# Weird: The Al Yankovic Story **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426 "2010-04-17T03:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/1 "2010-04-17T03:10:22Z")
See the [trailer](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3231da28bb/weird-the-al-yankovic-story?rel=auto_related&rel_pos=3). Because I’m pretty sure you won’t be able to see the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/2 "2010-04-17T03:21:22Z")
For lack of a better word. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/3 "2010-04-17T03:29:24Z")
Note that Al is actually in the trailer, as the record producer. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/4 "2010-04-17T04:11:20Z")
that was awesome ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/5 "2010-04-17T05:38:56Z")
The cred for Dr Demento busted me up ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/6 "2010-04-17T05:39:24Z")
Olivia Wilde as Madonna. All right, Thirteen! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/7 "2010-04-17T12:48:34Z")
That was worth seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/8 "2010-04-17T12:59:38Z")
Gary Cole is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/9 "2010-04-17T13:11:56Z")
I’d pay [sub]Netflix[/sub] to see that movie! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/10 "2010-04-17T14:46:00Z")
I would so go to see that movie. I wish they’d make it and do an Andy Kaufman kind of thing, pretending it’s real and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/11 "2010-04-17T15:05:16Z")
Actually - I don’t want to see this as a movie. Was the “trailer” funny? Heck, yes, that’s why I started this thread. But a joke that’s funny for ninety seconds usually isn’t funny for ninety minutes. We’d be better off if Lorne Michaels understood this. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/12 "2010-04-17T15:35:38Z")
Forget the haters, \*\*UHF \*\*was an awesome movie. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/13 "2010-04-17T15:37:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Actually - I don’t want to see this as a movie. > > Was the “trailer” funny? Heck, yes, that’s why I started this thread. But a joke that’s funny for ninety seconds usually isn’t funny for ninety minutes. We’d be better off if Lorne Michaels understood this. I agree. But I’d still would rent it from Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/14 "2010-04-17T16:43:34Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Forget the haters, \*\*UHF \*\*was an awesome movie. People hate UHF? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/15 "2010-04-17T18:06:36Z")
Ignore the actual plot, and UHF is an awesome, funny movie. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/16 "2010-04-17T18:37:41Z")
That was an awesome short. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/17 "2010-04-17T18:38:33Z")
UHF had a plot? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/18 "2010-04-17T23:59:06Z")
UHF is awesome!, My favorite part was at the end of production when they were shutting down Spatula City and the shoppers were pissed and sorry to see it go. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/19 "2010-04-18T00:20:28Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Ignore the actual plot, and UHF is an awesome, funny movie. Right. I though most people loved it after they saw it on video. There is UHF hate? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426/20 "2010-04-18T00:55:47Z")
lol @ the tabloid newscast headline “Weird Alcoholic” And I never would’ve known that was Aaron Paul (from Breaking Bad) as Al if not for the credits. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-the-al-yankovic-story/536426.md?page=2)