Editing Running with Scissors (album) (section)

===Recording===
In June 1997, Yankovic entered the studio to begin the first of the ''Running with Scissors'' sessions, which Yankovic produced himself.<ref name="recordingdates"/> Recording with Yankovic were [[Jon Schwartz (drummer)|Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz]] on drums, [[Steve Jay]] on bass, and [[Jim West (guitarist)|Jim West]] on guitar.<ref name="rwsliner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Running with Scissors |others=[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] |year=1999 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=[[Volcano Entertainment]] |id=61422 32118-2}}</ref> The album was recorded in six sessions. The first session started on June 29, 1997, in which Yankovic recorded the theme song to his television show, ''[[The Weird Al Show]]''. The second session, which occurred on October 7, 1998, produced the original song "Germs", and eight days later, on October 15, Yankovic started the third session and recorded three more originals, "Albuquerque", "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder", and "Truck Drivin' Song". The next day, the fourth session resulted in the song "Your Horoscope for Today". On April 19 of the following year, Yankovic recorded four parodies during the fifth session, "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi", "Jerry Springer", "It's All About the Pentiums", and "Grapefruit Diet". The album's sixth and final session occurred on April 20, and resulted in "The Saga Begins", and the album's polka medley, "Polka Power!"<ref name="recordingdates">{{cite web |url=http://weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/recording-dates/ |title=Recording Dates |access-date=June 26, 2010 |last=Yankovic |first=Alfred M. |author-link="Weird Al" Yankovic |date=December 2007 |work=The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site}}</ref>