1 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome to the Shirley You Can't Be Serious podcasts. 2 00:00:26,679 --> 00:00:31,839 We are here today to talk some weird weird ow Man, Yeah, weird. 3 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: Bouncing around this subject for three years. 4 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: Well, but we're not doing our episode today. I know, 5 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:40,000 we are doing weird the Al Yankovic story, right, not 6 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,320 weird out, because I mean, we're talking about twelve million 7 00:00:43,439 --> 00:00:47,719 albums in sales. We're talking about a career that spanned 8 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,600 four decades. I know, we're talking about an amazing human 9 00:00:52,679 --> 00:00:54,799 being from beginning to end. 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Okay, 47 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,000 fifteen eighty seven. 48 00:02:42,319 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 2: What fifteen eighty. 49 00:02:43,719 --> 00:02:47,439 Speaker 1: Seven is the first time that the word paradea is 50 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,439 used in print that I can find, and it means 51 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,280 a burlesque poem or song. And so that's of course 52 00:02:54,319 --> 00:02:56,960 where we get our word parody, which is we're talking 53 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,879 about it today. I mean, not only were talking about 54 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:02,319 the King of pair Pardy music, but this movie is 55 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,520 going to be a parody from beginning to end. I'm 56 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,599 super excited about it. 57 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 3: You know. 58 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:09,039 Speaker 2: I was talking to David Wright, and I didn't quite 59 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,800 get it when I saw the trailer the first time. Yeah, 60 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,879 and I'm like Madonna and weird, al what how did 61 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:21,000 I not know about this? Right? I was a little 62 00:03:21,039 --> 00:03:23,879 too serious about what I was seeing on screen there, 63 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:24,879 a little too serious. 64 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: So okay, So fast forward to the nineteen fifties. There 65 00:03:28,719 --> 00:03:30,919 are a few guys, one of whom I listened to 66 00:03:31,039 --> 00:03:33,000 quite a bit when I was in college. His name's 67 00:03:33,039 --> 00:03:35,759 Alan Sherman, did a lot of parody songs. You probably 68 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:59,439 heard the song Hello Matta, Hello Fadda, Yeah. 69 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: Hello Murder, Hello Fada. 70 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,199 Speaker 1: That's it. It's Alan Sherman. 71 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: Okay. 72 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: So around the same time, there was another guy who 73 00:03:55,039 --> 00:03:57,280 was doing some comedy songs, and I sent you some 74 00:03:57,319 --> 00:03:59,360 info on him, but i'll take you down. He was 75 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,319 born in nineteen twenty eight. The guy's still around, like 76 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,680 he's still alive and kicking way yeah, yeah, he's he's 77 00:04:05,719 --> 00:04:08,960 an old guy. But he was a child prodigy, went 78 00:04:09,039 --> 00:04:13,000 to Harvard when he was sixteen, graduated three years later 79 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:15,800 Magna kum Laudie. Actually I think it might have been fifteen. 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,519 I mean it was just it was absurd. 81 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 2: Wow. 82 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:23,199 Speaker 1: And so he's this young, amazing guy, right and immediately 83 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,519 starts teaching math. But he also is really super interested 84 00:04:26,519 --> 00:04:28,759 in music. Played piano when he was a kid, is 85 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,600 interested in all of it. But it's not this kind 86 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,680 of serious musical theory stuff that he's doing. It is comedy. 87 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,680 He's doing parodies of songs, right, right, And so I've 88 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:42,079 just I love that I get to just follow these 89 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,000 rabbit holes down because that's what we do in these 90 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,519 That's what I do, right shows. Although you did have 91 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,000 father yod. So that was a rabbit hole of all 92 00:04:50,079 --> 00:04:50,879 rabbit holes. 93 00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:51,199 Speaker 2: In my head. 94 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,639 Speaker 1: But anyway, Tom Lair ends up getting drafted in nineteen 95 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,839 fifty five. So I'm doing the math. I'm like, he's 96 00:04:57,879 --> 00:05:00,800 born in twenty eight gets drafted and fifty five, that 97 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,399 means he's like in his late twenties. That seems like 98 00:05:03,399 --> 00:05:06,000 a weird time to get drafted. But it turns out 99 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,639 he was part of this group called the NSA. Well, 100 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,079 nobody knew what that was back then. It was a 101 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,959 classified thing. He said. He just an interview like a 102 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,079 couple of years ago, twenty twenty. He's like, yeah, so 103 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,639 I had to tell people that I was working on 104 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,920 the nuclear bomb because the real story was a little 105 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:26,000 too sensitive. WHOA, yeah, wow, yeah, so it's pretty cool. 106 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,600 And then and then he also mentions and it was 107 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,319 during that time that I was in the Army that 108 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,720 I invented jello shots. 109 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:33,399 Speaker 2: He invented. 110 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: He invented jello shots. Like it was you couldn't have 111 00:05:36,639 --> 00:05:40,639 alcoholic beverages on in the service, and so he was like, okay, 112 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,720 let's invent something that's not a beverage. 113 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:43,399 Speaker 2: How about that? 114 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: So that's how jello shots were invented. So then a 115 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,519 couple of years later he comes out with this song 116 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:52,959 called the Elements, and he takes this song from He 117 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,600 takes the a song from Pirates of Penzance called Major 118 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,199 General Song and changes the words to where it's all 119 00:06:00,199 --> 00:06:02,839 of the elements at the time. There have been more 120 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,480 discovered since then, but all the elements on the periodic 121 00:06:05,519 --> 00:06:08,519 table on the periodic table and puts them to this music. 122 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,759 The name of the song is the Elements. 123 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 2: Listened to him singing here. 124 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,079 Speaker 4: Germanium and iron, amarici and ruthenium, uranium, eurobrium, zicconium, rutim, 125 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,000 vanadium and lanthemum and osmium, anastatine and radium and golden 126 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:25,800 protect in indiana and gallium and im and thulium and thallium. 127 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:26,759 Speaker 2: Okay, okay. 128 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,439 Speaker 1: So he's back teaching, teaching in college, but like his music, 129 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,560 starts to catch on in places. Isaac Asimov in his 130 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:35,160 this is. 131 00:06:35,199 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 2: The same guy, I got pissed off at Ghostbusters for 132 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:39,120 filming in Central Park. 133 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,519 Speaker 1: Yes, so, he in his second autobiography that is, like 134 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,480 volume two his second Yes, says I enjoy still felt 135 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:47,920 was the name of it. 136 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 5: It. 137 00:06:48,319 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: He talks about seeing Tom Leer play in a nightclub 138 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,800 and he's talking about the song I got it from Agnes, 139 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:58,800 and he says, I slowly realized that what he was 140 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,439 talking about was of venereal disease, right, And as the 141 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,000 characters became more clear, it was it was clear that 142 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,000 we were getting more perverse and weird, and he just 143 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,079 thought it was hysterical and so he you know, Tom 144 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,959 lrs in Isaacasmov's autobiography, let's play that song right here. Okay. 145 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: I love my friends and they love me. 146 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:27,519 Speaker 3: We're just as close as we can be. And just 147 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:33,720 because we really care what whatever we get, we share. 148 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,480 I got it from Agnes, She got it from Jim. 149 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:45,639 We all agree it must have been Louise who gave 150 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,759 it to him. Now she got it from Harry, who 151 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:54,240 got it from Marie. And everybody knows that Marie got 152 00:07:54,279 --> 00:07:54,720 it from me. 153 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,839 Speaker 1: That's hilarious, man, that's funny. Well, and but it's also 154 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:03,360 wildly inappropate. And so the radio wasn't playing him, right, 155 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:05,879 It was just people who he pressed a record and 156 00:08:06,079 --> 00:08:08,279 like people would just hey, I heard about this, and 157 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:11,480 it would get pastor here's his quote. Lacking exposure in 158 00:08:11,519 --> 00:08:15,480 the media. My song spread slowly like herpies rather than 159 00:08:15,519 --> 00:08:18,000 a bola. 160 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 2: This guy's really bright. Yeah, right. 161 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: So, as it turns out, one of his fans is 162 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,000 a guy named Daniel Radcliffe. 163 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:29,519 Speaker 2: I know, right, Daniel Radcliffe. I heard he was born 164 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,360 in nineteen eighty nine, two days after the release of UHF. 165 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: Two days after the release of UHF. Daniel Radcliffe is 166 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,919 born in twenty and ten. Some years later, He's on 167 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:42,960 Graham Norton show, right, and he says, I love this song, 168 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,559 and I think this guy is a genius. 169 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 2: And he is. 170 00:08:45,879 --> 00:08:50,879 Speaker 1: He sings the entire thing without musical background, without que cards, 171 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,399 just from memory, sings all of the elements of periodic 172 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:55,360 table in this song. 173 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 5: Okay, So there's antimonials nikoluneam selenium, hydrogen and oxygen like nicolenim, germainium, 174 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,759 mana masie marthinim, uranium, you ope vanadium, and I'm feman 175 00:09:05,799 --> 00:09:09,120 osman acentina, radium and goldenmon gallium and I didn't thor 176 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:11,720 him and thuliaman thallium a little little there's. 177 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 2: A tree Matoby. 178 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:18,759 Speaker 1: Rihanna and Colin Farrell are both there laughing hysterically at him. 179 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,240 And it does really well and he's he's got this 180 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,240 kind of amazing ability to sing fast, difficult to remember songs. 181 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,759 Speaker 2: So just in case you don't know who Daniel Radcliffe is, wait, is. 182 00:09:30,759 --> 00:09:32,519 Speaker 1: He somebody that people should know? I mean I saw 183 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:33,720 him and he looks familiar. 184 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 2: The name you might know him better as is Harry Potter. 185 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:40,039 Is he and Harry Potter? Yes, he's Harry Potter. Oh, 186 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,039 he is Harry pots Harry he's a little kid. Yes, Okay, 187 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:43,519 you know that. 188 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: I do know that. 189 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 2: Gosh freaking Harry Potter. 190 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: He's kind of an icon. 191 00:09:48,279 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 5: He is. 192 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:49,399 Speaker 2: He's kind of an icon. 193 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm just saying that there are people out there 194 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,080 that might not know who he is. Right, Well, I've 195 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:59,399 seen him in Swiss Army Man. Okay, he I think 196 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,519 he made so much money from doing those Harry Potter 197 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,720 movies that he was just like, I'm going to do 198 00:10:04,159 --> 00:10:07,120 the wildest and weirdest stuff that I can. 199 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 2: I think you're right, But we're getting a little ahead 200 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,440 of ourselves here. Okay. We haven't talked about the man 201 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,279 himself about weird Out. Yes, So tell me what you 202 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,440 know about weird Al's history. Well, here's what I know. 203 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,240 He was born in nineteen fifty nine. Raised in California, 204 00:10:20,799 --> 00:10:24,720 super Bride student, graduated from high school early went to college. 205 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,320 Was talking to his guidance counselor and he's like, I 206 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,519 think I want to be a cartoonist. And the guidance 207 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,200 counselor is like, no, no, no, no, no no, you 208 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,519 want to be an architect. So he's like, Okay, I 209 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,399 guess I'm going to be an architect. While he's in college, 210 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,559 he gets a job as the night DJ at the 211 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,639 local college radio station and starts to play some sort 212 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,399 of funny music and he's probably playing Tom Lee or 213 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:49,480 song probably and so at the time in nineteen seventy nine, 214 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,279 one of the biggest songs of the year is called 215 00:10:52,480 --> 00:11:00,480 My Sharona by the Knack, which we're going to cover 216 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,559 in our Patreon episode Dear Listener. 217 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,759 Speaker 1: If you are not a Patreon member yet, you should 218 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:07,919 be because if you are, you get to listen to 219 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,279 our special episodes where we cover the one hit wonders 220 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:14,200 of the eighties and beyond, and this month we are 221 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:20,000 covering My Sharona, which is a key song in the 222 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,480 career of mister Weird Ali Yankovic. 223 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:23,759 Speaker 2: Absolutely so. 224 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:26,919 Speaker 1: He he had played these kind of weird songs against 225 00:11:27,519 --> 00:11:31,000 advice of and actually requirements of the college, and eventually 226 00:11:31,039 --> 00:11:33,559 they canned him. They fired him, really yes, okay, so 227 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,720 like everybody was upset and they're They're like, then this 228 00:11:35,799 --> 00:11:38,080 guy was funny. By the way, that's also where he 229 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:40,919 got his name, weird Al. Like he was weird and shy, 230 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,279 and he played the accordion. 231 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 2: He said, a traveling salesman came to the door one 232 00:11:47,639 --> 00:11:50,879 day and was selling accordions and his mom was like, yes, 233 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,600 I'll take one for my son, who's super cool. 234 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, he wanted she wanted him to get the chicks. 235 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,759 And so anyway, so weird Al not only plays these 236 00:12:01,799 --> 00:12:05,279 funny songs, but he starts recording some of them. And 237 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,799 one of his heroes is a guy named doctor Demento, Yes, 238 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,919 who he has his own show, was pretty famous back 239 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,879 in the seventies. Plays these weird songs. 240 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: All the time. 241 00:12:16,519 --> 00:12:18,759 Speaker 1: I actually came to weird House High School to speak 242 00:12:18,759 --> 00:12:21,799 at one point, and you know, weird got his autograph. 243 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:26,559 So at some point he records a song and sends 244 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:29,720 it to Doctor Demento, and Doctor Demento plays. 245 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 2: It on his show. 246 00:12:30,919 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: He's like, oh, this is amazing. And then He's like, Okay, well, 247 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,440 let's do live shows. And so they're doing live shows 248 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,799 with him and an accordion and a guy on the drums, 249 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,440 and it's just ridiculous stuff. But ultimately, yes, they record 250 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,919 a parody of the song My Sharona, which is called 251 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:58,600 my Bologna. This is the song that moves him from 252 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,679 good too great and he becomes a superstar. 253 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,799 Speaker 2: And the singer for the Knack. He said, somehow he 254 00:13:04,919 --> 00:13:07,879 weird aw got his address, mailed it to him, He 255 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,559 listened to it, he loved it. He went to Capitol 256 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,960 Records and says, we got to sign this guy. Brilliant. 257 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: I mean, how awesome is that the guy from the 258 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:18,039 Nack gave us weird Owl. 259 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 2: Yep, that's so cool. 260 00:13:19,879 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. So again, we can't go into the whole history 261 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,480 of weird out here, but we all know that after 262 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:28,720 that he gave us some of the best parody songs 263 00:13:29,039 --> 00:13:30,600 for the next forty years. 264 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 2: And we were talking. 265 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,639 Speaker 1: We had a nice little experience where I hit a 266 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,120 deer earlier this week and Jason came to my rescue. 267 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,320 I think we were literally talking about weird al whenever 268 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,600 the deer decided to give me a and so then 269 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:45,879 when you picked me up, we had a nice forty 270 00:13:45,919 --> 00:13:47,879 five minute drive where we get to talk about weird 271 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,159 Al and the songs. And I was trying to remember 272 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,440 what the first weird Al song was I heard, and 273 00:13:53,519 --> 00:13:56,799 I can't remember if it's eat It or if I'm 274 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,919 pretty sure it was I love Rocky. 275 00:13:58,799 --> 00:14:02,159 Speaker 2: Road for me, absolutely eat It. It was on MTV. 276 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,080 I know they played it at the roller rink when 277 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,559 I was a fifth grader. Yeah, and it killed at 278 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,840 the roller rank of course. 279 00:14:08,879 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: First. 280 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 2: I mean, first of all, beat it was next level fire. 281 00:14:12,399 --> 00:14:12,639 Speaker 1: Yeah. 282 00:14:12,879 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 2: And when you played a parody of beat it, it 283 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,679 was just and it's so clever and funny. We loved it. 284 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,679 Speaker 1: It's great because that also was a turning point in 285 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,360 his career because he is such a nice guy. He 286 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,399 always asked permission of the artist to parody their song, 287 00:14:29,519 --> 00:14:30,919 and if they say no, he doesn't do it. 288 00:14:31,159 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 2: Are you going to bring up coolioh? 289 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:37,399 Speaker 1: Yes? Well again, confusion there, because I can remember long 290 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,519 ago that'd being a big issue in him saying I 291 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,519 don't know, you know, like we sent it to him 292 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,799 and he said yes, and then we recorded it and 293 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,759 then he said no, and we're like, oh, we already 294 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,200 done this and it's too late. Is that what I said? 295 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:48,279 Speaker 2: No? 296 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that was his side. And then Coolio was like, 297 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,000 I told him I didn't want to record it, and 298 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:55,639 he recorded it anyway. The short story is, and we 299 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,240 lost Coolio just within this past month. Yeah, Coolio and 300 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,320 he made up. They like they met together. They made up, 301 00:15:02,519 --> 00:15:05,679 and Coolio came out and publicly said I was wrong 302 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:08,360 for saying what I said in that interview. I was 303 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,600 wrong at the time, he goes, I had producers whispering 304 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:14,480 in my ear telling me the wrong thing, and weird. 305 00:15:14,559 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 2: I was a great guy, and he was very strong. 306 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:19,639 Speaker 1: He was like, I was wrong, yeah, yeah. 307 00:15:19,639 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 2: And gainst Paradise is brilliant. Yeah, and almost Paradise is 308 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:25,879 equally freaking brilliant. 309 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,039 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, but back to early days, Yes, he 310 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,399 asked permission before he does these songs. Right, And so 311 00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:38,200 you want to ask Michael Jackson, the Michael Jackson, if 312 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:43,960 you can parody his biggest chart topping song right this moment, right, Well, 313 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,440 it doesn't hurt to ask, and that was their theme, 314 00:15:46,559 --> 00:15:48,600 It doesn't hurt to ask. Let's give it a try, 315 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,399 and Michael said, O, guy, sounds funny and so from 316 00:15:53,639 --> 00:15:57,120 that moment on, whenever he would ask somebody if he 317 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,320 got any kind of resistance, it was well, you know, 318 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,879 we were enough for Michael Jackson, right, And I was like, okay, 319 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,679 all right. And you remember in the Nirvana episode when 320 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,000 we talked about it was Victoria Jackson comes to them 321 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,840 backstage at Saturday Night Live and she's like, my friend 322 00:16:12,919 --> 00:16:15,759 weird Al really likes yeah. Yeah, and they were like, 323 00:16:15,879 --> 00:16:18,840 we've made it. Yes, I mean, we're on Saturday Night Live, 324 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:21,440 but weird Al wants to cover our song. That's how 325 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,200 you know you made it in the music business when 326 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,120 Weird I wants to cover you. 327 00:16:24,279 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. Which the interesting thing about I don't think he's 328 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:28,440 ever done Prince. 329 00:16:29,159 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: He has not. He is the He is the artist 330 00:16:31,279 --> 00:16:35,759 who has always refused or had always refused to let 331 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,559 him perform his songs. Right, And you don't see any 332 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,440 Prince songs. Nope, no Prince No the Princes lost in 333 00:16:40,519 --> 00:16:42,200 my absolutely book. Absolutely. 334 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,679 Speaker 2: Hey, okay, so let me ask you this just I'm 335 00:16:44,799 --> 00:16:47,080 putting you on the spot. Yeah, we talked about weird Al. 336 00:16:47,159 --> 00:16:51,200 I know, we talked about him in Michael Jackson h Nirvana. Yeah, 337 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,080 we talked about him during our Huey Lewis in the 338 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,279 News episode because of that parody video with American Psycho. 339 00:16:56,559 --> 00:17:00,399 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I want a new Duck. We 340 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,320 talked about that. Yeah, we talked about him during our 341 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,799 Aerosmith episode where I said, one of my personal favorites 342 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,519 is living in the Fridge, right right, Okay, so let 343 00:17:09,559 --> 00:17:11,759 me ask you to put put you on the spot 344 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,680 top three weird ouse songs. Ready to go. 345 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:14,559 Speaker 5: Uh. 346 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: Fat is immediately springing to the top of the list, 347 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,160 and then I'm gonna go one more minute with you, 348 00:17:24,039 --> 00:17:27,559 and then I'm gonna follow that up with White and 349 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:28,119 Nerdy White. 350 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 2: That's solidarity, that's solid So for me, it's a it 351 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,200 goes with the video. Like you know, there are two 352 00:17:35,319 --> 00:17:37,640 separate things, but when you mash them together, there's I 353 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,200 mean there's Fat has extra weight because the video is 354 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:46,839 so freaking hilarious too, right, that has extra weight? Really anyway, Yes, 355 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,200 so I would put Fat at the top of that list. 356 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,079 I love the saga begins, which is a story of 357 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,960 Star Wars right Anakin Skywalker, and then I'm always gonna 358 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,640 go back to Live in the Frame. It's just because 359 00:18:00,799 --> 00:18:02,160 my family just loves that song. 360 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:05,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, so he makes a phenomenal career in the eighties 361 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:10,400 doing the parodies of these songs, and ultimately he and 362 00:18:10,559 --> 00:18:13,759 his manager decide, Hey, let's do a whole movie. 363 00:18:14,079 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 2: And the movie's really just. 364 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,799 Speaker 1: Going to be more parodies, that's all it is. 365 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 366 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it literally starts off in the same 367 00:18:19,319 --> 00:18:21,440 way that Raiders of the Lost Ark starts off. Yes, 368 00:18:21,799 --> 00:18:23,920 get the back of his head, get the whip, get 369 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:28,519 all of that, and it's fantastic. They filmed it over 370 00:18:28,599 --> 00:18:30,759 in Tulsa. You were sending me pictures of it, just 371 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:31,680 like this past week. 372 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 2: Listen. I remember when they filmed this and the local 373 00:18:35,599 --> 00:18:39,400 radio station put out a call for extras. They needed extras. Yeah, 374 00:18:39,599 --> 00:18:42,200 and I wasn't old enough to drive or I would 375 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,200 have been in this bachelist city scene. So but yeah, 376 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,599 it was a big deal until So Oklahoma I filmed. 377 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,319 I remember the summer I filmed. Yeah. 378 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: Well, I went to college for a couple of years 379 00:18:52,559 --> 00:18:55,559 in Tulsa and one of my acting teachers was the 380 00:18:55,599 --> 00:19:02,640 fish Lady's Oh You So Stupid. Yes, that was one 381 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,000 of my acting teachers. Believe it or not. I performed 382 00:19:05,079 --> 00:19:06,680 with her and learned from her. 383 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,559 Speaker 2: Wow, okay, awesome. 384 00:19:08,759 --> 00:19:14,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, so UHF, brilliant movie comes out and absolutely blows 385 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,720 up the box office, right, No, yeah, no, Fortunately it 386 00:19:19,839 --> 00:19:23,200 happened to come out on the same day as, among others, Batman. 387 00:19:23,279 --> 00:19:26,319 Speaker 2: I know, I know. So I have had this kind 388 00:19:26,319 --> 00:19:28,640 of ongoing discussion with the guys from a Film Buy 389 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,039 and David Wright, and so they fell by podcast. They 390 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:34,839 believe eighty six is the best year. David Riot's real 391 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,000 strong with nineteen eighty four, and I have kind of 392 00:19:38,079 --> 00:19:41,240 always been team nineteen eighty nine. Yeah, I mean that 393 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,480 summer you had Indiana Jones, the third Indiana Jones, maybe, 394 00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:47,480 you had Batman, you had leth a Weapon two. I 395 00:19:47,559 --> 00:19:48,960 mean you had Honey, Shrunk the Kids. 396 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: All of those movies like leith a Weapon two, Honey 397 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,960 I Shunk the Kids, Batman, and UHF all came out 398 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:56,960 that same month. 399 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,559 Speaker 2: Like it's all tight, really tight. Yes, And then yeah, 400 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:05,720 the sequel to Ghostbusters that summer was Blockbusters City and 401 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,400 UHF just got buried it did. It was only in 402 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,519 the theater for like two weeks. I remember in Tulsa 403 00:20:11,599 --> 00:20:13,559 it was a big deal. But every time I went 404 00:20:13,599 --> 00:20:15,519 to the movie theater, I'm like, well, crap, I gotta now. 405 00:20:15,519 --> 00:20:17,519 I gotta see Lethal Weapon. Now, I gotta see Batman. 406 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,759 Now I gotta see Indiana Jones. And I never saw 407 00:20:19,799 --> 00:20:20,400 it in the theater. 408 00:20:20,759 --> 00:20:23,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, so tragic. I did see it in the theater. 409 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:24,839 So let's talk about the movie for a second. Talk 410 00:20:24,839 --> 00:20:26,519 about the movie that we're here to talk about. Yes, 411 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,039 So UHF comes out eighty nine two days later. Daniel 412 00:20:30,079 --> 00:20:33,200 Radcliffe was born Harry Potter. He does some sort of movie, 413 00:20:33,559 --> 00:20:36,319 some Witchcraft movie or something, a series or something. 414 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 2: I don't know. 415 00:20:36,759 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: Anyway, somebody's popular. And then in twenty ten, Daniel Radcliffe 416 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,440 is on The Graham Norton Show and he performs this 417 00:20:43,559 --> 00:20:47,200 song The Elements. Tom Layer, Right, I look to see 418 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,119 if Tom Layer was an influence on Weirdow. Of course 419 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,240 he was, right, of course, of course he was. I literally, 420 00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:55,960 like literally twenty twenty one, weird Al is like, Tom 421 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,279 been fifty six years, man, when are you gonna come 422 00:20:58,319 --> 00:21:00,880 out with another album? Like he's he just being silly, 423 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,680 but I mean he this is a guy who was 424 00:21:03,319 --> 00:21:07,720 monumentally inspirational to him. And he happens to see Daniel 425 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:11,839 Radcliffe singing The Elements on The Graham Norton Show and 426 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:16,680 he says, I think that kid should play me in 427 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:21,400 the biopic. Yeah. Now, at the same time, I like 428 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,519 sa biopic instead of biopick. It's biopick, I know, I know, 429 00:21:25,799 --> 00:21:27,640 I like biopic better. It's like myopic. 430 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:28,519 Speaker 2: Okay. 431 00:21:28,599 --> 00:21:32,279 Speaker 1: So twenty ten, same year that the Daniel Radcliffe is 432 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,880 on the Graham Norton Show, a guy named Eric Apple 433 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,559 comes to Weird Al and says, Hey, we've had all 434 00:21:37,599 --> 00:21:42,640 these music biopicks coming out. Let's do a trailer for 435 00:21:42,799 --> 00:21:45,839 your biopic and let's like think up all of these 436 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,039 dumb music tropes that they have in all of these 437 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:53,599 music biography movies and let's just play it up right. Yeah, 438 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,240 because Weird Al is the most straight laced, non interesting 439 00:21:58,359 --> 00:21:59,039 personal life. 440 00:21:59,079 --> 00:22:00,279 Speaker 2: It's true, guy you could meat. 441 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he has made a ton of money, 442 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:05,279 brought a ton of happiness to a bunch of people, 443 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,119 and his life is just kind of normally. 444 00:22:08,279 --> 00:22:11,559 Speaker 2: He's the one guy you could trust with your girlfriend, right, Well, 445 00:22:11,759 --> 00:22:14,920 him and Vince Neil, I mean, you know, right. 446 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: So, so what they do is they get Aaron Paul 447 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,119 who's the guy who plays Pink on Breaking Bad, and 448 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,759 they get Olivia Wilde to play the Madonna part. Yes, 449 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,079 They've got Mary Steambergen playing his mom, his dad. 450 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,839 Speaker 2: What's that is it? Gary Cole is Gary Cole, Gary 451 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,559 Cole from Space. Yeah, he's so good. 452 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,759 Speaker 1: And Patton Oswell plays Doctor Demento right, and weird Al 453 00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:46,319 is the record producer who refuses to sign weird out right, 454 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,720 and it's this I'm addicted to drugs, I'm having these 455 00:22:50,839 --> 00:22:54,160 sex parties. I've got these abusive parents. And it's all 456 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,880 those music tropes that you were seeing back in the 457 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,880 twenty ten. You had the Johnny Cash that's twenty ten, 458 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,279 twelve years ago. Yeah, weird the Al Yankovic story. The 459 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,599 trailer came out twelve years ago. 460 00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:08,759 Speaker 2: It's crazy, and you said that to me. I had 461 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,559 no clue it was. 462 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: So was written by this guy named Eric Apple directed 463 00:23:13,519 --> 00:23:18,160 the trailer twelve years ago, and over the last twelve 464 00:23:18,279 --> 00:23:20,559 years he and weird Al have been working on this 465 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,720 script together. And then sure enough they gave Daniel Radcliffe 466 00:23:24,759 --> 00:23:26,920 a call and said, hey, would you like to come 467 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:27,599 play this part? 468 00:23:27,799 --> 00:23:30,079 Speaker 2: And he said, let's go. Harry Potter and weird Al. 469 00:23:30,319 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: So I asked you earlier today, what is your favorite 470 00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:34,440 music biopic? 471 00:23:34,559 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 2: Purple Rain? That's good, Purple Rain. That's good. I mean, 472 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,279 were counting that absolutely? 473 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,759 Speaker 1: Okay, So I'm gonna I just jotted down just from 474 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,519 thinking about movies I seen, including Queen Bohemian, Raselley Bohemian, 475 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,519 including that one, even including the Beethoven story. 476 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 2: That's another one. Sure, mortal beloved, same thing. So here 477 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:53,599 you go. 478 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: You ready? 479 00:23:54,279 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 2: Okay, so you just say yes or no on this 480 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,400 for your whether I've seen it or like it. No 481 00:23:59,480 --> 00:23:59,920 purple rain. 482 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,839 Speaker 1: The tropes, these are the tropes for all of these 483 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,559 musical biographies, Okay, you ready. Abusive parents, yes, angst, Yes, 484 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,039 hostile producer, Sure that one's more like a club owner 485 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,799 own but yes, hey kid, yeah, for drug and alcohol abuse, 486 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,599 not by him, not by not by print, but there 487 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,839 was definitely his dad had an alcohol products right right. 488 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,480 And then a music teacher that makes a difference. Again 489 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:33,279 not quite but like he well he discovers the music 490 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:39,960 that his dad's. So those things abusive parents, angst, hostile producer, 491 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,720 drug and alcohol abuse, music teacher, that makes a difference. 492 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:46,119 Those seem to be present in at least, you know, 493 00:24:46,599 --> 00:24:49,240 three out of five in every musical biography. So what 494 00:24:49,559 --> 00:24:52,279 weird Al and Eric Apple did was they were like Okay, 495 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,279 how can we take these and blow them up and 496 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,359 make this ridiculous parody of your life story? 497 00:24:59,079 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, I can't wait to see it. Man, Hey, listen, yeah, 498 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,519 listen to this. Okay. So I just looked at the cast, 499 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,920 and not so much the cast, but listen to the 500 00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:10,799 characters in this story. Okay, And keep in mind I 501 00:25:10,839 --> 00:25:12,599 haven't seen the movie yet. I can't wait to see it. 502 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,720 So we've got Daniel Radcliffe as we'd Ow. You've got 503 00:25:15,799 --> 00:25:18,359 Evan rachel Wood as Madonna. We've got Rain Wilson as 504 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,640 Doctor Demento from the office he had to come in. 505 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,440 Dwight Paton Olswat was going to be Doctor Demento again, 506 00:25:23,559 --> 00:25:25,160 but he hurt his foot and so he couldn't do it. 507 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,559 But you have people playing just listen. I mean, Conan 508 00:25:28,599 --> 00:25:32,079 O'Brien is playing Andy Warhol, Jack Black is playing Wolfman. 509 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:34,920 Jacket doesn't even line out of time wise really sure, 510 00:25:35,319 --> 00:25:38,279 You've got a person playing Pablo Escobar and Pee Wee 511 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,559 Herman and Alice Cooper and Tiny Tim and Gallagher and 512 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:46,359 Hulk Hogan and Hulk Hogan. Elijah Wood's playing Phil Collins. 513 00:25:46,559 --> 00:25:49,519 Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see Elijah Phil Collin, Elijah Woods, 514 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,559 Phil Fantastic. 515 00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:53,759 Speaker 2: By the way, where All is playing Tony Scotti, the guy, 516 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,920 the record producer, the record of producer, and he's providing 517 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,960 the singing voice for Daniel Radcliffe. 518 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: Of course you got to yeah, yeah, Okay, So we 519 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,519 blathered on long enough. Yep, we're now gonna go watch 520 00:26:05,559 --> 00:26:07,200 the movie. We're gonna come back and we're gonna tell 521 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:07,680 you what we think. 522 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 2: Okay, sounds good, let's do it. 523 00:26:09,039 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 4: Huh. 524 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 2: All right, I got a special thank you that we 525 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,799 got a shout out for real quick. Okay, So our 526 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,079 longtime listener and good friend Chris Webber sent us a 527 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,039 gift in the mail. Hi, Chris, check it out. I 528 00:26:25,039 --> 00:26:27,599 didn't even know this thing existed. This is an Airplane 529 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,599 soundtrack album. 530 00:26:29,759 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: Thank god, it's only a record. That's the tagline. I mean, 531 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,279 that's that's awesome. I would never have guessed that they 532 00:26:36,319 --> 00:26:39,079 came out with a vinyl LP of the songs off 533 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:39,599 of Airplane. 534 00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:40,039 Speaker 2: What have we got? 535 00:26:40,079 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 5: What? 536 00:26:40,319 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 2: Okay, listen to this. This is gonna blow you away. 537 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:42,599 Speaker 1: You're ready for this? 538 00:26:42,759 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 2: Ye freaking hilarious. Okay, So we have the theme from Jaws. 539 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:48,839 Speaker 1: There you go. 540 00:26:49,079 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 2: We have staying alive. 541 00:26:50,759 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: Is it sped up? 542 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:51,759 Speaker 4: Do we know? 543 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: I guess you could, like you know, yeah, we'll ramp 544 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,000 it up. We're gonna bring out the record player. We're 545 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:56,799 gonna listen to this thing. 546 00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,079 Speaker 2: We have everything's coming up, Roses. 547 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 6: We have the River Jordan, uh huh, of course, fantastic, 548 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,240 and we have the Notre Dame fight song, win one 549 00:27:08,319 --> 00:27:11,720 for the Zipper, the love theme for Airplane, and then. 550 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,519 Speaker 2: Time whatever that is. But this is great. This is hilarious, Chris, 551 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:16,319 Thank you so much. 552 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: Man. This is I think we should totally devote an 553 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:19,359 episode for this album. 554 00:27:19,599 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 6: Oh my gosh, there you go, Chris. 555 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:23,839 Speaker 1: I'll put the call out there for you all, Shirley fans. 556 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,440 If you want to send us an album, whatever it 557 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:31,039 might be, short of, you know, pornography, we will consider 558 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,880 seriously reviewing that album for you in an episode. 559 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 2: Okay, I like the escape Cloths. That's good. 560 00:27:36,839 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: I'm a lawyer, baby. Of those little caveats in there, we. 561 00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 2: Will consider seriously. No promises, but yes, all right. 562 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,279 Speaker 1: So that actually brings us to what we're here to 563 00:27:50,319 --> 00:27:54,200 talk about today, which is weird the Al Yankovic story. 564 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,480 We just got done watching the movie and you pointed 565 00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:01,400 out midway through, cause we're both just laughing and smiling 566 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,319 the whole time. And you were like, these guys did 567 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,079 exactly what the Airplane guys did, which is they kept 568 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:12,839 it serious in their delivery, despite how absolutely ridiculous it 569 00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:15,000 was what they were saying or doing at the time, 570 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,319 they kept it serious in their performance and it paid 571 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:19,440 off in spades. 572 00:28:19,559 --> 00:28:22,599 Speaker 2: Very very similar style comedy to like Airplane, Make a Gun. 573 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,319 You know, the characters. It was dead serious. 574 00:28:25,519 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yes, everybody was delivering it. They weren't hamming it, 575 00:28:28,839 --> 00:28:31,880 they weren't overdoing it, they weren't underdoing it. They weren't 576 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,759 doing anything other than playing this as if it was 577 00:28:34,799 --> 00:28:38,480 a serious movie, and they executed it perfectly, making it 578 00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:42,079 that much funnier. Now it's not it's not airplane, right, 579 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,920 it's not airw No, but it is fun. I mean, 580 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,200 it's just good fun. And honestly, I am truly impressed 581 00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:53,799 at the ability to kind of recreate scenes from other 582 00:28:54,359 --> 00:28:58,000 really well known biographical kind of movies. I mean, you've 583 00:28:58,039 --> 00:29:01,440 got you had the doors in there, right, you had 584 00:29:01,519 --> 00:29:03,759 purple rain in there. At some point, you had boogie 585 00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:06,440 Knights in there. I loved the Boogie Knights pool scene 586 00:29:06,599 --> 00:29:11,000 was fantastic. You had all of these random eighties characters 587 00:29:11,119 --> 00:29:15,839 out there. You had Emo Phillips playing Salvador Dolly and 588 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,880 delivering his lines in Spanish with like a perfect accent. 589 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,839 Speaker 2: It was fantastic. It was great, man, it was a 590 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,079 lot of fun. So, okay, so you bring up the 591 00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:27,440 Boogie Knights scene, right, and so Weird Al has been 592 00:29:27,519 --> 00:29:29,880 invited by Doctor Demento back to his house to have 593 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,440 this pool party. And there's a ridiculous amount of people there. 594 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,799 I mean, you got Alice Cooper, you got Pee Wee Herman, 595 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,759 got Gray Slick, You've got the girl from the B 596 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,440 fifty two's, you've got Frank Zappa, who we talked about 597 00:29:42,519 --> 00:29:45,400 multiple times in this podcast. And it's just they're all 598 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,279 like you, pee Wee Herman's in his costume. 599 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: Right, And as we mentioned, Jack Black is in that 600 00:29:50,359 --> 00:29:52,839 scene and he shows up as Wolfman Jack and it's 601 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,559 the big kind of challenge scene. Guys, this is a 602 00:29:55,839 --> 00:29:59,359 fantastic show. You should check it out. Just prepare not 603 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,240 to anything seriously because it is just a fun little 604 00:30:03,599 --> 00:30:05,920 like I was just smiling at what they did, but 605 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,200 I was going to say, you know, when Weird Al 606 00:30:08,319 --> 00:30:10,640 would do his videos, like when he did beat It 607 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,640 and when he did Like a Surgeon, and when he 608 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,880 did all these other videos. He really went out of 609 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,680 his way to try to capture what they had done 610 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,519 in the original video, and he did a lot of directing. 611 00:30:22,559 --> 00:30:25,240 Now we got a different director on this one, but he, 612 00:30:25,799 --> 00:30:28,680 I mean he sold that game as well. He absolutely 613 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,200 did an homage. I mean it's kind of like uajef 614 00:30:31,559 --> 00:30:34,480 like when it starts off with Raiders at the Lost Arc. 615 00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:37,119 It's really being executed very well. I mean it's like, 616 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:42,119 you know, this isn't identical. It's obviously a comedic take apparently, sure, 617 00:30:42,599 --> 00:30:44,319 but they do a great job with it. 618 00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 2: Okay, I got to bring up one person in particular. 619 00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:49,559 That So Daniel Ratcliffe does a great job as weird Al. 620 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: For sure. 621 00:30:50,319 --> 00:30:54,559 Speaker 2: It's very you know, it's he's he nails the joyful 622 00:30:54,759 --> 00:30:58,359 expression of weird Al, and yet he delivers on the 623 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,200 heartbreak and anger of you know, when his mom's like 624 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,720 basically what we think is you should do things that 625 00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:07,319 you hate and not be yourself, you know. And so 626 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,440 that whole thing is set up and he does a 627 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,720 great job. But I'll tell you who knocked it absolutely 628 00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:16,000 out of the park. Was Evan rachel Wood as Madonna. Yeah, yes, 629 00:31:16,119 --> 00:31:19,160 she did Madonna slash the Drug Cartel. 630 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: I mean when she shows up with a star and 631 00:31:23,559 --> 00:31:26,359 an eyepatch, boys and girls, you're just going to be like, 632 00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:29,240 what is going on? Like I said, they went for 633 00:31:29,519 --> 00:31:33,720 all of those music biography tropes and they and they 634 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,640 landed them all in space. 635 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 2: It really was weird out to the nth degree. So 636 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,119 like different events actually did happen in his life, you know? 637 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,519 Speaker 1: Yeah, they had the recording in the bathroom of My Boloona, yes, 638 00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:46,640 which we talked about earlier. 639 00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:51,359 Speaker 2: Yes, and he did parody the next My Sharona, which 640 00:31:51,559 --> 00:31:53,640 by the way, is a upcoming Patreon episode. 641 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: Don't forget to subscribe to Patreon so that you can 642 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,480 catch that episode just for our Patreon subscribers. Go to 643 00:31:58,559 --> 00:32:00,880 patreon dot com slash Truly podcast. 644 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, those are really good. And so he did actually 645 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,799 meet Madonna. Now, she didn't kill Pablo Escobar and take. 646 00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: Over here spoiler alert, spoiler alert, she didn't kill Pablo 647 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:15,720 Escobar anyway, that's that he got that wrong. So just 648 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:16,599 there you go. 649 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,319 Speaker 2: I hate to be the one to break it to everybody. 650 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,000 She did not kill Pablo Escobar. 651 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: Right, No, that's not what happened at all in the movie. 652 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 2: But it was like these different true events that they 653 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:26,880 would kill. 654 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: It is like a punch fake. 655 00:32:28,359 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 5: Is that what. 656 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 2: I'm just saying. So they would take these events and 657 00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:38,279 then they would make the most ridiculous thing out of 658 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,359 these true life events. So I enjoyed it to death. 659 00:32:42,519 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: I really did. It's it is a movie that you 660 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:49,279 can have family fun with. There's you know, a sex 661 00:32:49,359 --> 00:32:53,000 scene if you will, but it's just so ridiculous what 662 00:32:53,079 --> 00:32:53,559 they're doing. 663 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 2: Yes, it's a makeout scene, right, I mean you. 664 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,079 Speaker 1: The trailer of the of the show has the line 665 00:33:01,119 --> 00:33:02,880 in it, you know, he's like that like a virgin? 666 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,599 Is that autobiographical? And she's like, yes, it is, except 667 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:11,160 that I've had a lot less sex. That's about as 668 00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:13,000 bad as it gets in the whole show. 669 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 2: Right, no profanity. No, Now you've got. 670 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: Weird al smoking and drinking like a fiend. But again 671 00:33:18,519 --> 00:33:20,799 you get that from the previews, and it's it's hysterical, 672 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,200 all of the anger and the angst. It's it's superbly done. 673 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 2: I really really, it's a lot of fun. 674 00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:28,759 Speaker 1: Oh and I forgot to mention, you know, I brought 675 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:30,640 this up when we were doing our research on the 676 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,880 movie before it came out. The producer of this is 677 00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:35,319 an alumni of ours, and oh, you guys, that's right. 678 00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:38,119 Jason and I both graduated from the University of Oklahoma, 679 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,720 and one of the primary producers on this show is 680 00:33:40,759 --> 00:33:44,319 a guy named Tim Headington. He's done a bunch like 681 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,680 he did. He's an oil and gas guy, like it's crazy, 682 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:50,440 you know, but he's also been in film production for 683 00:33:50,599 --> 00:33:52,920 probably fifteen years at this point. 684 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 2: I'm your billionaire. 685 00:33:54,039 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: One of the other shows he did this year was 686 00:33:56,039 --> 00:33:59,000 Everything Everywhere, All at Once, which is another weird and 687 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,319 fantastic show. So I was just, you know, had to 688 00:34:02,359 --> 00:34:05,839 look at him his he's like his brother Mary David 689 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:12,239 Borene's daughter, like it's I mean, it's crazy. Anyway, it's 690 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,199 it is great that we have an Oklahoma guy who 691 00:34:15,519 --> 00:34:18,119 helped make this project possible. And then the other thing 692 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:19,920 that was really interesting to me is that this is 693 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,880 the Roku Channel. You know, I don't know that I've 694 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,880 ever seen the Roku channel have a movie that they 695 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,000 call this is a Roku production, but they did, they 696 00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:31,119 had in this and then maybe it's their first one. 697 00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:32,719 I need to look this up. I haven't think it 698 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,199 is to do it, but like, this is basically their 699 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,400 Stranger Things. This is the We're gonna sink all of 700 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,559 our money into this project and see how it goes. 701 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:45,159 And I mean, I'm I'm rooting for him. I'm rooting 702 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:46,320 for him. I want them to make it big. 703 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,760 Speaker 2: Okay, So very clearly we're saying, go watch this movie. 704 00:34:49,559 --> 00:34:49,760 Speaker 5: Yeah. 705 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, if you love where It Ow, you're 706 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,880 gonna love it. If you love move excuse me, if 707 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,159 you love music biographies, you're. 708 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 2: Gonna love it. 709 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:04,119 Speaker 1: If you love the icons and the nostalgia of the eighties, 710 00:35:04,639 --> 00:35:07,239 you're gonna love it. It is. It's well performed, well 711 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,719 put together, just a whole lot of just silly fun. 712 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,039 Speaker 2: Yeah. If you're a fan of pop culture, if you've 713 00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:14,440 seen Bugge nice, if you've seen Purple Rain, if you've 714 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,119 seen the Queen movie, it's gonna all ring true. Plus 715 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,719 if you know a little bit about weird out, it 716 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:19,400 doesn't hurt either. 717 00:35:19,599 --> 00:35:22,679 Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, and I just heard today, like with the 718 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,559 release of the movie, he released a new album that 719 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,199 was totally unexpected. I haven't got a chance to go 720 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,599 check it out. I don't know if it's like the 721 00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:32,440 greatest hits and the songs from this movie or what 722 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:35,159 it is. But today he came out with a brand 723 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,320 new album release. Nice little surprise to go along with 724 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:38,679 the movie. 725 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 2: We love Weirdel. 726 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:42,079 Speaker 1: We do, We really do. We will do a large 727 00:35:42,159 --> 00:35:46,039 and in depth deep dive into the weird Awl story, but. 728 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,599 Speaker 2: Not to day. Yeah, but go check out the movie 729 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,920 weird Else sprinkled throughout. We saw weird ELL's wife in 730 00:35:52,039 --> 00:35:52,440 the movie. 731 00:35:52,599 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 1: If you know who she is, you can recognize her. 732 00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:56,199 Speaker 2: She's kind of the foxy lady with gray hair at 733 00:35:56,199 --> 00:35:57,920 the end. Yeah, yeah, anything else. 734 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: No, guys, we definitely give this two thumbs up. Go 735 00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:05,960 see it. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and 736 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,920 comments after you checked it out. 737 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,199 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely tons of fun. Go watch it.