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- Artist: "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Rating:
- Release Date: June 29, 1999
- Total Time: 49:44
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Comedy
Review
Like many of Weird Al's 1990s albums, Running With Scissors is something of a mixed bag, although devoted fans will definitely find enough of interest to add it to their collections. As usual, the highlights tend to be song parodies: "The Saga Begins" is a retelling of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace from Obi-Wan Kenobi's point of view set to the tune of "American Pie," while "Jerry Springer" is a clever rewrite of the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week." Not all of them quite hit the mark, though: "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" has the same borderline ethnic condescension of the Offspring's original, and Yankovic's mimicry of the sound of his source material on the Puff Daddy takeoff "It's All About the Pentiums" isn't quite up to his usual standards. The originals tend to come off as forced, as though Yankovic is trying way too hard to live up to his nickname; although the snarky rip of "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder" hits pretty close to the mark, the 11-minute closer "Albuquerque" is interminable. Overall, there are some songs worthy of adding to Yankovic's next best-of, and some more that no one will miss. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Saga Begins | Don McLean, Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (5:27) |
| My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (3:25) |
| Pretty Fly for a Rabbi | Weird Al Yankovic | (3:02) | |
| The Weird Al Show Theme | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (1:13) |
| Jerry Springer | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (2:46) |
| Germs | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (4:38) |
| Polka Power! | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (4:21) |
| Your Horoscope for Today | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (3:59) |
| It's All About the Pentiums | The Notorious B.I.G., |
Weird Al Yankovic | (3:34) |
| Truck Drivin' Song | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (2:27) |
| Grapefruit Diet | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (3:30) |
| Albuquerque | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic | (11:22) |
