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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. George Newman (Yankovic) is a chronic daydreamer...
Google Map. The UHF TV station looks like an old transmitter shack and antenna in the middle of an over-grown field. Weird Al's TV station building is gone. The drive and parking lot remains as does the tower.
The title refers to the ultra high frequency (UHF) analog television broadcasting band on which such low-budget television stations were often placed in the United States. 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.
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.
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...
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
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.
