That Time I Learned Who Weird Al Is

[lumenquill]

When I was a kid, a very small kid, the same childhood friend from the first Waiting on My Digimon Partner played me a song.
It went:

 

My, My,

This here Anakin guy

Maybe Vader someday later now he's just a small fry

He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye

Singin' "soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"

Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi~

 

And I had never heard American Pie before, so I was super confused.

I asked "Who sings this?"

Friend said "Weird Al."

"You're making that up."

"I'm not."

"Yes you are!"

"No, I'm not, here he is!"

He gestured to a standee of Weird Al he for some reason had

I blinked.

"He's not that weird. You're making this up."

We went down to the living room and he demanded his mother inform me Weird Al existed

she told me yes, Weird Al was real

I didn't not believe her

I thought they were all in on it

I cried because I thought they were picking on me

 

... And that's the story of how I learned what a song parody was