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40 Years of Weird Al

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  • SatanIsMyMotorSatanIsMyMotor Fuck Warren Ellis Registered User regular
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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Who plays the other music exec alongside actual Weird Al?

    Will Forte

  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited November 2022
    The movie does a good job of sending up how musician biopics attribute everything to sudden flashes of inspiration.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Knob wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Who plays the other music exec alongside actual Weird Al?

    Will Forte

    I only saw the trailer and I thought it was Kyle Maclachlan

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    Andy Joe wrote: »
    The movie does a good job of sending up how musician biopics attribute everything to sudden flashes of inspiration.
    I didn't like the whole Dad reveal and I think it was a really clumsy way to get to the third act, but his Mom becoming fat and saying lyrics straight up with no payoff was very funny.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
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    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    Andy Joe wrote: »
    The movie does a good job of sending up how musician biopics attribute everything to sudden flashes of inspiration.
    I didn't like the whole Dad reveal and I think it was a really clumsy way to get to the third act, but his Mom becoming fat and saying lyrics straight up with no payoff was very funny.

    I imagine there was a cut plot line
    With Michael Jackson riding Al's coat tails to parody fame, with "Bad" being his next big release.
    All in all, it was an entertaining show, but I think I prefer UHF for my Weird Al fix.

  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Echoing most folks' sentiments on Weird, it was generally fine to surprisingly funny - might not watch it again anytime soon, but it was good for what it was!

    I think probably my favorite little throwaway gag was in the credits
    When Madonna is visiting his grave and it says "Born 1959 - Ate It 1985"

    Just a very well constructed double-joke moment

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    UHF is definitely going to continue to pass the test of time (I just bought the shout factory release like last year!)

    I think Weird also suffered from the mandated TMobile ads.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    I think the main thing about Weird is that like...it was fun and silly and all, but it could have stood to be properly zany and absurd. Like even the more over-the-top moments could have really been pushed a lot further than they were. They were still fine, just not as incredible as I think maybe they could have been.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    A hayboy?

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2022
    I watched the Through the Fire and Flames music video for the first time in years today, and at least in the video their lead singer also looks a lot like Weird Al

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    It’s a Weird world, we’re just living in it

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna was great in the movie.

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    My girlfriend looked at me funny when I was singing the words to songs at the polka party. Apparently she is not familiar with the polka standard "Roll out the Barrel"

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    A very good interview (per usual with Terry Gross) on Fresh Air. I actually picked up a couple small new things I didn't know before.

    https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/1136027639/weird-al-yankovic-biopic-daniel-radcliffe

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
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  • HefflingHeffling No Pic EverRegistered User regular
    I watched the Weird Al movie this weekend with my wife. I told her going into it that nothing in the movie was true. I pointed out where they had Weird Al playing the record exec. So inevitably at the end of the movie she says to me, "Did he really die like that?"

    And I just had to respond with...
    Yes dear, in 1985 Weird Al was assassinated by Madonna after she gave up her pop-star career to become not only a drug lord but also the leader of the country of Columbia.

    I'm still not confident she knows if it was a true story or not.

  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    The ending reminded me strongly of this:

    https://youtu.be/foOYW3CzayU

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Soooooooo...

    How long until we're getting some kinda stage musical based around Al's tunes like they've done for other musicians?

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    I didn't realize that the 2 guys at the beginning of White and Nerdy were Key and Peele

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    I didn't realize that the 2 guys at the beginning of White and Nerdy were Key and Peele

    To be fair, the video came out 6 years before their show started, so they weren't really a known duo at that time.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    NPR has a feature on Al because today is the 40 year anniversary of his first album.

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    https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1171948750/40-songs-from-40-years-of-weird-al-yankovic

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Criminal negligence mentioning One More Minute and leaving out his greatest lyric of all time
    I guess I might seem kinda bitter
    You’ve got me feeling down in the dumps
    ‘Cause I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love
    And I have to use the self-service pumps

  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    They absolutely called out that lyric. Also, not including the absurdity of Everything You Know Is Wrong or the bop that is Why Does This Always Happen To Me feels weird, but personal preferences gonna personal preference.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    …fuck, am I going senile?

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Also, the definitive '80s song about self gratification is, of course, She Bop by Cyndi Lauper, which came out the year before. Sorry Al, but you're Johnny Cum Lately here.

    You'd think this post was a setup for that terrible pun at the end, but it literally just came to me..

    Err...

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Criminal negligence mentioning One More Minute and leaving out his greatest lyric of all time
    I guess I might seem kinda bitter
    You’ve got me feeling down in the dumps
    ‘Cause I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love
    And I have to use the self-service pumps

    I've enjoyed singing that one at karaoke at least a couple times.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    Pretty sure the overlap of "Weird Al fans" and "Muppet fans" is a near-perfect circle, but just in case:



    I'm halfway through the series and it's really fun.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    i'm genuinely surprised he hasn't done anything with them before now

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, I need to check out that show.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Got a wild hair and picked this up for 40 bucks. I don’t even own anything that can play vinyl hahaha 😅

    Honestly I probably wouldn’t have even bothered except the records are neon green if you get it at Barnes and Noble and they’re hot pink from anywhere else. 🤓

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular




    Categories are (all for Miniseries/Movie unless otherwise stated):
    * Writing
    * Original music/lyrics ("Now You Know") - I belive this is Emmy-wide
    * TV Movie
    * Lead Actor
    * Original Score
    * Sound Mixing
    * Picture Editing
    * Casting

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    that daniel radcliffe is going places I tell you

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    He'll be moving on up to farting corpses and gun-toting robe enthusiasts before you know it!

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    He'll be moving on up to farting corpses and gun-toting robe enthusiasts before you know it!

    Can't wait to see him do post-apocalyptic action/comedy.

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