"Documentary of Al covering his childhood and adolescence in Lynwood, college, and his first two albums with some rare footage.

Has interviews with his parents Nick and Mary (probably some of their last before they passed away 2 years later), his teachers, childhood friends, and others. Talks about how he was always smart beyond his years, took accordion lessons when he was 7, became interested in Dr. Demento and MAD Magazine in his early teens, and his time going to Lynwood High across the street from his house. His first ever parodies were sent into Demento's radio show in the mid 70s. Then covers his time at Cal Poly and the groundbreaking variety radio show he did while on the air there in 1979 and 1980, which was disrupted when a new GM didn't like him and wanted soft rock (on college radio??) to be played instead. During this time he recorded "My Bologna" and "Another One Rides the Bus" separately, and neither had much staying power at first, but eventually became his first self titled 1983 album, then after he parodied Michael Jackson on "Eat It" and came out with "In 3-D" he hit superstardom almost overnight. Also highlights some struggles he and the band had in their early career, like opening for Missing Persons in 1982 and how the new wave crowd didn't take too well to them!"