Barenaked Ladies on the Weird Al Show

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

I could imagine some uptight parents' reaction to hearing "HEY LOOK, BARENAKED LADIES!" on a Saturday morning kids' show.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

Al said in a _Rolling Stone_ article commemorating _The Weird Al Show's_ 20th anniversary that he was unsure if the CBS censors (who hounded him and his team regularly during the production of the series over its content) would allow him to say the name Barenaked Ladies on the show. So, as a failsafe, two versions of Al's introduction were shot, one of him saying "Barenaked Ladies" [which was used and seen here] and one of him saying "BNL".

[@samsquanch1996]

LMFAO!

[@erickleefeld4883]

Also, this song’s lyrics are a narrative of a 17-year-old girl who’s sneaking around with an older man.

[@phillyfan-182]

Especially in todays world of cancel culture, woke, me too movement

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

@@phillyfan-182 The people who have been manipulated to be afraid of those invented boogymen are the some ones who would have been worried about the words "Barenaked Ladies" back then.

[@gabe_s_videos]

"Hey look! It's barenaked ladies!!" *Looks excitedly* Oh... he means the band...

[@kylesteinhauser2535]

Gabriel Schleifer even MORE excited

[@AustinBigBoi]

i still think this is the best performance of Shoebox BNL has ever done, hands down

[@gabe_s_videos]

Agreed! I have an MP3 rip of this (which I made myself) that I listen to way more than the album version.

[@michaelpalmer5351]

"You're so 1990 And it's 1994 I'll leave this world behind me 'Cus you don't want me anymore" Such an amazing performance from the band, but especially from Steven.

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

BNL was never the same without him.

[@michaelpalmer5351]

@@CraigStCyrPlus Absolutely.

[@WXVA9]

Can't decide if that's yet another Steve suicide lyric

[@michaelpalmer5351]

@@WXVA9 Oh, I think it is. For sure.

[@georgemcredmond35]

Love this vid. My first exposure to BNL. How freaking tight is this performance? Those vocals. Seems mostly one take as well (ar least the audio). Weird that your channel has HyJinX and Jay Tea stuff too. I was bassist for both (well, Sprout and Jay Tea solo as well as HyJinX).

[@peters-other-stuff]

i just happen to love both early BNL and early 2000s long island ska-punk. can you blame me?

[@peters-other-stuff]

and uhhhh do you happen to have the full album hyjinx put out? i can't find it anywhere save for two tracks.

[@gabe_s_videos]

They are one hell of an ensemble.

[@samsquanch1996]

Kid: * Watching * Weird Al: "Hey look, it's Barenaked Ladies!" Kid's parent: * storms into living room * "SON WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WATCHING????!!!!!"

[@Highland804]

This is a treasure! Thanks for posting.

[@flclfan85]

I remember watching this show and then a year later becoming a fan of BNL. I would bet any amount of money that I saw this episode and had no clue at the time who these guys were

[@TimewornUncle]

I saw this episode when it aired, ran out to Circuit City and bought the Pirate Ship album. Instant fan.

[@harrisongord2228]

Such an amazing song.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

These guys were always fantastic live.

[@redmanr5522]

the Weird Al Show premiered on WBBM 2 Chicago Sunday September 14, 1997, exactly 27 years ago today, and (Sat Sep 13 1997) elsewhere.

[@CalDiscs]

Al, I don't think you can yell "HEY LOOK! BARENAKED LADIES!" on a kid's show

[@MeStirRyanYTP]

1:06 That’s what I said when I first discovered PornHub.

[@peters-other-stuff]

thanks for sharing

[@huskerdustiscanon]

1:09- Song begins

[@xstraightedgechrisx]

A Weird Al and BNL collab would be awesome.

[@semi-sweet]

I mean, he parodied 'One Week'. Not technically a collab, but it's something.

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

Yes. Yes it would: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJnUqpynispqq6cm8s

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

We also have this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJnUqpynispqq6c

[@gabe_s_videos]

They've played live a couple time.

[@punkqueentheresa]

I like Barenaked Ladies and Weird Al Show!

[@ir10031981]

3:55 Melissa McCarthy?! wow! the actress?

[@semi-sweet]

It's not a joke, that actually was her. She served as a production coordinator on two episodes of The Weird Al Show. This was right around when she started acting altogether. Her first role was in 1997, the same year she served as the production coordinator on those episodes.

[@semi-sweet]

Sky Larker Aw come on, she's not hurting anyone. Maybe she's not to your liking, I personally don't care about her much one way or the other, but she seems like a nice enough person. People are just out their trying to live their lives, man. Just because she might seem like a terrible actor or comedian to you, so what? She's still just a person trying to get along in life. Besides, this episode turned out alright so maybe she just missed her true calling as a production coordinator.

[@semi-sweet]

Sky Larker You don't have to be sarcastic. All I was saying is you shouldn't go around throwing insults at celebrities just because you're not a fan of their work. Well like okay maybe if they're not even trying I could understand, but other than that you should put yourself in their shoes. How would you feel if you knew people were saying shit like that about you or one of your loved ones? I know you'll probably say something like "Whatever, I don't care" so okay then whatever, but just think about it.

[@semi-sweet]

Sky Larker I'm assuming it because every time I say something like that to someone in a KZbin comments section they say "No, actually I wouldn't, so you're wrong." Also, it doesn't matter how much money a person has, it doesn't justify being a jerk. It wouldn't be too off base to assume she might be offended by comments people say about her online, because look at the case of Lesley Jones, a person close to Melissa McCarthy. She was getting hate mail on Twitter and she complained about it. Money =/= thick skin.

[@semi-sweet]

Sky Larker Except I didn't say she was petty. People are allowed to be offended when they're being insulted.

[@WXVA9]

Spike! What a worm!

[@GnollHanktank]

Spike is ass

[@VinceDSpooky]

1:07

[@DavidGinnFilm]

When I heard Weird Al say Barenaked Ladies, I thought he said Bernick and Ladies

[@thee_OFFline_Jawn]

What’s the name of this song?

[@peters-other-stuff]

Shoebox

[@afridgetoofar1818]

4:05 Seizure warning 😵‍💫

[@ir10031981]

Patton Oswalt always was a creep.

[@ir10031981]

he is now TV's son of TV's Frank on the new Mystery Science Theater 3000

[@ir10031981]

this version of Shoe Box, you're so 1997, and it's 2017!

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

The drummer?

[@ramparts1445]

Rumor has it he killed his wife

[@JoeCaparo]

Bnl 30 yrs ago “ you’re so nineteen ninety, and it’s nineteen ninety four” me 30 yrs later talking to people still scared of Covid “ you’re so 2020, and it’s 2024”

[@thestove5767]

Damn bro, you're really just commenting this on anything that has anything to do with Shoebox I bet you feel really really dumb, given the death toll and all,

[@snmaster56]

Odd song choice for a kids show

[@Luke-ep7zk]

1:09