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Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa.—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2024 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — which the accordion-playing master parodist co-wrote and produced — beat out Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, Fire Island, Hocus Pocus 2 and Prey to land Yankovic his first Emmy, adding to a career that’s already witnessed five Grammy Awards wins.—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024 And without the thrill of the forbidden, Mickey may not hold that much appeal for parodists either.—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023 Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner, the unhinged parodists behind the Instagram account Advent Carolndar, skewer holiday clichés with note-perfect mimicries of Stephen Sondheim and Christian pop (Dec. 21-22).—The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for parodist
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