Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Mark. Your. Calendars.

I enjoy the musical stylings of Al Yankovic as much as the next guy. Which is to say I find them modestly amusing, and I like his persistent bursting of self-important bubbles. But I haven't given Weird Al much thought in decades.

That just changed:


Weird: The Al Yankovic story comes out on The Roku Channel on November 4. If you happen to be in Toronto a week from Friday, you can see it live at the Toronto International Film Festival. Judging by the trailer, and several reviews, Weird does for biopics/hagioraphies of musical personalities what its titular character did for pop music. Which is to say it's gonna be delightfully deranged.

30 comments:

Marls said...

Harry Potter & Dwight Schrute?!?!

rootsminer said...

I would have thought Weird Al would be a bit more mainstream than the Roku channel.

Professor G. Truck said...

my wife and i actually saw weird al at the state theater in new brunswick-- my mother-in-law won some tickets- and he was amusing and entertaining (especially the opening montage) and then grew less and less so . . . we left at intermission.

rob said...

did not realize mikhail gorbachev was still alive until i learned that he passed today. pour out some of the good vodka.

Whitney said...

I’m in for sure on this Weird Al film. It’s preposterous, which I enjoy.

Whitney said...

At a Norfolk Tides game. Opposing batter’s walk up music was Joe Jackson Stepping Out. Not that there’s anything wrong with it.

rob said...

the rinky hijikata experience was fun while it lasted

Whitney said...

hi gheorghies!

rob said...

smokin' and drinkin' on a tuesday night!

T.J. said...

really hope we get a scene of scenes involving the making of UHF

Marls said...

Wheel of Fish!

Whitney said...

I enjoyed rob's hat tip to the three bad brothers you know so well. Also, I feel like I’m college we partied inordinately hard on Tuesdays for some reason.

Whitney said...

This Serena match is worth watching, so says I

rob said...

indeed. the commentary, less so. serena's getting pretty well outplayed in long rallies, but chrissie and mac keep lauding her.

Whitney said...

Dionne Warwick is in the crowd and already knows what’s going to happen

rob said...

i get jokes

Whitney said...

You get the sense that Serena really has to win this first set

rob said...

make it so, whitney

Whitney said...

Wow. Nicely executed.

rob said...

down goes palin. that's a shame.

rob said...

serena's getting close to having to make a business decision about this second set.

rob said...

kontaveit made it for her.

Whitney said...

Indeed. Here we go.

rob said...

just absolutely whaling on the ball, both of them

rob said...

ain't that something?

Whitney said...

Wowsers

Mark said...

I came home from my weekly pickup game last night just in time to watch most of the 3rd set of Serena's match. Perfect timing. She went to another level and the crowd helped get her there. That was a lot of fun. Kontaveit tried to keep up but she didn't have much of a chance once Serena and the crowd both started feeling it.

Whitney said...

Sting played down this way last night. I didn’t go mostly because he calls the tour My Songs while he plays tunes from the Police as much as his solo stuff. Typical pompous Sting. But now looking at the dozens of my friends who went and are posting clips on social media, maybe I need to get over myself. Looked like fun.

Eh. Rob and I saw the reunion tour 20 years ago.

Mark said...

I'd like to see Sting just for the Police songs. I have zero interest in his solo stuff.

I have a chance to see Action Bronson (House of Blues Orlando) next week and Nas/Wu-Tang (West Palm) in 3 weeks (and free tickets). Both on school nights though so I'm torn.

zman said...

I pull about a g a week, fuck school.