really feel compelled to insult Franken, Sharpton, Gore, Roker, or Pacino … PLEASE CHOOSE A DIFFERENT NICKNAME.”
Al makes it clear … he’s copyrighted his name so everyone lay off.
I meeeean…. I totally get it. I want nothing to do with that handsy perv either.
While this is the first I’ve heard of it, Weird Al’s been talking about this for a while…
He first tweeted this on November 20th.
If you really feel compelled to insult Franken, Sharpton, Gore, Roker, or Pacino… PLEASE CHOOSE A DIFFERENT NICKNAME. pic.twitter.com/RTfTTQaWkE
— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) November 20, 2017
I posted my trademark application earlier today mostly as a joke (BTW, my name has been trademarked since 1985 – this was just a renewal). That wasn’t the point – the takeaway should have been that it’s extremely uncool to use my name in this kind of context… so, stop, maybe? pic.twitter.com/fq30fGReKO
— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) November 21, 2017
So, is he right to be miffed?