'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (V)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Francis Delia
Janet Greek

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

This is a collection of "Weird Al" Yankovic's music videos from 1983 to 1996. It also includes the title sequence he did for the movie "Spy Hard", without, for some odd legal reason, the actual titles. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Himself / George Newman (UHF, Beverly Hillbillies) / Ricky Ricardo (Ricky) / Amish Man (Amish Paradise)
Jon Schwartz	...	Various
Steve Jay	...	Various
Jim West	...	Various
Tress MacNeille	...	Lucy Ricardo (Ricky) (archive footage)
Barry Hansen	...	Dr. Demento (Ricky, Headline News) / Cashier (I Love Rocky Road) / Proctor (I Lost on Jeopardy) (archive footage)
Vincent Paterson	...	Gang Leader (Eat It) (archive footage)
Greg Kihn	...	Himself (I Lost On Jeopardy) (archive footage)
Don Pardo	...	Himself - Jeopardy Announcer (I Lost On Jeopardy) (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Max Baer Jr.	...	Jethro Bodine (Beverly Hillbillies) (archive footage)
Billy Barty	...	Noodles MacIntosh (UHF) (archive footage)
Mel Blanc	...	Barney Rubble / Dino (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Boone	...	Chocolate Stealer (Gump) (archive footage)
David Bowe	...	Bob (UHF) (archive footage)
Peter Boyle	...	Jock Dundee (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Stanley Brock	...	Uncle Harvey (UHF) (archive footage)
Kim Bullard	...	Band: Keyboard (archive footage)
Andy Comeau	...	Forrest Gump (Gump) (archive footage)
Dom DeLuise	...	The Pope (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Danny DeVito	...	Burr (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Richard Dimitri	...	Moroni (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Donna Douglas	...	Ellie May Clampett (Beverly Hillbillies) (archive footage)
Fran Drescher	...	Pamela Finklestein (UHF) (archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen	...	Jed Clampett (Beverly Hillbillies) (archive footage)
Danny Fehsenfeld	...	Michael Fay (archive footage)
Art Fleming	...	Himself (I Lost On Jeopardy) (archive footage)
Anthony Geary	...	Philo (UHF) (archive footage)
Robert Goulet	...	Himself (You Don't Love Me Anymore) (archive footage)
Florence Henderson	...	Amish Wife (Amish Paradise) (archive footage)
Marilu Henner	...	Lil (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Victoria Jackson	...	Teri (UHF) (archive footage)
Ian Jay	...	Amish Boy (Amish Paradise) (archive footage)
Ian Jay	...	Amish Boy (Amish Paradise) (archive footage)
Miles Jay	...	Amish Boy (Amish Paradise) (archive footage)
Michael Keaton	...	Johnny Kelly (AKA Johnny Dangerously)(This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Mike Kieffer	...	Musical Mike
Jay Levey	...	Various
Doug Llewelyn	...	Sumo Wrestling Fan (Headline News) (archive footage)
Eric Lutes	...	Millard Snotkin (I Lost on Jeopardy) (archive footage)
Kevin McCarthy	...	R.J. Fletcher (UHF) (archive footage)
Joe Piscopo	...	Danny Vermin (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself ('Christmas at Ground Zero') (archive footage)
Alan Reed	...	Fred Flintstone (voice) (archive sound)
Michael Richards	...	Stanley Spadowski (UHF) (archive footage)
Irene Ryan	...	Granny (Beverly Hillbillies) (archive footage)
Maureen Stapleton	...	Ma Kelly (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Judy Tenuta	...	Lorena Bobbitt (Headline News) (archive footage)
Byron Thames	...	Young Johnny (This Is The Life) (archive footage)
Dick Van Patten	...	Himself
Lou B. Washington	...	Cameraman (UHF) / Gang Member (Fat) (archive footage)
Mary Yankovic	...	Mom - I Lost On Jeopardy / Amish Woman - Amish Paradise (archive footage)
Nick Yankovic	...	Dad (I Lost On Jeopardy) / Amish Man (Amish Paradise) (archive footage)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Movie Connections:

Features White Zombie (1932)

Soundtrack:

UHF

Great collection of masterful parodies

This is a collection of videos that should be experienced by any fan of Weird Al Yankovic. It has stuff dating back to 1983, and as recent as 1996, and in addition to twenty videos, it also has the(albeit sans actual credits, apparently due to legal issues) opening credit sequence of Spy Hard, for which he did the theme(and he performs during said sequence). With a running time of one hour and fifteen minutes, this has a good amount of videos. The technical qualities are top-notch, both sound and image are crisp, and the menu layout and interface are well-done. Al is an expert at spoofing... movies and commercials are amongst his source materials, but he really shines when he does parodies of songs, bands, music videos and song styles. You'll never look at Madonna the same again after watching Like a Surgeon. Michael Jackson will never seem quite the same after Al's portrayal in Fat. And how about UHF, the theme of the movie, the video of which he manages to include a dozen or so different bands and/or singers? The utterly random imagery found in Dare to be Stupid should garner a reaction from even the most humorless of individuals. His material is silly, goofy, clever, bizarre and just plain funny. He seldom stoops to sexual comedy, he hardly swears at all(and never just to cuss), and save for the occasional violent imagery and themes(which really aren't *that* bad), his stuff can be enjoyed by almost anyone who finds parody entertaining. His material also shows serious research and intelligence going into writing his songs... quite often, he gets to understand a time, a subculture or a people before he makes a funny song out of them. Granted, not all of the gags work, at times, the effects could be better and some of the videos are now dated(but Jurassic Park is still funny, and so are the others), and his more recent efforts aren't all good(I'm looking at you, Gump... although he has since proved to still have the knack for this stuff, with, for example, White and Nerdy)... but the vast majority is just golden. Nod at the truths found in I Lost on Jeopardy. Experience the bitterness of One More Minute, the anti-Christmas quality of Christmas at Ground Zero, clearly thought up by a man who probably(being Jewish) never got to celebrate the holiday, even though it's all around. But most of all, enjoy. I recommend this to any fan of Weird Al Yankovic and similar, whether or not they've seen any or all of the videos before. 8/10