“I had to give a tip of the top hat to Dr. Demento because, obviously, he meant so much to me in my life, so he is up there on screen for two or three seconds getting a face full of whipped cream from Stanley Spadowski,” Yankovic said.

“I just thought his physical humor really fit the character of Stanley Spadowski,” Yankovic said. “I can’t imagine anybody else that would have been able to pull off the role quite the way that he did, so I was very happy to get him in the movie. I don’t remember if I talked about this in the commentary in the movie, but he was reluctant at first. The first time we offered the role to him, he actually turned it down, and we had to come back to him and say, ‘Listen, you’re the guy. We need you in this movie.’ Finally, he did it. I’m so glad he did. He brought so much to that role and really elevated the whole film.”