Living up to his nickname, embodied in a musical bazaar of the bizarre, "Weird Al" Yankovic will prove that funny is money when he turns the venerable Majestic Ventura Theater into the happiest place in town Sunday night.
There's been a goofball element in popular music from as far back as the 19th century, when people, especially soldiers, would change the lyrics to folk songs. In the 20th century, old-timers remember Spike Jones, Stan Freberg and Tom Lehrer. These days, everyone knows Weird Al, the animated frizzy-haired accordion player who is getting by with his spot-on hilarious parodies of Nirvana, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga and many more.
