CBS' scheduling department aired the holiday episode of The Weird Al Show as the pentultimate episode instead of the series finale, as it was intended.
So what happened? Perhaps as a subtle sign that this series was one season and done, the finale has Weird Al Yankovic getting robbed. Yeah, it's a plot device that's been used on a few primetime shows over the years (i.e. Sanford & Son). Anyway, Dick Van Patten (ex-Eight is Enough) who'd appeared in a few of Yankovic's videos, such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Bedrock Anthem", guest stars, along with Gilbert Gottfried (ex-Problem Child, Aladdin), Martha Quinn, and "Macho Man" Randy Savage, then with WCW, who has a "match" with Harvey, Al's pet hamster. As silly as it sounds!
The Fatman shorts you can skip past. They were to Al what the Brown Hornet was to Fat Albert more than 15 years earlier. A distraction.
Rating: B--.
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