The Weird Al Show

Trivia
New FCC regulations required a portion of children's programming to be educational, therefore CBS executives required each episode of the Weird Al show to have some kind of "moral lesson" at the beginning that was played out during the show.

Quotes
Announcer: Can you imagine a world without dirt? It seems dirt is everywhere. Chances are there is dirt somewhere underneath you right now. Many things grow in dirt. Like carrots. Carrots are good to eat. But you should never eat dirt; it doesn't taste very good and you might get dirt on your uvula. Dirt is dirty, so if it gets on you, wash it off. Rocks are dirty because they're found in the dirt and they have dirt on them. Some people like to study rocks. Whatever.

Crazy credits
the opening theme song shows an animated music video of how the show came to be. it uses cartoon animation in the first verse, claymation in the second verse and CGI in the third.

Connections
Edited into 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (2003)

Soundtracks
The 'Weird Al Show' Theme
Written and performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic

The Weird Al Show is one of the most remembered short-lived Saturday morning shows in pop culture.

I don't remember watching this program back when it premiered 25 years ago, but it's amazing that it first aired exactly 11 years after Pee-wee's Playhouse, another popular program from CBS's Saturday mornings. Weird Al previously worked on another years before on MTV, Al TV, which I don't remember watching. Well, the prince of parodies has his own show featuring a cast of characters like Hooded Avenger and Al's wonder hamster Harvey. In pretty much every episode, there is a moral lesson to learn like in one of my favorites, "Back to School," where we learn that you can't learn too many subjects all at once. In some of the episodes, you even get to see Fatman cartoons.

If you like Weird Al's music and vintage Saturday morning shows from the past, then check out this iconic program.