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Dave and Ethan are joined by Wendy Benbrook - Costume Designer for WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story and long-time costume designer for the iconic rock band KISS. In addition to her work with Weird Al, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and on MADtv, Wendy is currently touring with the legendary Rod Stewart!

Dave and Ethan are joined by Makeup Department Head from WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, Kat Bardot! Kat talks about working with Daniel Radcliffe, the toughest effect in the film, and her amazing career working on such projects as Better Call Saul, Drunk History, and Reno 911!

Dave and Ethan are joined by musician Julian Velard to speak about his newest album, In the Middle of Something, that features Weird Al on one of the tracks. Plus musicians Andrew Berg (The What Nows?!) and Mike Huff (BEES!) join from their upcoming Weird Al ska/punk tribute album, Rudy Reboots WEIRD: A ska/punk tribute to Al Yankovic.  Tune in to hear all about these great new Weird Al-related music projects, including the WORLD PREMIERE of a song that features Weird Al!

Dave and Ethan interview "The King of Otamatone Covers" - TheRealSullyG! Sully is a Youtuber, musician, content creator and Weird Al fan with literally over a billion online views. Are all of these words foreign to you? Just tune in, we will explain everything!

Ethan tells Dave about everything Weird Al-related from the first weekend of San Francisco Sketchfest 2024! Hear all about Weird Al's three different appearances at the fest, and all of the amazing people Ethan met with unique Weird Al connections all weekend long!

When Fritz and Weezy were developing a Comedy Central pilot with Henry Winkler called, The Couch, their bright, ambitious intern was an up and coming young comic named Eric Schwartz who dutifully made coffee, sandwich and cue card runs. Today, Eric’s comedy special. Delivery, is all the rage on Youtube, and Fritz brought him a sandwich.

Eric joins us to discuss his unique blending of his talent palette which includes: comedy, parody, music, dance, impressions and multi-media wizardry. His inspirations include Weird Al Yankovic and his marketing instincts had him trending early on MySpace. In addition to his talent cocktail, Eric’s family background features a mix of influences. He calls himself “a quarter-step-Mexican and infuses his act with a rich celebration of cultura!

Weezy comes to this episode armed with photos of Eric before he embraced his hair’s great escape and faced the age-old bald guy dilemma: “drugs, rugs or plugs.” Eric went with smooth and has not looked back.

Eric fondly recalls his early work with Weezy at Premiere Radio, where they helped supply morning shows with comedy bits. He points to both Fritz and Weezy as mentors and shares how he has poured his entire heart and soul into this Youtube special.

He takes us backstage, talking cameras, equipment and lighting and reveals his inner-crowd-work battle when the chairs started breaking!

Having just opened for Jo Koy on his Just Kidding Tour, Eric has some thoughts on Jo’s controversial hosting of The Golden Globes.

Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending A Good Person on Prime & MGM+, and Slow Horses on Apple TV+, and Eric has an old school media suggestion of his own!

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Dave and Ethan review the March 26, 2023 “Weird Al” Yankovic concert at Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, Hawaii from The Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

Dave and Ethan conclude their interview with The Roku Channel exec who green-lit WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story - Colin Davis! Colin shares why WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story wasn't released in theaters, why certain parts were cut from the film, and the TRUTH about Daniel Radcliffe's behavior on set.

Dave and Ethan welcome the podcast the Former Head of Scripted Originals at The Roku Channel, Colin Davis. Colin was the executive at Roku who essentially green-lit WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, and he share's his unique point of view regarding the pitch, production and release of the film.

Headline News Special Report #13: "Weird Al" Yankovic's full-length biopic, WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, took home two Emmy Awards, for 'Outstanding Television Movie' and 'Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special' at The 75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Dave and Ethan review the March 25, 2023 “Weird Al” Yankovic concert at Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii from The Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

Dave and Ethan conclude their interview with first assistant director of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, Emily Neumann, where she talks about why Lin Manuel Miranda was cast as the doctor, her on-screen cameo in the film, and working on a Marvel movie.

In “Weird”,...  Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird Al" Yankovic  - in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician and SEX SYMBOL of our time.  Weird Al "If it's in a press release, it must be true!"

-So funny - Weird Al is the best
-How Rainn Wilson made the movie when Patton Oswald broke his foot
-How he started taking accordion lessons 
-The Parodies - Michael Jackson's response to "Eat It"

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Dave and Ethan are joined by first assistant director of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, Emily Neumann! She explains her role in the making of the film, including the daunting task of scheduling the infamous 18-day shoot in this first part of her interview. 

Dave and Ethan conclude their interview with Eric Appel, co-writer and director of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, as he shares more insights about the film including how they almost were unable to use the song "Eat It." Eric also tells Dave and Ethan the official answer for what they make at the factory!

Dave and Ethan are joined by WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story director & co-writer Eric Appel for part 2 of his interview. The interview explores the origin of Hay Boy, the actors considered to portray Al and why Daniel Radcliffe was ultimately chosen, the evolution and casting of the Grotto scene and much more that you seriously can't afford to not hear!

Shower Thoughts! Some deep-ish thoughts to go with the steam in here... 

Dave and Ethan are joined by Eric Appel - the director and co-writer of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story! With the digital film released and gearing up for a physical release - Eric shares incredible insights on the film and his process working on the film. Eric even reveals a scene written for the film that went unused that he hasn't previously revealed!

Tony paid a visit to Katy Ganaway at WLRH 89.3 FM in Huntsville, Alabama. She is the host of Host of All Things Considered / Morning Edition & Arts Underground. They talked about her background in Broadcasting as well as the local music, comedy, and arts scene in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Dave and Ethan interview live-streamer, musician, and improv ventriloquist Captain Jen E! Joined by her puppets aka 'people of fabric,' she regularly streams on TikTok and Twitch under the name @CaptainJen_E, where she covers everything from rock to rap and hip hop to Weird Al’s versatile catalogue!