What makes Al weird?

"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Minnesota Public Radio / Stephanie Curtis

"Weird Al" Yankovic's career has outlasted the careers of many the artists he has been parodying since the early '80s. He even had a top 10 single last year with "White and Nerdy."

The Current's Mary Lucia talked with Weird Al at the State Fair Monday.

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