Pretty Fly for a Rabbi

Infobox single
Name = Pretty Fly for a Rabbi


Artist = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Album = Running with Scissors
B-side = "Amish Paradise"
Released = June 24, 1999
Format = Digital download, CD
Recorded = April 20 1999
Genre = Comedy
Length = 3:25
Label = Volcano
Writer = B. Holland, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Last single = "Polka Power!" (1999)
This single = "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (1999)
Next single = "Couch Potato" (1999)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Running with Scissors
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "The Saga Begins"
# "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder"
# "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi"
# "The Weird Al Show Theme"
# "Jerry Springer"
# "Germs"
# "Polka Power!"
# "Your Horoscope for Today"
# "It's All about the Pentiums"
# "Truck Drivin' Song"
# "Grapefruit Diet"
# "Albuquerque"

"Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (Alternative called "Pretty Fly (For a Rabbi)" in Australia) is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring, and it was released from the 1999 album "Running with Scissors". The song was released exclusively in Australia as a single. [ [http://www.allthingsyank.com/singles/rabbi.htm Pretty Fly for a Rabbi Single] ] . Tress MacNeille performs the line "How ya doin' Bernie?". At one point, Yankovic references the line "Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho", a catchphrase of Jambi, the wish-granting disembodied head from Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

Track listing

The following tracks are on the Australian single:

# "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" – 3:02
# "Amish Paradise" – 3:20

Music video

A "music video" for the song was assembled but has not been seen outside of Australia. Al stated that his Australian record company decided to release "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" as a single and they insisted on releasing a video to go along with it. Al decided against the idea, but he told them that they could make one themselves by cutting together bits from "Weird Al" Yankovic Live!." They later did just that. [ [http://www.weirdal.com/aaarchive.htm#0100 Ask All January 2000] ]

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References

External links

* [http://www.weirdal.com "Weird Al's" Official Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/weirdal Al's Official MySpace Page]