The Weird Al Show 

The basic plot of this show was that Weird Al was coming to you from a split-level cave twenty miles below the surface of the earth, along with his pet, Harvey The Wonder Hamster. Each show... See full summary »

Creator:

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Stars:

'Weird Al' Yankovic, Billy West, Brian Haley

Cast

Series cast summary:
'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Himself / ... 13 episodes, 1997
Billy West	...	Show Announcer / ... 13 episodes, 1997
Brian Haley	...	The Hooded Avenger 12 episodes, 1997
Beau Weaver	...	'Channel Hopping' Announcer / ... 8 episodes, 1997
Gary LeRoi Gray	...	Bobby / ... 7 episodes, 1997
Stan Freberg	...	Papa Boolie / ... 7 episodes, 1997
Paula Jai Parker	...	Val Brentwood - Gal Spy 7 episodes, 1997
Danielle Weeks	...	Cousin Corky / ... 7 episodes, 1997

Storyline

The basic plot of this show was that Weird Al was coming to you from a split-level cave twenty miles below the surface of the earth, along with his pet, Harvey The Wonder Hamster. Each show would have a rather loose plot around which strange and weird things would happen.

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Plot Keywords:

1990s | weird al | weird al yankovic | hamster | lesson | 

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Genres:

Family | Comedy | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 August 1997 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dick Clark Productions, Ear Booker Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Weird Al Yankovic, when the show was hiring writers, Seth MacFarlane approached the network with the original blueprints for Family Guy, hoping to turn it into a series of animated segments for the show. Had he been hired, The Weird Al Show would have been to Family Guy what The Tracy Ullman Show was to The Simpsons.

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Quotes

Martha Quinn: If someone asks you for directions, stop. Think about it for a moment, and if you don't know the best way for them to go, smile and tell them cheerfully that you can't help them and they should ask someone else. Giving someone directions that you're not sure about, even if you're just trying to help, is a bad idea. Don't be a hero. No directions are better than bad directions.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.79 (2011)

User Reviews

Sunk by a number of factors

Pretty funny in general, but probably a couple of things sunk it. It was (I guess) a CBS kid's morning show, but CBS didn't bother to really include it on their Saturday morning schedule. So the affiliates that did air it showed it in dozens of different time slots.

Also, it had to be rated as "educational programming" (the "EE" or whatever), so there was always some message. Although Al managed to pretty end up parodying that every week, too.

The main problem was that folks probably didn't get it. Unlike Pee Wee Herman when Playhouse came out, Weird Al was already pretty well established. Those who didn't like him avoided the show, meaning it was basically his fans tuning in. Along with the mobile time slotting, that probably accounted for its departure after a year. Which is a shame, but there you go.