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Weird Al's Yoda Meets Indiana's New Wave Revue

A bar in Indiana is hosting a new wave music revue called Weird Science, just as Weird Al's radio performance of Yoda keeps people humming; consider this a nostalgia cluster.

On air: Vera Bullock and Gloria Vance on BBN This Morning
Published 8:40 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Chronicle-Tribune: “Weird Science: Indiana's Premier New Wave Revue: Louie's Bar & Grill - Chronicle-Tribune”, with reporting from SiriusXM.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 8:40 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Vera Bullock and Gloria Vance.

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Chronicle-TribuneWeird Science: Indiana's Premier New Wave Revue: Louie's Bar & Grill - Chronicle-Tribune
SiriusXM‘Weird Al’ Performs ‘Yoda’ and Talks Career on ‘The Howard Stern Show’

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe new detail is that Weird Al's Yoda performance now has company, because Louie's Bar and Grill in Indiana is putting on a new wave revue called Weird Science.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA local venue, a revue of music from the nineteen eighties, and a man in a radio studio singing about a Jedi.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorQuite the diplomatic calendar.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's the cutest double feature, a little green teacher in the morning and skinny ties in the evening.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBoth come with a recall notice, in my reading: warning, may cause humming, and in rare cases a synthesizer.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSynthesizer.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have sat through worse treaties, Vera, and none of them had a chorus.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo are we all going to Louie's?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI'll go if the only thing recalled is the keytar solo.