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One of those cassingles, or perhaps a subsequent bootleg, landed in the hands of novelty comedy radio host Dr. Demento who had Wilson on his show as a guest in January 1992.

Seattleite Rainn Wilson remembers when he first heard a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic on the Dr. Demento radio show not long after his family moved to Chicago when Wilson was 16.

One true element in “Weird” is the mentor-mentee relationship between Dr. Demento and Weird Al.

“But it was not remotely close to the way it is in the movie. Dr. Demento in real life does not throw pool parties filled with celebrities,” Wilson says.

He has a small cameo in “Weird,” but Wilson says Oswalt wasn’t available for the larger role of Dr. Demento.