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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.
Plot. George Newman (Yankovic) is a chronic daydreamer whose overactive imagination prevents him from holding down a job. When his Uncle Harvey (Stanley Brock) wins failing local TV station Channel 62 in a poker game, his Aunt Esther (Sue Ane Langdon) suggests that he make George the station manager.
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 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: 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.
After 40 years, parody king 'Weird Al' Yankovic is finally getting his own action figure with vintage Al and current Al heads.
