Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Special thanks to Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz, Amanda Cohen, and Mike Hoffman for helping me tell this story. Also thanks to Tyler (statustheferret), stardraw123, and Flamezzoa for being awesome.
After ALCON 98, Amanda Cohen successfully ran two other ALCONs, ALCON 2000 and ALCON III.
For ALCON 2000, Amanda and Mike put together a wonderful documentary to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Dr. Demento Show. They premiered it at the convention and Dr. Demento was the Guest of Honour.
You can watch a special edition of the documentary here, with Dr. Demento’s reaction edited in: youtube.com/watch?v=SMCuOPyqe9M
In 2018, Raquel Hartzell started up Fest of Al, a convention which runs annually in Denver. Unfortunately the 2020 one had to be held online, and there’s no news yet about a 2021 one.
Here’s the official site: festofal.com
And here's a fun lil tidbit before I get into the links. At 19:07, you could see the Japanese magazine interviewers filming Al (thanks Mike for pointing that out!)
Al’s surprise appearance at ALCON 98: youtube.com/watch?v=OflL5I68oCI
Mike Hoffman’s full ALCON 98 Montage: vimeo.com/274936327
Mike Hoffman’s alternative Bedrock Anthem music video: youtube.com/watch?v=JzrjWPRXlYs
Al talking about ALCON and Al Fest: youtu.be/whDGovPSzWw?t=316
The old page at weirdal.com for ALCON 98 (unfortunately the pics do not load): web.archive.org/web/20150116220830/http://archive.weirdal.com:80/alcon/index.html
Dave Rossi’s recap of ALCON 98 (with pics!): weirdalstar.com/uhf/alcon98/alcon98.html
The ALCON III website (if you search hard enough you could find pics): finepointproductions.com/alcon3
Dave Rossi’s recap of ALCON III (also with pics!): weirdalstar.com/uhf/alcon3/alcon3links.html
Fred Olderr's website (with pics!): oocities.org/sunsetstrip/theater/2414/pix02.html
Listen to UHJeff’s interview on Dave & Ethan’s 2000” Weird Al Podcast (they talk about ALCON 98 at around the 4:00 mark): 2000inch.com/episode-3
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Special thanks to Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz, Amanda Cohen, and Mike Hoffman for helping me tell this story. Also thanks to Tyler (statustheferret), stardraw123, and Flamezzoa for being awesome.
After ALCON 98, Amanda Cohen successfully ran two other ALCONs, ALCON 2000 and ALCON III.
For ALCON 2000, Amanda and Mike put together a wonderful documentary to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Dr. Demento Show. They premiered it at the convention and Dr. Demento was the Guest of Honour.
You can watch a special edition of the documentary here, with Dr. Demento’s reaction edited in: youtube.com/watch?v=SMCuOPyqe9M
In 2018, Raquel Hartzell started up Fest of Al, a convention which runs annually in Denver. Unfortunately the 2020 one had to be held online, and there’s no news yet about a 2021 one.
Here’s the official site: festofal.com
And here's a fun lil tidbit before I get into the links. At 19:07, you could see the Japanese magazine interviewers filming Al (thanks Mike for pointing that out!)
Al’s surprise appearance at ALCON 98: youtube.com/watch?v=OflL5I68oCI
Mike Hoffman’s full ALCON 98 Montage: vimeo.com/274936327
Mike Hoffman’s alternative Bedrock Anthem music video: youtube.com/watch?v=JzrjWPRXlYs
Al talking about ALCON and Al Fest: youtu.be/whDGovPSzWw?t=316
The old page at weirdal.com for ALCON 98 (unfortunately the pics do not load): web.archive.org/web/20150116220830/http://archive.weirdal.com:80/alcon/index.html
Dave Rossi’s recap of ALCON 98 (with pics!): weirdalstar.com/uhf/alcon98/alcon98.html
The ALCON III website (if you search hard enough you could find pics): finepointproductions.com/alcon3
Dave Rossi’s recap of ALCON III (also with pics!): weirdalstar.com/uhf/alcon3/alcon3links.html
Fred Olderr's website (with pics!): oocities.org/sunsetstrip/theater/2414/pix02.html
Listen to UHJeff’s interview on Dave & Ethan’s 2000” Weird Al Podcast (they talk about ALCON 98 at around the 4:00 mark): 2000inch.com/episode-3
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↓ Other places you could find me on the interwebs ↓
TikTok: tiktok.com/@dysequilibrium
Tumblr: mr-frump-in-the-iron-lung.tumblr.com
Instagram: instagram.com/dysequilibrium
*Vance Colvig voice* Hey mister, change... you got change? buymeacoffee.com/dysequilibrium
