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Yankovic and Levey wrote the film following Yankovic's second album, "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, and set parodies within George's vivid imagination. Overshadowed by several concurrent major Hollywood blockbusters, UHF underperformed commercially and also received mixed critical reviews, which left Yankovic in a slump until the surprise success ...
UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot From UHF) is a 1989 American slapstick comedy movie that "Weird Al" Yankovic wrote and starred in. The movie was released on June 21, 1989 in the United States, and marked Yankovic's feature film debut.
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.
UHF is a 1989 movie starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, written by Al and his manager Jay Levey (who directed). Al plays George Newman, a young man with an all-too-fertile imagination adrift in life.
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
July 21st, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of “UHF.”. To celebrate the occasion (and its recent addtion to the JCL catalog), I wrote about my lifelong love of the film.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's "UHF" is a whimsical journey into the absurd, a delightful romp through the imagination of one of music's most beloved parodists. Released in 1989, this cult classic stands as a testament to Yankovic's boundless creativity and irreverent humor.
