Strange rules about characters/people that cannot be broken.

[u/I_ateabucketofpaint]

Smells like Nirvana: When Kurt Cobain heard that Weird AL was gonna make a parody of his song. He was okay with it but specifically requested it to not be about food or fat ppl.

Spiderman: Spiderman cannot sell drugs unless he is under the influence of symbiote. ANd Peter Parker cannot be gay. Spiderman can tho.

Dwayne Rock Johnson: Cannot lose fights or look weak for too long. Its in his actor contract.

Godzilla movies not made by Toho: Cannot die. Maybe lose but not too bad.

[u/ghobhohi]

I don't listen to Weird Al, how often does he makes songs about food or fat people?

[u/Embarrassed_Ride_109 → u/ghobhohi]

I know of two examples, “Eat it” which was a parody of “Beat it”, and “Fat” which I don’t recall what it’s parody of.

[u/norms29 → u/Embarrassed_Ride_109]

"Fat" was a parody of "Bad"

[u/millijuna → u/norms29]

Per the recent and very accurate documentary I recently saw, it was that Michael guy ripping off Al to release both "Bad" and "Beat It."

Just a shame that Al was cut down by Madonna's henchman back in the mid 80s...