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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 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.
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: 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 losing yet another job, George (Weird Al Yankovic) wonders if there is any career that can handle his outrageous personality. When George's uncle (Stanley Brock) hands him the deed to a...
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
23 mar 2015 · You know, you had your UHF dial, and you flipped it around, and there was everything from PBS stations to Spanish-speaking stations to low-budget public stations, to just out-and-out...
