Weird Al-gorithm

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week instead of a regular episode we decided to record our own personal commentary track to the iconic Weird Al feature UHF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Do you have questions or insights before our next mailbag episode? If so send them to us at weirdalgorithmpodcast@gmail.com or message us on the website https://www.weirdalgorithmpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we are joined by Nerdcore Rapper MC Lars to discuss Good old Days ... sort of. We get into a deep discussion of Al's entire career, his influence on Lars and then we dabble into Good Old Days. Also we decided where Even Worse lands in our Al-bum rankings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about a minute long song and still go 30 minutes because boy do we love the Beastie Boys! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the Matts talk about Elvis, The Police and obsessive fandoms with Al's tribute to artwork of the King ... Velvet Elvis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about our feelings on Billy Idol, bad divorces and playing Many Many in an audition! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are honored to be joined by musician, writer, former Mad Magazine editor and all round cool person Allie Goertz who joins us to discuss one of Al's most unique songs. If you're not paying attention to the verses of the song you could very easily think you're listening to a jangle pop love song; but a quick look at the lyrics reveal a much more sinister song. Learn more about your ad c...

We are joined once again by Kelly Phillips who tells us about the song that lead to a life-long injury ... Lasagna! We also discuss why this song weirdly works but how much more bizarre the song originally was going to be! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we discuss Al's take on Tiffany's cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" and one of us has a very very hot take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by one of Matthew Milligan's oldest friends Phil who discusses the Oingo Boingo style parody You Make Me. Some people consider this one of the greatest in the Al discography but there are others who can not stand it! Listen to find out how we feel about it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are HONORED to be joined by Paul Scheer. We have been die-hard fans of Paul for decades be it his podcast How Did This Get Made, his appearances on VH1 shows like I Love the 80s and Best Week Ever or his entire writing, acting and creating career with shows like Human Giant, The League and Children's Hospital. Paul joined us this week to discuss Al's George Harrison/Rudy Clark parody...

This week we discuss the Al original "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" and discuss our love of Wheel of Fortune. Is this song the masterpiece that many critics found it to be or actually a low point in the Even Worse record? Listen and find out!!! If you want to let us know your thoughts, stories, insights or anything else send us an email at weirdalgorithmpodcast@gmail.com. Check us out on: In...

This week we dive back into the music by discussing the 1988 smash hit Even Worse! This album kicks off with one of Al's biggest hits Fat. We dive into the brilliance of the lyrics, the music video and debate if the song is an anthem of positive body image or potentially fat-phobic. If you want to let us know your thoughts, stories, insights or anything else send us an email at weirdalgorithmpodca...

In our final 1987 TV appearance before next week when we dive into the fan favorite album EVEN WORSE we are discussing the final episode of Amazing Stories titled Miss Stardust. In this episode Al plays an alien named the Cabbage Man and it's some of the wildest shit you've ever seen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into the two game show appearances Al made during 1987; both as a contestant of Hollywood Squares and as the celebrity guest family member on Family Feud. In case you forgot Al was a valedictorian, these appearances will remind you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into another Al-TV episode (this one from 1987) and we are joined by Mark Hampton. This was one of the shortest specials we watched so far but featured one of the absolute craziest moments so far! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking a few weeks before we dive into Even Worse to check out some of Al's Television Appearances between 1986 and 1987 and we're starting with the almost totally forgotten special "Weird Al's Guide to the Grammys" As far as we can tell this was aired only once and if not for someone who uploaded it to YouTube it would have been lost to the sands of time! Look it up, watch it and enjoy our...

We need to give a huge shout out to all the amazing fans who have emailed and messaged us and commented on our social media posts for giving us a reason to do this bonus episode. After each album we will be releasing a bonus episode where we respond to your emails, messages and stories! If you want to let us know your thoughts, stories, insights or anything else send us an email at weirdalgorithmp...

This week we complete our coverage of Polka Party with Christmas at Ground Zero and we are joined by godfather of nerd core rap MC Frontalot! Also you can watch the unedited video from the holiday livestream this was recorded for! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Ngd2JKAg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Cowboy Coder to discuss the Weird Al Country song tribute "Good Enough For Now"; a song so close to comedic rebel country rock it could have come out of David Allen Coe's mouth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've discussed how the Polka Party album is a collection of highs and lows; unfortunately this week we are discussing a pretty big low. Reportedly Al felt obligated to do this parody after already getting permission from Mick Jagger and the whole song feels like a procrastinated homework assignment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices