The 1994 comedy The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult is that rarest of creatures: a sequel that is not as good as the original.
Read More“Weird Al” Yankovic stars in another movie debuting on streaming this month and it is VERY weird but in a decidedly different way than Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
Read MoreWith Weird: The Al Yankovic Story mania sweeping the globe I figured it would be a good time to run an except from my book The Weird Accordion to Al: Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Edition on The Compleat Al, which paved the way for Al’s tongue-in-cheek biopic.
Read MoreI don’t know anything about the economics of streaming but I do know that I desperately want to see Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in a movie theater, and I know that I am not alone.
Read MoreWith Al’s second film as a screenwriter on the way I figured it was the ideal time to rerun my 5000 word appreciation of UHF.
Read MoreSurprise! The “Weird Al” Yankovic-themed coloring book “Weird Al” Yankovic called “unquestionably the greatest coloring book of all time" is back and bigger and better than ever in the form of The Weird A-Coloring to Al: Cynical Movie Cash-In Extended Edition!
Read MoreYou can ask to take a picture with Flea but that’d just kill the vibe, man. Do you WANT to kill the vibe?
Read MoreSomeone had to write a vitriolic, 2000 word takedown of that notorious review decrying “Weird Al” Yankovic as a danger to society. As the author of Weird Al: The Book, The Weird Accordion to Al and The Weird A-Coloring to Al, I figured that person should be me.
Read MoreYou don’t have to be the world’s most prolific author of books about “Weird Al” Yankovic to be excited about his forthcoming "Weird Al" brings The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour but it certainly doesn’t hurt!
Read MoreWhen it came to finding a new host, Jeopardy made a very poor choice before reversing course.
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