Weird Al’s Back With a ‘Happy’ Parody That’s Entirely Worth Your Time

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One thing that’s brilliant about Weird Al’s parody of Pharrell’s “Happy” video/song, “Tacky” — no matter how lame that screenshot makes it seem before pressing play — is its outfits and dance routines. The next great part is that those outfits are worn and those dances are danced by some very game collaborators — Eric Stonestreet, Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, Kristen Schaal, a twerking Jack Black. But the best thing about all of this is that you, at some point, have called Weird Al tacky. And now he’s got you.

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