Show notes
Staple a jelly doughnut to your ear, set your spleen to channel 27 and ask your favourite albino squirrel to a dance. Lex Friedman joins Mark to discuss their top-5 songs by “Weird” Al Yankovic that aren’t parodies.Lex is, among many things (musician, improviser, podcaster, game developer and consultant), a turbo Yankovic fan, and it’s quite possible that even Al himself might struggle to come up with a better list.(00:00) - Stay weird, Al(00:40) - Introduction(01:04) - Getting into Weird Al(05:52) - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story(08:02) - Lex’s pick: Word Crimes(11:06) - Mark’s pick: Everything You Know is Wrong(14:26) - Lex’s pick: Trapped in the Drive-Thru(18:16) - Mark’s pick: Albuquerque(21:41) - Lex’s pick: Hardware Store(24:04) - Mark’s pick: Christmas at Ground Zero(26:49) - Lex’s pick: Skipper Dan(28:33) - Mark’s pick: Your Horoscope for Today(31:04) - Lex’s pick: Frank's 2000" TV(32:49) - Mark’s pick: The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota(35:54) - Midamble(38:08) - Building the final list(39:23) - Honourable mentions(43:44) - The music of Liam & Lex(46:28) - More of Lex FriedmanFind Lex online on his website, play one of his many word games, hang out with him on Mastodon, or buy one or all of Liam & Lex’s albums.
