This week, Lauren is joined by Ryan from the Coolness Chronicles to talk about The Weird Al Show. This was an all-too-brief children's show from 1997... We discuss what this show was, what it could've been, and what it SHOULD have been. This is such a fu...
We've got "King of Suede" today... Well, kind of. We start with a tangent, and it goes from there. Where does it go from there? Consumerism, strip mall churches, Moana (Wa-Wa Moonie), Walk Hard (again), Wimpies vs. Sloppy Joes, Spaghetti Lee, The Beets, ...
Oh boy is this a good one. Lauren is joined by Robert Yaniz Jr. from the Crooked Table Podcast to discuss the Funny or Die short "WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story." We have a great conversation about all things Weird Al... and we make some BOLD CLAIMS. VERY ...
Gotta boogie on my finger and I can't shake it off! This week we're talking "Gotta Boogie" from Weird Al's first album. Because the song is about boogers, we talk about boogers... and other weird body stuff. John sings an original parody! Lauren plans he...
The Beer'd Al Podcast has been INFECTED! Infected by the GROOVE, that is. Lauren is joined by Russ from the Infectious Groove Podcast to talk all about Al's 2003 offering Poodle Hat. We cover the whole album, folks. Cheers! Infectious Groove:http://www.i...
Welcome to "Pancreas," people! We're hitting this Straight Outta Lynwood classic today. We cover topics like the Beach Boys, eggs, Food Network personalities, Batman masks, childhood toys, and so much more. There's probably too much singing in this episo...
This week, Lauren had the pleasure of talking with Lily Hirsch, author of the book Weird Al, Seriously. This is an amazing and fun conversation! Lauren and Lily discover that they may in fact be the same person (Have you ever seen them in the same room a...
WE HAVE THE POWER! The "Polka Power!", that is! That's right. We've got Weird Al's final polka of the 90s on deck today. We run through the polka track list, give some reactions, and talk about other stuff, too. Charlie Bucket is an idiot, Marilyn Manson...
For today's mini episode, you get to listen to Lauren and John BS a little bit about movies and stuff. This is the conversation that happened in the middle of us recording the intro and ending to our 1/1/21 episode. The promo this week is for the Misfit...
We're talking about "Frank's 2000" TV" today. Everybody come and see! You won't believe it! We dig into things like... How big is this TV really? Would Robert De Niro's mole REALLY be 10 feet wide? Musical evolution, fever dreams, TV shows, how John's d...
We have one heck of an episode to kick of 2021! With the help of some podcast friends and Weird Al fans, we've put together an amazing compilation of people just gushing about what Weird Al means to them. You want to start the year off with some positivi...
Merry Christmas from the Beer'd Al Podcast! We're talking about "I Think I'm A Clone Now" today. HOW CHRISTMASSY. We cover the ethics of clone slavery, the clonee/clone relationship, Christmas movies, Christmas songs, and so much more! John has Double He...
Tomorrow is John's daughter (ergo Lauren's niece) Cecelia's 2nd birthday. In honor of that, here are the Top 5 Life Lessons Lauren thinks we can all learn from Weird Al.
This week, we're talking about "Buy Me A Condo"... We dive into 80s consumerism, the LaCoste/IZOD alligator, Amway, and so much more! There's also a giant detour where John just goes OFF about David Bowie for some reason. (Bowie is, like, John's FAVORITE...
We are so excited today! We are joined by Nathan Rabin - the author of TWO of the greatest books about "Weird Al" ever written. He was kind enough to spend some time with us talking about his work, "Weird Al," and some other stuff (as usual). Cheers! Buy...
Immediately after we finished talking with our dad (the episode you heard two days ago), we decided to jump right into our "Gump" episode. So we're each already 2 beers in when we START this bad boy. Bearing that in mind, this is a super fun conversation...
It's a family affair on this VV Special Episode of the Beer'd Al Podcast. We're joined today by our dad (Dave to his peers), and he's telling us about all of the things we mis-remembered in some of our early episodes. He himself even gets corrected by ou...
Get ready for some Bad Hair Day! Lauren is joined by Seth from the Treble Treble Podcast to talk about this epic 1996 album. We go through it song by song, tell some fun stories, and there's GLITTER in the beer! This is such a fun episode, and you won't ...
Get ready to get White & Nerdy! We've got Tim back on the show to help us talk about the nerdy anthem, "White & Nerdy." We nerd out about beer, stuff we collect, and even talk about our favorite theme songs. This is one you won't want to miss. John has W...
We've got a very special Very Special Episode for you today! Lauren is joined by Mike from the Pub Trivia Experience podcast, and we're talking about Weird Al's 1992 album Off the Deep End. Mike loves it. Us? Meh. Can Mike sway me? Listen and find out. A...
It's Halloween, weirdos! And it's our 13th regular episode! SPOOKY! This week, we're talking about "Nature Trail to Hell" and drinking some spooooooooooopy pumpkin beers! I may have gone overboard with the spooky sound effects, but I also don't care. BOO...
Happy Weird Al's Birthday to one and all! Today we're tackling all things UHF. And when we say all things, we mean ALL things. We're joined by John & Adam from the Blast From Our Past Podcast (among other things), and we're all eating Twinkie Wiener Sand...
Oh boy this episode has it ALL. It's got blood. It's got singing. It's got polka. If I laughed like an idiot while editing this, it stands to reason that you'll laugh like an idiot while listening to this. We're talking about the song "Polka Party" and d...
Weird Al time with the ladies! This week, Lauren welcomes Mixie, self-described "old nerd" from the Lady Mouth podcast. We're talking CLASSIC Al here, folks. Why was AL TV so cool? Is Weird Al truly the greatest human? What wild tangents will this conver...