Two reactions to Weird Al’s Mad Skilz:
#1. Prince, the entertainer refused all requests from Al to allow his songs to be parodied. Prince was heard to say “Weird Al steals singer’s Souls!”
#2. Madonna loved most of Weird Al’s work. She even called him up with a request that he parody one particular song of hers: “Like a Virgin”. Madonna wrote a draft of the screenplay and called it “Like A Surgeon”.
Al used bits and pieces of her suggestions in his parody.
I always loved his fake interviews on “AL TV”, the one with Eminem is a classic.