UHF (1989)
Front Cover Actor
"Weird" Al Yankovic George Newman
Michael Richards Stanley Spadowski
Kevin McCarthy R.J. Fletcher
Anthony Geary Philo
Victoria Jackson Teri
David Bowe Bob
Stanley Brock Uncle Harvey
Trinidad Silva Raul Hernandez
Gedde Watanabe Kuni
Billy Barty Noodles MacIntosh
Movie Details
Director Jay Levey
Studio Orion
Language English
Audience Rating PG13
Running Time 1 hr 37 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
UHF is the film debut of comedy-rock satirist Weird Al Yankovic , who also co-wrote the screenplay. George Newman ( Yankovic ) and his friend, Bob ( David Bowe from The Cable Guy ), are fired from their jobs at Burger World. So George decides to take over channel 62, a failing local TV station that his Uncle Harvey ( Stanley Brock ) won in a poker game. George turns it around into an overnight success after letting the janitor, Stanley Spadowski ( Michael Richards from Seinfeld ), host a kid's show. George then fills the broadcast day with bizarre programming, bringing the ratings up and saving the station. Soon, rival station CEO R.J. Fletcher ( Kevin McCarthy ) of channel 8 threatens to sabotage the successful station and George must come up with a way to save it. Only loosely constructed around this story line, UHF is mostly a series of TV, movie, and music parodies strung together and played for cheap laughs. UHF also stars Victoria Jackson , Emo Philips , and Fran Drescher . — Andrea LeVasseur
Personal Details
On Location Yes
Index 289
In Collection Yes
Location cd case
Product Details
Format Divx/Xvid on 2 CDs
Release Date 2003
Number of Cds 2