Saturday, February 08, 2020

Weird Al Yankovic to Guest Star in New 'Blaze and the Monster Machines' Episode 'Recycling Power!', Premiering Tuesday, Feb. 11 on Nickelodeon USA

Legendary songwriter and pop culture satirist Weird Al Yankovic is set to guest star on an upcoming brand new episode of Blaze and the Monster Machines! In the all new episode of Nickelodeon's popular CG-animated preschool series, Yankovic voices Litter Critter, a raccoon with wheels, who sings about his love for all things garbage.


To celebrate the new episode of Blaze and the Monster Machines, Yankovic shared a awesome sneak-peek from the episode on Twitter, captioning the video "Ugh - more typical Hollywood typecasting"!

Weird Al's brand new episode of Blaze and the Monster Machines, "Recycling Power!" (#511) premieres Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA. In the episode, when Axle City is visited by a littering raccoon, it's up to Blaze to save the day as a Super Recycling Truck; he cleans up the town and rescues his friends just in time for a final showdown with the Litter Critter. Check out a super first look at Weird Al's garbage-loving character below!:



This isn't the first time Weird Al Yankovic has lent his voice to a Nickelodeon show. He voiced Wizard Jeff in the "Mustache Day" episode of Wallykazam!, performing the "Underwhere Song", and guest starred in Pig Goat Banana Cricket episode "The Ding-A-Ling Circus" as Mr. Ding-A-Ling. He even guest starred as the Circus Parade Ringmaster on the "Circus" episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!. In addition to Nickelodeon series, Weird Al has featured on The Simpsons, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Adventure Time, Teen Titans Go!, Gravity Falls, Milo Murphy's Law. Check out Weird Al's interview with the Nickelodeon Animation Podcast here!: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2017/01/episode-29-weird-al-yankovic.html

Blaze and the Monster Machines is an interactive show for preschoolers that introduces the worlds of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Viewers join an eight-year-old boy named AJ and his incredible monster truck Blaze on super-sized adventures. AJ and the viewer help Blaze as they explore the physics of how things move, master mathematics and discover how everyday technologies work. Created by Jeff Borkin (Team Umizoomi, Blue's Clues) and Ellen Martin (Bubble Guppies, The Backyardigans), Blaze and the Monster Machines launched in October 2014 as the first preschool show that features a curriculum dedicated to all areas of STEM. The series is currently in its fifth season.

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