Weird Al-gorithm

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The Hot Rocks Polka (f/Christian Bladt) Aug 25, 2023

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This week we are back with another polka and the return of past guest Christian Bladt to discuss The Rolling Stones and the Polka dedicated to them.

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Isle Thing Aug 18, 2023

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This week on the podcast we discuss Tone Loc and Gilligan's Island. Is this better than some of Al's other TV Themed songs? Is it better than his previous rap song Twister? Tune in and find out!!!

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Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars Aug 11, 2023

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We are back to discussing over the top B-movies with Al's ode to schlock Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars. Are they Aliens or regular Earth hamsters? Is Earth the Planet near Mars? Should we be careful how close we leave creatures near a microwave?

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Gandhi II Aug 04, 2023

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This week we dive into one of the strangest decision in Al's discography ... putting the audio from a sketch that's almost entirely a visual gag as the second track of his album. Do we think it's a good decision or not? Listen and find out.

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Money for Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies* (f/Patrick McDonald) Jul 28, 2023

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Patrick McDonald is back and this week we are talking about the bizarre history of Al's attempt to put the lyrics to Beverly Hillbillies over top of a pop song. The amount of hoops he had to jump through in order to make this happen is INSANE.

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UHF (Podcast Commentary Track) Jul 21, 2023

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This week instead of a regular episode we decided to record our own personal commentary track to the iconic Weird Al feature UHF

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Carnival of Animals Part 2 Jul 14, 2023

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This week Matt and Matt are on their own trying to explain the bizarre Carousel of Animals Part 2 ... the b-Side to Wendy Carlos and Al's experimental album.

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Peter & The Wolf (f/Mark Popeney) Jul 07, 2023

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This week we are joined by Mark Popeney to analyze the brilliance of Wendy Carlos and Weird Al's homage to the iconic musical storybook "Peter & the Wolf"

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AL TV 5 (with Robert Bacon) Jun 30, 2023

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This week 91 Donkey Lane host Robert Bacon joins us to discuss the 5th episode of Al-TV and more specifically the insane 80's commercials we saw on YouTube!

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MAL-Bag #2 - Even Worse Emails and Al's Movie Cameos Jun 23, 2023

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This week we are back to reading your emails tied to Even Worse and discuss some of the Weird Al cameos that Al made during the late 80s!

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