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


• (37:27 ) - Midamble


• (39:40 ) - Building the final list


• (40:55 ) - Honourable mentions


• (45:17 ) - The music of Liam & Lex


• (48:00 ) - More of Lex Friedman

Find 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.

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