Andy may refer to:
Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer. He is best known for his role as the sidekick of Conan O'Brien on each of the host's programs: Late Night and The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He is also known for his voice work in the Madagascar films and for starring in the sitcoms Quintuplets, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and Andy Barker, P.I..
Richter, the third of four children, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His mother, Glenda Swanson (née Palmer), was a kitchen cabinet designer, and his father, Laurence R. Richter, taught Russian at Indiana University for more than 32 years. Richter was raised in Yorkville, Illinois. He is of Swedish and German descent. In high school, he was elected Prom King.
In the late 1980s, Richter attended Columbia College Chicago as a film major. While at Columbia he learned the basics of comedic acting and writing by starring in numerous student films and videos. After leaving Columbia in 1988 Richter worked as a production assistant on commercial shoots in Chicago. In 1989, he began taking classes at Chicago's Improv Olympic. His quick wit and acting skills catapulted him from student to "House Performer" within a year. Richter branched out working with "The Comedy Underground" and the Annoyance Theater.
Matthew Gregory "Matt" Besser (born September 22, 1967) is an American actor and comedian known as one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, who had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998-2000.
Besser was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas to parents Diane and Sandy Besser. His father was Jewish and his mother was Christian, and Besser is an atheist. He is also half German and French on his mothers side. Besser's grandfather's cousin was Joe Besser of The Three Stooges.
Besser is a founding member of Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), which started out as a Chicago sketch and improv comedy group in 1991, earning a cult following from the start. Original members included Ian Roberts, Ali Farahnakian, Adam McKay, Rick Roman, and Horatio Sanz. In 1996, the UCB relocated to New York City. In NYC, they made three seasons of their sketch-comedy series Upright Citizens Brigade on Comedy Central from 1998 to 2000. The cast consisted of Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. It originally included a voice-over by Del Close. Nearly 10 years since its cancellation, the show continues to maintain a large following and is often hailed as one of the great cult sketch shows. Comedy Central has released the first two seasons on DVD, it is not known when the third and final season will be released.
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012. On Saturday Night Live, he and The Lonely Island have been credited with popularizing the Emmy-winning SNL Digital Shorts, the comical short films and music videos starring Samberg and other members of the SNL cast. As a film actor, Samberg has appeared in Hot Rod; Space Chimps; Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist; I Love You, Man; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; Friends with Benefits; and What's Your Number?
Samberg was born in Mill Valley California, the son of Joe Samberg, a photographer, and Margi (née Marrow), an elementary school teacher who taught at Old Mill School. Samberg also has two sisters, Johanna and Darrow. He was raised in a Jewish household. His maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress, although Samberg describes himself as "not particularly religious." Samberg discovered Saturday Night Live as a child while sneaking past his parents to watch professional wrestling on television. He became "obsessed" with the show, and his devotion to comedy became frustrating to teachers who felt he was unfocused on his schoolwork.
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (pronunciation: /ˈjæŋkəvɪk/; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career.
Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film, UHF, and television show, The Weird Al Show. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in Al TV specials on MTV.
Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals)
George Duke (keyboards, synthesizer, lead vocals)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (flute, tenor saxophone, lead vocals)
Chester Thompson (drums)
Tom Fowler (bass)
Ruth Underwood (vibes, marimba, percussion)
Bloodshot Rollin' Red (harmonica)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (vocals)
Is there anything good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know
Is there anything
Good inside of you
If there is
I really wanna
Know
Is there anything
Good inside of you
If there is
I really wanna
Know
Is there?
Is there any-thaaaang good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know-woh-oh-oh-oh
Is there any-thaaaang good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know,
really wanna know...
Something
Anything
Something
Anything
Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Andy de vine
Had a thong rind
It was sublime
But the wrong kind
Andy de vine
Had a thong rind
It was sublime
But the wrong kind
Have I aligned
With a blown mind
Wasted my time
On a drawn blind
Have I aligned
With a blown mind
Wasted my time
On a drawn blind
Andy do you love me do you think about it will you say
Turning brushwood into blazes turning summer grass into hay
Turning sharply past the graveyard to the lakefront with the black waves licking up the stones
To the swayed back screened in front porch who could ever stay the weight of flesh and bones
Andy aren't you tired from the sun and rain and river soaking you
From the beer cans on your dashboard and the bullet hole glass spiderweb staining your rear view
I have watched you watch an empty road is it only her upon which all of you's depending
To fill your twenty hour work day while all the fences in this county still need mending
And in the night I do my checking and fix the broken part with visions of rare beauty
But in my heart I know I'm second forever fixed in your pursuit it is my duty
Andy will you toss me a little scrap of something I can taste
Instead of dust from all the leaving and the smell of summer lying here to waste
Under the burnt pyre of all the cast away the tiny shoots will spring like questions will you take me
Out to the fenced field sprinkled with horses, wild in resistance to the taming will you break me
And I made a friend like I'd never known
Who made me feel like I was a special someone
He cared like I had never done why oh why did didn't I just phone
And now I'll never know what was wrong
There must have been something we could have done
And his smile was a mia child and Andy's drink was guinness I think
Andy's walk amused us all and he was mystifying
And I didn't really know him that long compared to someone compared to
A sense of loss like I had never known and what was important
I had completely wrong and if I could change this world
Then I'd turn it completely upside down
And Andy's smile was a mia child and his drink was guinness I think
And his walk amused us all and he was mystifying
And his *style* was to live in the *sun* and his smile was a million miles
And his drink was guinness I think and Andy was mystifying I'd never known
And Andy's smile was a mia child and his drink was guinness I think
And his walk amused us all Andy was mystifying he was real
And his style was despair sometimes and his walk amused us all
One, two, three, four
Andy
The summer's over
I never noticed
Did you really think you'd leave so fast
This morning
Was feeling colder
One year older
Did you really think we'd feel so bad
Andy
It scares me sober
Think it's over
Did you really think we'd feel so bad
Did you really think we'd feel so bad
It helped me through the spring
Just to dream of what it might become
Woke up to find it'd been here and gone
Andy
Summer's over
I never noticed
Did you really think you'd leave so fast
Did you really think you'd leave so fast
I knew you, you knew me, and saw God change you into someone so new, im so glad I knew you. And your life told so much, but sometimes it's so hard to see the way God sees, I can't see the reason. But in a play it's hard to see, if all we see is one scene. And I know today you're in a better place, its just hard today, to see Gods way. I know today you're in a better place, its just hard today to see Gods way. But I know today. Today seems less without you, your smile was always new and always true, im so glad I knew you. And your life told so much, but sometimes it's so hard to see the way God sees, I can't see the reason. But in a play it's hard to see, if all we see is one scene. And I know today you're in a better place, its just hard today, to see Gods way. I know today you're in a better place, its just hard today to see Gods way. But I know today. Tragedy, questions our sanity, second guess theology, leads to despondency, despondency turns into atrophy, so hard for us to see, the way that God sees. I know today you're in a better place, its just hard today, to see Gods way. But I know today you're in a better place, its just hard today to see Gods way. I know today, but its hard today.
andy wasnæ° mean, andy had no self-esteem and so he was afraid, thinking of his big mistakes. andy wasnæ° cool, but anyway he was a fool, didnæ° wonder why everything kept passing by. andy had no pride, andy was a problem child, but noone ever cared æ ¶ause this happened anywhere. and now he celebrates his loneliness again... andy wasnæ° mean and he was no love-machine. never said a word, never told us, that he was hurt. andy was unique, but anyway he was a freak, who put himself away - drifting further everyday. now he celebrates his loneliness again... andy was aware, that he wasnæ° well prepared for what he ought to say, but it happened anyway. andy wasnæ° mean, andy had no self-esteem and so he was afraid, thinking of his big mistakes. now he celebrates his loneliness again... itæ¯ always been a shame to wake up in a memory. always been a shame to wake up and deny. itæ¯ always been a shame to fake it like a fantasy. always been a shame with noone to reply. itæ¯ always been a shame to never find identity. always been a game to never ever try... itæ¯ always been a shame... itæ¯ always been a shame... itæ¯ always been a shame... itæ¯ always been a shame
Andy, Andy, Andy, Andy
Andy, you really want to do this
You're ending up in showbiz
You really want to go?
Andy, you really want to go there
(Andy)
They're messing up your hair
(Andy)
You really want to go?
We could need someone like you in our band
Andy
No audition and you don't have to pretend
Andy, Andy
Feelings, you're so full of feelings
You're wearing them like earrings
All over your face
Andy, you really want to go there
(Andy)
They're messing up your hair
(Andy)
You really want to go?
We could need someone like you in our band
Andy
No audition and you don't have to pretend
Andy
We could need someone like you in our band
Andy
No audition and you don't have to pretend
Andy, Andy
when I come and test your feelings
you seem to be ashamed
I don't care about the meaning
am I the one to blame
while my father's screaming
blood pressure 's getting high
and if the curse is on me
people ask me why
will you ever fall in love again
will you ever fall in love again
the temperature is rising
I can't control my hands
my heart is taking over
but can you understand
I can't keep on waiting
I need your body now
my blood is boiling over
don't make me lose my mind
will you ever fall in love again
will you ever fall in love again
I know the price of pleasure
but I will never pay
you give me satisfaction
of course I have to pray
why are you so demanding
I wish you're happy now
but time is not on your side
and you'll be left behind
will you ever fall in love again
Everyday I try to workout, how to,
In anyway clear my thoughts and doubts
Hey there Andy what's this all about
He says, aim and shoot it that's there is to it
In my senior years the world was in my hands
You'll find sometimes things don't go to plan
We found music cause somewhere in our heads
Something went wrong this is where we belong
Meet me on the surface of Jupiter
We don't need a reason we'll just make it up
Bring a pen and paper and some time to think
document our voyage till you're out of ink
You don't really have to change, change for me
Nothing ever is the same without me
You don't really have to change, change for me
This is where we belong (x7)
You don't really have to change, change for me
Nothing ever is the same without me
every morning, when i wake up
morning tells me there is nothing
i've done...
Andy taught of love for creation
Andy knew that work's what makes
your person...
In our house
our love for creation
make our love
come out in rejoicing sounds...
There's no time for lazing down
culture needs that you bring out
your sound...
Make your house a love for creation
everyone can be a unique person...
Still, every morning when i wake up
morning tells me there is nothing