John Mulaney Petitions for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Candidacy

We’re not the only ones who consider “Weird Al” Yankovic a major Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snub. As John Mulaney explained in a new interview with Rolling Stone, “I’m a big proponent of novelty music. I’m a big proponent of ‘Weird Al’ getting into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. This is one step closer, though I don’t know why they need to be led via steps. ‘Weird Al’ brought more people to music than is recognized at all.”

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“I will, in fact, greatly devalue my coolness by saying [when I was young], it wasn’t until ‘Smells Like Nirvana’ defanged ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ that I could enjoy ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ Mulaney added. “It was scary at first. It just was like, ‘I’m pretty happy, I’m a kid.’ I needed a way in. And after you laugh at ‘Smells Like Nirvana,’ you go, ‘Oh, this is a really good song.’”

For what it’s worth, Rock and Roll Chairman John Sykes has confirmed that Yankovic’s name has at least come up in conversations among the voting body — though he’s never made it close to the ballot.”