You Compleat Me

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of 'THE COMPLEAT AL' on the mockumentary genre and its nostalgic significance.

Note: some parts of this episode make more sense if you watch the full video version (available on the Depot Devoid YouTube channel), but those parts are mostly dog-related and not strictly relevant to the movie. THE COMPLEAT AL brought the music videos of "Weird Al" Yankovic into our homes back in 1985, but was also a significant and often-overlooked entry in the nascent mockumentary genre. For the terrible gentlemen of the Depot Devoid, and their dead brother Ian, THE COMPLEAT AL was a formative childhood experience, one that ultimately paved the way for the much-better-known WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY. Spend one more minute in the Depot with us, grab yourself a kiwi, and get ready for some nostalgic talk about a beloved cultural icon. Plus a lot of stuff about our dogs.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Fagan

Topics covered

• mockumentary
• nostalgia
• music videos
• Weird Al Yankovic
• childhood experiences

Keywords

• mockumentary
• Weird Al
• THE COMPLEAT AL
• nostalgia
• music videos
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE COMPLEAT AL, WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

More episodes of Depot Devoid: A Movie Podcast for Dead People

• The Grossest Thing in this Gross World · May 26, 2026 · 41 min
• The Mothra Prophecies · April 21, 2026 · 1h 2m
• Up A Hippopotamus' Bottom · April 8, 2026 · 8 min
• Mandrogynous Manbots! · March 17, 2026 · 57 min
• Ravenous Memories · February 17, 2026 · 35 min
• The Curious Case of the King of the Monsters · January 23, 2026 · 42 min