Novelty singles gave this art form a bad rap but acts such as Flight of the Conchords and Frisky and Mannish have brought it countercultural cachetIt was like taking a step back in time, watching Weird Al Yankovic at the Hammersmith Apollo last weekend. Not because I'm nostalgic for Al's glory years " on the contrary, I didn't know his stuff very well. But his act is a throwback to a time when musical comedy was unco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM on October 9, 2015