Yankovic had three main parody ideas that were refused. They include:
| Track |
Title |
Length |
(Style) Parody of |
Description |
| 1 |
"Amish Paradise" (A. Ivey, Jr., L. Sanders, D. Rasheed, S. Wonder, Yankovic) |
3:20 |
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio |
About an Amish man who raps about his lifestyle. |
| 2 |
"Everything You Know Is Wrong" (Yankovic) |
3:48 |
Style parody of They Might Be Giants |
About an unusual sequence of events, the title being a parody of the Firesign Theatre album of the same name. |
| 3 |
"Cavity Search" (Bono, U2, Yankovic) |
4:19 |
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 |
About a man's painful visit to the dentist |
| 4 |
"Callin' in Sick" (Yankovic) |
3:40 |
A style parody of Nirvana |
About a lazy man feigning illness to skip work. |
| 5 |
"The Alternative Polka" |
4:50 |
Polka Medley |
A polka medley including the following alternative rock songs:
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| 6 |
"Since You've Been Gone" (Yankovic) |
1:22 |
Original |
Discusses a man's feelings after a break-up, at the end, ironically saying, "I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here" |
| 7 |
"Gump" (Chris Ballew, The Presidents of the United States of America, Yankovic) |
2:10 |
Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America |
About the story of Forrest Gump. |
| 8 |
"I'm So Sick of You" (Yankovic) |
3:26 |
Style Parody of Elvis Costello. |
About the singer's girlfriend and her odious personal habits. |
| 9 |
"Syndicated Inc." (Dave Pirner, Yankovic) |
3:54 |
"Misery" by Soul Asylum |
About a family's devotion to syndicated television. |
| 10 |
"I Remember Larry" (Yankovic) |
3:56 |
Style parody of Hilly Michaels |
About a cruel neighborhood prankster (possibly a bully) named Larry (who performed such cruel gags as poisoning Al's lawn with toxic waste, to chopping Al's car in half), and how much the singer misses him after his death, until it is revealed that Al was the one who murdered him. Contains a backmasked message at 3:10, "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands." |
| 11 |
"Phony Calls" (Organized Noize, Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Yankovic) |
3:22 |
"Waterfalls" by TLC |
About the dangers of prank calling. Contains an audio clip from The Simpsons featuring one of Bart Simpson's many prank calls to Moe's Tavern. |
| 12 |
"The Night Santa Went Crazy" (Yankovic) |
4:03 |
Original |
A Christmas-themed song about Santa Claus finally snapping and embarking on a killing spree. |
