On the 271st episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about Weird: The Al Yankovic story. A music biopic that absolutely tells the 100% real story of comedy music pioneer Weird Al. All of this definitely happened. Puzzle pieces include UHF, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, A Futile and Stupid Gesture and Wayne's World.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and the movies we discuss!

Written by Eric Appel & Weird Al Yankovic

Directed by Eric Appel

Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Weird Al Yankovic

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https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird

Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, at awesomemovieyear.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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The song at the end of the episode is "RAM In The Boot Sector," a comedy rap song I made years ago for an online storage company called Storage Pipe.

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August 2025 Live Shows!

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