Episode 253″ – Mike Solton (Part 1)
Original Air Date – March 12, 2025
Dave and Ethan kick off their interview with Mike Solton, who first met Weird Al in seventh grade, and have been Close Personal Friends since. In the first part of their multi-episode conversation with Mike, he shares some incredible stories, insights, and revelations about Weird Al’s teenage years that you will not want to miss!
Summer Woods also joins Dave and Ethan to talk about her first full-length album, Sunshine, I Swear, and how you can support it.
Mike Solton first met Weird Al in seventh grade at Hosler Jr High in Lynwood, CA. As a teenager, Mike started the Zygot Joke Line, in which he and Al would record skits and music parodies together. Mike contributed background vocals to several of Weird Al’s early demos, and Al later appeared on a few of Mike’s projects. To date, Mike has produced three full-length feature films, Dialing for Dingbats, Lost in Buenos Aires, and Love in Tokyo.