The Greatness of Weird Al

I wrote about Weird Al Yankovic in the newsletter this week and Galley Friend B.W. emailed in response:

Courtesy of a college friend of mine who’s Weird Al’s children’s-book editor: With “Word Crimes,” he’s now had a top-forty hit in each of the last four decades (“Eat It,” 1984, “Smells Like Nirvana,” 1992, and “White & Nerdy,” 2006.). Complete list of people who’ve done that:

1. Madonna

2. Michael Jackson

3. Weird Al

Amazing. Who expected that from the son and heir to Frank Yankovic, the Polka King?

Incidentally, my friend says that Weird Al is the nicest guy in the world.