Weird Al-gorithm

We've discussed how the Polka Party album is a collection of highs and lows; unfortunately this week we are discussing a pretty big low. Reportedly Al felt obligated to do this parody after already getting permission from Mick Jagger and the whole song feels like a procrastinated homework assignment.

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This week we are joined by Kelly Phillips who wrote an amazing graphic novel called "Weird Me" about her experiences growing up a die-hard Weird Al fan. She picked the Kinks homage "Don't Wear Those Shoes" as the song she wanted to discuss this week!

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This week we discuss Al's parody of El Debarge's "Who's Johnny". Al's take on the song written for Short Circuit is an ode to Johnny Carson's announcer Ed McMahon. Is Al's song good or do we just really really really like the El DeBarge original?

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This week we cover Al's 3rd Polka medley and the ONLY time that the Polka is also a title track of the album. It's also his shortest Polka. Where does it rank up with the other Polkas? Listen and find out!

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This week we tackle the song One of Those Days; another entry in the long list of Weird Al songs where someone talks about catastrophe like a day to day minor inconvenience.

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While the biggest strike against Polka Party is that Al did not parody many songs that would leave it's mark on pop culture; Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love was the one exception. So does Al's send up to Potato obsession "Addicted to Spuds" do the song justice?

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This week we tackle Al's send-up to Talking Heads and office politics "Dog Eat Dog". We dive into our own personal fandom of the Talking Heads, why Al thinks this is the highlight of this album and our own experiences with working in a corporate hellscape.

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We are officially diving into Polka Party, the first album to almost kill Al's career. We are joined by returning guest Jim Logrando to dive into how this song gave us an extensive knowledge of hernias and if Al was forced to make this parody by the Scotti Brothers.

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Jeff "UH-Jeff" Nucera is back this week to discuss The Compleat Al. This pseudo-documentary was created to both promote Dare to Be Stupid AND tell the fictional tale of Weird Al's life.

Be sure to check out all of Matt's projects on Geekscape.net and Matthew's band Wheatus

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This week we dive into more Al-TV with Episode 3 which aired on July 7, 1985! We were joined by Katie Hampton of Geekscape and the Black & White podcast to discuss the highs and the lows of this bizarre anti-comedy.

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