UHF (1989)
- Starring:
- Weird Al Yankovic, Michael Richards, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jay Levey
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 97 mins
Complete Cast:
- Weird Al Yankovic - George Newman
- Kevin McCarthy - R.J. Fletcher
- Victoria Jackson - Teri
- Stanley Brock - Uncle Harvey
- Gedde Watanabe - Kuni
- John Paragon - Richard Fletcher
- Sue Ane Langdon - Aunt Esther
- Grant James - Killer Thug
- Jay Levey - Gandhi
- Jim Ross - Promo Announcer
- Francis M. Carlson - Blind Man
- Sherry Engstrom - Spatula Wife
- Jay Gardner - Promo Announcer
- John Harlan - Promo Announcer
- Belinda Bauer - Mud Wrestler
- Harry Kipper - Kipper Kid
- Adam Maras - Joel Miller
- Debbie Mathieu - Betty
- Kevin Roden - Fletcher Crony
- Robert Frank - Timid Man
- M.G. Kelly - Promo Announcer
- Ivan Green - Earl Ramsey
- Dr. Demento - Whipped Cream Eater
- Roger Callard - Conan the Librarian
- Tony Salome - Guide
- Cliff Stephens - Animal Deliveryman
- Lori Wagner - Mud Wrestler
- Joseph Witt - Little Weasel
- Barbara Hanley
- George Fisher - Thug
- Michael Richards - Stanley Spadowski
- Anthony Geary - Philo
- David Bowe - Bob
- Trinidad Silva - Raul Hernandez
- Billy Barty - Noodles MacIntosh
- Fran Drescher - Pamela Finklestein
- David Proval - Head Thug
- Emo Philips - Joe Earley
- Charles Marsh - Yodeler
- Sara Allen - Spatula Neighbor
- Wilma Jeanne Cummins - Little Old Lady
- Barry Friedman - Fletcher Crony
- Eldon G. Hallum - Spatula Husband
- Bob Hungerford - Sy Greenblum
- Nancy Johnson - Big Edna
- Travis Knight - Billy
- Bob Maras - Thug
- Jeff Maynard - Boy with Books
- Robert Weiss - Bartender
- Joe Restivo - Guide
- Nik Hagler - FCC Man
- Tony Frank - Teri's Father
- Vance Colvig - Bum
- John Cadenhead - Crazy Ernie
- Lisa R. Stefanic - Phyllis Weaver
- Billie Lee Thrash - Teri's Mother
- Lou B. Washington - Cameraman
- Michael Cutler
- Cathy Henderson
- Director(s):
- Jay Levey
- Writer(s):
- Jay Levey, Weird Al Yankovic
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Violence, Profanity, Adult Humor)
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