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An unemployed visionary finds a job as the manager of a television station his uncle owns. Unfortunately, due to gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to a rival station's owner. With popular less-then network standards of programming, George and his friends try to save the town's new favorite station.

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Released: Jul 21st, 1989
Budget: $5,000,000.00
Revenue: N/A

UHF Main Cast

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'Weird Al' Yankovic
'Weird Al'…
plays George Newman
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
plays Teri
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
plays R.J. Fletcher
Michael Richards
Michael Richards
plays Stanley Spadowski
David Bowe
David Bowe
plays Bob
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • The entire movie include several famous lines and scenes from hit movies which include Gone with the Wind, 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Network. Several movies were spoofed in UHF including Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and First Blood.
  • In the scene where Uncle Harvey is in the pool, the song that Weird Al originally wanted was "Kung Fu Fighting". Due to the limited budget, they couldn't afford the rights, so Weird Al wrote the song "Let Me Be Your Hog" for the occasion.
  • During the first "Uncle Nutsy's Clubhouse" scene, Uncle Nutsy (Al Yankovic) instructs Bobbo The Clown/Bob (David Bowe) to look up, down, then at "Mr.Frying-Pan," David Bowe's lip is busted when the pan accidentally makes contact with his face, it was supposed to stop short, the reaction in the movie is Mr.Bowe's actual displeasure with the fact he is currently bleeding (only hidden by his red clown makeup on his lips), after review it was decided that this take was excellent, and no further takes were filmed.
  • Movie Goof (continuity error): On a TV commerical for "Conan the Librarian" the time that it says the program comes on is 7:30pm. A few scenes later George is setting up the Fall UHF line up on a magnetic board - and you can see on the board that Stanley Spudosky's Club House comes on every day of the week from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.
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