The Essential Weird Al Yankovic hits stores today, but you can preview tracks from that album before you buy it at AOL Music

On October 27, 2009 the Essential series will have a new inductee:

The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Thought to be one of the most famous parody artists; “Weird Al” has been producing memorable comedic hits since his childhood, now he has hand picked 38 songs and put them together on 2 CDs. This Essential collection will be Yankovic’s first major collection in nearly two decades and will contain parodies from his latest album “Straight Outta Lynwood.”

Welcome to the wild world of “Weird Al” Yankovic – a world populated by a Pennsylvania Dutch gangsta-rapper (“Amish Paradise”) and a serial-killing Saint Nick (“The Night Santa Went Crazy”) – a world where people frantically search for their Liquid Paper, hallucinate about the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders and dream of one day visiting “The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota.” Yankovic, a three-time Grammy Award winner and the biggest selling comedy recording artist in history, shows no mercy to cultural milestones of every stripe – from Jurassic Park and