"Weird Al" Yankovic
George Newman
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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.
George Newman, a dreamer who bounces between jobs, is put in charge of Channel 62, a UHF television station, when his uncle Harvey wins ownership of it in a poker game. George and his friend Bob realize the station is nearly bankrupt, subsisting on reruns of old shows like The Beverly Hillbillies and Mister Ed.
UHF (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
George and Teri go to his uncle and aunt's house for a party where his compulsive gambling uncle Harvey Bilchik (Stanley Brock) wins the deed to a nearly bankrupt UHF television station in a poker game.
When George's uncle (Stanley Brock) hands him the deed to a local TV station, George creates a series of television shows based on social satire and hyperactive humor, with the help of his best ...
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- PG-13
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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. 3,657 IMDb 6.9 1 h 37 min 1989. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Arts, Entertainment, and Culture · Fun · Strange.
Feb 14, 2012 · Also known as "Vidiot from UHF"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098546/
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, who died shortly after filming wrapped.
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
