“Weird Al” Yankovic has parodied just about every iconic artist and anthem over the last four decades, but he’s never taken a swing at Bruce Springsteen.<\/p>\n
“It’s just never worked out for me to do a straight-on Springsteen parody,” Yankovic told ScreenCrush in 2014. “Either the timing wasn’t right, or he didn’t have a big enough single at the time my album was coming out, or I just flat out couldn’t think of a clever enough idea for one of\u00a0 his songs… but it’s not because he doesn’t have a good sense of humor. He’s got a great sense of humor.”<\/p>\n
He certainly does. In fact, Bruce and Al share a certain silly sensibility, and that’s probably why they’ve developed an improbable friendship dating all the way back to their teens–a fact Bruce divulged in a surprisingly provocative and wide-ranging 1985 interview on ALTV.<\/p>\n
In the clip below, Al poses a series of questions I’ve never seen any other interviewer ask, and to his credit, Bruce gamely answers every one of them. This is essential viewing for any Springsteen fan.<\/p>\n