Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al playing an accordion on a cropped poster for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The Big Picture Famous for over 40 years as the parody song maestro, Weird Al Yankovic brings the same sense of sensibility to his own life story. With Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Yankovic and co-writer/director Eric Appel set out to use Yankovic's story to parody many of the conventions of the music biopic, including the disapproving parents, the addiction to drugs, turning on the band and other friends due to egomania, and, of course, the great comeback.
Release Date November 4, 2022 Director Eric Appel Cast Daniel Radcliffe , Diedrich Bader , Lin-Manuel Miranda , Rainn Wilson , Julianne Nicholson Runtime 108 minutes Main Genre Comedy Writers 'Weird Al' Yankovic , Eric Appel Studio The Roku Channel Expand Weird Al's First Accordion Came From a Traveling Salesman In one of the early scenes in the film, described by the narrator as "the day that changed his life," a traveling salesman arrives, offering to sell Yankovic an...
Dr. Demento Was a Key Figure in Weird Al's Life Early On Close Radio DJ Dr. Demento , famed for playing comedy songs, serves as Al's mentor in the film . As it stands, Dr. Demento was crucial in Al's early career. As Yankovic says, "If it hadn't been for the Dr. Demento Show, my life would have taken a dramatically different course." Like in the movie, Yankovic did strive to listen to Dr. Demento against his parents' approval, but he found ways.
Many Musicians Did Get the "Yankovic Bump" In Weird,: The Al Yankovic Story it's mentioned that thanks to the success of "Weird Al," many of the original artists received a bump from listeners checking out the songs that the parody was based on. In the film, this even goes as far as Madonna tracking down Weird Al to produce a parody of her music .
Al Yankovic's Stage Name Came From Being Weird Growing Up Much of Weird is about embracing weirdness. In the film, Yankovic's parents worry about him being weird, he himself worries about being weird in front of his friends, and he fears that his passion for parody songs is weird. While in real life his parents did support him, he still was a bit of an outcast. Yankovic has talked about skipping grades, solving algebra problems for fun, and getting labeled quickly as a nerd.
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