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This week we tackle the first of two VH1 version of ALTV with writer Witney Seibold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Lisa Hammer to discuss the final track of Poodle Hat. On this chaotic closure Al pays homage to Frank Zappa with Genius in France! Lisa Hammer is a New York independent filmmaker and musician. She is best known for her DIY/Punk/Surrealist/German Expressionist films, lush music videos, and experimental horror-fairy tales and dark comedies, as well as the voice of Triana Orpheus on Adult Swim's cartoon "The Venture Bros." Her films have screened at the MoMA, The Getty Museum, myriad festivals and many one-woman shows at galleries and theaters worldwide such as Nighthawk Cinemas, The Egyptian in LA, Duolin Museum in China and Anthology Film Archives. She is currently in production on her horror film “Under the Midnight Sun” with Kevin Corrigan and Rubin Rabasa. Her DIY cable-access TV show “Turn of the Century” with Dame Darcy is streaming on Night Flight Plus, with guest stars Courtney Love, Thurston Moore and Tiny Tim. Her current cable-access TV show “The POX Show” has had guest stars: H Jon Benjamin, Steve Severin (“Siouxsie and the Banshees”), Eve Plumb, Clayne Crawford, James Duval, Jonathan Katz (“Dr. Katz”) and Lucien Greaves of The Satanic Temple. Hammer is executive producer and editor on a new feature film "Montauk", starring Molly Ringwald, Charlie Tahan (“Ozark”), and Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) to be released in 2026, and she is co-creator and co-star of the series "Great Kills" (Dir James Merendino/”SLC Punk”) now streaming on Amazon Prime, Roku and Tubi. Season two is about to drop with co-stars: Cathy Moriarty, Eric Roberts, and Bai Ling (“The Crow”). Hammer is executive producer and editor on Levi Wilson's short film “Luke and Emma” which was acquired by AMC+ with the feature now in pre-production. Hammer is also a soundtrack composer, having sung in Goth bands “Requiem in White”, “Mors Syphlitica”, “The Terror Twins”, “Dakini” (Solo) and currently “Radiana.” All of her bands early albums, starting with “Requiem in White”, are being re-released on vinyl, CD, and digital by The Circle Music (Greece). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss Al's Backstreet Boys parody "eBay" a song that seems to get better the more out dated it becomes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Podcaster and Less Than Jake front-man Chris DeMakes to discuss Al's tribute to Bob Dylan and Palindromes... Bob! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we tackle Al's second Billy Joel parody (but first one officially released) which takes his signature song "Piano Man" and makes it a tribute to the Sam Raimi/Tobey McGuire Spiderman movies. It's ... something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Past guest and Ben Folds superfan Allie Goertz is back to talk about the song "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" The song is an homage to Ben Folds Five and in a rare situation, Al is accompanied by Ben Folds on piano for this track! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Robert Bacon of the Internet Supreme Court to discuss the Avril Lavigne parody A Complicated Song Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss Prince and Beck and the weird cross section you find both of them in the Weird Al original "Wanna B UR Lovr" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Matts discuss the angriest whitest polka in Al's catalogue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we were joined by Loz City to discuss Party at the Leper Colony which is a very mixed bag of a song full of puns and misinformation on medical diagnoses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last album coverage we discussed the recent video for Horoscope for Today and suddenly one of the directors Josh Pilch was reaching out to us to discuss about today's song ... TRASH DAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is this the most impressive Al original ever? It's a strong contender!!! The Matts deep dive into the track to discuss what works and what doesn't and what group the song was originally supposed to be a style parody of! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the Matt's kick off their Poodle Hat coverage, this may be one of the most infamous situations Al ever found himself in. At the last second Eminem pulled his music video approval effectively killing the promotion for the album .... but was this really the best lead off single? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the Matts did a MAL-Bag under rushed circumstances ... Milligan was stuck in an airport gearing up for the big Wheatus tour and we tackle emails from listeners like yourself as well as some great forgotten Al content!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Michael Forsch (creator of A-List Casting) to discuss Al's final AL-TV special of the 90's. This one was released in December of 1999 to promote the then new release "Running with Scissors" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into one of the deepest cuts in Al's catalogue, Polkamon off the Pokemon The Movie 2000 soundtrack. This soundtrack seems to be wiped from all streaming services so you can only hear it on a YouTube upload which is ... rare for Al! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are finally at the end of the 90's years for Weird Al with this little talked about forgotten song that closes out the album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Levi Wilson is BACK to discuss another controversial food song in Al's catalogue.... Grapefruit Diet! Is this song outdated and offensive or secretly brilliant? All this and some mediocre Rodney Dangerfield impressions on Weird Al-Gorithm! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined again by Jeff "UHJeff' Nucera to discuss one of the more divisive songs in Al's catalogue "Truck Drivin' Song". What actually is this song about? Is it problematic or empowering? We try to figure that out this week on Weird Al-Gorithm! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our 150th episode we are releasing the audio from our draft in December for the Geekscape Holiday Livestream event! We were joined by Dave & Ethan, Kelly Philips and UHJeff to draft our ultimate 5 song Weird Al set for a personal backyard concert. Feel free to watch the video here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we tackle one of Al's bigger hits and fan favorites "It's All About the Pentiums" and we are excited to be joined by Eric Conner of the Marvel Movie Talk podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Backyard Superheroes saxophone player Gary Mastriano about Al's tribute to Third Wave Ska and the Zodiac! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're back to talking Polkas with Christian Bladt (who's our most prolific polka guest!) to cover Polka Power! It's easy to argue this being the Polka from Al with the most stacked set list! We dive in song by song to figure out which (if any) is the weakest link! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MC Lars is back for the 5th time... this time he joins us to discuss the Nine Inch Nails inspired style parody "Germs" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by comedian Curtis Fortier who is our first guest who OPENED FOR WEIRD AL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we go back to the Weird Al Show well one last time to discus the Weird Al Show Theme! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out Matt's new podcast "Christian Cringe" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Author and all-round great guy James L. Sutter to discuss the "is this offensive" song "Pretty Fly (For a Rabbi)", Al's parody of The Offspring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we tackle the first original on the classic Running with Scissors album.... My Baby's In Love with Eddie Vedder. The song pays tribute to both the beloved grunge frontman and the massively popular genre Zydeco! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we finally begin diving into Al's last album of the 90's with one of his biggest songs "The Saga Begins". A song this big also calls for a big guest so we are thrilled to be joined by Rob Harvilla host of 60 Songs That Explain the 90s! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week before we dive into Running with Scissors we focus on all the random Al stuff we've missed throughout the 80s/90s including his cameos in other people's music videos, him appearing on The Drew Carey Show and getting Lasek surgery on live TV as well as the handful of music videos Al personally directed for someone else! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we finish our coverage of the Weird Al Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are talking about Episodes 7-9 of The Weird Al Show including a baffling talent show episode and an episode almost entirely focused on Al's cousin Corky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we continue our coverage of The Weird Al Show this time discussing Episodes 4-6 with guest Abby E who produced a great YouTube video about the history of the series. Watch Abby's Video Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin our month of "The Weird Al Show" coverage today with the first 3 episodes! Great news ... the whole series is on Tubi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss the Disney Channel special Weird Al's "There's No Going Home" ... this is a delightful fake documentary that also ... given very real sad things that happened years later... a tough watch emotionally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey do you remember the Leslie Nelson comedy Spy Hard? Neither do most people but Al performed the theme song so we're gonna discuss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Matt met up at a Wheatus Show last month to go over all of Al's TV appearances between Bad Hair Day and his children's TV Series and respond to emails from listeners like you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UHJeff is back to discuss one of the absolute strangest episodes of AL TV we've seen so far! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At Long Last ... the live panel we did at San Diego Comic Con is HERE! When we arrived at San Diego Comic Con we joined forced with Dave & Ethan of Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast, Jeff "UHJeff" Nucera and Jackie Rossi (with a cameo from Joey Slater) to draft the best TV songs in Al's catalogue in honor of the TV Album! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we welcome back Lily Hirsch to discuss the violent "Night Santa Went Crazy" as well as promote her new book "Taking Funny Music Seriously" available everywhere now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Worlds collide this week when fellow weird al podcasters Dave & Ethan of Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast to discuss the TLC Parody "Phony Calls" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices