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Why ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Once Turned Down a $5 Million Endorsement Deal

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic said he turned down the beer spokesperson deal because so many of his fans were young.

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When you take into consideration how many commercials over the years have incorporated both music and humor, a guy like “Weird Al” Yankovic seems like an obvious choice for companies to partner with. That’s probably why the legendary parodist has appeared in more than a few advertisements throughout the course of his 50-year career.

For example, here’s Yankovic in a Diet Coke commercial from the 1980s:

Decades later, he lent........

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