Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

[Greg]

On the Roku Channel. I had to download the App to my phone and then mirror it to the TV through my Apple TV device. Apple TV does not have the Roku App natively.

But, yes, I watched it. And? Yeah. It's a movie. Full of movie things. Since it's about the king of parodies it is in no sense an actually biopic but a parody of one. Daniel Radcliff plays Weird Al. Evan Rachel Wood plays Madonna. Of course they have an affair. The world of the movie is weird and off kilter. Very surreal. Occasionally, i would give a small smile at something funny but never full out laughs.

There is a good time at guessing the cameo. There is a pool party at Dr. Dimento's house where all sorts of famous guests appear. Some you would expect and some you wouldn't. There were some funny moments when Weird Al goes to his Record producers and one of the Scotty Brothers is played by Weird Al himself. The filmmakers do take advantage of the fact that Daniel Radcliff in real life is in super shape with abs for days. It makes his descent into Rambo-esque territory very plausible.

The whole thing is kind of funny but not really funny. I don't know if I really recommend it, but if you came across it on late night cable you might want to watch it for a few minutes.

[Drunk Monk]

So ixnay on downloading the app? I hate downloading apps...

[Greg]

For cultural purposes you might want to just to see what Weird Al has done .....

[Greg]

'Now you Know' is the song that played over the end credits. It also makes me smile, especially the part about the song being technically eligible for Oscar consideration.

[Drunk Monk]

For cultural purposes you might want to just to see what Weird Al has done .....

fair.  

I can always delete the app afterwards but I'm always suspicious that it'll leave some residue. 

Of course, we all know the real Weird Al is Weird Ivor. And we really don't want to see what he does...

[Greg]

There is that.

Probably why DM & TY is still in Development Hell.

[Drunk Monk]

I KNEW IT!

feckin yetis always muckin things up.

[King Bob]

It's on Amazon now, but you have to rent it. We did. It was amusing, particularly the cameos - I liked Conan as Warhol and Emo Phillips as Dali - but never all that funny. It's a parody in the vein of Airplane, so you need to be in the mood for that. I have to admit that I got bored in the middle and fell asleep for a while. Christina seemed to like it more than I did.

Daniel Radcliffe just takes whatever roles he feels like since he doesn't need to work.

[Drunk Monk]

feckin yetis always muckin things up.

If I were a songwriter, this would be the chorus of my first chart topper.

[thatguy]

feckin yetis always muckin things up.

If I were a songwriter, this would be the chorus of my first chart topper.

"Yeti Moon Gathering"

[Drunk Monk]

feckin yetis always muckin things up.

If I were a songwriter, this would be the chorus of my first chart topper.

"Yeti Moon Gathering"

Today is going shittingly.

Groovy man. I think we're on to something. 

So apropos that this would erupt like a boil on this here thread. Because we all know Dr. Ivor Yeti is the Clark Kent to Weird Al's Superman.  It's one of those D00M secrets that we're all sworn to protect...

[Greg]

Dropped today. Now with more Yeti!