Podcast appearances and mentions of weird al yankovic

Dave and Ethan conclude their epic 5-part interview with Dan Butts, production designer for WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story. He talks scene by scene through the end of the film, talks about his cut cameo, and shares amusing Weird Al-related anecdotes.

Joe Kwaczala has a new album out called "Funny Songs and Sketches," and you can buy it or listen wherever you get your music/comedy! Here's Joe talking about Weird Al! Get ready for Tommy's new special "Smouldering" coming soon, and check out Tom in Kansas City this weekend at the Fountain City Comedy Festival, next week in Vegas at the Comedy Cellar, and Seattle, St. Louis, Boston, Washington DC, Vermont and more coming up! Check out Tom's album/special "Thakkar Noir" free on Youtube, or on Spotify/Apple Music, wherever you get your comedy albums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My novelist friend, Brad Whittington and I share a deep and abiding love for the colorful canvases of Robertson Davies, a Canadian writer who paints pictures in the mind."Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position." – Robertson DaviesUseful knowledge is intellectual. Ornamental knowledge is artistic, fascinating, emotional. But please don't feel that you need to choose between the two. Just as air and water are both essential to your physical wellbeing, Useful knowledge and Ornamental knowledge are both essential to your happiness.Useful knowledge is hard to share. Short sentences are required. There is no room for wordplay when 20/20 clarity is your goal. Writers who can write clearly are needed and needed badly. How is it that every instruction manual is written by a Loquacious Luke who insists on using 27 words when 1 will do? Give me 10 people who can write the truth simply, sharply, and clearly, and I will remove half the frustration from the world.Writers of Useful knowledge communicate clearly and quickly.Writers who share Ornamental knowledge splash splendid colors in the mind to produce vivid visions.But there is a third writer for whom there is no place, no purpose, no need. This is the writer of Adspeak, that empty language of fluff and feathers favored by people who have nothing to say.Adspeak in the boardroom is known as 'Business-dude lorem ipsum'.Charlie Warzel writes for The Atlantic. Here's what Charlie said on August 31, 2022:"'Business-dude lorem ipsum' is filler language that is used to roleplay 'thought leadership' among those who have nothing to say: the MBA version of a grade-school book report that starts with a Webster's Dictionary definition. Advanced business-dude lorem ipsum will convey action ('We need to design value in stages') but only in the least tangible way possible. It will employ industry terms of art ('We're first-to-market or a fast follower') that indicate the business dude has been in many meetings where similar ideas were hatched. Business-dude lorem ipsum will often hold one or two platitudes that sound like they might also be Zen koans ('value is in the eye of the beholder') but actually are so broad that they say nothing at all."Weird Al Yankovic has a video on Youtube called "Mission Statement" featuring a delightful song made of 100% 'Business-dude lorem ipsum'. These are some of the lyrics:"We must all efficiently operationalize our strategies, invest in world-class technology and leverage our core competencies in order to holistically administrate exceptional synergy. We'll set a brand trajectory using management philosophy, advance our market share vis-à-vis our proven methodology, with strong commitment to quality, effectively enhancing corporate synergy. Transitioning our company by awareness of functionality, promoting viability, providing our supply chain with diversity, we will distill our identity through client-centric solutions... and synergy."Write colorfully, or write clearly, but please never become so vapid and shallow that you resort to Adspeak and 'Business-dude lorem ipsum'. You are smarter and better and more resourceful than that. You have the courage and wit to drive the snakes out of Ireland, shoot arrows from a rooftop, and land a fighter jet in a field.Maybe you didn't know those things about yourself, but they are...

"Weird Al" Yankovic helps Paul, Jason, and June break down the 2010 horror film, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, recorded LIVE at the Largo theater in Los Angeles. They dig into all the bad CGI, un-needed B-Roll, the Tippi Hedren “cameo,” and ponder if the environmentalism of this movie really works. Plus, special guest Whitney Moore (Nathalie) joins the crew to answer all their questions about the filming of this movie, including how she ended up auditioning for the film and what's the deal with that orange bathing suit. (Originally Released 02/28/2012)  HDTGM is going back on tour this Oct & Nov! Go to hdtgm.com for tix & info.For more Matinee Monday content, visit Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheerFollow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer/HDTGM Discord: discord.gg/hdtgmPaul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheerCheck out Paul and Rob Huebel live on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/friendzone) every Thursday 8-10pm ESTSubscribe to The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael here: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcastSubscribe to Unspooled with Paul and Amy Nicholson here: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledCheck out The Jane Club over at janeclub.comCheck out new HDTGM merch over at teepublic.com/stores/hdtgmWhere to find Jason, June & Paul:@PaulScheer on Instagram & Twitter@Junediane on IG and @MsJuneDiane on TwitterJason is not on Twitter

We're dipping into the vault again... and this time our MOM is on! This was a fun episode._____________________2021 Show NotesIt's our Mother's Day special! Our mom joins us for a discussion of her "Weird Al" song of choice - "Tacky." Listen as we have a fun conversation about the song, how mom has "done almost everything" in the song, an Italian restaurant with questionable ties, and so much more!John has a tiny beautiful something by Maine Beer Company AND Devil's Milk from DuClaw Brewing Company. Lauren has Glitter Moon from Revision Brewing Company AND Sea Quench from Dogfish Head. Mom has Fat Elvis by Central Waters Brewing company AND Purple Tooth by Fair State Brewing Cooperative. Cheers!_____________________Beer'd Al is a tacky member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for from the from the from the From the Middle.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

Barry, Abigail, and special guest Todd Sider (Abigail's uncle and Barry's brother-in-law) discuss Todd's Jukebox submission, Thriller by Michael Jackson and sample LingLing Lager, Lil Slice of Hefen, Buxom Blonde Ale, Queen Sour, and Sitting In Limbo from lot 9 brewing co. in Bluffton, South Carolina. Many thanks to Walter Trifari, brewmaster at lot 9 brewing co., for sitting down with us to chat about the brewery… and then staying on to chat with us about Thriller! Best surprise ever! You can find lot 9 on Facebook, X, and Instagram! lot 9's website is also worth a look, especially the Beer 101 page! Listen to Todd's previous Jukebox episode, our first ever Jukebox episode, Hoptenders (The Pretenders & Chapman's Brewing Co.)! Listen to our sister podcast discuss the “Weird Al” album which parodies Beat It on Dorks on Corks on 4-1 ("Weird Al" Yankovic and Schnebly Winery). We also briefly discussed Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which you can watch for free on The Roku Channel! Farrah Fawcett died on the same day as Michael Jackson. We briefly discussed her famous poster. Abigail submitted Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' to the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna. Walter brought to our attention One Bite Pizza Rankings. Thriller features Vincent Price, an American character actor who appeared in many horror films. Watch the famous music video for Thriller. Watch the music video for Beat It. The music video for Eat It is a shot-for-shot remake. Todd compared The Lady in My Life to Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer sketch on Saturday Night Live. Our next Jukebox episode will be He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, submitted by Barry's brother and Abigail's uncle, Derek Hummel, Sr. This episode is scheduled to drop on December 8, 2023. Up next… RKS by Rainbow Kitten Surprise Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe. Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry's condition. Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we're drinking when we're not on mic! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website | Email us | Virtual Jukebox --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pops-on-hops-podcast/message

I read from ecotoxicology to -ectomy.     I think fans of this show are an ecotype from the rest of the human species. I'm not of the science of that, but I'm sure it's true.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotype     I'm just going to use "ectoderm" to describe all of these things: "Generally speaking, the ectoderm differentiates to form epithelial and neural tissues (spinal cord, peripheral nerves and brain). This includes the skin, linings of the mouth, anus, nostrils, sweat glands, hair and nails,[3] and tooth enamel." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectoderm     Somatotypes (which include "ectomorphic") does not seem like goo science.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatotype_and_constitutional_psychology#The_three_types Listen to Weird Al's song here: https://youtu.be/dNky_uNl1gk?si=klpvG2Ib7NUzg__P     I truly hope some of these -ectomies are not performed anymore except in medically necessary conditions.  Van Gogh performed his own auriculectomy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_-ectomies     The word of the episode is "ecstasy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA     Theme music from Tom Maslowski https://zestysol.com/     Merchandising! https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar 917-727-5757

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our final interviews from 2023's Shore Leave (www.shore-leave.com/) in Hunt Valley Maryland. BTB's own Al Sotto talks to voice actor in Star Trek Prodigy's Bonnie Gordon! Bonnie talks about the future of Star Trek Prodigy after it's unfortunate cancellation on Paramount Plus, her thoughts on a Prodigy live action series and more! In addition Bonnie talks about her singing and song parodying career with her new album "Con Arist" and her inspiration from Weird Al Yankovic!

Dave and Ethan continue their interview with WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story Production Designer Dan Butts! Dan talks through the props and locations of the film from the iconic pool party through the epic diner fight. He unearths incredible trivia along the way that you do not want to miss!

In this episode, strike or no strike, we preview the upcoming slate of fall movies. But first, we are held accountable for our 2022 fall movie predictions. Join us as we discuss which will think will be a treat and which we'd only watch if we were tricked. MENTIONSComing to our ATL Live Show solo? If so, join us Saturday for our Solo Travelers' Meet-Up Saturday at 11 am. RSVP here.Subscribe to get our Fall Bucketlist in Friday's newsletter, Note For The AudioRewind: 2023 Predictions Keep track of your movies: LetterboxdGuide: Knox's rules for watching movies (see also: A24)Accountability: 2022 Fall Movie Preview (see also: Amy Adams' IMDb. Fact check: How old is Weird Al?) Youtube playlist: (almost) all the movies mentionedSeptember: Dumb Money | The Creator | Dicks: The Musical | Paw Patrol 2October releases: Taylor Swift Eras Tour (listen to TMYK to hear our thoughts on Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce) | Killers of The Flower Moon (see also: British Vogue interview, In Trust) | The Killer | Foe (& book) | Reptile | Pain Hustlers (& book, Dopesick, Gulliver's Travels) | Fingernails | The Holdovers | Priscilla | Fair PlayNovember releases: The Marvels (see also: Candyman 2021) | Wish | Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (& book) | Maestro (wait, who is Leonard Bernstein?) | Napoleon (see also: Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon) | May December | What Happens Later | Next Goal Wins | Thanksgiving | The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Quiz Lady | Another Body (AI p*rn doc) | Sly | Dream Scenario | Saltburn | Trolls Band Together Red light mentions: ScarJo | Ancestors, beware | The Office RebootBONUS SEGMENTOur Patreon supporters can get full access to this week's The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discussed THE TAYLOR SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE SITUATIONSHIP:GREEN LIGHTSJamie: book – Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Knox: book- The Fish Who Ate The Whale by Rich CohenSHOW SPONSORSBetterhelp: Get 10% off at betterhelp.com/popcastNextEvo Naturals: Get 25% off at nextevo.com/popSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | Android Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter: knoxandjamie.com/newsletterShop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/thepopcast | this week's featured itemFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | FacebookSupport Us: Monthly Donation | One-Time Donation | SwagSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When this episode was recorded, the writers and actors strikes were both still going strong with no end in sight, so resident keyboardist for the Jimmy Kimmell Show, Jeff Babko, was able to find time in his normally very busy schedule to rap with me. In fact, the Kimmell show is just a piece of his crowded schedule, which includes being the touring pianist on stage with Steve Martin and Martin Short, in addition to composing for movie scores like the new Weird Al biopic, Toy Story 4, Encanto, but also recording with James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Shelby Lynne, Simon Philips, Sheryl Crow-- not counting the folks he's played with on Kimmell. He's a funny man, driven to make music with whomever and in whatever forum is available, but usually includes incredible musicians like Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Coffin, Matt Chamberlain, Mark Isham and many more. He's a podcast host for the Caffeinated Keyboardist, owns his own studio Tudor Tones and is generally just busy because what in the hell else is there in this life but to make music. He's got a new record called The Libretto Show with bassist David Piltch and is generally just ready to rip at all times. 

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Going Postal”. Quicksilver! Synergy! Pigeons! Find us on the internet:TTSMYF Discord: https://discord.gg/GWk2TYZKcn Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Justice Lost In The Post - Private Eye OnlineAos Sí - WikiSave The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need - Goodreads"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement - YouTube Blake Snyder - WikiThe Russian Woodpecker: The Story Of The Mysterious Duga Radar - War History Online The Black Team - Penzba.co.ukTerry Pratchett's Going Postal - Sky1 Comedy Drama - British Comedy GuideMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Legendary Musician Weird Al Yankovic joins the Hawk Vs Wolf guys and shares some stories from his most infamous collabs stretching from working with Michael Jackson to Nirvana and the inner workings behind these infamous songs. This one gets weird, you don't wanna miss it.  Wonderful Pistachios will be your new go to snack. Check out https://WonderfulPistachios.com to learn more about how these little green wonders can power up your day! Get 50% and FREE shipping at Hello Fresh - America's #1 Meal Kit with the code HVW50 Go to https://HelloFresh.com/hvw50 Get 25% OFF @trueclassic with promo code WOLF25 at https://trueclassictees.com/WOLF25 ! #trueclassicpod  Listen to Hawk vs Wolf Spotify -- https://spoti.fi/3YmTQer Apple -- https://apple.co/3KYh3Rk Follow on Social Tony Hawk  https://instagram.com/tonyhawk  https://instagram.com/skateparkproject https://twitter.com/tonyhawk Jason Ellis  https://instagram.com/wolfmate https://twitter.com/ellismate Hawk vs Wolf is produced and shot by @malka_media . MALKA is a creative studio leveraging the instincts of a creative agency but built on the backbone of an agile production company. We are the makers. We don't just dream it, we create it; because we know how. This is content at the speed of culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a little more than 4 years, the All Time Top Ten Patreon Club put out monthly bonus episodes to the delight of dozens of people! As we say thanks, we salute the fine upstanding members of the ATTT Patreon Club. To honor those who believed in the show enough to put their money where their mouth was and contributed anywhere from $2 to $10 a month, we're giving the Club an official send-off by giving our astute $10 tier members the last say in a bunch of songs that have been played 4 times previously on the show, and we give those songs the retirement they deserve. Once you've been played 5 times on the show, you're given the gold jacket and golf club membership you richly deserve, never to appear on All Time Top Ten again. Anyway help us say goodbye to some great songs and give those who truly believed in the show their due.Check out this incredible playlist on Spotify. As about as good as it gets.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rFCO3OwilLYomg86Rww6C?si=27f124f9843c4244

Okay, let's wrap up our coverage of Dragon Con 2023! (Because come on, if this recap goes on much longer, we'll have to include Dragon Con 2024...) Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown (reporting from Maine in the middle of a hurricane) are here to run through every crazy thing that happened over the last two days of the convention. Including: Bionic fun with Lindsay Wagner and Lee Majors, the Battle of the Mad Scientists, the Battle of the Fictional Bands, Christmas Con (with Robot Santa and horrifying holiday Spam), an ALF script reading (with Chris from Sci-Fi Explosion as ALF!), a Wonder Woman script reading (with Kevin as Steve Trevor, the Mayor as Etta Candy, and Joe in a gorilla suit!), panels on Stargirl and Titans with the American Sci-Fi and Fantasy Media Track, more hot Manimal talk with the American Sci-Fi Classics Track, and the upcoming Dragon Con-themed benefit book Dragon Tales! (Kevin wrote a chapter for this book. And it's quite silly, believe it or not.) Plus: Our favorite costumes, including a bizarre giant rubber chicken, a Weird Al group with tiny accordions, an eerily accurate Wilford Brimley, our friend Martha as Booster Gold, a million Mrs. Ropers, and a billion Barbies. We are officially exhausted. See you next year, nerds. The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Mastadon! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promo: Earth Station DCU!

Our dad's birthday is on Monday, so we figured we'd celebrate with a re-release of his epic "Yoda" discussion. You'll love it!_____________________2021 Show NotesHappy Father's Day!We have a real treat for you today! We're talking about one of the biggest "Weird Al" songs there is, and we've got our dad back on the show to help us do it. Listen in as we talk "Yoda," Star Wars, and dad jokes. You won't want to miss the Purple Gorilla Joke, that's for sure.Dad has Reverend Green from Intangible Ales and Descendant from Mystic Brewery (with an honorable mention to pre-game beer Skinny Atlas Light from Empire Brewing Company). Lauren has Imperial Runway Models from Cypress Brewing Company and Interstellar Fog (Lotus, Mosaic, & Bravo) from Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (with an honorable mention to VooDoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA from New Belgium Brewing Company). John has Terry Meets Julie Raspberry Sour from SingleCut Beersmiths. Whew! Cheers!_____________________Beer'd Al is a most delightful member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for our friends at Weird Ale, er, BFYTW.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

Gamers know the longtime PlayStation racing series Gran Turismo. The story of Jann Mardenborough, who turned a passion for the game into a career racing real cars was brought to theaters this summer in the film "Gran Turismo." But how closely do these films stick to reality? There's a reason why many include a disclaimer at the start that some characters and stories have been changed or dramatized. We talk about the recently completed HBO series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty," which has been criticized by some portrayed on the show. The there is the 1989 film "Great Balls of Fire!" starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. A lot of people were critical of the film, but co-host Bruce Miller interviewed Lewis and says the singer loved Quaid's performance.. What about movies like "Elvis" and the upcoming film "Priscilla," which both had the involvement of Priscilla Presley? Or the music biopic that largely led to the modern music biopics, Oliver Stone's "The Doors," which was criticized by the surviving members of the band? Even documentaries have been known to stray a little, such as the Oscar-winning "Searching for the Sugar Man" based on the life of Sixto Rodriguez. The film failed to mention the singer had modest success in Australia, so he wasn't a complete unknown.  We take a deep dive into true stories that have been turned into movies and even have an interview with Mardenborough, who was involved with the film. He also talks about his involvement with actor Archie Madekwe, who played Mardenborough. Where to watch "Gran Turismo" in theaters "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" on Max Contact us! We want to hear from you! Email questions to podcasts@lee.net and we'll answer your question on a future episode! About the show Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Welcome everyone to another episode of Streamed & Screened an entertainment podcast about movies and TV from Lee Enterprises. I'm Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer at Lee and co-host of the program with Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and a longtime entertainment reporter. But first, an important disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are a fusion of professional critiques and passionate fandom. While Bruce's experience and my dedication to the couch may suggest an odd pairing, it's what makes this podcast a delightful mix of the expected and the unexpected. Listener discretion is advised and an important addendum to that. Bruce. No animals were harmed during the recording of this episode. Where did you get that? ChatGPT. Is this the future in the film? It wrote a lot more than that. First of all, we're out of jobs. That's what happens if everything's good, right? Man, I was thinking, you know, we were talking about this episode a week ago, and I said, you know, might be fun to have a disclaimer. And I'm sitting there like, What kind of disclaimer would we have for us? A We can say whatever. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. And not be. Can I tell you, I always I hate this when somebody gets a bad review. And what do critics know? You know, why or who are critics? Well, a critic is somebody who probably watches a lot of what you do and has an idea about what is good and what isn't good. And so listen to them. But I've always said to them, anybody who pays money for something is a critic and is entitled to an opinion. So have at it. Absolutely. And you know what? I think it's like anything else where maybe, you know, you're a critic, you're doing it professionally, but you're still you're still a human being that needs to entertain yourself and something's good or something is bad. I mean, it is what it is. And I think you do need to be a fan to be a critic. Otherwise, if you hated the medium that you were were criticizing, you wouldn't do it, right. So there is that moment. But I you know, there are those who are like, greasy. They're a little over the top with the oh, my God, it's the greatest thing ever. I how many times have you read quotes from some movie ad that says this is the best thing since Gone with the Wind or, you know, and you got really I don't think it was or truth should be this great, You know? I mean, it's like, what are you saying? Right. But those are the things that you find. And they're quotable. Yeah. That they try to a lot of those when you look at reviews that are polled or quoted, those are written to get quoted because the critic who is saying, I can't believe movies have gotten this good wants to get his name in the ad. So then it helps boost his position as a critic and helps get the name out about the publication. So this podcast. Incredible. Four stars. I think the one nice thing though about the modern criticism in in any form, whether it's music or TV or movies or whatever you're following, the Internet has opened up all new avenues, right? Because in in the old days, you know, you might pick up your your Shoe City Journal and you would just have Bruce Miller, the one telling you or if you're in Chicago, you might have Siskel and Ebert or wherever you might be, you just have that local voice. But now you can go to Rotten Tomatoes where it's picking up the aggregate and and, you know, sure, the folks in the industry might not want to hear what a critic has to say, But when you go to like a Rotten tomatoes and you've got 300 critics saying your movie's terrible, yeah, it's probably it's probably stinky. It probably is not good. Well, that's really encouraging, isn't it? Is that. But it goes the other way, too, where if you actually want your critics to love it and it's, you know, certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah, right. That's great. And then you get the weird ones where, you know, the critics will love it and then the fans dog on it or vice versa. And then you just bang your head on the wall and don't know what to do. The ultimately you are your best critic. Absolutely. Absolutely. Did we offend anybody in the process of that? And did we and or whatever our disclaimer said, I don't know. All I know is no animals have been harmed in the filming of this episode. So we're good. We're good. You know, we're we're going to talk about something that I think is just very fascinating. Do you know how many years in the Academy Awards have not had an actor nominee who is based on an actual person? Well, I'm eight years out of I think it's 90 some 95 years have not. How many? I'm just going it's like three. Eight, eight. Wow. Years. And look at last year we had Elvis. We had Marilyn Monroe. The famous ones could be considered beasts or, you know, sort of. Yeah. So there are those So that's it's a sure way to an Oscar is to play somebody who actually exists. Yeah. And there were the most the most at 12 in 2018. Isn't that unbelievable. It's crazy. We're just grabbing anything. We can throw it up on the screens. It's based in fact, you know, So that's a surprise to me. But it's it is sure content. You will know that there is some story to base it on. We saw now recently with the blindside, where Michael Oher is just kind of like now, this is not this isn't what I remember. So he's trying to speak against this as the ultimate. And it's never, never, ever, ever in the history of filmmaking is a film, an absolutely accurate depiction of what happened. Right. Because it's not a document, right? It's not a documentary. Even that with documentaries, Right. You can't trust them. No. I remember I This tells you how far back we go. Okay. I did a master's thesis on the validity of critics. It's like, do critics make a difference? Is basically the thesis that I did. And we looked back and there was like, this sliver of time when actually critics would have any kind of impact on the audience. And what it was was in those days they were showing what like people were like Eskimos were like. And people had never seen Eskimos. So they believed exactly what they saw on the screen and said that is exactly the way it is, even though it may not have been so. And it was just a very sliver of time that critics could have some kind of impact on what people saw after that don't make a difference at all. People just kind of watch something and. Yeah, and you see that even now with like Netflix where movies that bomb at the box office. But all of a sudden we'll get they'll be trending on Netflix. You'll see like, you know what's that most popular and it'll be some movie from seven years ago that nobody went to see all of a sudden gets hot because it's just people for some whatever reason now algorithm and then it catches fire. Yeah, well look at Green book. Green Book won Best picture the Red critics were, like, kind of lukewarm on it as a as a movie movie. And the people who were related to the man portrayed said it isn't his life. This isn't all at all what it was like. Right. But it played well because it kind of touched those heartstrings that we were looking to touch. And so they made do something to you emotionally, but they may not do it realistically. Yeah. And, you know, you talk about these dramatization scenes, but it's even in documentaries, the storytelling can be twisted in a way to help tell a narrative and one that I wanted to bring up because the person that was featured in it just died recently. Sixto Rodriguez, who was a musician out of Detroit, he released two albums and they didn't they didn't do very well commercially, and he got dropped by his label and he kind of fell into obscurity. And he got popular in South Africa during apartheid when when the the country was basically cut off from civilized nation. There is no Internet at the time, so there's no way of researching. And this mythology was built about the sugar man and this documentary, Searching for the Sugar Man. It won an Oscar for best Documentary. But even in that case, it's failed to mention that he had like these small pockets of international fame. It wasn't you know, he never achieved some level of glory and made tons and tons of money. But in the late seventies, early eighties, Rodriguez was actually touring in Australia. And and that was before they discovered, you know, he was alive in South Africa. So even in that case where you have a story, which is it's a documentary, it's interviewing the real person, there's no actors involved. It's supposed to be reality. They kind of fudged with reality a little bit just to tell the story of, you know, here is this person that's completely obscure, even though in Australia they knew exactly who he was because he had been there a few times there. Yeah, it's well, look at the the film that's leading the way this year for best picture. Oppenheimer Right now that looks about as clean as you can get, except for some of those scenes that are kind of done in the mind, if you will. But it's it's the artistry of the director, you know, so you're not getting the story. And we've got other ones coming this year. We we had air which was about right the Michael Jordan selling of Nike Napoleon is coming up. Ferrari is coming up. Priscilla, about Elvis Presley's wife. You know, so there are the and the killers of the flower moon, what you're waiting for, right? Right. Not all these are based, in fact, for some reason. And it's a jumping off point is what it amounts to. Reality becomes a starting point, but not necessarily an end point. Right. And we saw this also in another in a series on HBO that just wrapped this past weekend, you know, winning time. Right. Which looked at the the the rise of the Lakers dynasty in Los Angeles. And a year ago, there was a lot of controversy after season one. Jerry West, who is portrayed in it was very unhappy with his portrayal in the show and you know is basically making him look like this crazed lunatic. And he's not true and he wasn't like it. And and then season two comes along and, you know, of course, they're opening it up with this disclaimer that this is a dramatization. Some of the characters have been changed. And what I found myself doing through the that every single episode that I watched, something would happen. And I was immediately on my phone. Looking, is. It is this part, you know, because one of the things near the end was this lawsuit by, you know, a wife of Dr. Jerry Buss, who's trying to take the team from him. It's like, well, you know, who is this person? And I'm I'm kind of Googling it and person's not really a real person. It's sort of a fictional ization of another person. And so it's those little things like that that they're introducing. But on the flip side, you know, you have Jerry West, who was very unhappy with it, but I read in I think it was in Vulture, they were talking to the to the folks behind the series and they said they showed the episodes to Jeanie Buss, Jerry Buss daughter, who's portrayed in it. And she loved the series and she felt a connection to her father again, who had passed away a number of years ago. So she really enjoyed watching the show because it kind of, you know, rekindled those memories of of kind of growing up in that time. So it's I guess, you know, how you're being portrayed and in what way and and whatnot. But, you know, that that was kind of an interesting one from that perspective. We have this year weird about Weird Al Yankovic, and it's so off the beam. It's not at all what his life was like. He was participating in it. So he, if you will, signed off on it right? Elvis had Priscilla as kind of their guide or through it all, all of this, and it was nominated for best Picture last year. You know, now this year, Priscilla is probably going to be nominated and Priscilla is talking. So she's rewriting the narrative of Elvis Presley just by what she'll allow or what she won't allow in the story. So that's interesting. But there are duds. There are duds that didn't really work. You know, Can you think of movies where you thought, Oh, my God, that's just terrible, that one. That one doesn't cut it. And I think one that people always mention is John Travolta as Gotti. Oh, that was a real stinker. It was so bad. Yeah. Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs. Yeah, not much there. Michael was his John Belushi and Wired. Well, now somebody didn't like Jerry Lee Lewis portrayed by Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire. But I got to tell you, I interviewed Jerry Lee Lewis about this and he loved it. He thought he captured every bit of him. So, you know, it's all perspective. If it's my life, you know, come on, Brad Pitt, I'm telling you that right now. Right. And there's no way that I am remotely in the same ballpark as Brad Pitt, But they get a chance to kind of rewrite their own history by having control over who plays them. Yeah, you have play you would you pick and you know better. You're not going to say, oh, I'm going to take you know, I don't even want to name names, but you're going to pick. So you see, George Clooney is going to play me. Of course. It would probably be Clooney. I you're right. Right? Yeah. Either yeah. These a older. Clooney were there. You know, you mentioned Brad Pitt. He was on day of the last season, the day of portraying himself. But it was it was a fictionalized version of himself. And that was so good, right? So he was so good because you even felt the kind of like tension that he had in that situation, because I don't want to spoil it, but there's this nutty person in the house or that Brad Pitt is in the house and Dave is in the house, and you've got to be How do we get out of the house? Yeah. There was that scene to where he in it. He says, Well, you can call me and I can't remember what the name was. He's like, Well, that's that's really what my name is. And again, am I Google like, is that really his name? It's like this is he fictionalized that fictional name, which is comical. And it doesn't always work. Like I say, there are situations where you go, Mm, this really laid an egg and I think we'll see it this year or two. We're going to see, yeah, films that just might not make it at all. Last year we had blond, which was about Marilyn Monroe in there. Ana de Armas played her and got an Oscar nomination and she was good, but the movie sucked. It was awful. And I defy you to say that you watched the whole thing. People didn't watch the whole thing. They got to the nude scenes and they shot it off. After that, it was not worth watching because the story didn't make any sense. You know, you have like Freddie Mercury story, Bohemian Rhapsody, right? Liked it because it plays into the the myth that I think has been created. So who? Yeah, well, I got to talk to one of those real people who's featured in Gran Turismo, which is a film about a guy who won the right to become a race car driver by playing video games. There was a competition and they, you know, whatever. And for whatever reason it clicked. Jann Mardenborough is his name and he is portrayed in this film as that naive person getting into the race car business and what it meant. He's still a race car driver. And we got a chance to talk about that whole trajectory and what it was like for him and what he thinks of the guy, Archie Madekwe, who plays him, what he thought of his performance. So we have a tape here. If you'd like to run it. We'll listen to what he has to say about portraying real people on screen. What is it like seeing yourself on a screen? I mean, we're not how many people get this story of their life told in a film? It's like 0.0001% or something? Yeah, it's it's very it's surreal, really. Being honest. It's it's even more surreal with somebody tells people tell me that the racing driver that had movies based on their lives, they no longer around single that they passed away so soon being 31 years old and have your life attractive. Your life. You told of the Big three. An audience is rare and in my industry very rare. So I feel very blessed and honored. That can actually tell. You know what shop in my life. Did you feel a connection to the character or did you see it as somebody else. Noticed me? I yeah, it really does feel like you did you have any did you have any say then in who gets to play you? Did you say, I'm going to look at these people and just see. If it's no secret you was always on the phone by the producers. They kept me in the loop, involved in all the scripts, you know, sets as well. And I was always kept informed of who they like. I see an actor to play me. Apparently the casting will be so long, even a year before Benigni was even shot. Oh, wow, Boss, she was always been number one favorite, as far as I understand, with many different levels of casting processes. But she was the one from day one. And did you like him from day one or did you go or. I don't know. He spoke on Face Time, The lowland scene with a mouth eat it plainly and pseudovirus Because I was in labor at the time that I was like, This looks like straight away. And so that was a great start. We met in person as well. Weeks later, after that phone call, and I it gave you a confidence because I was happy with the script, but meeting the person for the first face, it gave me even more confidence in things like be great, because he was absolutely casting Steely. Obviously he knew from producers as well and all time and face time and texts that meet somebody face to face difference. And he caught it really mean okay, I can focus on being studied rather and make it to focus on the acting and because we're completely allied on this. Yeah in yes he killed it. Did he ask you a lot of questions? Absolutely. And what he. What did what surprised you that he wanted to know? A lot of I'm not repeating his emotional my support is in the while it it's sports you have to be quite clinical but he was asking questions about the relationships I've had with certain people within the industry, my friends, my family. I just kind of try to be open is we all. And it became this very good at asking those questions that was so provoking and as two things which are them? He still dealt with soul so he can work on his craft when he's allowed a chance at this and he can show that and he got on set. How good was he had driving? Well, didn't have a driver's license very recently before shooting. I think for insurance, we'd really have to pass his test. And I didn't know at the time I think it was that a make or break, because if he didn't pass the test, we could have shot with Michelle McCann. But I know everybody at the meeting. But yeah, he was on a fast track course and then I'd passed and he said it interesting. But he said the favorite brand, right? I was always so, so is mine. But there you go. Yeah. He's got good taste, wrong behavior. So yeah, I think if you were bring somebody that have been involved, it looks sort of caused the fault. So it feels very nice. But I have a lot of respect to somebody. Go to another industry and be honest. If I go dancing all through dancin or being a ballerina and let me see myself in that. So I would not risk that in the business. He'd never done this before, yet no interest because now he is a face granturismo which is just racing was and he is he, he nailed it. So yeah, I will respect that. But you know, the movie makes a big deal about can you really make the transition from being a gamer to being a driver. Is it possible? I mean, yeah, was possible with you. But in the grand scheme of things, was your dad really right? And you said, you know, this is going to lead to nothing. These are not going to be career connections for anybody. Well, I will indeed. My stepfather to that question. That was the question we were always asking ourselves, kind of be done proof. But you're one you're one person and, you know, you know, kids sit around and they're doing they're playing games all day and will it lead to something? And that's where dreams and belief comes into it, because they think that easy, everybody be able to do it but makes it easy. All that accomplishment is hard, as if all and it seems like it's not possible. Well, everything is well. I believe that you can do anything. It's a little set. You can't do everything. You can sit and do anything. He's taken line to it. I never let that like the beta racing brother go out. I didn't know how I would get from A to B, but always away very much aware from a young age or very headstrong as a person you would as a kid. That's what I want to do. And I'm not going to take no for that. So I'm not really from other people. That is the gospel of you have spoken in the past with other people about things that I'd said growing up as a teen, where I would say a BMW story, my first car as a child as that when I'm 17 years old and I had my friends because boys, boys, they would rip anything to me for years about that. And I spoke to my other friends, Solid school lives and that scene in the movie, they were a bar and they told me that they could they had a few drinks them. It must not limit the conversation. And they said to me, Look, you never said to us that you wanted to be a racing driver. And I boulevard and I was like, You're right. I never I never told anybody. I never told anybody about drink because you have to protect that. You can't walk around. I don't need you should walk out. I want to do this. I wanted that because people call you out today and also it loses the energy over Did you news that that that that you know that energy. Yeah I believe so I never spoke to anybody about it. It was always my inner drew but I believe you can do anything so anybody watching I learned via high fives in the messages for people about taking an interest in looks, but also telling me I learned to pursue my dream. It would tell me what it is, which I love you shouldn't tell me. You should tell me what it is I want to pursue my dream. You inspired me to see like me. And I love that kids want to move forward too. Why me? Yeah. The rules of life. We have to follow our actions up to this. Well, when it does happen, how do you feel? I mean, is it like. Well, now I've got to find a new dream, or, you know. While in racing, it's that is this thing as the perfect guy. So it's like and it's feel old chase So perfecting your craft and it will never be perfect. So I'm still in the trenches of how can I get better at the race? And rather that's what gives me purpose. Okay, I want to race here, but when I get there, I like to race. I want to wait. I want it to be fast. I want to recent level championships level, the championship races that lie. My drive is the constant. It's a set them and then we have living. It's up and up whether that be right and whether that can being the way out or I stop what right dress or whatever I my business lines it's always a a quality that. All right Bruce thanks for that interview. You know with the race car, movies and biopics, what was your thought on this one compared to like something like a Ford versus Ferrari? Well, this is one that actually had some kind of controversy about the way they messed with time because there's a big accident that's in this film and it has been moved from where it actually happened to a different time because it helps build tension and look at the guy who is it's his story doesn't mind, I guess I can't mind. But I think also because he's an executive producer, so there might be somebody that helped say, I don't mind. Yeah, yeah, No. I enjoy the racing movies. I enjoyed Ford versus Ferrari. I thought that was a really good story to tell. Well, this year, Ferrari, so. Yeah, exactly. Helped Ford in there. Exactly. And so you have to go into every screen biography as it ain't all true. Right? You know, it's interesting, you mentioned a lot of movies based on music, you know, with like Queen and Sugar and you had Elton John. And the one that kind of gets looked at is almost a starting point. I mean, there is there's been a few others along the way, but the one that really kind of propelled, I think the modern film was The Doors from Oliver Stone. And that's one where the three surviving members of The Doors at the time, they hated it. They were and they worked with Oliver Stone for a while on it to try to help, you know, tell the story. And when that thing came out, they were not at all happy with the way. And it hurt it because Val Kilmer should have gotten a best Actor nomination. Yeah, he was that good. And boy, they buried it. Yep. And when you look at later ones, Rami Malick, you know, when you look back on that one, you were going to say, why did he win the Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury? And it all boils down to that little number he did in front of a huge crowd because they played that thing forever before you even saw the film. And that one scene is very good, but the rest of it doesn't really back it up. And I think that's when you look at it, you'll say, you probably shouldn't have got it. You know, it wasn't it wasn't all that. The Whitney Houston one I think is awful and Rocketman is good. But then when it needs to, it'll go into these kind of fantasy sequences so that then you're not really sure what's what's shaking, what's real, what's true, what's not. You know, it's been an interesting series of films and they're not they're sort of interconnected because they're connected by almost like an individual. There's a producer. His name is Mark Girardi. He was a baseball pitcher. He actually pitched professionally. He pitched for a season with the Milwaukee Brewers. I know the story a little bit more because when I was working in New Jersey, he's actually from New Jersey. And my newspaper that I was working for at the time did a story on him when some of his movies were making out. So he finished his baseball career. He went into, I think, modeling and he started making Hollywood connections and then he started telling stories through Disney. And, you know, I'm all, you know, like Miracle about the 1980 Olympic hockey team and the rookie. And I went back and looked at, you know, I was trying to find like, you know, fact versus fiction on those. And I was having a hard time finding very much fictionalized. And I think those in general were pretty well-regarded. I was looking at a story about the Rookie with Jim Morris talking about, you know, the portrayal of him because he was the pitcher who blew out his arm and became a high school baseball coach and then all of a sudden realized he could throw 98 miles per hour again and ended up working his way back into the big leagues. And he said that the film was about 90% accurate to his real life. So it's good to see that there are some films out there, and I think I've really enjoyed those films that that they've done, like Miracle, like The Rookie, because I find them, you know, they're good, they're family friendly, they're not too over-the-top, but they seem to keep fairly close to historical facts. Yeah, it's condensing time, basically. You know, everything doesn't happen within a year. I think they're better off when they do a slice of somebody's life where it's like maybe three months of their life. And that's the movie. I think that would be the interesting kind of situation. Maestro is coming up by Leonard Bernstein. And that should be, I think, a really good one in terms of how well they track a segment of his career. But I, you know, gee, I, I would hate to be the subject of a biopic because I think that you have to kind of then live that that story instead of a real story was, you know, because that's what people think of you. They want to have things condensed and into a, you know, a neat little package that you can see in 2 hours. And we're done with you and you move on. But there there's much more beyond that. And I think when you look at those those seminal moments, maybe that's all it should be. Ken Burns is a great one to do documentaries about famous people, but what he uses are voices, other people talking about that person. So, you know, it's almost like a print news story where you hear others making some kind of assessment. And it's not just necessarily the character saying something. So those I find the most accurate in terms of believing what I'm seeing. But again, it's filtered. History is filtered by those who are telling history. I think the only thing that bothers me, I mean, I always know that there's going to be some creative license, some dramatization to these films, but it just irks me when they make weird changes for the sake of making changes that don't necessarily make sense. Because I remember somebody I've never seen the Buddy Holly story with Gary Busey. Robyn No, I haven't. I just I need to go back and watch it one of these days. But I remember a friend of mine talking about it and saying that you know, he like he liked the film, but he couldn't understand why they didn't have all the crickets. Like Buddy Holly's backing band was The Crickets. And it was like they had like three of the four members in it but not. Get their rights. Right. So it's just like, Why would you make a movie and leave out one of the band members, You know, if there is a reason for it, I guess, you know, somebody would want their story told. But if it was just more because as well, it's it gets a little unruly with four people. So we're going to just narrow it down to three. To me, those are little things that to the average person may not notice. But if you're trying to also appeal to fans of the band or the musician, these are historical pieces. It's like it's like even watching Field of Dreams, where Shoeless Joe Jackson is is batting from the wrong side of the plate. You know, it's it's you know, when you make a left in the batter right handed or vice versa, that kind of thing is like little details like that. When you're when you're a fan, you're kind of going. Like, do a fancy. Fancy get maybe that right. You know, that's that's kind of irritating. You know, now Broadway is jumping on the bandwagon and they're doing all of these musicals about musical people because they're very dramatic. They've got a built in catalog of sounds that always will work because people know them. There's a Neil Diamond one out now. There was Tina Turner, there was Cher. And you're going to see more and more of those Mamma Mia, which was just the songs with a different story. Right? But they're they're easily tapped into bowl. I always say that you can easily tap into them. Right. What I want to say, because you already know something about them, which is the music, and I think that's a shorthand that they don't have to tell other parts of the story because you just assume that's their. Yeah, though, I don't know, it's weird, but if there's a story or a moral or a caution to be added to this, it's a don't believe them. When you see a screen biography, don't believe them. They're very entertaining, but they aren't necessarily the true story. Absolutely. That's a good point to to end this episode. Thank you again, Bruce, for that interview. When Brad Pitt plays me in the movie version of the podcast, you know that it's going to have a different ending. Absolutely. Yep. And again, you know, just want to point out one last time, no animals were harmed in the recording of this podcast yet. We're all yet going to have a cat wander in here in a second. No, no, no. I know. That's all right, everyone. Thank you again. Come back again next week for another episode of Stream. The screen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave and Ethan review the February 7, 2023 “Weird Al” Yankovic concert at Fisher Theatre in Detroit, Michigan from The Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

We got some Beach Boys, Mozart, and Weird Al, (that's a Podcast first) and we're not stopping there. So much to say about the inner lives of Sevens through music. Jump into this first half of our dive into the assertive energy of Sevens and Eights.Links to all our other stuff are here:Jeff's Always Changing Spotify Enneagram List(By the way if you actually read the show notes and found this, Bravo! Send me your thoughts on future types at our instagram link : HERE)Start Here podcastMovie Typing podcastHelp fund our work at PatreonOur website

Baxie talks to graphic artist Aaron Tanner from Melodic Virtue Publishing. Aaron's an incredibly talented artist who has compiled the second volume in a series of coffee table books celebrating The Residents, “A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2”. This is a band that has spent the last 50 years as perhaps the most mysterious and visually astonishing band in recorded history. This is an incredible story about how Aaron was given unprecedented access to the members and visual archives of a band that has NEVER publicly revealed their identities. He also talks about how he was able to obtain stories and quotes from some The Residents biggest fans like Les Claypool of Primus, Andy Partridge from XTC, Penn Gillette, Danny Elfman, Devo, Weird Al, the late Paul Ruebens, and dozens more. Coming soon to every podcast platform in the universe and to the Rock102 website. Brought to you by Z&M Home Buyers!

This week, Richie is joined by Lauren from the Beer'd Al Podcast for Cult Cinema Saturday where they discuss the 1989 Cult classic film UHF starring "Weird" Al Yankovic! Supplies! Twinkie Wiener Sandwiches! Getting split in half at the library! All of this and more await your ears, so listen and join in on the fun, because we got it all on UHF!What does "Weird" Al mean to you? Leave Lauren a 30 second to 3 minute voice clip telling her what "Weird" Al means to you and have it featured on an upcoming episode of the Beer'd Al Podcast! Submissions are needed by October 10, 2023! You can send your recording to beerdalpodcast@gmail.comCheck out BFYTWVisit supermediabrospodcast.com for all past, present, and future episodes, and to leave us a voicemail!Leave us a rating/review on Spotify, GoodPods, and Podchaserhttps://www.supermediabrospodcast.com/reviews/new/Subscribe to us on YouTubeSuper Media Bros on Social MediaFacebookX/TwitterInstagramFounding member of OddPods MediaThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4771235/advertisement

I'm re-releasing some classic Beer'd Al this week! We kicked off 2021 with this stupendous episode, and I think it's worth listening to again.___________________________2021 Show NotesWe have one heck of an episode to kick of 2021! With the help of some podcast friends and Weird Al fans, we've put together an amazing compilation of people just gushing about what Weird Al means to them.You want to start the year off with some positivity? This is the episode for you! Thank you to Weird Al for being a light in so many lives.In light of the fact that we just let these people be themselves, there's some language in this episode. Consider yourself warned.We also have some home brew made by our very own Uncle Dan. Cheers!___________________________Beer'd Al is a nostalgic member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for Super Media Bros.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

Tuesdays at Gebhards.  Talking about the Aaron Rodgers season ending injury.  Also, substitute teachers rule, getting caught with a knife in New York City, the escaped prisoner in Philly, Little Foot is a time traveler, the reason I got thrown out of a bar, Weird Al Yankovic sings his dirtiest song and much more! Sponsored by Blue Chew: https://bluechew.com/ promo code "opie" to try it for free! Join the Private Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/203909694525714 Merch - www.opieradio.com Instagram and Tik Tok - OpieRadio #aaronrodgers #jets #nfl #footballSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The yearly custom of Mind Meld has now become an annual tradition, with this, the sixth, melding of minds so far. Note: you may become hungry while listening! There are more rounds about food than a Weird Al Yankovic album. Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Monty Ashley, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, Brian Warren and Jean MacDonald.

Dave and Ethan are joined by production designer Dan Butts for part 3 of his interview. He continues to dive deep and share secrets from the set of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story - including a controversy surrounding 'Hay Boy,' why the melting face in the LSD trip almost didn't happen, and uncovers tons of Easter eggs.

The yearly custom of Mind Meld has now become an annual tradition, with this, the sixth, melding of minds so far. Note: you may become hungry while listening! There are more rounds about food than a Weird Al Yankovic album. Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Monty Ashley, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, Brian Warren and Jean MacDonald.

Steven Rinella talks with Son Tao, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The "master" label; when you're a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Military; fish names abbreviated down to initials; guide flies; tying flies that actually catch fish; fleeing Vietnam in a banana boat; Steve's friend's mobile bar; announcing the launch of MeatEater Season 12; get our Dirty Dozen 2024 calendar; Phelp's mind-bending and devastating Unleashed V2 bugle tube; sifting through what's actually a population-level effect; the Weird Al of fishing; getting started on the fishing rod your neighbor couldn't sell at his garage sale; no wasting food at the dinner table;  crispy skin; if you're not a doctor or lawyer, you're not my kid; how we withdrew from Afghanistan; when your fish on a fly rod is a trophy-sized bonefish; Healing Waters - Fly Fishing; God talking to you through your car radio; arts & crafts; tying to perfection; commercial ties from overseas sweat shops; the bonds you form when you endure together; CALL 9-8-8 now if you need to talk to someone; find a hobby you love; and more.  Your life is important. Please reach out to someone. There are resources to support you, whether you're an at-risk veteran, a friend or family member, and really, just anyone who is suffering. Remember, you matter and you are not alone. Call or text 9-8-8 24/7 9-8-8 Lifeline Stop Soldier Suicide Military One Source Overwatch+Project America's Warrior Partnership Veterans Administration's efforts Warriors In Quiet Waters BHA's Armed Forces InitiativeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wassup I kinda messed up the audio on this one when we recorded and did the best I could to triage it. It should sound fine for the most part but you might hear some weird artifacts here and there, sorry! Anyway, we talked about Weird Al, Halo, the Mall, Weezer and Windows on this one. Its jam packed full of the good stuff! Hope you enjoy! If you want to submit to the show you can email us at onestarcast@gmail.com  

The series continues! We know that "Weird Al" means a lot to a lot of people--and everyone has a different story. So I'm setting out to give people the space to tell those stories. I'm encouraging everyone to send me a clip (30 seconds to 3 minutes) talking about what "Weird Al" means to you. And I'll put that in a super special episode later this year! And if you want to talk for more than 3 minutes... you can do exactly what Garret is doing here. Tell me your "Weird Al" story (or stories!) on a full episode of the show.Garret has some fun and unique perspectives on the way that "Weird Al" has affected and shaped his life. It's a great listen! And be sure to check out his show the EverTrending Story Podcast (wherever fine podcasts are sold). So go ahead and send those clips to beerdalpodcast@gmail.com. And let me know if you want to be on the show!Beer'd Al is a wocka-wocka-doo-doo-wow member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for Married with TV.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

I read from ear to earache with Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, drummer extraordinaire, specifically for "Weird Al" Yankovic.  Check out all of his things here: https://www.bermudaschwartz.com/     Information about "all ears", specifically the first recorded usage of it. https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/all-ears     The word of the episode is "earache". The audio sketch from Cheech and Chong I was talking about can be heard here but I guess the actual song is from there movie "Up In Smoke"! https://youtu.be/XqyegIAGlmk     Theme music from Jonah Kraut https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/     Merchandising! https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar 917-727-5757

Dave, Ethan, and special guest Jeremy Samples review the February 6, 2023 “Weird Al” Yankovic concert at Temple Theatre in Saginaw, Michigan from The Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.  This week we have podcaster, poet, and vocalist for Touchè Amorè Jeremy Bolm to talk about the Belle & Sebastian record Dear Catastrophe Waitress. We also discuss: pod talk, Starbucks, snobby coffee, butter on bagels, growing up in LA, Jeremy Barf, Weird Al, hanging with Radcliffe, talking with actual celebrities, Morrissey at the Smoking Popes gig, Destination Failure, Alex Henry, First Ever Podcast, Lament, the Belle & Sebastian discography, Mike Piazza, the B&S dance party, The Life Pursuit, lots of The National chat, and so much more.  ________ Order our Gatekeep Harder shirt here!⁠ // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @jeremyxbolm, @thefirsteverpodcast and @runintotheground.

What a joy this episode is! Friend of the show and overall delightful human Tyler is back! We're talking about underrated track's on "Weird Al" Yankovic--the self-titled debut album. What does a 22-year-old know about an album that came out in 1983? A heck of a lot, it seems!We have a ton of fun, and you most definitely don't want to miss it.And I'm still calling for submissions to our "What 'Weird Al' Means to Me" clip show! Get those clips in by sending them to beerdalpodcast@gmail.com. If you do it by 9/30, you get a sticker and get in the show! If you do it by 10/10, you get in the show! You like cool music by cool people? Check out Tyler's work as Status Ferret here. YOU WON'T REGRET IT.Beer'd Al is a self-titled debut member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for Beer in Front. Yee haw!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

Dave, Ethan, and special guests Alison Parsons, Jeremy Samples, Blair Freeman, Jason McDonald, Dustin Jablonski, Patrick Gaffney, and Wendi Lippert review the February 4, 2023 “Weird Al” Yankovic concert at  Sangamon Auditorium in Springfield, Illinois  from The Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

Tons of celebrities attended Pee-Wee Herman's memorial, including Conan O'Brien, David Arquette,  Aaron Paul, Jennifer Coolidge, Weird Al Yankovic and Jack White.  Which cast member of Friends was David Arquette married to and has a daughter with?

More Weird to come and who will be Super Mario? We're talking about it in today's #MikeJonesMinuteCon!

We're starting a new series on the show! We know that "Weird Al" means a lot to a lot of people--and everyone has a different story. So I'm setting out to give people the space to tell those stories. I'm encouraging everyone to send me a clip (30 seconds to 3 minutes) talking about what "Weird Al" means to you. And I'll put that in a super special episode later this year! And if you want to talk for more than 3 minutes... you can do exactly what Russ is doing here. Tell me your "Weird Al" story (or stories!) on a full episode of the show.Russ is the perfect person to start this series with, too. His "Weird Al" fandom just might run even deeper than mine! So go ahead and send those clips to beerdalpodcast@gmail.com. And let me know if you want to be on the show!Beer'd Al is a nostalgic member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for our pals at EverTrending Story.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

Jim, Karl, JT, and departing musician Drew try to count the number of Bruins jerseys Karl has bought and discuss other purchases we've regretted over the years. We also wrap up the summer season and talk about weird shows we'd like to produce soon, our first theater experiences, our first R-rated movies, Weird Al, Andy Dick's football comedy, and very current celebrities such as Chris Hansen and Sarah Palin. Come see Drew perform his last two shows this weekend! Friday 8/25 and Saturday 8/26 at 8pm. Will he go to Connecticut to retrieve his talkbox? Bits Per Second is the official podcast of The Bit Players, who perform improv every Friday and Saturday night at 8pm at the Firehouse Theater in Newport, RI. Come see our Family Friendly Funnies show on Wed. 8/30 at 7pm! TICKETS! www.bitplayers.net Opening and closing music is "Apathy" by Dorisduke, the band that is 3/4 current and former Bit Players. Buy their music here: dorisduke.bandcamp.com

Dave and Ethan's interview continues with production designer Dan Butts. On this episode, Dan dives into his work on WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, including the secret Arrested Development prop that cameos, the actor he pitched to play Dr. Demento, and his process to recreate Weird Al's childhood bedroom. Dan also talks about working with Peewee Herman, Flight of the Conchords, Mr. Show, and more!

Whay Mark Normand does on a daty off.How Nate Bargatze knew he had made it.Folks are mad about a comedian's fat suitOmid Djalili on cancel cluture Dean Baptiste's insprationThe producer of Weird (Al movie) on not having to do any reasearch!Support the show! Join the $2 Club! at Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews www.linktr.ee/dailycomedynews Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/dcnpod - join us to to discuss comedy and your favorite comedians. YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@dailycomedynews?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram is @dailycomedynews https://www.instagram.com/dailycomedynews/?hl=en Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/dailycomedynews/ AI generated transcripts at www.dailycomedynews.com Twitter is @dcnpod because the person with what I want tweeted once Email: john at thesharkdeck dot com Daily Comedy News commentary includes satire and parody. Daily Comedy News is a production of The Shark Deck, the leading company in short form daily podcastsThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4522158/advertisement

The time has finally come! We have landed an Aquabat on the In Defense of Ska podcast. Not just any Aquabat, but EagleBones Falconhawk! Or as he's known when he's not busy with his superhero duties, Ian Fowles. We get into the Aquabats! history with Ian, including his personal story with the group, the mythology of his character and what it was like to work on Yo Gabba Gabba! and The Aquabats! Super Show! Many names were dropped in this conversation, including Weird Al Yankovic, Jack Black, Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Puddles Pity Party and Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal). We also dig into Ian's history as a musician. He was a founding member of Death By Stereo. He quit the group to go on his Mormon Mission. When he returned, they were signed to Epitaph. We talk about how Michael J. Fox or rather Marty McFly's guitar scenes in Back To The Future inspired him to take up the guitar, what it was like to tour with Rancid, and we discuss his mustache phase! Plus we ask Ian he likes ska. You may not want to know the answer!  Support the show

Poodle Hat is a special album in this house. That's why Lauren, Russ, and Zakk had to sit down and talk about it! It's a family affair this week (isn't it always) on Beer'd Al. Oops, all Robinsons! (Very much on purpose all Robinsons, actually.)What do you think is the most underrated track on Poodle Hat?Beer'd Al is a poodle hat-o-riffic member of the OddPods Media Network.Our promo this week is for Grab'em in the Brisket.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5439475/advertisement

Dave and Ethan interview Dan Butts - the production designer for WEIRD and decades of other projects with Weird Al.On this episode, Dan discusses his work on Weird Al music videos, confesses his mistake that left Al furious, shares how he ended up in Al's bedroom, and reveals the surprising fate of an iconic music video prop.