Song: Mr. Popeil
Running Time: 4:42
Year: 1984
Album: In 3-D, Al-In-The-Box
Style parody of: The B-52's (Rock Lobster, There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon), Private Idaho)
Genre: New wave
Guitar tuning: E standard
Lyrics: Lyrics
Video: None
Download/Listen: Mp3
Forum: Forum Discussion Page
Trivia[]
- The song is a tribute to father-and-son inventors and pitchmen Samuel and Ron Popeil. The elder Sam invented the Veg-O-Matic, and his son Ron became famous for helping to popularize the "infomercial" (a kind of long-form television commercial) to sell Ronco-branded gadgets like the Smokeless Ashtray, the Pocket Fisherman and the Showtime Rotisserie and Barbecue.
- After learning that Ron Popeil's sister Lisa was a singer, Al hired her as a backing vocalist on this track; Lisa has gone on to sing on several of Al's other songs and even taught him how to improve his vocal technique.
- The riff is mostly taken from Rock Lobster