In the 2022 mock biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Dr. Demento was played by Rainn Wilson. In a 2017 interview with Mark Dago, explained how he picks the songs he plays on his show.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story pokes fun at the tropes and conventions of traditional music biopics, while also introducing zany ideas like polka music being illegal. Some of the major differences ...

John Mayer — bespectacled, grinning goofily, very much nerding out — is sitting across from “Weird Al” Yankovic, interviewing the Hawaiian shirt-clad parody music king, who is sitting ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Clairo also praised the wordsmith in a new Billboard cover story. By Hannah Dailey “Weird Al” Yankovic has amassed countless fans over the decades, including some of the ...

fiction: Here's the truth behind 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' Born Richard Dean Zehringer on Aug. 5, 1947, Derringer was the son of an Ohio railroad foreman and first formed his influential band ...

He also produced “Weird Al” Yankovic’s first six albums, working on some of the spoof entertainer’s biggest hits including “Eat It” and “Fat.” Derringer was 17 years old when his ...

Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for producing “Weird Al ” Yankovic's debut album, has died. He was 77. Derringer died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida, according to a Facebook ...

Yes, it’s kind of unusual that “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” which he directed, is an Emmy contender in the outstanding ...

He earned a Grammy Award for his production work with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and lent his talent ... and their children. Got a story? If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get ...

One notable exception was 2023's well-respected Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a satiric biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe as the Grammy-winning musician, brought a sense of cachet back to the race ...

This decade, only two TV movie actors have been nominated — Hugh Jackman (“Bad Education”) and Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”). The lead actress category, meanwhile ...

Guitar hero and rock 'n' roll legend Rick Derringer, of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" and "Hang On, Sloopy" fame, has died in Ormond Beach, according to TMZ, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.