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Weird Al reminisces about the 'Twinkie wiener sandwich'

"Just eat it!" Weird Al Yankovic sang to the tune of Michael Jackson's "Beat It," in his 1983 parody.  How about eating...a Twinkie wiener sandwich?  When I caught up with Weird Al in the TODAY green room earlier this week, he told me about this foodie creation he concoted back in his 1989 film, UHF.  Oh, the eighties.  Yankovic described this dish in all its junk-food glory, but qualified th
Weird Al prepared his Twinkie Weiner Sandwich in his 1989 film, \"UHF.\"
Weird Al prepared his Twinkie Weiner Sandwich in his 1989 film, \"UHF.\"

"Just eat it!" Weird Al Yankovic sang to the tune of Michael Jackson's "Beat It," in his 1983 parody.  How about eating...a Twinkie wiener sandwich?  When I caught up with Weird Al in the TODAY green room earlier this week, he told me about this foodie creation he concoted back in his 1989 film, UHF.  Oh, the eighties.  

Yankovic described this dish in all its junk-food glory, but qualified that the wiener could be either a hot dog or a tofu dog.  I'm guessing that's a recent addendum: Yankovic has since become a vegetarian!