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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, streaming on the Roku Channel. They discuss their experience with Weird Al as pre-adolescent boys, Pete&#8217;s theory of what &#8220;Weird&#8221; Al&#8217;s deal is, and the film&#8217;s relationship with &#8220;Weird&#8221; Al&#8217;s music and the biopic genre.


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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
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<li>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17076046/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm">Cast List</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story">Wikipedia</a></li>
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<li>&#8220;Weird&#8221; Al
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic">Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_videography">Videography</a></li>
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Episode 751: A Turducken of Jack in the Boxes

Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve.