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Box office. $6.1 million [1] UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva; the film is dedicated to Silva ...
Jul 21, 1989 · UHF: Directed by Jay Levey. With 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards. An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Jay Levey
- 1989-07-21
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- 4 min
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The manager of a small-time UHF station (which has the lowest ratings in the country) inadvertently hits it big with his strange programming ideas to keep Channel 62 from going down the tubes. 3,630 IMDb 6.9 1 h 37 min 1989. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Science Fiction · Fun · Strange.
- 97 min
- Mad magazine helped inspire the main character’s name. The film’s main character, George Newman (played by “Weird Al” Yankovic), was named after Alfred E. Neuman, the mascot for Mad magazine.
- Rising stars like Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Tilly auditioned for the film. While Victoria Jackson landed the role of Newman’s girlfriend, Teri, and Fran Drescher (who eventually starred in The Nanny) appears as secretary Pamela Finklestein, a few soon-to-be-famous actresses auditioned for roles in the film too, including Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Tilly.
- Dr. Demento makes a cameo. Dr. Demento (a.k.a. Barret Eugene Hansen) gave “Weird Al” Yankovic his big break when he played the then-16 year old’s novelty song “Belvedere Cruising” on his radio show in 1976.
- UHF was filmed on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma. UHF was filmed mostly in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at popular local places throughout the city, including Harden’s Hamburgers, Rose Bowl Lanes, Joey’s House of the Blues, and the Tulsa International Airport, among other locations.
Mar 23, 2015 · “Weird Al” Yankovic has always been as much video as radio star, as familiar a face during the heyday of MTV as the many stars he was parodying. So naturally, it seems like it would be an...
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