Weird Al-gorithm

This week we are joined by Bowling For Soup vocalist Jaret Reddick to discuss Al's folk-y tribute to heartbreak with You Don't Love Me Anymore! For years people say it's a style parody of Extreme but we think that's strictly because of the iconic music video, stylistically it appears Al dug into a much more obscure and personal reference point!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss The Plumbing Song. This is the first time Al has parodied 2 songs but the same artist in a single song, but unfortunately by the time Off the Deep End was released it felt like a punch down on the the disgraced pop group Milli Vanilli.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Matt and Matthew discuss the Al original Airline Amy. This is one of the more divisive songs in Al's catalogue made apparent by how differently these two Al loving podcasters think about it. One loves it and one finds it ultimately forgettable. Which side do you fall on?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've referenced author Lily Hirsch's booked Weird Al Seriously quite a few times on the show so we were beyond thrilled to have the author on the podcast to discuss Al's take on Gerardo's "Rico Suave". We discuss how sometimes Al's parodies help us fix a song that's lyrics can be off putting and Taco Grande is a great early example of that!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we are joined by returning guest MC Lars and new guest Schäffer The Darklord to discuss the dark side of Disney, the dark carnival, old Monty Python sketches and the dangers of nostalgia with the original song When I Was Your Age!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jim Logrando is back to give us an exciting update on the Weird Al game he made... and then to discuss our collective obsession with Oreos!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al is back to doing a style parody of Tonio K for the second time with I Was Only Kidding. Is this a better attempt than Happy Birthday off his self titled debut album?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Mark Hampton returns to break down Al's first polka from the 90's ... made up of ALOT of songs from the 80's.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we tackle Al's take on M.C. Hammer's U Can't Touch This. As a kid I just remembered it being a funny song about TV but maybe there's a much smarter deeper thing Al is saying about the state of Television.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by returning guest A.J. Santini to discuss The Beach Boys inspired song Trigger Happy. In many ways this is Al's most politically driven song.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices