About this episode
🎄 It’s 1997, and we couldn’t decide which holiday to end the season with, so we’re celebrating them all. Pack up your accordion and join us on a journey 20 miles below the surface of the Earth to the very Pee-wee’s Playhouse -like split-level cave of “Weird Al” Yankovic as he learns to listen to his friends and family. **** 🎙 Guests: Joey O. ( Y-Not Radio , Words With Nerds , @imgonnadj24 ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Weirdle , the “Weird Al”-themed offshoot of Heardle, the music-themed offshoot of Wordle. 2. The Weird Accordion to Al , by Nathan Rabin. 3. Joey interviews Ben Kweller about his appearance with Radish on The Weird Al Show . 4. Al’s got a thing for the number 27 , which makes its way into this episode. 5. Stan Freberg’s Christmas Dragnet , which I know from a compilation CD from Philadelphia radio station WOGL . 6. Ed Marques (Varna) as the Surf Guru on ZDTV’s Internet Tonight . 7. I had no idea I Lost on Jeopardy! was a full parody of an actual song . 8. “Weird Al,” Paul Reubens, and Danny Elfman singing Kidnap the Sandy Claws . 9. National Hamster Day exists. It’s May 10 . 10. Funny or Die’s original fake trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story . 11. “Weird Al” Yankovic: There’s No Going Home , part of The Disney Channel’s Going Home concert/documentary series. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: 1990 Encyclopedia Britannica commercial starring Donavan Freberg (Baby Boolie). **** “The Weird Al Show” and “The Obligatory Holiday Episode” © 1997. Say hi on Twitter and Instagram . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .