The Weird Al Show (1997)
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
'Weird Al' Yankovic
Self
Billy West
Show Announcer
Brian Haley
The Hooded Avenger
Beau Weaver
'Channel Hopping' Announcer
Gary LeRoi Gray
Bobby
Jay Levey
Producer
Paula Jai Parker
Val Brentwood - Gal Spy
Stan Freberg
Papa Boolie
Danielle Weeks
Cousin Corky
Judy Tenuta
Madame Judy
Donavan Freberg
Baby Boolie
Fred Willard
Award Show Host
Gilbert Gottfried
Al's Imaginary Friend Gilbert
Kevin McCarthy
Mayor
Patton Oswalt
Seymour
Drew Carey
Al
Kevin Weisman
Spike
Jack Plotnick
Uncle Ralphie
Clarence Clemons
Miner
Gedde Watanabe
Kuni
Michael McKean
Miner
Eddie Deezen
Guy Boarded Up in the Wall (voice)
David L. Lander
Miner
David Bowe
Miner
Emo Philips
Dr. Philips / The Slawmeister (voice)
Thomas Dekker
Son
Bill Kirchenbauer
Cold Relief Man
Patricia Place
Mrs. Fesenmeyer
Todd Patrick Breaugh
Siskel
Mark Kineavy
Ebert
Jess Harnell
Dr. Legume (voice)
Henry Corden
Fred Flintstone (voice)
Jean Vander Pyl
Wilma Flintstone (voice)
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Weather Woman
Ed Marques
Varna
Dick Van Patten
The Burglar
Charles Fleischer
Buford / Eggman (voice)
Barry Hansen
Dr. Demento
The Amazing Johnathan
Uncle Johnathan
Kerry Norton
Contortionist #1
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1997
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes13
Running Time23m
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Wiki.
The Weird Al Show is an American television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions and taped at NBC Studios, it aired on Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network. The show ran for one season, from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15, 2006.
The show is framed as a "show-within-a-show", with Yankovic, starring as himself, living in an underground home while working as a television show host. It uses a combination of live-action skits with numerous guests, animated shorts, and musical performances by Yankovic and other guest bands. CBS had greenlit the show from Yankovic, seeking content for its required Educational/Informative programming block and framed similarly to Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Because of this, Yankovic and his writers struggled with developing content appropriate for children's programming that met CBS's expectations while still within Yankovic's form of visual and adult humor.