Wackiness In A Box

Remember "Weird Al" Yankovic? In the 1980s, he tickled us silly with parodies of chart-topping records such as Eat It (instead of Beat It) and Fat (instead of Bad) - which themselves were popular hits. Then he kind of disappeared from the charts even though he never did stop making music.

Well, now is your chance to catch up on his surprisingly extensive oeuvre spanning 30 years. The 15-CD box set Squeeze Box contains 14 studio albums as well as a collection of rarities. And what they prove is that Yankovic never lost his sense of fun - even if his once-young audience outgrew him.

For evidence, check out his 2015 singles Word Crimes, an erudite professorial twist on Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, and Tacky, a high-camp version of Pharrell Williams' Happy. Both can be viewed on YouTube.