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The Weird Al Show: Season 1, Episode 4Back to School (4 Oct. 1997)Today's lesson: "Learning new things takes time, study, and hard work." Director:Peyton Reed |
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Title: Back to School (04 Oct 1997)
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Gary LeRoi Gray | ... |
Bobby the Inquisitive Boy
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| Paula Jai Parker | ... |
Val Brentwood - Gal Spy
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Bob Scott | ... |
'Mysteries' Announcer
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| Beau Weaver | ... |
'Channel Hopping' Announcer
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| Billy West | ... |
Announcer /
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| Bill Mumy | ... |
Delivery Guy
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| Gedde Watanabe | ... | ||
| Alex Trebek | ... |
Himself
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Bill Kirchenbauer | ... |
Cold Relief Man
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| Thomas Dekker | ... |
Son
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| Clement von Franckenstein | ... |
Daddy
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Soothing Voice
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What's on Al TV? BBC-2 features "Mummy & Daddy." A news reporter panics when he learns that Babe Ruth still walks the earth. Weird Al parodies "La Bamba." A cold medicine commercial goes awry. Camp Superfun is only for people in cartoon-animal costumes. Alex Trebek hawks the Know-it-all Correspondence School... Weird Al is especially interested in the correspondence school. The Hooded Avenger answers all of Bobby the Inquisitive Boy's annoying questions. Al wants to be that smart, too, and orders the sum total of all human knowledge, which includes books on twentieth-century Belgian philosophers, advanced geometry, astral projection and martial arts mastery in 30 seconds. 30 seconds? Al quickly learns you can't learn anything that quickly. But should Al feel inferior? Only he knows what to do when Harvey the Wonder Hamster chokes on a peanut butter pizza. He's been studying the National Rodent Society's Official Hamster Maintenance Manual. Meanwhile, Bobby watches the educational film... Written by J. Spurlin
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[reads]
Al: To begin your martial arts training, look behind you.
[looks]
Kuni: [Kung Fu yell] Hello, little Sensei. My name is Kuni. I'll be your judo instructor for the next thirty seconds.
Al: Oh, okay. Well, what do I...?
Kuni: No questions! We are on a very serious schedule here. Now, the martial arts I am to teach you are only to be used for defense, not for attack. Let's begin. Attack me.
Al: [pause] But you just said that...
Kuni: I know what ...
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(uncredited)
Written and Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
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The commentary for this episode tells that Seth McFarlane promoted the Family Guy characters to the show, but they didn't think CBS would go for it. "We could have been the 'Tracy Ullman Show' for Family Guy," said Al. See more »Quotes
Al: [reads a book title] Thirty Seconds To Martial Arts Mastery. This sounds cool.[reads]
Al: To begin your martial arts training, look behind you.
[looks]
Kuni: [Kung Fu yell] Hello, little Sensei. My name is Kuni. I'll be your judo instructor for the next thirty seconds.
Al: Oh, okay. Well, what do I...?
Kuni: No questions! We are on a very serious schedule here. Now, the martial arts I am to teach you are only to be used for defense, not for attack. Let's begin. Attack me.
Al: [pause] But you just said that...
Kuni: I know what ...
[...]
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"Dare to Be Stupid"(uncredited)
Written and Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
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Today's lesson: "Learning new things takes time, study, and hard work."
What's on Al TV? BBC-2 features "Mummy & Daddy." A news reporter panics when he learns that Babe Ruth still walks the earth. Weird Al parodies "La Bamba." A cold medicine commercial goes awry. Camp Superfun is only for people in cartoon-animal costumes. Alex Trebek hawks the Know-it-all Correspondence School.
Weird Al is especially interested in the correspondence school. The Hooded Avenger answers all of Bobby the Inquisitive Boy's annoying questions. Al wants to be that smart, too, and orders the sum total of all human knowledge, which includes books on twentieth-century Belgian philosophers, advanced geometry, astral projection and martial arts mastery in 30 seconds. 30 seconds? Al quickly learns you can't learn anything that quickly. But should Al feel inferior? Only he knows what to do when Harvey the Wonder Hamster chokes on a peanut butter pizza. He's been studying the National Rodent Society's Official Hamster Maintenance Manual. Meanwhile, Bobby watches the educational film, "Be Nice to Your Teeth."
The fourth episode is as watchable as the first three. "Be Nice to Your Teeth," which takes footage from a real educational film, is probably the best bit.