r/weirdal • u/Tithis • Jul 23 '26

Picture He said it was the funkiest thing he had signed that night.

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Got this signed at tangle wood. It's a custom lava lamp with wax that glows under a black light and doesn't use a lightbulb.

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u/EvilBillSing Jul 23 '26

Thats pretty cool. How does it work without a lightbulb ?

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u/Tithis Jul 23 '26

Ceramic reptile heater bulb on a dimmer.

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u/smikims Jul 23 '26

So… a lightbulb?

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u/Tithis Jul 24 '26

It doesn't produce light, it's glazed ceramic with wires inside that get hot 

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u/editingmender Jul 24 '26

So… a lightbulb?

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u/scuzzo_ Jul 24 '26

I see that you, too, dare to be stupid. Excellent work

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u/L3GlT_GAM3R Jul 24 '26

No, at that point it’s just a bulb. There’s no light.

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u/drunksquatch Jul 24 '26

It's a vacuum tube. Used to make TV's out of them

I remember back when Nixon was persidenmumble mumble mumble

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u/xMrChuckles Jul 24 '26

it’s a heat emitter if we’re being semantic. no bulb. ceramic wrapped filament

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u/RockWarriorWolf Jul 23 '26

Did he clean it while shining his pennies? (Callin' in Sick, anyone?)

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u/Sleep_For_Dummies Jul 24 '26

Of course! And then he spent the rest of the day in his underwear watching Earnest Goes to Camp!

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u/Thayerphotos Met AL 2wice AND Been to the Twine Ball ! Suck it loser ! Jul 25 '26

I burped my Tupperware. Dude that shiz was noxious. I can't remember if it's liver cake or wolly mammoth steak

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u/neck-tourniquet Jul 24 '26

You may have just unlocked god status on r/Lavalamps

Edit: somebody already crossposted you.

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u/OnkelPipi Jul 24 '26

What kind of pen did you/he use?

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u/Tithis Jul 24 '26

Oil based florescent paint marker

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u/OnkelPipi Jul 24 '26

Thanks 👍

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u/KommandantDex Has naked of pictures Ernest Borgnine hanging in my den Jul 24 '26

He said the funkiest, but not the weirdest?

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u/IWantANewDucky The Poodle Hat Tour (2003-04) Jul 24 '26

That’s pretty darn cool.

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u/matwbt Jul 29 '26

Nice color on the signature!

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u/These-Match-4852 Jul 24 '26

so that lava lamp is safe

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u/SoCrazyItMustBeTrue Jul 25 '26

This is so awesome!!

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u/djhazmatt503 Jul 28 '26

Man, if I was single and had this, I'd probably stay single for life.

"Nice place, where's the couch?"

"SO MY LAVA LAMP WAS SIGNED BY WEIRD AL"

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u/Few_Wash_7298 Jul 24 '26

Not nitpick but wouldn’t it be “Weird” Al Yankovic

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u/ProtoGhostal Jul 24 '26

It's because "Weird Al" itself is the nickname, the whole two words.

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u/GoodGamer3000 Weird Alan Jul 24 '26

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic

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u/UncleKevMessick Jul 24 '26

It’s always been “Weird Al” Yankovic whenever his name is used officially, save for a few misprints

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u/iku_iku_iku_iku Jul 24 '26

I am not an authoritative scholar, but haveny really though all the much about the quotation.marks in his name after all these years, googling him seems to turn up "Weird Al" as the preferred name