Pretty Fly for a Rabbi
1999 single by "Weird Al" Yankovic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (alternatively called "Pretty Fly (For a Rabbi)" in Australia) is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring, and it was released from the 1999 album Running with Scissors. The song was released as a single exclusively in Australia.[1] Tress MacNeille performs the line "How ya doin' Bernie?", and appears in the music video. Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman also contributes with the "For a rabbi!" line near the middle of the song.
"Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" | ||||
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Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic featuring Tress MacNeille, and Mary Kay Bergman | ||||
from the album Running with Scissors | ||||
B-side | "Amish Paradise" | |||
Released | November 22, 1999 (1999-11-22) | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
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Length | 3:02 | |||
Label | Volcano | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dexter Holland, "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||
Producer(s) | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||
"Weird Al" Yankovic featuring Tress MacNeille, and Mary Kay Bergman singles chronology | ||||
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As opposed to the phrase "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" in the original song, Weird Al starts this song with the Yiddish sentence "Veren zol fun dir a blintsa" meaning "You should turn into a blintz." At one point, Yankovic references the line "Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney hiney ho" and "Mecca-lecca hi mecca lecca chahney ho!", catchphrases of Jambi, the wish-granting disembodied head from Pee-Wee's Playhouse.