Why "Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D" is one of the greatest albums of all time.

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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"Cannonball" is a segment on Bullseye that gives us a chance to take a closer look at albums that should be considered classics, to find out what makes them great. This time, Nathan Rabin makes the case for why Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D deserves to be added to the canon of classic albums.

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0:00.0	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:02.4	Now it's time for Cannonball.
0:04.2	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	It's a segment where we take classic albums or albums that probably ought to be classics
0:18.6	and bring smart, funny people onto the show to tell us what makes them so great.
0:23.4	This time, we'll hear from Nathan Raven.
0:26.3	Nathan is a writer.
0:27.3	He's covered pop culture for the AV club and the dissolve among others.
0:31.2	He's also the author of several books.
0:33.4	He wrote Weird Al the book and another one called You Don't Know Me, but You Don't Like
0:38.3	Me, Fish, Insane Clown Posse and My Miss Adventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes.
0:44.2	Nathan has a new book out and even deeper dive into Weird Al.
0:48.5	It's called The Weird Accordion to Al.
0:52.2	Every Weird Al Yankovic album obsessively analyzed.
0:55.8	So really, who better to bring on our show to obsessively analyze a classic Weird Al album?
1:01.6	Anyway, Nathan's Weird Al Record of Choice, 1984's Weird Al Yankovic in 3D.
1:09.2	Here's Nathan Raven.
1:10.5	In 3D was Weird Al's second album.
1:13.2	He was in a very interesting, very kind of singular space where he was following up his
1:18.5	1983 debut, his self title to a debut.
1:22.7	They had no idea if this guy had any kind of a future as a recording artist.
1:28.1	He was still a fluke.
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