Customer Reviews
wonderful - By: Maxi-D, 16 Apr 2007 
there are few words that could describe weird als work & this album doesn't disappoint. I own 4 weird al cds currently & this is easily his best. this album has some of the best songs on such as
*pretty fly for a rabbi
*your horoscope for today
and
*polka power
this is a great album & this is why im giving it 5 stars & is guaranteed to brighten up even the most un happiest of people
Simply not amusing. - By: Alec Brogan, 18 Oct 2006 
Wierd Al Yankovic is about as funny as finding out a relative has died. Simply changing certain words to songs & making stupid facesin videos is not witty. I hate him & everything he stands for. My ex-friend played this album excessively thinking it was funny. We no longer speak after i threatened to eviscerate him. Don't buy this, for humours's sake.
''Weird Al'' Yankovic - A legend - By: Mrs. Rebecca J. Tregidga, 22 Jul 2004 This album is one of my most prized possesions I thouroughly recommend buying it, I love ''The Saga Begins'' it is very well, & cleverly written. ''Weird Al'' Yankovic is a great song & parody writer, spread the good word!
Very good! - By: Kurt A. Johnson, 20 Jan 2004 
[One CD, with a running time of 47:48 minutes.] This CD shows that Weird Al still has it. He is the king of kookiness. Contained herein are nine parodies (including The Saga Begins, that tells the story of Star Wars: Episode 1 to the tune of Don McLean's America Pie), & three original songs. Some of the lyrics are a little explicit, but not too bad. Overall they are pretty good.
The paperwork contains the words to the songs, plus a few pictures. Most fun, though, the CD contains a secret subfolder that contains a Quicktime Movie, that shows the "real" Al (or more likely not). I do love extras!
Oh this is an album by a guy named Al that is primo Yankovic - By: Lawrance M. Bernabo, 09 Jan 2004 Just when you thought it was safe to forget about "Weird Al" Yankovic, he comes back with "The Saga Begins," a lyrical adaptation of "Star Wars I" to Don McLean's "American Pie." This is probably Al's most inspired effort since the classic "Smells Like Nirvana" & his "Running With Scissors" album is one of his better collective efforts although I freely admit I might never get used to the look of Yankovic without glasses.
There are four additional parodies on this album: "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" which takes off on "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)," "Jerry Springer" based on "One Week," "It's All About the Pentiums" parodies "It's All About The Benjamins," & "Grapefruit Diet" plays around with "Zoot Suit Riot." Only the lastin this set is a below average effort, & I get the feeling it is included simply because Yankovic likes to cover as many musical styles as possible. In making a list of parodies you also have to include "Germs," which is donein the style of Nine Inch Nails. As always, the polka medley, this time around entitled "Polka Power" is a fun ride, although each riff of a pop hit ("Wannabe," "Ray of Light," "Tubthumping," etc.) always seems to make you want to hear just a little more. When will Madonna finally breakdown & do a polka album?
Of the totally original songs "The Weird Al Show Theme" is my favorite, mainly because I always like the way Yankovic harmonizes with himself. His voice is so eerily suited to these songs that you forget it is just as much a part of his appeal as is his coming up with all those funny lyrics (best evidenced on "The Saga Begins," where he constantly hits real close to the rhymes of the original song). "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" is a rollickin' accordion tune & "Your Horoscope For Today" is fully of frenetic energy. The album concludes with the overlong "Albuquerque" & is the cut least bearing repetition on the album inasmuch as it mainly consists of Yankovic talking really fast about a bunch of nonsense, although since once upon a time I actually livedin Albuquerque I have to admit to a perverse pleasurein hearing the town's name sungin chorus over & over again.
Finally, a special mention to Tress MacNeille's female vocal on "Jerry Springer" & Tom Sauber's fiddle on "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder."
