Episode 205″ – Production Designer Dan Butts (Part 3)
Original Air Date – September 13, 2023
Dave and Ethan are joined by production designer Dan Butts for part 3 of his interview. He continues to dive deep and share secrets from the set of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story – including a controversy surrounding ‘Hay Boy,’ why the melting face in the LSD trip almost didn’t happen, and uncovers tons of Easter eggs.
Dan Butts is the production designer for WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, as well as many of Weird Al’s most popular music videos and projects. He’s been nominated for the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, and Arrested Development. Additional projects he designed include the new Apple TV children’s series Hello Jack, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, and hundreds of commercials.