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13 Episodes 1997 - 1997
Episode 1
23 mins
Weird Al is desperate to become part of a cool club and lets Spike, its chief member, talk him into all sorts of crazy stuff. Al tears off one of his pant legs, dips his arms into a vat of melted chocolate and shaves off his right eyebrow. Bobby the Inquisitive Boy comes to Al for help with his skinned knee, but Spike deems the brat not cool enough and Al reluctantly sends him away. Spike thinks even less of the Hooded Avenger: crime fighters are lame. Meanwhile, Al demonstrates his X-ray spray; makes a sandwich with hickory-flavored asphalt and anchovy Jell-O on whole wheat bread; shows off his super-buoyant edible ping-pong balls; reads from his mailbag; reveals that his brother is a cheap camera trick; and lets Harvey the Wonder Hamster perform an amazing stunt.
Episode 2
23 mins
Weird Al promises his friends - Cousin Corky, Val Brentwood (Gal Spy) and the Hooded Avenger - that John Tesh will come over to hang with them. Al, of course, doesn't really know this celebrity musician. He discovers Tesh's price for making an appearance is $82,000. How will Al make the money? His bake sale attracts no customers, and no wonder. The goat cheese and arugula brownies are $5,000 each, and the fudge muffins with mustard filling are $10,000 each. Make those muffins $20,000 each: Al burned Grandma Yankovic's special pound cake. The guy Al boarded up in the wall is no help. Madame Judy the Psychic is more practical. She joins Tony Little and Ron Popeil in goading Al into doing an infomercial with Mike Levey. Al sells ear magnets, Yank-co shoelace tying gauges, Supersonic Gut-icizers and Amazing four-tined food stabbers (read: forks) and makes his $82,000. But he has to give it all back when his customers discover that none of these amazing products work. Meanwhile, Fatman and Harvey the Wonder Hamster fight Fatman's Uncle Frank and the evil Procrastinator, thwarting their scheme to fill the city with melted ice cream... What's on Al TV? Fred Huggins sings "I Like You" as Papa Boolie and Baby Boolie cringe. A TV ad promotes "The French Prince of Bel-Air." A rocker sings an angry song about his barber. Over the closing credits: a music video about Forrest Gump.
Episode 3
Sat, Aug 30, 199723 mins
Weird Al is in the middle of singing the Harvey the Wonder Hamster theme song when several coal miners suddenly burst in, not realizing Al's underground home was in their path. Al tries to ignore them as he makes some lima bean cookies. But the head miner, an ill-mannered but good-natured Irishman, butts in and shows him how to protect the cookies from underground and above-ground rats. The miners repair the wall, but make themselves nuisances in the process. Al has a knight and a fireman run a foot race, and the miners place bets. They gamble! They also make a lot of noise. The Hooded Avenger comes down to complain and finds himself reunited with the guys who had once burst into his cave, too. Weird Al is shocked that the Avenger likes these uncouth miners, but the superhero chides Al for being closed-minded. Meanwhile, Al shows Bobby the Inquisitive Boy a black and white educational film called "Our Friend Dirt." Fat Man fights the Slawmeister. Over the credits, Al parodies Madonna's "Like a Virgin"... What's on Al TV? Phil Frye the Science Guy teaches us that all grass is green. A tiny man is trapped in a fish tank. An earnest woman reminds us that words are powerful. Loose-limbed instructors teach us to stretch. An annoying off-screen announcer keeps asking a couple of teenagers if they've got milk.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 4, 199723 mins
What's on Al TV? BBC-2 features "Mummy & Daddy." A news reporter panics when he learns that Babe Ruth still walks the earth. Weird Al parodies "La Bamba." A cold medicine commercial goes awry. Camp Superfun is only for people in cartoon-animal costumes. Alex Trebek hawks the Know-it-all Correspondence School... Weird Al is especially interested in the correspondence school. The Hooded Avenger answers all of Bobby the Inquisitive Boy's annoying questions. Al wants to be that smart, too, and orders the sum total of all human knowledge, which includes books on twentieth-century Belgian philosophers, advanced geometry, astral projection and martial arts mastery in 30 seconds. 30 seconds? Al quickly learns you can't learn anything that quickly. But should Al feel inferior? Only he knows what to do when Harvey the Wonder Hamster chokes on a peanut butter pizza. He's been studying the National Rodent Society's Official Hamster Maintenance Manual. Meanwhile, Bobby watches the educational film, "Be Nice to Your Teeth."
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 11, 199723 mins
Weird Al turns his clock radio into a time machine, which comes in handy when he realizes he's forgotten Harvey the Wonder Hamster's birthday. The trouble is, he keeps going back 30 minutes in time and then makes a dumb mistake that requires him to go back 30 more minutes in time in order to correct it. Al ticks off the electric company, gets bitten by a radioactive lobster, infuriates Bobby the Inquisitive Boy, enrages Teri Garr, accidentally shaves off part of his head, and gets tripped by a Russian Cossack dancer before realizing that time travel is not the best way to correct a mistake. Meanwhile, Al shows Bobby the black and white educational film, "Mind Your Manners"; takes a nutrition break that includes nachos made from frozen waffles and sardines; and sings Harvey a birthday song about Yoda... What's on Al TV? The exercise show features an instructor who forgot to warm up. "The Young and the Housebroken" shows a blubbering woman leaving her dog. An anchorman reveals that he is not connected to an anchor. A worker at mission control finds he has the wrong extension cord. The Morph-man comes with each body part sold separately.
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 18, 199723 mins
Weird Al's leaky microwave oven causes Harvey the Wonder Hamster to grow to the size of a baby elephant which earns him the title of World's Largest Rodent. A man with extremely large fingernails heralds Sir Alec Glynis from the Glynis Book of World Records, who confirms the honor. Now Harvey is famous, and Weird Al feels inferior. Al tries to break the world record for doing the most sit-ups while holding an accordion, but learns from the Hooded Avenger that he has been holding the accordion the wrong way. Al invites all the Glynis winners to his cave for some pointers, but learns little from those who broke the records for the Most Consecutive Free Throws, the Longest Game of Marco Polo, the Most Consecutive Hours Timing Someone and the Longest Beard. The kiddie rock group Hanson shows up and accidentally causes Harvey to revert to normal size. To make matters worse, they perform a song number. Meanwhile, Al finds a horseradish enchilada in his Sugar-Coated Bits and Pieces. Fatman fights Dr. Quimby P. Legume with an insidious plan to turn the city's water supply into split pea soup... What's on Al TV? A commercial for Pirate Roofing features refugees from "Treasure Island." Siskel and Ebert disparage inferior movies. Zargonauts from the Planet Zargo-7 seek only humans who are the best at something: anyone else can forget it.
Episode 7
Sat, Oct 25, 199723 mins
Weird Al's boss, J. B., is letting his nephew take over Al's show, much to Al's displeasure. The bratty boy demands that Al sing about everything: from opening his mail to opening the door. The kid has even brought in a house band to accompany him. Meanwhile, Al has invented a malfunctioning automatic toenail clipper; Dick Van Patten dances in a tutu; Al tells us all about Hawaii; the kiddie celebrity Tahj Mowri deeply regrets his visit; Al shows his music video about "Jurassic Park"; and Fred Huggins sings "It's Nice to Be Nice."
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 1, 199723 mins
Weird Al is holding a talent show, but the ice sculpture of Marvin the Sea Bass, which was to be the grand prize, has melted. That doesn't stop Al from pressuring Cousin Corky to compete in the show. But Corky doesn't believe she has any talent. Plenty of Al's other friends are eager to compete, though. The Hooded Avenger makes a tiny ice sculpture of his own. Madame Judy does impressions of Rosanne Barr, Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley. The guy Al boarded up in the wall does a stand-up act. Bobby the Inquisitive Boy becomes Bobby the Dancing Boy. Al's mom plays the banjo while balancing plates on her head. Then the teenage R&B group Immature shows up. Meanwhile, Al gives an inept performance on the pilot episode of "The Flintstones"... What's on Al TV? A game show contestant is forced to spin the wheel over and over. "Celebrity Close-up" gets too close to Clint Eastwood. An anchorman promises to show the five shiny objects in his coat pocket. A weather girl gets carried away with her pointer.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 8, 199723 mins
Weird Al fobs off his responsibilities for maintaining his cave on his poor Cousin Corky, who has better things to do. Then he decides to let her run the whole show while he goes to Hawaii to get his shoulders rubbed by Daisy Fuentes. Because of his desertion, Harvey the Wonder Hamster is in danger from Varna the Squirmese cook. Meanwhile, Fatman and Harvey the Wonder Hamster fight space fish who steal bagels from delis because bagels are what space fish use for money on their planet. Bobby the Inquisitive Boy sees a black and white educational film called "Learning About Your Nose." Speaking of nose, Fabio signs his name on Corky's nostril... What's on Al TV? An anchorman considers the public to be a pack of fools. A commercial asks, "Got lard?" A new disaster movie is called "60% Chance of Rain."
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 15, 199723 mins
Harvey the Wonder Hamster is nervous about doing a dangerous stunt, but Weird Al is too selfish to sympathize. A pet psychiatrist offers the voice of reason but Al throws him out. Meanwhile, Dweezil Zappa does chores in exchange for a chocolate lasagna that he never gets. The Yoko Ono Alarm signals a commercial. Al shows his old accordion teacher his home movie. The Hooded Avenger weeps over Molasses Man. Al's boss, J.B., insists on replacing Harvey with a giant, tap-dancing banana... What's on Al TV? "Sabrina the Teenage Fish" offers an inspiring story. A guitar player has an asset most musicians don't. An enormous chicken wants to be mayor. A shampoo commercial makes too much of a waiter's dutiful politeness. The music video "Livin' in the Fridge" parodies Aerosmith. SPORTshoe doesn't want you to buy it. Silly Choice Dinners offer odd combinations.
Episode 11
Sat, Nov 22, 199723 mins
Weird Al is competing with Uncle Ralphie for the Best TV Show Host award. Both Al and Ralphie try to sabotage each other's show to win it. Al even kidnaps the kiddie rock band Radish, which was supposed to appear on Ralphie's show. Uncle Ralphie fights back by parodying the parodist. Then things get violent. Meanwhile, Madame Judy makes a worthless prediction. The guy Al boarded up in the wall wants to watch TV. Val Brentwood, Gal Spy, fights on Al's side. Mippy the Clown is forced to watch Pauly Shore movies. Fred Willard finds nothing cute about hitting squirrels. Harvey the Wonder Hamster hang glides... What's on Al TV? Fred Huggins makes one of his puppets vomit. Tony Maloney is a too loose-limbed exercise show host.
Episode 12
Sat, Nov 29, 199723 mins
Weird Al invites all of his friends to his cave for a holiday party. And yes, "holiday" party is right because the invitees can celebrate any holiday they wish. Cousin Corky celebrates Valentines Day in a red dress with heart shapes. The Hooded Avenger poses as Santa Claus. Mrs. Fesenmeyer dresses as a witch to celebrate Halloween. And so forth. Weird Al provides a lot of weird food, including candy corn on the cob and whole turkeys floating in a tub of water. Weirdest of all is his mood pie, which reflects the mood of the room by its color. Through most of the party, the pie is black. The trouble? Al is not listening to his guests talk about their feelings. Meanwhile, Al shows Corky his generations-old fruitcake. Val Brentwood, Gal Spy, goes around pinching everyone. No one likes the tuna punch. Al shows a home movie of himself as a pyromaniacal little boy. Dick Clark shows up to count down until the end of the episode... What's on Al TV? An exercise show host takes his stretching too far. Fred Huggins sings "I'm a Little Kitty." "This Old Mouth" features the uvula. Siskel and Ebert insult each other. An anchorman provides useless information.
Episode 13
Sat, Dec 6, 199723 mins
Weird Al returns from a cave dwellers convention to find that he's been robbed. Worse, he had bragged to all his friend that he hosts a TV show from his cave-home. But what kind of show can he put on when all his props and devices are gone? Meanwhile, the professional wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage loses a match with Harvey the Wonder Hamster. Al destroys a newly formed civilization just to feed his face. Bobby the Inquisitive Boy gets to hear a story about Fat Man battling the Egg Man. The musical group All-4-One must sing a cappella. Gilbert Gottfried tries to prove that he's not imaginary. What's on the TV Al borrows from The Hooded Avenger? A public service announcement gives advice on how to give directions. Dick Van Patten is chided for his execrable taste.