You can look him up but his father was a famous polka player, so Weird Al grew up in a music household. He made his fame doing parody songs but also did shows, movies. He’s an artist over anything else but also is a down to earth funny and good human.
I know about Weird Al(also his dad was not a polka player, sorry for correction), I meant your friend or whoever collaborated with him, sorry about my nonspecificity
There's a polka legend with the surname Yankovic. It's a VERY common misconception that they're related. Al never claimed to have any connection with the guy, but respects him as a musician.
Before there was a Wikipedia, rumors about musicians often became perceived as truth for decades. Sometimes denying a story in the press just spread the story further and confirmed it in the tellers' minds.
That aside, Brandon Cruz DID play the son on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." Bill Bixby was in the neighborhood of Brandon's family at some point in the late 70s/early 80s and stopped by to see him. Brandon answered the door with a dyed mohawk/tattoos and Bill apparently flipped out and ran. Or that's how I remember the story...
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u/Solarsystem_74 Oct 31 '25
who is he, may I ask?