'Weird Al' Yankovic

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Emmy- and GRAMMY-winning musician "Weird Al" Yankovic recalls quitting his mailroom job after learning that one of his songs had cracked the Billboard Top 100 chart, and shares how he felt taking the stage for the first time at a sold-out Madison Square Garden over 46 years later. Tickets to his Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour are available now at weirdal.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:51.2	It's the Late Show Pancho with Stephen Colbert.
0:59.0	Welcome back, everybody.
1:00.7	Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest is a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musicians
1:04.7	who's hitting the road again for his bigger and weirder 2026 comedy tour.
1:11.1	Mr. Yankevic, your weirdness.
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