It is a parody of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring, and it was released from the 1999 album Running with Scissors.

Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman also contributes with the "For a rabbi!"

As opposed to the German like nonsense phrase "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" (which originated in the hit track Rock Of Ages by Def Leppard) in the original song, Weird Al starts this song with the Yiddish sentence "Veren zol fun dir a blintsa" meaning "You should turn into a blintz."

A "music video" for the song was assembled for the single's release in Australia.

He decided against the idea, but told them that they could make one themselves by cutting together bits from "Weird Al" Yankovic Live!, which they did.