Dave and Ethan interview Ryan Barna, a Grammy-nominated writer and sound historian who was the first to record Weird Al and his band on Edison phonograph wax cylinder. Ryan chronicles the events that led to that historical moment - and he shares a clip of the recording!

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

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© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan air the finale of their interview with legendary guitarist and record producer Richard Bennett, who performed with Neil Diamond for 17 years, has toured with Mark Knopfler since 1994 & recorded with Weird Al on his early recordings! (Plus - he is the brother of Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz!)

In his career spanning over 50 years, Richard has worked with everyone from Billy Joel to Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr to Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and many more!

Fans of Weird Al will recognize him as “Bopcat Bennett” on the Placebo EP version of "Happy Birthday," early demos, as well as first-album classics such as "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead."

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Part 1 of Dave and Ethan's interview with legendary guitarist and record producer Richard Bennett, who performed with Neil Diamond for seventeen years, has toured with Mark Knopfler since 1994, and recorded with Weird Al on his early recordings! (Oh yeah, he's also the brother of Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz!)

In his career spanning over 50 years, Richard has worked with everyone from Billy Joel to Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr to Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and much more! Fans of Weird Al will recognize him as Bopcat Bennett on the Placebo EP version of "Happy Birthday," early demos, as well as first-album classics such as "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead."

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan interview longtime singer and studio vocalist Monique Donnelly, who's recorded with Weird Al, and toured as a back-up singer for his 2019 Strings Attached Tour. Monique shares stories about singing on the Straight Outta Lynwood, Alpocalypse, and Mandatory Fun albums, tales of touring with Weird Al for 3 months, lending her voice to over 100 major motion pictures, and working with artists such as Sir Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Michael Bublé, Robin Williams and more.

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan interview comedian Zach Sherwin, who is best known for writing for and performing in the Epic Rap Battles of History YouTube series, writing for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and creating The Crossword Show. A life-long fan of Weird Al, Zach wrote the viral "Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye" battle in which Weird Al plays Sir Isaac Newton!

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan interview Pat Regan, a keyboardist, producer, engineer and mixer who toured with Weird Al and recorded on three of his early albums.

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan are joined by two artists and fans inspired by Weird Al - content creator Alicia Buonviri and The Fun Zone podcast and radio host Brynn Lee!

Brynn Lee is a disability advocate who produced an audio description track for the movie UHF.  Brynn is the host of the weekly comedy music radio and podcast show, The Fun Zone, which airs on The Beyond Radio Network, and Dementia Radio. (Please note: At the time of this episode's recording, Brynn was presenting as Byron.)

Alicia Buonviri is the founder of the Yankochick News Network (YNN) YouTube channel. As a producer of Weird Al fan media, she was also behind the creation of the highly-lauded video presentation for the 2015 WOWAY Awards on the World Of Weird Al Yankovic Forum, a forum which she also moderated for many years.

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan are joined by two artists and fans inspired by Weird Al - author/storyteller David "Sheepdog" Grant and musician Zeb Lemke!

Zeb joins Dave and Ethan to talk about his Weird Al parodies, covers and songs about Weird Al, shares insights into his musical contributions to the podcast, and premieres a brand new song all about Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz!

David Grant is a storyteller who, under his pen name, Sebastian Shepherd, has not only contributed to the 2020 issue of the Midnight Star fanzine, but also made Weird Al a pivotal plot point in his novel, The Ruins of Our Past.

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan welcome Evan Gregory of The Gregory Brothers back to the podcast to discuss "We're All Doomed!" / "Who's It Gonna Be?" - their viral 2020 presidential debate collaboration with Weird Al!

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

Dave and Ethan interview longtime singer and studio vocalist Scottie Haskell, who's recorded with Weird Al, and toured as a back-up singer for his 2019 Strings Attached Tour.  Scottie shares stories about singing on the Straight Outta Lynwood, Alpocalypse, and Mandatory Fun albums, tales of touring with Weird Al for 3 months, and lending her voice to an incredible number of songs, concerts, commercials, TV shows and film scores and more.

ABOUT

Since 2019, Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work.

LINKS

Follow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inch

Past episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com

PODCAST CREDITS

Independently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan Ullman

Co-produced with Mike Minnick beginning in March 2025

Theme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" West

Podcast logo designed by Heather Malone

COPYRIGHT

© 2019-2025 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast