Weird Al-gorithm

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White & Nerdy (f/ Jeff "UHJeff" Nucera) Jul 04, 2025

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This week we are joined by returning guest UHJeff to kick off our Straight Outta Lynwood coverage by discussing the iconic and TOP 10 HIT "White & Nerdy"

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Poodle Hat MAL Bag Jun 27, 2025

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This is arguably our largest MAL-Bag EVER as we discuss things like what a Beatles Polka would sound like, Al's appearances on Johnny Bravo and V.I.P. and answer questions for you listeners!!!

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Al TV 9 (f/ Witney Seibold) Jun 20, 2025

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This week we tackle the first of two VH1 version of ALTV with writer Witney Seibold

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Genius in France (f/Lisa Hammer) Jun 13, 2025

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This week we are joined by Lisa Hammer to discuss the final track of Poodle Hat. On this chaotic closure Al pays homage to Frank Zappa with Genius in France!

Lisa Hammer is a New York independent filmmaker and musician. She is best known for her DIY/Punk/Surrealist/German Expressionist films, lush music videos, and experimental horror-fairy tales and dark comedies, as well as the voice of Triana Orpheus on Adult Swim's cartoon "The Venture Bros." Her films have screened at the MoMA, The Getty Museum, myriad festivals and many one-woman shows at galleries and theaters worldwide such as Nighthawk Cinemas, The Egyptian in LA, Duolin Museum in China and Anthology Film Archives. She is currently in production on her horror film “Under the Midnight Sun” with Kevin Corrigan and Rubin Rabasa. Her DIY cable-access TV show “Turn of the Century” with Dame Darcy is streaming on Night Flight Plus, with guest stars Courtney Love, Thurston Moore and Tiny Tim. Her current cable-access TV show “The POX Show” has had guest stars: H Jon Benjamin, Steve Severin (“Siouxsie and the Banshees”), Eve Plumb, Clayne Crawford, James Duval, Jonathan Katz (“Dr. Katz”) and Lucien Greaves of The Satanic Temple. Hammer is executive producer and editor on a new feature film "Montauk", starring Molly Ringwald, Charlie Tahan (“Ozark”), and Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) to be released in 2026, and she is co-creator and co-star of the series "Great Kills" (Dir James Merendino/”SLC Punk”) now streaming on Amazon Prime, Roku and Tubi. Season two is about to drop with co-stars: Cathy Moriarty, Eric Roberts, and Bai Ling (“The Crow”). Hammer is executive producer and editor on Levi Wilson’s short film “Luke and Emma” which was acquired by AMC+ with the feature now in pre-production. Hammer is also a soundtrack composer, having sung in Goth bands “Requiem in White”, “Mors Syphlitica”, “The Terror Twins”, “Dakini” (Solo) and currently “Radiana.” All of her bands early albums, starting with “Requiem in White”, are being re-released on vinyl, CD, and digital by The Circle Music (Greece).

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eBay Jun 06, 2025

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This week we discuss Al's Backstreet Boys parody "eBay" a song that seems to get better the more out dated it becomes!

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Bob (f/Chris DeMakes) May 30, 2025

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This week we are joined by Podcaster and Less Than Jake front-man Chris DeMakes to discuss Al's tribute to Bob Dylan and Palindromes... Bob!

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Ode to a Superhero May 23, 2025

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This week we tackle Al's second Billy Joel parody (but first one officially released) which takes his signature song "Piano Man" and makes it a tribute to the Sam Raimi/Tobey McGuire Spiderman movies. It's ... something.

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Why Does This Always Happen To Me? (f/Allie Goertz) May 16, 2025

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Past guest and Ben Folds superfan Allie Goertz is back to talk about the song "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" The song is an homage to Ben Folds Five and in a rare situation, Al is accompanied by Ben Folds on piano for this track!

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A Complicated Song (f/Robert Bacon) May 09, 2025

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This week we are joined by Robert Bacon of the Internet Supreme Court to discuss the Avril Lavigne parody A Complicated Song

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Wanna B Ur Lovr May 02, 2025

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Today we discuss Prince and Beck and the weird cross section you find both of them in the Weird Al original "Wanna B UR Lovr"

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