Comedy/Spoken Word collectable Record Box that "Weird Al" Yankovic once owned
$
310
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Description
I was the producer of "The Dr. Demento Show" from 1981 to 1991, and "Weird Al" Yankovic was working in our company's mailroom at the time. We watched him go from zero to hero with "Another Rides the Bus," "Eat It," etc., and I developed a friendship with him during that time.
Eventually, I moved to a small town in Northern San Diego County....Fallbrook. Coincidentally, this was also where a few of "Weird Al's" relatives live, including his parents. I knew the house where they lived but I didn't bother them as I didn't know them all that well, so I minded my own business.
In April of 2004 tragedy struck and "Weird Al's" parents were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in their home. I felt that Al would have to come over and go through his parent's possessions, and I wanted to pay my respects to him for his loss personally, so I waited a few weeks and then went over there one day on a Saturday afternoon. Well, I happened to hit the nail on the head and got lucky because he was there, alone, cleaning out the garage! We talked, hugged, laughed, cried...it was a sad moment as he also knew that I had lost my wife of many years a few years earlier.
I saw in the pile of things he was sorting through this record box, and I asked for it and he gave it to me.
Since I'm moving now, and downsizing, I thought I would offer it for sale to his fans. It's in rough shape but not falling apart. I have an e-mail recently confirming many of the facts as I present them, and that should serve at 'provenance' for our purposes.
I believe it to be from the late 1960's or perhaps the early 1970's.
