In 2010, comedian and TV writer Eric Appel directed a short video for the website Funny or Die: a fake trailer for a nonexistent biopic of the pop-song parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic. A poolside industry party hosted by Al’s real-life mentor, the radio host Dr. Demento, and attended by such ’80s luminaries as Gallagher, Pee-wee Herman, and the growly-voiced DJ …
TORONTO — When a young, bespectacled Al Yankovic picked up an accordion, few — especially Al, himself — would have predicted the long-running show-business career that would follow. It’s a funny enough idea that shortly before the raucous midnight Toronto International Film Festival premiere of “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” — a nutty, authorized biopic that takes that concept and …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Actor Daniel Radcliffe captures the essence of Grammy-winning comedian and parody artist “Weird Al” Yankovic in the new trailer for the forthcoming biopic “Weird.” In a teaser trailer released Tuesday for the Roku original film, Radcliffe sports Yankovic’s tight Afro curls and thick mustache, and appears bare-chested onstage with an accordion. When the news of Radcliffe’s upcoming …