September 13, 1997 – December 6, 1997
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 CBS. The show ran for one season, from September 13 to December 6, 1997, with reruns airing until September 26, 1998. 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.
Summary
Each episode starts with a narrator (Billy West) introducing today's lesson to the viewers. Then, Al is in a common situation in his cave dwelling that he addresses to the viewers. Afterward, he watches a TV displaying parody shows and commercials that are related to the day's show. Most of the time, Al's friend Bobby the Inquisitive Boy stops by and asks him a question. In turn, Al plays him an old-fashioned educational film (with the original dialogue replaced) to help answer his question. Sometimes, the show features an animated cartoon called "Fatman", which is about Weird Al as a fat superhero. At the end of the show, there is a commercial parody being shown followed by a band performing a song. Sometimes, Al reviews today's lesson before closing out the show.
Sound Effects Used
- H-B BUGLE, CARTOON - ATTENTION!, SLOW, MUSIC
- H-B RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO AND BOING
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - SWISH AND ZING
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Wooden Flo PE107101
- Hollywoodedge, Cartoon Boing Jews Ha PE163801
- Hollywoodedge, Chimpanzee Screeche PE026201
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 5 Man InsaneT PE134601
- Hollywoodedge, Sm Heavy Metal Door Sl PE185001
- OMI, Boinks 02
- OMI, Cartoon FX - Ricochet
- OMI, Saturday Cartoons - Ricochet 02
- OMI, Saturday Cartoons - Slide Whistle 01
- OMI, Saturday Cartoons - Slide Whistle 02
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 01
- Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BOWANG
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - BIG STRETCH AND SNAP, SLINGSHOT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - WHIRL, SNAP, SPIN, SMACK, TWIRL AND DING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - WILD SCRAMBLE AND DOUBLE TAKE OFF, RUN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BING - VOCAL BING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BING - VOCAL, HAMMER ON ANVIL 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, SHORT 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRY - BABY CRYING 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - TAXI HORN, SINGLE HONK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - RESIN SQUEAK, STRETCH 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SINGLE FAST WHIPPY SWISH BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - CUCKOO WHISTLE, SINGLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, MEDIUM 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SIREN WHISTLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHIZZ - FAST WHIZZ BY
- Sound Ideas, CHIMPANZEE - EXCITED CALL, ANIMAL, MONKEY, APE 01
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 01
- Sound Ideas, CROWD, FRIGHTENED - SMALL GROUP: FRIGHTENED, AIRPLANE, CRASH
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 01 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - THROAT GARBLE, LONG
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY RISING HIT
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - HORSE WHINNYING, IN STABLE, ANIMAL, DIGIFFECTS (Heard once in "Bad Influence".)
- Sound Ideas, HOP, CARTOON - DOUG'S FUNNY HOP, SHORT
- Sound Ideas, PICK, CARTOON - FIDDLE PICK AND RISE, MEDIUM 01
- Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK
- Sound Ideas, POOF, CARTOON - POOF 01
- Sound Ideas, RECORD PLAYER - PHONOGRAPH, STYLUS SLIDES ACROSS RECORD, VERSION 1, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE AND QUICK RUN UP
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP 01
- Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - SPIN AND BOING
- Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - EARL'S PIE HIT
- Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PIE IN FACE SPLAT
- Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - LITTLE SQUISH
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER STRETCH, LONG
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - FAST TWIRLING SWISH, LONG
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - MUSIC: CUEING ON PROFESSIONAL RECORDER 01
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - METALLIC RULER VIBRATE
- Sound Ideas, WHIPLASH, CARTOON - STRETCH AND SNAP
- Sound Ideas, XYLOPHONE - BELL TONE: IDEA!, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, TWINKLING 01
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK SLIDE WHISTLE ZIP UP
- WB CARTOON, FALL - LONG WARBLY FALL