Al's Brain Explained

Director:	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Starring:	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Cinematography:	Peter Anderson
Music:	Jim West
Production Companies:	Orange County Fair
Runtime:	10 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$2.5 million

Al's Brain (or Al's Brain: A 3-D Journey Through the Human Brain) is a 10-minute 3D short film that was shown at the Orange County Fair, California in 2009.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The film involves "Weird Al" Yankovic teaching about the brain and how it functions.

Cast

• "Weird Al" Yankovic as a fictionalized version of himself and Phineaus Cage, an allusion to Phineas Gage
• Paul McCartney as man on the street
• Patton Oswalt as co-worker
• Thomas Lennon as co-worker
• Fabio as second man on the street
• Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim as brain stretchers
• Bob Bancroft as Norm Koslovsky
• Michael William Arnold as Timmy

Music video

The short film includes a brand new song entitled "The Brain Song", in which the last few minutes of the short are of the music video.

Release

The short film was released to the public at the Orange County Fair 2009 airing from July 16 to August 15.

Home media

The original song "The Brain Song" was released on the Medium Rarities album, exclusive to the 2017 box set Squeeze Box.

External links

• • Web site: Al's Brain (found 3D educational short film; 2009). The Lost Media Wiki. March 4, 2024.

Notes and References

1. News: What did you think of the $2.5 million 'Al's Brain'? . Staff writer . Teri . Sforza . . 2009-08-03 . 2017-06-11.
2. Web site: 'Al's Brain' attraction causes new headache. 26 August 2010.
3. Web site: 'Weird Al' performs his way at fairgrounds. Los Angeles Times. July 2011.