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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 edit

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

Cast edit

"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 edit

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.^[4]

Release edit

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

Home media edit

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

References edit

^ Staff writer; Sforza, Teri (2009-08-03). "What did you think of the $2.5 million 'Al's Brain'?". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "'Al's Brain' attraction causes new headache". 26 August 2010.
^ "'Weird Al' performs his way at fairgrounds". Los Angeles Times. July 2011.
^ Jesus Paez (2009-10-16), Your Brain, retrieved 2017-05-11