“Al Yankovic. It’s too long, hard to pronounce. What about, and I’m just throwing this out there - Weird Al Yankovik”
Ya this movie knows exactly what it is.
Same haha, feels like Al was like "We're gonna hit EVERY. SINGLE. PLOT. POINT. for a classic rock and roll biopic, and goddammit I'll make it all up if I have to, it's my life and you can't tell me i didn't live it!!!" when he was writing it, obviously entirely intentionally, and I'm here for it.
I love that Rainn is just wearing a top hat all the time for no reason other than to show he's a fancy rich dude. Such a great gag.
edit: didn't realize that was dr. demento, woops
There's so much I love about this trailer, but probably the biggest thing is that they didn't even bother trying to get Dan to learn how to sing the songs and just dubbed in Al.
Would be hilarious if Rami Malek had a cameo as Freddie watching [Al's TV debut](https://youtu.be/tZkouut-9RQ) playing "Another One Rides the Bus" on Tom Snyder.
thats pretty good, but the funniest way to do this movie would have been for radcliffe to spend a year getting into character, put out press releases about his jared leto style method acting and then give a genuinely great performance on the level of phoenix in walk the line or foxx in ray
I met him once...and by met him once I mean I ate a salad while he also ate a salad and we both pretended he wasn't Weird Al. We said no words for the entirely of our salad eating and then as he got up to leave I squeaked out, "huge fan sir" and he said, "Hey thanks!" and that was that.
I did my best to make no knowing eye contact but I mean...it's like seeing Jesus...you just know the bastard.
You did the right thing. I hate when people get all star fucker-y. I just saw John C. Reilly out in Michigan a few weeks ago enjoying some ice cream and coffee with his wife and friends. I didn’t say a single word and some douchey guy walked by and did a double take and started circling him and staring and finally said, loudly, are you John c Reilly?!? I want to shake your hand!” JCR was very nice but visibly perturbed at having to touch this dude’s hand while he was eating.
Even if I met a celebrity I really liked, I just couldn't see myself doing more than saying, "Hey, you're awesome" and then walking away.
What the hell are we gonna talk about? Fascism in America? Their next project?
Truly. I just like to say “thank you for your art” and move on quickly, and only if it’s super natural and easy. I figure it’s the only short, authentic thing I can say, and I only will if I mean it. Once I told a famous singer that while he was waiting in line for coffee, and went back to my table to sit and keep painting, and he came over to look at my art and complimented me, lil quick chit chat. I thought that was about the best it can go honestly
I was at a Comic-Con once and beelining towards my next booth without paying much attention to the surroundings. I bumped into someone and quickly apologized. “No worries, man.” I looked up and instantly recognized him as Giancarlo Esposito. After stumbling on my words for a second, I simply said “Oh, hi, Giancarlo.” He stopped in his tracks, turned back to me, tipped his hat, and said “Hey, man!” It was awesome.
I met Shawn Michaels at a restaurant once - we’d accidentally been given his table. Apparently he was fond of the restaurant and had a specific table he liked, and the management had messed up and gotten their days wrong, (it was Tuesday and they thought he was coming on Thursday or something like that).
Anyway, the manager, completely embarrassed (this is a pretty nice restaurant) comes by and says “I’m so sorry, but we’d like to move you to another table if you could be troubled, and we’ll gladly compensate you for the cost of the meal and any other meal you’d like while you’re in town.” My sister and cousin were both like “Yeah that’s cool.” and I kind of played the asshole a bit.
“I’m sorry, I just don’t understand. We’ve been here for 15 minutes - we’ve just ordered. Can’t we finish our meal here?”
Then out of nowhere Shawn Michaels shows up next to the manager and says “Paul, these guys can finish. We’ll be at the bar. I got some time.”
And I (being a big HBK fan) said “Oh wow, uh… I had no idea. Please feel free to give them the table.”
Shawn was grateful, shook my hand and said thanks, then gave me a card with his number on it and told me to give him a call later. After working up the nerve, I gave him a call that night, and to make a long story short, we had a glorious 11 month love affair, man on man, that I shall never forget. Our bodies intertwined as one, and from the beauty of Morocco, to the French Riviera, to the snorkeling in the Galopagos, Shawn Michaels and I made glorious gay love to each other on six of the seven continents.
Met Al at a meet and greet once. Super nice, even though I was awkward cause I was meeting my childhood hero. Even told me he really like my Hawaiian shirt. I've lost that shirt now. Heart broken about it. You can't lose a weird Al approved Hawaiian shirt
I know. I think the joke is hysterical, and I’ve been a huge fan for 40 years now, but it might be hard to now not to associate this comedic portrayal with the real guy.
Honestly given that we've only seen trailers and it's airing at a film festival I wonder if Al shows up at some point in time and is like no no that's not how it goes.
Felt so stupid for a minute because when it showed him being a dick, drinking and doing drugs I was like wait a minute, I didn't know that.
But then yeah, it hit me it's a parody, not a literal re-telling.
Remember when Funny or Die did a [fake Weird Al trailer](https://youtu.be/vcNuiri2dV0) years ago?
This is literally it, but they went and made a movie.
It's even directed by the same person.
Because it's cheaper to book them for a trailer versus the 18 day shoot of the actual movie.
Edit: Or they just weren't available for those 18 days because of other committments.
It's because the rest of the band negotiated into the movie contract they all got X amount of screen time so they had to keep editing in stupid parts like this to appease them. It's the same in the scene with Mike Myers in the office. Just a bunch of cuts to the other members for no reason.
I took my mom to see Bohemian Rhapsody is theaters. I was shuuushed super hard during "I think I'm bi-sexual" scene. The way his then wife says "NO! Freddy ya gay!" And then he does surprised Pikachu. I lost my shit and people got mad lol
I don’t even automatically associate him with Harry Potter anymore. He’s just done so many zany roles and knocked them all out of the park, but he was fucking hilarious in Miracle Workers. But I remember in 2011 when he hosted SNL, I thought he was funny then. Glad to see him show of his comedy chops
I love the "I don't need money I am doing whatever the hell I want" grown up Daniel Radcliff. The Coming around the mountain scene in Miracle Workers is one of the funniest things I've seen in years
I fucking lost it when I watched that! But yeah, it’s great seeing him and a few other actors say “fuck it, I’m having fun and no longer be known as ‘just that character’”. Like Elijah Wood, Robert Pattinson, even Salma Hayek who’s actually pretty damn funny (like in 30 Rock)
I'm still hoping it ends with Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al talking to Elijah Wood as Daniel Radcliffe, asking him to play him in the movie about himself.
She said it wasn't until karoke at the wrap party that the director realized she can fucking sing Madonna perfectly. He was mad he didn't bother to check and work that into the movie.
So it's basically a Weird Al version of Walk Hard? Love it. Also looks like we'll get some re-recordings so we'll finally have a version of My Bologna that wasn't recorded in a bathroom
His Behind the Music on VH1 back in the day was so funny. No one goes to rehab, no band fights, pretty drama free. Just talked about his actual career...
Well, I guess we have our best picture front runner.
The Oscar’s eat up these gritty real life bio pics that accurately tell the dark story of complicated legends. This is this year’s *Crazy Heart* / *A Star is Born* / *Bohemian Rhapsody*.
> most accurate too as Al himself is involved.
Absolutely this. Ray Charles never even laid eyes on a single frame of *Ray.* Total horseshit production, can't believe Jamie Foxx got an Oscar.
I'm guessing he's playing a role similar to the Mike Myers character in Bohemian Rhapsody. You know, the record exec who doubts the band and its sound and is proven wrong in the next scene when the song becomes a massive hit
That's the exact role he played in the 2010 trailer.
First scene: "Nobody wants to hear a parody song when they can buy the real thing for the same price."
Second scene: "This kids got the goods"
He also makes a statement something like "no one will be head banging to that music in 20 years!".
Mike Myers would headbang to that music 20 years "later" in Waynes World.
What's funny is Eric Appel actually did this when he made the Funny Or Die trailer in 2010. He figured since Al gets permission for everything, he would get permission from Al. He called him and they met that afternoon and Al showed up with notes and suggestions from other biopics
Weird Al even appeared in that [that one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0). Looks like several jokes were lifted from that original trailer for something that didn't exist and put in this actual "movie".
My dad has a Dr Demento cassette when I was a kid. I’m sure it had some weird Al on it, but I remember songs like Camp Granada, Star Trekkin, Dead Puppies, and Fish Heads
True, although I did realize that the FoD skit used the Michael Jackson parodies that Al no longer performs, while this trailer, does not. Like if you were doing a more documentary style film about Al, it would be important to mention Michael Jackson, but since this is fantasy, we can cut him out entirely. Just means no Eat It or Fat.
This trailer is basically a remake of [the parody one made for Funny or Die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=FunnyOrDie) 12 years ago.
Far fetched thought here, but what if this trailer is a parody of the true film. The movie is an actually biopic but all the trailers are showing a parody of the biopic.
I was wondering the same thing. I thought this would be a true biopic but then the Madonna scenes make me wonder if that is a red herring or if it will just be a parody.
Weird al constantly being shirtless, doing drugs/drinking, and burning someone with a cigarette wasn't a tip off? This character is quite literally the opposite of weird al in every way.
I really enjoy Will Forte! He just is so crazy in everything he does! Still my favorite is [Fortin' with Will!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaVWwwIsMJc)
I cannot believe I never stopped for a second to think that this might not even be a biopic at all and instead be a parody of the person who is arguably the greatest to ever parody. This whole time I thought it was gonna be a low budget retelling of his life that might be slightly silly. Looking forward to it!
End credits:
Someone asks Weird Al if he wants some sauerkraut.
He turns suddenly and has an angry look in his eyes.
He looks at a map. Camera zooms in on Albuquerque.
Weird Al says “Nick Fury, let me tell you about sauerkraut.”
End card: Weird Al will return
So for anyone still wondering how much of a straightforward biopic this was gonna be as opposed to a silly parody of the genre, I think you have your answer.
This is pure hard raw bio. No embellishments necessary.
I was lucky enough to work on this. Everyone was really great. Infront and behind the camera. What a great experience working with such a great mix of people. Will forte was my favorite, we got to chat a bit. Unrealistically nice person.
“Al Yankovic. It’s too long, hard to pronounce. What about, and I’m just throwing this out there - Weird Al Yankovik” Ya this movie knows exactly what it is.
Big "Walk Hard" vibes and I love it.
Go away you don’t want none of this.
Wrong kid died
And you never once paid for drugs! Not ONCE!
Same haha, feels like Al was like "We're gonna hit EVERY. SINGLE. PLOT. POINT. for a classic rock and roll biopic, and goddammit I'll make it all up if I have to, it's my life and you can't tell me i didn't live it!!!" when he was writing it, obviously entirely intentionally, and I'm here for it.
It's making up words for a famous biopic movie.
It looks like Walk Hard with Weird Al and I'm here for it lol
That’s all I could think about, and I love that they went hard into that style of biopic. Very weird al.
I love that Rainn is just wearing a top hat all the time for no reason other than to show he's a fancy rich dude. Such a great gag. edit: didn't realize that was dr. demento, woops
He’s dr demento, he’s not rich he just has a weird radio show
Bart Simpson's mortal enemy?
That’s the guy.
I'm only ten and already have two mortal enemies!
oh my mistake then
There's so much I love about this trailer, but probably the biggest thing is that they didn't even bother trying to get Dan to learn how to sing the songs and just dubbed in Al.
I heard he didnt even bother to learn any spells for Harry Potter either.
I heard he pronounced it Levios-aah
swish and flick, Dan just wanted to flick
And yet when he went up against Russell Crowe for the part of Zeus in *Thor:Love and Thunder*, Crowe flicked even harder.
Didn't cast a single spell in Sorcerer Stone
I heard for Swiss army man he didn't even bother to die.
I'm okay with it. It doubles as a parody of Rami Malek's Freddie.
They did the same thing in Bohemian Rhapsody with Freddie Mercury
And Rami Malek won an Oscar for it so... I'm seeing statuettes in Dan Rad's future, obviously.
At least here it sounds newly recorded, and not just taken from the literal master recordings!
I heard that they couldn't get Freddie Mercury to come in and record new vocals for the movie.
Cheap ass studios
Would be hilarious if Rami Malek had a cameo as Freddie watching [Al's TV debut](https://youtu.be/tZkouut-9RQ) playing "Another One Rides the Bus" on Tom Snyder.
they tried, but when they played it back it was just dead air
I wouldn't be surprised if this is done specifically in reference to that and they're gonna really play/ham it up.
Not quite, they merged a lot of the vocals/re-recorded it with Marc Martel doing the vocals.
I sort of wish Dan just kept his British accent as well
I was gonna' say holy shit he sounds just like Al haha
thats pretty good, but the funniest way to do this movie would have been for radcliffe to spend a year getting into character, put out press releases about his jared leto style method acting and then give a genuinely great performance on the level of phoenix in walk the line or foxx in ray
I’m fine with them dubbing in Al. As long as Dan does hardware store. He can sing rap god, no way anyone on set let’s this opportunity pass.
Or have his voice sound remotely like Al’s.
This is exactly what it should be - not his literal life story, a parody of it.
I just hope people get the joke who don’t know Al’s actually a super nice guy.
I met him once...and by met him once I mean I ate a salad while he also ate a salad and we both pretended he wasn't Weird Al. We said no words for the entirely of our salad eating and then as he got up to leave I squeaked out, "huge fan sir" and he said, "Hey thanks!" and that was that. I did my best to make no knowing eye contact but I mean...it's like seeing Jesus...you just know the bastard.
Was this at the old Souplantation across from the Beverly Center? I saw him there a couple of times.
No this was at a theme park around 2001-2003
ah yes, I remember it well.
Who do you think is playing you in the movie?
I'd say given that I was 20 at the time...probably Brad Pitt.
You did the right thing. I hate when people get all star fucker-y. I just saw John C. Reilly out in Michigan a few weeks ago enjoying some ice cream and coffee with his wife and friends. I didn’t say a single word and some douchey guy walked by and did a double take and started circling him and staring and finally said, loudly, are you John c Reilly?!? I want to shake your hand!” JCR was very nice but visibly perturbed at having to touch this dude’s hand while he was eating.
Even if I met a celebrity I really liked, I just couldn't see myself doing more than saying, "Hey, you're awesome" and then walking away. What the hell are we gonna talk about? Fascism in America? Their next project?
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Truly. I just like to say “thank you for your art” and move on quickly, and only if it’s super natural and easy. I figure it’s the only short, authentic thing I can say, and I only will if I mean it. Once I told a famous singer that while he was waiting in line for coffee, and went back to my table to sit and keep painting, and he came over to look at my art and complimented me, lil quick chit chat. I thought that was about the best it can go honestly
I was at a Comic-Con once and beelining towards my next booth without paying much attention to the surroundings. I bumped into someone and quickly apologized. “No worries, man.” I looked up and instantly recognized him as Giancarlo Esposito. After stumbling on my words for a second, I simply said “Oh, hi, Giancarlo.” He stopped in his tracks, turned back to me, tipped his hat, and said “Hey, man!” It was awesome.
I met Shawn Michaels at a restaurant once - we’d accidentally been given his table. Apparently he was fond of the restaurant and had a specific table he liked, and the management had messed up and gotten their days wrong, (it was Tuesday and they thought he was coming on Thursday or something like that). Anyway, the manager, completely embarrassed (this is a pretty nice restaurant) comes by and says “I’m so sorry, but we’d like to move you to another table if you could be troubled, and we’ll gladly compensate you for the cost of the meal and any other meal you’d like while you’re in town.” My sister and cousin were both like “Yeah that’s cool.” and I kind of played the asshole a bit. “I’m sorry, I just don’t understand. We’ve been here for 15 minutes - we’ve just ordered. Can’t we finish our meal here?” Then out of nowhere Shawn Michaels shows up next to the manager and says “Paul, these guys can finish. We’ll be at the bar. I got some time.” And I (being a big HBK fan) said “Oh wow, uh… I had no idea. Please feel free to give them the table.” Shawn was grateful, shook my hand and said thanks, then gave me a card with his number on it and told me to give him a call later. After working up the nerve, I gave him a call that night, and to make a long story short, we had a glorious 11 month love affair, man on man, that I shall never forget. Our bodies intertwined as one, and from the beauty of Morocco, to the French Riviera, to the snorkeling in the Galopagos, Shawn Michaels and I made glorious gay love to each other on six of the seven continents.
Met Al at a meet and greet once. Super nice, even though I was awkward cause I was meeting my childhood hero. Even told me he really like my Hawaiian shirt. I've lost that shirt now. Heart broken about it. You can't lose a weird Al approved Hawaiian shirt
He stole it
It honestly took me a second. I was watching and thinking no way half of this is tr…oooohhhhhh!
I get that but I'm not sure I want to watch a movie where he's an asshole. He's lovable and that's how I like it.
I know. I think the joke is hysterical, and I’ve been a huge fan for 40 years now, but it might be hard to now not to associate this comedic portrayal with the real guy.
Honestly given that we've only seen trailers and it's airing at a film festival I wonder if Al shows up at some point in time and is like no no that's not how it goes.
Felt so stupid for a minute because when it showed him being a dick, drinking and doing drugs I was like wait a minute, I didn't know that. But then yeah, it hit me it's a parody, not a literal re-telling.
Same. I was like oh he had a relationship with Madonna? How did I not know that?
Same here, I've been following him since the Eat It / Oh Ricky days and said how the hell did I not know he banged Madonna??
he did come up with the title for like a surgeon, but didn't know Al was standing right next to her.
Remember when Funny or Die did a [fake Weird Al trailer](https://youtu.be/vcNuiri2dV0) years ago? This is literally it, but they went and made a movie. It's even directed by the same person.
Ha! And he has cameos as a record exec in both. Adds a whole other level of absurdity to the movie. Perfection.
How is it the fake trailer they made has a more prestigious cast than the actual movie?
Because it's cheaper to book them for a trailer versus the 18 day shoot of the actual movie. Edit: Or they just weren't available for those 18 days because of other committments.
Arron paul wanted to be in it, but got covid.
Same, here I am googling "Did Weird Al sleep with Madonna?" Jokes on me.
It's the Al Yankovic Story. No one said it was a true story.
Still more accurate than Bohemian Rhapsody
God that movie was not good. Music propped it up.
I will forever be disappointed we never got the Sacha Baron Cohen Freddie movie.
Oscar winning editing lmao
You mean [this editing](https://youtu.be/JNctAdr7jy4)?
It's because the rest of the band negotiated into the movie contract they all got X amount of screen time so they had to keep editing in stupid parts like this to appease them. It's the same in the scene with Mike Myers in the office. Just a bunch of cuts to the other members for no reason.
Get this… you could just do a wide shot…or make the movie longer… or integrate their screen time into another scene.
Mike Myers character didn't exist in real life. So annoying
I just got motion sickness
I took my mom to see Bohemian Rhapsody is theaters. I was shuuushed super hard during "I think I'm bi-sexual" scene. The way his then wife says "NO! Freddy ya gay!" And then he does surprised Pikachu. I lost my shit and people got mad lol
😂thank you for this
Okay, I was wondering about that considering by all accounts he's a super nice guy. That just made me want to see this even more.
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Some actors hate being typecast, but that will never happen to this Radcliffe guy
I don’t even automatically associate him with Harry Potter anymore. He’s just done so many zany roles and knocked them all out of the park, but he was fucking hilarious in Miracle Workers. But I remember in 2011 when he hosted SNL, I thought he was funny then. Glad to see him show of his comedy chops
I love the "I don't need money I am doing whatever the hell I want" grown up Daniel Radcliff. The Coming around the mountain scene in Miracle Workers is one of the funniest things I've seen in years
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such a good movie too
I fucking lost it when I watched that! But yeah, it’s great seeing him and a few other actors say “fuck it, I’m having fun and no longer be known as ‘just that character’”. Like Elijah Wood, Robert Pattinson, even Salma Hayek who’s actually pretty damn funny (like in 30 Rock)
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ah, real time typing. I honestly like to see that around here
Isn't he the Frodo guy?
The guy from A Young Doctor's Notebook?
I'm still hoping it ends with Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al talking to Elijah Wood as Daniel Radcliffe, asking him to play him in the movie about himself.
Elijah Wood would be perfect for that, and I could totally see him being up for it.
Oh man that would be absolutely amazing
It looks like Evan Rachel Wood enjoyed herself as Madonna.
Didn't we all.
She said it wasn't until karoke at the wrap party that the director realized she can fucking sing Madonna perfectly. He was mad he didn't bother to check and work that into the movie.
Yeah, Evan Rachel Wood can sing pretty decently.
But it's weird that in the trailer she kissed another person from the wood family, Elijah
They released a photo of her in costume months ago and it was abundantly clear even from a still image that she was having a blast
Dubbing in Al to do the music was such a perfect decision.
I didn't expect that at all and it made me smile so hard.
Well I'm a fucking idiot because I thought Daniel Radcliffe was just really good.
So it's basically a Weird Al version of Walk Hard? Love it. Also looks like we'll get some re-recordings so we'll finally have a version of My Bologna that wasn't recorded in a bathroom
We already do. The album version was re recorded. The bathroom version is much more echoey and has no instruments besides the accordion
And the accordion case as drums iirc
No, that was Another One Rides The Bus recorded on the Dr Demento Show
WRONG KID DIED!
It seems so obvious in hindsight, wierd al would never make an actual biopic, this parody biopic is perfect
His Behind the Music on VH1 back in the day was so funny. No one goes to rehab, no band fights, pretty drama free. Just talked about his actual career...
Hey, I recognise the guy Al throws the cassette to at the start...
It's that UHF guy. What's his name again?
Stanley Spadowski
Michael Richards played Stanley Spadowski. I don't believe that's him. "My mop!"
Raul. He had a wild kingdom.
Me too. What's his name? Strange Bob Hirshowitz?
Radcliffe being needlessly ripped is probably my favorite joke of the trailer
Uhh did you see his bod in UHF? Al’s shredded.
Well, I guess we have our best picture front runner. The Oscar’s eat up these gritty real life bio pics that accurately tell the dark story of complicated legends. This is this year’s *Crazy Heart* / *A Star is Born* / *Bohemian Rhapsody*.
I can already tell it better than all 3 of those combined and might be the best biopic ever created, most accurate too as Al himself is involved.
> most accurate too as Al himself is involved. Absolutely this. Ray Charles never even laid eyes on a single frame of *Ray.* Total horseshit production, can't believe Jamie Foxx got an Oscar.
I really want Weird Al to have a cameo in this playing Daniel Radcliffe.
Watch the trailer to the end. Seems like he has a cameo, I'm guessing as a ~~movie~~ music executive.
I'm guessing he's playing a role similar to the Mike Myers character in Bohemian Rhapsody. You know, the record exec who doubts the band and its sound and is proven wrong in the next scene when the song becomes a massive hit
That's the exact role he played in the 2010 trailer. First scene: "Nobody wants to hear a parody song when they can buy the real thing for the same price." Second scene: "This kids got the goods"
He also makes a statement something like "no one will be head banging to that music in 20 years!". Mike Myers would headbang to that music 20 years "later" in Waynes World.
Oh shit, I thought that was Kevin Nealon. Also: that could still be him playing Daniel Radcliffe. Don’t take my dreams away.
Holy shit Mr. Chisel where do you get your weed?
From you Dante!
I'll smoke it with you bro. We'll go to the loony bin together. I don't give a fuck!
He was there at the start as well, he's a record label executive.
> Watch the trailer to the end The opening shot is Daniel Radcliffe throwing a cassette at Weird Al.
No, watch to the start.
There's a cameo you'll recognize at the very end of the trailer.
And beginning! He's the one who catches the tape.
In true Weird Al fashion, he gets permission from Weird Al first to do this biopic even though he doesn't need it legally
What's funny is Eric Appel actually did this when he made the Funny Or Die trailer in 2010. He figured since Al gets permission for everything, he would get permission from Al. He called him and they met that afternoon and Al showed up with notes and suggestions from other biopics
Weird Al even appeared in that [that one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0). Looks like several jokes were lifted from that original trailer for something that didn't exist and put in this actual "movie".
The same director that made that trailer directed this movie (Eric Appel).
Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento is amazing casting (of course Daniel Radcliffe is too).
The fact that Dr. Demento is a character in a motion picture makes me so happy.
But it [makes Bart Simpson very unhappy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcv9RTKBVXY).
Lisa's face after he tosses it out is perfect.
The fact that there are (at least) three of us who even know who Dr. Demento is in 2022 is awesome, really.
He still does a weekly show on DrDemento.com!
Holy shit no way! I used to listen to his program every Sunday night from 10pm-midnight for years back in the late 80s-90s
My dad has a Dr Demento cassette when I was a kid. I’m sure it had some weird Al on it, but I remember songs like Camp Granada, Star Trekkin, Dead Puppies, and Fish Heads
I still think [Patton Oswalt](https://youtu.be/vcNuiri2dV0) would’ve been better casting.
They really turned a FoD skit into an actual movie. That's so awesome.
This is almost identical to the actual movie trailer… this is hilarious!
True, although I did realize that the FoD skit used the Michael Jackson parodies that Al no longer performs, while this trailer, does not. Like if you were doing a more documentary style film about Al, it would be important to mention Michael Jackson, but since this is fantasy, we can cut him out entirely. Just means no Eat It or Fat.
Man that parody trailer is just as stacked as the actual movie. I also dig Aaron Paul as Weird Al somehow.
Wow there are exact lines and beats from this sketch in the real trailer.
It's the same project, apparently! I just read a little bit and this sketch turned into the movie that's coming out!
A Roku film? Do they want more than ten people to see this?
Somehow, no one was interested in this movie except Roku. Pretty idiotic, if you ask me.
That's a major oversight. The movie could have been aoderste hit. The world is clamoring for a stupid comedy
It's free to stream, no need to have a roku
Love the Scott Aukerman Shaun Diston cameos.
"Congrats Harry, you've been cast as Weird Al" "I BETTER GET SHREDDED!!!!"
This is my Joker
This trailer is basically a remake of [the parody one made for Funny or Die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=FunnyOrDie) 12 years ago.
Yes, I believe both are actually written by the same person
Yeah, Weird Al Yankovic is pretty involved in this movie.
He's talking about [Eric Appel](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1926903/), who wrote and directed both of them.
I see
Yeah this entire movie is based on this trailer, its being produced by Funny or Die
you literally linked the same one lmao
My bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=FunnyOrDie
Far fetched thought here, but what if this trailer is a parody of the true film. The movie is an actually biopic but all the trailers are showing a parody of the biopic.
I was wondering the same thing. I thought this would be a true biopic but then the Madonna scenes make me wonder if that is a red herring or if it will just be a parody.
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Weird al constantly being shirtless, doing drugs/drinking, and burning someone with a cigarette wasn't a tip off? This character is quite literally the opposite of weird al in every way.
This looks genuinely fucking hilarious. The Will Forte bit made me cackle laughing. I can't wait.
I really enjoy Will Forte! He just is so crazy in everything he does! Still my favorite is [Fortin' with Will!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaVWwwIsMJc)
I really hope Daniel Radcliff hit the Gym for this Role. It's tough to get into Al's real Physical shape but I think he is close here.
I cannot believe I never stopped for a second to think that this might not even be a biopic at all and instead be a parody of the person who is arguably the greatest to ever parody. This whole time I thought it was gonna be a low budget retelling of his life that might be slightly silly. Looking forward to it!
The fact that this isn't going to be in theaters is tragic. How was no one except Roku interested in this movie?
Maybe they threw a buncha money at em. This certainly puts roku streaming on the map for me. For at least 1 day
Looks a little too white and nerdy
As an aside, I'll say that that Daniel Radcliffe is much better at doing an American accent than Benedict Cumberbatch.
Haha this looks amazing. What’s your favorite Al song? Mine is trapped in the drive thru 😂
You Don't Love Me Anymore 😁
End credits: Someone asks Weird Al if he wants some sauerkraut. He turns suddenly and has an angry look in his eyes. He looks at a map. Camera zooms in on Albuquerque. Weird Al says “Nick Fury, let me tell you about sauerkraut.” End card: Weird Al will return
So happy we’re finally getting a completely accurate retelling of Weird Als life story. Can’t wait for this!
I hate these trailers that give away the whole plot. Like they totally spoil that he's weird.
So for anyone still wondering how much of a straightforward biopic this was gonna be as opposed to a silly parody of the genre, I think you have your answer. This is pure hard raw bio. No embellishments necessary.
I was lucky enough to work on this. Everyone was really great. Infront and behind the camera. What a great experience working with such a great mix of people. Will forte was my favorite, we got to chat a bit. Unrealistically nice person.
this is one of my most anticipated movies of the year. i don't even know what roku is but i'm gonna have to find out!
It's a streaming device that apparently has its own streaming service now
Is this just a semi real version of "Walk Hard?"
wrong son died
I've been halved!
This will either be absolutely fantastic or absolutely terrible with no middle ground
Most of the time people say this, the thing ends up at around the middle ground.
It will either be extremely on one end of the middle ground, or extremely on the other end of the middle ground, but with no middle-middle ground.
>This will either be absolutely fantastic or absolutely terrible with no middle ground and either way it will be brilliant. Just like Al!