Editing Off the Deep End (section)

===Critical reception===
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web| last = Weber | first = Barry | title = Off the Deep End – Review | website = [[AllMusic]] | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123458|pure_url=yes}} | access-date = October 7, 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''The Daily Vault''
| rev2score = B−<ref name="DailyVault">{{Cite web |last=Thelen |first=Christopher |title=Off The Deep End |publisher=Daily Vault |date=December 11, 1999 |url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=846 |access-date=June 26, 2010}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = C−<ref name="ew2">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310632,00.html | title = Laughing Matters | last = Browne | first = David | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = May 29, 1992 | access-date = March 31, 2012 | archive-date = December 18, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091218045603/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310632,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 6.7/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/weird-al-yankovic-squeeze-box-the-complete-works-of-weird-al-yankovic/ |title="Weird Al" Yankovic - Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=December 7, 2017 |last=Thomas Erlewine |first=Stephen|date=7 December 2017 }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name ="rolling stone">{{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | pages = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n906 893] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration | quote = rolling stone weird al yankovic alapalooza review.}}</ref>
}}
Critical response to ''Off the Deep End'' was generally positive. Many critics praised not only Yankovic's parodies, but also his originals. Barry Weber, of [[AllMusic]], wrote, "In addition to re-establishing his satirical craftsmanship, Deep End showcases some of Yankovic's best originals ever; "Trigger Happy," "When I Was Your Age," and "You Don't Love Me Anymore" prove to be the album's greatest songs."<ref name="allmusic"/> Christopher Thelen, of the Daily Vault, wrote, "In fact, it's strange to admit, but the originals on Off The Deep End actually are, at times, stronger than the parodies."<ref name="DailyVault"/> ''In [[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'', ''Off the Deep End'' was awarded 3.5 stars out of 5, denoting that the album averaged between good and excellent.<ref name="rolling stone"/> Not all reviews were so positive, however. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reviewer David Browne noted that the video for ''Off the Deep End''{{'}} lead single "Smells Like Nirvana" was "an old-fashioned laugh riot", but that half of Yankovic's humor was merely visual, meaning that the songs without videos were not as funny.<ref name="ew2"/>

The music video for "Smells Like Nirvana" achieved similar praise. ''[[Spy (magazine)|Spy Magazine]]'' named it the "Video of the Year" in 1993, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it as #68 on their list of the Top 100 Videos of All Time, and it was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Performance in 1992.

At the [[35th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1993, ''Off the Deep End'' was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Album]].<ref name="awards"/> However, the album lost to [[Peter Schickele]]'s ''[[Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion]]''.<ref name ="grammy">{{cite web | url = https://www.grammy.com/artist/weird-al-yankovic | title = 'Weird Al' Yankovic | work = [[Grammy Award|Grammy.com]] | publisher = [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|The Recording Academy]] | access-date =December 20, 2016}}</ref>