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UHF

UHF theatrical poster
Directed by Jay Levey
Produced by John W. Hyde
Gene Kirkwood
Written by "Weird Al" Yankovic &
Jay Levey
Starring "Weird Al" Yankovic
David Bowe
Victoria Jackson
Kevin McCarthy
Michael Richards
Fran Drescher
Anthony Geary
Billy Barty
Trinidad Silva
Music by John Du Prez
Cinematography David Lewis
Editing by Dennis M. O'Connor
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date(s) July 21, 1989 (USA)
Running time 97 min.
Language English
Budget $5,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $6,157,157 (USA)
Preceded by The Compleat Al (1985)
Followed by The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library (1992)
IMDb profile

UHF (also known as The Vidiot from UHF in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe, and Los Telelocos in Mexico) is a comedy film made in 1989. It starred "Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Victoria Jackson, Fran Drescher, Kevin McCarthy, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary and Trinidad Silva. The film was directed by Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, who also co-wrote the screenplay with him. It was produced by Orion Pictures Corporation. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (491x755, 105 KB) Summary UHF (1989) original theatrical onesheet poster Licensing This image is of a movie poster or title card, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which... This article is about the musician. ... This article is about the musician. ... David Bowe is an often seen but rarely recognized character actor in American movies and television. ... Jan Hooks, Dolly Parton, and Jackson in a 1989 SNL sketch. ... Actor Kevin McCarthy in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kevin McCarthy (born February 15, 1914 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor. ... For other persons named Michael Richards, see Michael Richards (disambiguation). ... Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress. ... Anthony Geary (born May 29, 1947 in Coalville, Utah) is an American actor. ... Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an American film actor. ... Actor Trinidad Silva Jr. ... John Du Prez (born December 14, 1946 in Sheffield) is a musician who has often worked with Eric Idle for the music for Monty Python. ... The name David Lewis may refer to several people: David Lewis (philosopher) (1941-2001), an American-born philosopher famous for his theory of modal realism and his love for Australia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Compleat Al is a mockumentary about the life of Weird Al Yankovic, from his birth to 1985. ... The Weird Al Yankovic Video Library is a VHS release of most of Weird Al Yankovic music video to date. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the musician. ... For other persons named Michael Richards, see Michael Richards (disambiguation). ... David Bowe is an often seen but rarely recognized character actor in American movies and television. ... Jan Hooks, Dolly Parton, and Jackson in a 1989 SNL sketch. ... Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress. ... Actor Kevin McCarthy in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kevin McCarthy (born February 15, 1914 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor. ... Gedde Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American theatre, film and television actor. ... Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an American film actor. ... Anthony Geary (born May 29, 1947 in Coalville, Utah) is an American actor. ... Actor Trinidad Silva Jr. ... Orion Pictures Logo Orion Pictures Corporation was a United States movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. ...

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Background

The film plays on a characteristic of the American television industry of the 1960s through the time that the film was made. During this period, there was a notable division between programming in the American VHF and UHF television bands. Typically, UHF stations were low-budget operations, with corresponding low broadcast and programming quality, and generally poor reputations to match. Most UHF transmitters were actually translators, used to rebroadcast network stations into rural areas. The remainder were generally LPTV or local stations with limited range and viewers, often carrying PBS, religious, or foreign-language programming. Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ... Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3. ... In broadcasting, a translator is an FM radio station or a TV station which acts as a full-duplex repeater. ... Low-power broadcasting is the concept of broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. ... Note: Public Broadcasting Services is a broadcaster in Malta. ...


Cast

Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, parodist and accordion player. ... Jan Hooks, Dolly Parton, and Jackson in a 1989 SNL sketch. ... For other persons named Michael Richards, see Michael Richards (disambiguation). ... David Bowe is an often seen but rarely recognized character actor in American movies and television. ... Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress. ... Anthony Geary (born May 29, 1947 in Coalville, Utah) is an American actor. ... Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an American film actor. ... Actor Trinidad Silva Jr. ... Gedde Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American theatre, film and television actor. ... Vance DeBar Colvig, Jr. ... Kevin McCarthy has been a radio-tv personality in north Texas since Gordon McLendon brought him to Dallas as part of the original staff of KNUS/99 in 1972. ...

Plot summary

In the film, Yankovic plays George Newman, a daydreaming loser, whose uncle wins a faltering UHF television station (Channel 62) in a poker game. Prompted by his wife, and having nothing better to do with the station, his uncle puts the unemployed George in charge, along with his friend Bob (Bowe). Station employees are a scientist/studio engineer named Philo (Geary), spirited receptionist (and wannabe news reporter) Pamela Finklestein (Drescher), photojournalist/cameraman Noodles MacIntosh (Barty, in one of his final roles), and the eccentric janitor Stanley Spadowski (Richards), who actually started out as a janitor for their VHF rival, Channel 8, but got unfairly fired for pitching a research report, and immediately afterwards was hired by George Newman. George and Bob, in addition to their administrative duties, star in a children's show, Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse (complete with unenthusiastic live studio audience). This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ... For the domestic fireplace tool, see fireplace poker. ...


The station struggles, and one night George works late and forgets the birthday date he set up with his girlfriend Teri (Jackson) and her parents. She dumps him, and in his resulting depression he walks off the set of the kids' show in the middle of a broadcast, leaving Spadowski to host the remainder of the show.


Going to a nearby bar to drown his sorrows, he discovers that other patrons are mesmerized by Stanley's oddball hosting style, and his rather unusual inspirational messages. George and Bob rush back to the station, and Stanley accepts the host's spot permanently, on the condition that he can still be the station janitor. And so Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse becomes Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse.


With Spadowski hosting, the show immediately becomes a massively popular hit among both children and adults. Inspired by the overnight success of Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse George and Bob then give Channel 62 a revamped programming lineup. They premiere shows such as "Wheel of Fish" (hosted by karate-teacher Kuni (Watanabe) and "Raul's Wild Kingdom," whose host (Silva) announces that poodles can fly. Incredibly, Channel 62 not only appears in the next television ratings list, but is suddenly the most successful station in town.


However, R.J. Fletcher (McCarthy), the villainous, spiteful owner of network affiliate and rival VHF network station Channel 8, is furious at being beaten by a UHF station. He calls George's Uncle Harvey in hopes to buy the station...and his timing turns out to be ideal because at that same second Uncle Harvey had just been informed by his unseen bookie, Big Louie, that the horses he'd chosen for a race had all lost, and so he now has a massive gambling debt ($75,000) which must be repaid in two days. Harvey makes a deal for Fletcher to purchase the station (which he intends to close down and convert to something else, as FCC by-laws forbid owning two TV stations in the same town), but when George finds out, he phones his aunt, who forces her husband to give George time to match the cash and buy the station. After agonizing on how to raise the money, the answer suddenly comes to him: a telethon! In no time at all the Channel 62 crew launches a telethon to sell investment shares in the station to local viewers. Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... The 2005 Telethon on Seven Perth. ...


Desperate to make the fundraiser fail, Fletcher's goons kidnap Stanley and hold him in the Channel 8 studio. With the help of Kuni and his students, George manages to free Stanley, and they rush back to the last moments of the telethon, to discover that they are still $2,000 short of the amount needed, as time runs out. Assured of victory, Fletcher goes before the crowd to announce the end of Channel 62. But wait! A fortuitous circumstance—to which (ironically) Fletcher has inadvertently contributed earlier in the movie—suddenly raises the last of the needed money at literally the last second: the bum, who appears periodically in the movie asking for change, has returned and asks George Newman not for change this time, but the last several shares of stock in U62; two thousand dollars worth "and keep the change!" George immediately takes the money, pays Uncle Harvey's gambling debt off, and not only is Channel 62 saved, it has now become a publicly-owned company!


Meanwhile, the disgruntled Fletcher is approached by an FCC official, who informs him that Channel 8 has lost its broadcasting license and "effective immediately is off the air". George and Teri get back together, Philo, his work done, leaves for home (the Planet Zircon), as does Uncle Harvey (Los Angeles, in his case). And the aforementioned fortuitous circumstance comes to light: Fletcher had gotten accosted by the bum outside the Channel 8 offices earlier, and so, in order to get the bum out of his hair, gave him what he thought was just a regular run-of-the-mill one-cent penny. But now it turns out that what Fletcher had really given the bum was a rare 1955 Double-Die Denver Mint Penny, worth a fortune! This explains how he was able to buy the last shares of stock of U62...and a Rolex watch to boot. FCC redirects here. ...


In typical Yankovic fashion, the movie has several comic homages to pop media, including: its intro, a parody of the Indiana Jones series (a parody of the Rambo series is included later in the film); its ending, which spoofs Gone with the Wind; a fake promo for "Town Talk With George Newman" (spoofing Geraldo Rivera and other bawdy daytime talk shows); a dream about The Beverly Hillbillies (set to "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits and Sting). There are also fake commercials for Gandhi 2 (with Gandhi played by UHF director Jay Levey), Conan the Librarian, and "Spatula City". In fact, this entire movie could be considered a spoof of both Network and A Face in the Crowd; it even parodies famous lines from Howard Beale ("I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!") and Lonesome Rhodes (his climactic deprecation of his own fans and sponsors). As Yankovic affirmed in an interview "The critics called it hackneyed. But it wasn't that. It was just a big excuse to be goofy." Dr. Henry Walden Jones, Jr. ... John Rambo redirects here. ... Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ... Geraldo redirects here. ... For the 1993 film, see The Beverly Hillbillies (film) The Beverly Hillbillies was an American television program about a hillbilly family transplanted in Southern California. ... The music video for the song featured early computer animation illustrating the lyrics. ... This article is about the band. ... This article is about the musician. ... Gandhi II is an original song/commercial by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Conan the Librarian is a perennial parody of R.E. Howards Conan the Barbarian that has appeared in film, television, comics, and fan fiction. ... Spatula City is a fictional establishment mentioned in the movie UHF, starring Al Yankovic. ... Network is a 1976 satirical film which tells about a television network named Union Broadcasting System (UBS) and its struggle with poor TV ratings. ... A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Reception

According to Yankovic's Behind the Music episode, UHF enjoyed one of the most successful test screenings in Orion's history. Orion Pictures released UHF on July 21, 1989 as a hopeful summer blockbuster, hoping that Yankovic would pull them out of the water. But critical response was negative, and UHF was overshadowed in the theaters by much larger films such as Lethal Weapon 2, Batman, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The movie got a very poor rating and was out of the theaters the 1st week. He says that it wasn't a "critic movie". As "Weird Al" states in his commentary of the movie, UHF was thought to be the movie that would "save the studio" for Orion. He was treated very well because of this. He states in the commentary: "Every morning I would wake up to fresh strawberries next to my bed. Then, when the movie bombed, I woke up and...no more strawberries!" For the album by The Soundtrack of Our Lives, see Behind the Music (album). ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Lethal Weapon 2 is the second movie in the Lethal Weapon series, released in 1989. ... Batman DVD cover, 1997 release version Batman was released in U.S. theaters on June 23, 1989 by Warner Bros. ... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. ...


Overcoming theatrical failure, UHF has since become a cult classic, becoming very popular on cable and home video, with out-of-print video cassettes selling on eBay for sizable amounts of money. After much pleading from fans, the movie was rereleased in Europe and North America on DVD in 2002 by MGM, and in its debut week it became a top ten bestseller in Variety. Although not officially marketed as a "special edition", the North American DVD contains numerous extras including a music video of the movie's theme song, a commentary track featuring director Jay Levey and Yankovic himself, and a deleted scenes reel with Yankovic's commentary. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... This article is about the online auction center. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Variety is a daily newspaper for the entertainment industry. ... UHF is the name of a music video by Weird Al Yankovic which was released as an extra on the DVD of the movie of the same title. ...


Soundtrack

"Weird Al" Yankovic also released a soundtrack for the film in late 1989, entitled UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack And Other Stuff. This article is about the musician. ... Singles from UHF Released: July 1989 Released: August 8, 1989 Released: August 22, 1989 UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989), sometimes referred to simply as UHF, is the soundtrack to the comedy cult film UHF, by Weird Al Yankovic. ...


Deleted scenes

The DVD release includes a selection of deleted footage from the film, obtained from a VHS tape Yankovic claims was lying around his house for thirteen years. Some of the unused footage includes: Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ...

  • A very brief scene of Raul being attacked by his poodles during the telethon that was presumably unfinished due to the actor's death.
  • A Channel 62 show promo for "Those Darn Homos", which featured two men in tight-fitting clothing chasing each other with fly swatters.
  • A scene from the telethon involving Dr. Leon Zemlich offering medical incentives for buying U-62 stock; a free chest X-ray and a free enema. (Followed by Al's comment, "With friends like this, who needs enemas?")
  • Two longer sequences of "Town Talk" with guest Joe Early the shop teacher, after Joe accidentally dismembered his thumb on the table saw, both of which then have him showing off a drill press.
  • A scene in which Stanley Spadowski grinds his hand in a meat grinder.
  • A series of scenes depicting a receptionist named Elaine, who worked with Teri. Yankovic mentions on the commentary that the actress was never informed her scenes were removed until after the movie was released, which he still regrets.
  • A scene in which Richard Fletcher further taunts Noodles Macintosh.
  • A scene in which R.J. is practicing additional slander to be used against George during his news broadcast.
  • A scene in which Stanley Spadowski offers whipped cream to his audience.
  • A longer sequence of Philo's show, "Secrets of the Universe", in which his recipe for homemade plutonium calls for ingredients at hand: an egg beater, a car battery and a bowl of strawberry Jell-O, put in a microwave for twelve minutes at 8000 degrees, and "leave your house for several hours". Yankovic said that the scene was cut because "the timing...just...wasn't...slow...enough".
  • A subplot in which the head thug is revealed to have an intense phobia of insects. This culminates in a scene in which the thugs attempt to steal the suitcase filled with the money raised from the Channel 62 telethon, but instead steal a suitcase filled with Philo's live insect collection. The suitcase is opened in the car and the head thug panics so badly that he drives the car over a cliff, which, according to Yankovic, explodes and kills the occupants of the car.
  • George being turned down for a loan, with the banker being revealed as a stooge for R.J.
  • A ludicrous romantic scene between George and Teri...George gives her a raspberry!
  • A longer sequence with George and Teri exploring the station for the first time.
  • A longer sequence with the performance by the Kipper Kids (the men with the large chins) during the telethon.
  • Kuni revealing how he and the other martial artists knew where to rescue George in time.

Some of the footage which was mentioned in the commentary but not shown on the DVD (or possibly even filmed) included Kuni being established as George's landlord and a scene in the opening Indiana Jones parody with George answering a payphone and a voice on the other end begging him not to enter (although production stills also on the DVD seem to confirm that the latter scene was in fact filmed). Another scene that got cut out was during the Plots-R-Us scene was where a crane operator was lowering a casket and the body falls out with a thud, then the announcer says, "Has this ever happened to you?" JELL-O is a brand name belonging to USA-based Kraft Foods for a number of gelatin desserts, including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies. ...


Miscellanea

Most of these items are addressed on the DVD's commentary track. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... A major selling point of DVD video is that its storage capacity allows for a wide variety of extra features in addition to the feature film itself. ...

  • The opening sequence references Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • Comedian Emo Phillips made a small appearance in George's "Town Talk" show. He is a high school shop teacher who cuts his thumb off on the show while demonstrating how a table saw works.
  • Stanley was originally intended to sing "Helter Skelter" while being held hostage, but this was changed because Richards did not know the words.
  • Because Trinidad Silva died during the film's production, parts of the film had to be rewritten to make up for the loss of Raul. The missing scenes supposedly involved Raul being the mailman who delivered the package to the wrong station, and the poodles seeking revenge for throwing them out of the window. The film is dedicated to him.
  • The two scenes that earned the movie a PG-13 rating from the MPAA are the scene with poodles being thrown out the window and the scene where Joe Earley (played by Emo Philips) accidentally cuts his thumb off with a table saw. Both of these scenes are typically cut from the syndicated version, although some syndicators, including UPN, have aired the table saw scene. (Other sources have stated that the scene in which "Conan the Librarian" chops a teenager in half also contributed heavily to the rating.)
  • The PG-13 rating also cites "language", although Yankovic is a notoriously clean comedian, and the few allegedly obscene words in the film are "hell", "lesbian", "Nazi", and a deleted scene that said the word "homos".
  • During the commentary, Al says that Mike Judge was a big fan of UHF, and that "Burger World" in Beavis and Butthead was a homage to the movie.
  • The role of Philo was originally written for a friend of Yankovic's — Joel Hodgson. Hodgson turned Yankovic down due to schedule conflicts. At the time of UHF's production, Hodgson was, ironically, producing a show at a station similar to the one portrayed in UHF called KTMA. The show was the cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 before being nationally televised.[citation needed]
  • According to Yankovic on the commentary, Ginger Baker of the 60s supergroup Cream came in and auditioned for the part of the bum, played in the movie by Vance Colvig Jr. He also made mention that actor Crispin Glover showed interest in playing the role of Crazy Ernie, the used car salesman glimpsed briefly on TV (who threatens to club a baby seal if he doesn't sell enough cars) but that he and director Jay Levey passed on him because they could not see him in that role.
  • Very much like his character Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld, Michael Richards' character in this movie, named "Stanley Spadowski", is based on a real person, a man Yankovic knew named "Stanley Snadowski", owner of the Bottom Line nightclub in New York City.
  • According to the commentary track, Orion Pictures wanted to change the name of the movie for international release because they felt the title UHF would have no meaning in other countries, whose television bands have different designations. Yankovic suggested the name The Vidiot. Orion decided that they needed to connect the international release to the original, so as Yankovic says: "I went from having a really bad movie title, to having the worst movie title EVER." This refers to the final international title, The Vidiot from UHF. However, the original title is kept on UK prints.
  • The "Spatula City" sign was placed on a real billboard in Tulsa, OK, for the film, and was left there for several months after shooting was over. According to the DVD commentary, many tourists would exit the freeway like the billboard said, and would drive for long periods of time looking for Spatula City, thinking that it was real. The billboard could be seen from eastbound OK-51 at its intersection with Memorial Drive.
  • During the filming of the movie, Yankovic had some of the moles on his face removed. This means that in some scenes they are present, while in others they are not.
  • All scenes filmed for both Channels 8 and 62 were filmed on a sound stage in a new shopping mall that was still under construction.
  • Unable to obtain the rights to use "Kung Fu Fighting", their original choice, for the scene in which Uncle Harvey receives a threatening phone call while relaxing in his pool, Yankovic wrote a brief rock song entitled "Let Me Be Your Hog".
  • In an interview with UGO, Yankovic said that he "doubts seriously" that a UHF 2 would ever be in production, stating, "...if a major motion picture studio puts a big pile of money in front of me, I'd have to consider it, but... I just kinda think it's not gonna happen."
  • Dr. Demento made a cameo appearance as the "Whipped Cream Eater" during a "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse" segment.

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Peter And The Wolf is a parody of the original story by Sergei Prokofiev as retold by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Singles from UHF Released: July 1989 Released: August 8, 1989 Released: August 22, 1989 UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989), sometimes referred to simply as UHF, is the soundtrack to the comedy cult film UHF, by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Off The Deep End is the seventh album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1992. ... Singles from Alapalooza Released: October 1993 Released: November 12, 1993 Released: November 1993 Alternate cover Alternate cover that looked more similar to the Jurassic Park soundtrack Alapalooza is the eighth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1993. ... Singles from Bad Hair Day Released: March 12, 1996 Released: May 7, 1996 Released: November 26, 1996 Bad Hair Day is the ninth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1996. ... Singles from Running with Scissors Released: June 24, 1999 Released: August 4, 1999 Running With Scissors is the tenth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released on June 29, 1999. ... Singles from Poodle Hat Released: May, 2003 Released: January 13, 2006 Poodle Hat is the eleventh album by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Singles from Straight Outta Lynwood Released: August 21, 2006 Released: September 12, 2006 Released: September 26, 2006 Released: March 19, 2007 Straight Outta Lynwood is the twelfth album by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Weird Al Yankovics Greatest Hits is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features his best known songs from his first five studio albums. ... The Food Album is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features songs about food. ... Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features his best known songs that did not appear on Weird Al Yankovics Greatest Hits, plus the new single Headline News which first appeared on disc four of the boxed set Permanent Record: Al... The Food Album is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features songs about television and TV shows. ... Weird Al Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American musician best known for his parodies of contemporary radio hits. ... My Bologna is a famous parody of My Sharona by The Knack. ... Another One Rides the Bus is a parody of Queens Another One Bites the Dust by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Weird Al Yankovic track listing Ricky Gotta Boogie I Love Rocky Road Buckingham Blues Happy Birthday Stop Draggin My Car Around My Bologna The Checks In The Mail Another One Rides the Bus Ill Be Mellow When Im Dead Such a Groovy Guy Mr. ... I Love Rocky Road is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D track listing Eat It Midnight Star The Brady Bunch Buy Me A Condo I Lost on Jeopardy Polkas On 45 Mr. ... King Of Suede is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... I Lost on Jeopardy is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Dare to Be Stupid track listing Like a Surgeon Dare to Be Stupid I Want a New Duck One More Minute Yoda George of the Jungle Slime Creatures From Outer Space Girls Just Want To Have Lunch This is the Life Cable TV Hooked on Polkas This Is The Life... Like a Surgeon is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Dare to Be Stupid track listing Like a Surgeon Dare to Be Stupid I Want a New Duck One More Minute Yoda George of the Jungle Slime Creatures From Outer Space Girls Just Want To Have Lunch This is the Life Cable TV Hooked on Polkas I Want a New... One More Minute is an original song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Dare to Be Stupid is an original song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Living with a Hernia is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Nuclear fireball World War III is the name given to a hypothetical world war that would be fought after World War II. Most usages of the term include the use of weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons. ... Fat is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Lasagna is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... I Think Im A Clone Now is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... UHF is an original song by Weird Al Yankovic in the key of E minor and based on several different riffs. ... Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies* is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Isle Thing is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Smells Like Nirvana is a parody of Nirvanas Smells Like Teen Spirit written and performed by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Off the Deep End track listing Smells Like Nirvana Trigger Happy I Cant Watch This Polka Your Eyes Out I Was Only Kidding The White Stuff When I Was Your Age Taco Grande Airline Amy The Plumbing Song You Dont Love Me Anymore Bite Me (Hidden Track) You... Taco Grande is a parody of Gerardos song Rico Suave written by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Jurassic Park is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Alapalooza track listing Jurassic Park Young, Dumb & Ugly Bedrock Anthem Franks 2000 TV Achy Breaky Song Traffic Jam Talk Soup Livin In The Fridge She Never Told Me She Was A Mime Harvey The Wonder Hamster Waffle King Bohemian Polka Bedrock Anthem is a song by Weird Al Yankovic... Achy Breaky Song is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Headline News is a parody song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Amish Paradise is Weird Al Yankovics parody of the hip hop song Gangstas Paradise by Coolio. ... Bad Hair Day track listing Amish Paradise Everything You Know is Wrong Cavity Search Callin In Sick The Alternative Polka Since Youve Been Gone Gump Im So Sick of You Syndicated Inc. ... Spy Hard is a song by Weird Al Yankovic used as the theme song to the film of the same name. ... Bad Hair Day track listing Amish Paradise Everything You Know is Wrong Cavity Search Callin In Sick The Alternative Polka Since Youve Been Gone Gump Im So Sick of You Syndicated Inc. ... The Saga Begins is a parody by Weird Al Yankovic, released from the 1999 album Running With Scissors. ... Its All About The Pentiums is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Dont Download This Song is the first single from Weird Al Yankovics 12th studio album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released on September 26, 2006. ... Straight Outta Lynwood track listing White & Nerdy Pancreas Canadian Idiot Ill Sue Ya Polkarama! Virus Alert Confessions Part III Weasel Stomping Day Close But No Cigar Do I Creep You Out Trapped in the Drive-Thru Dont Download This Song White & Nerdy is the second single from Weird... Canadian Idiot is a 2006 song by Weird Al Yankovic from his album Straight Outta Lynwood. ... eBay is a song by Weird Al Yankovic on his album Poodle Hat. ... Trapped in the Drive-Thru is a song from Weird Al Yankovics twelfth studio album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released on September 26, 2006. ... A list of music videos by Weird Al Yankovic. ... AL-TV is a show created by parody artist Weird Al Yankovic. ... The Compleat Al is a mockumentary about the life of Weird Al Yankovic, from his birth to 1985. ... The Weird Al Yankovic Video Library is a VHS release of most of Weird Al Yankovic music video to date. ... The Weird Al Show was a short-lived television show starring Weird Al Yankovic. ... Weird Al Yankovic Live! is a live video recording of Weird Al Yankovics concert at the Marin Center, in San Rafael, California, on October 2, 1999. ... Since Weird Al Yankovic secured a recording contract in 1982, he has released many albums and parodies. ... Weird Al Yankovic Weird Al Yankovic is a multi-Grammy award winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Dr. Demento is the stage name of Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941),[1] a radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies. ... Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, is an American television series which premiered February 11, 2007 on Adult Swim. ...

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UHF (1989) - A Review by David Nusair (753 words)
UHF was released in 1989, and I was a total "Weird Al" Yankovic fanatic at the time (still am, actually; just not quite to the obsessive degree that I was then).
The film, written by Yankovic and director Jay Levey, is chock full of the parodies that made Yankovic famous, but there's also a decent (not to mention involving) story here.
While the majority of the film is devoted to wacky parodies, the underlying storyline follows George's dogged determination to see his station succeed and desperate attempts in winning back the love of his life (Victoria Jackson).
UHF (1989) (2820 words)
UHF, which was partially written by Weird Al tells the tale of George Newman (of course played by Weird Al) as young man who goes from one dead end job to another and seems to have a rather difficult time keeping his over active imagination in check.
UHF is presented on a double-sided disc sporting both a full frame 4:3 version as well as the original theatrical 1.85:1 version.
UHF has the reputation of being somewhat of a cult favorite and surprisingly the film still holds up rather well - despite having a lot of pop culture references to the music and films of the 80’s.
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