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	UHF (1989) - A Review by David Nusair
		UHF was released in 1989, and I was a total "Weird Al" Yankovic fanatic at the time (still am, actually; just not quite to the obsessive degree that I was then).
		The film, written by Yankovic and director Jay Levey, is chock full of the parodies that made Yankovic famous, but there's also a decent (not to mention involving) story here.
		While the majority of the film is devoted to wacky parodies, the underlying storyline follows George's dogged determination to see his station succeed and desperate attempts in winning back the love of his life (Victoria Jackson).
	www.reelfilm.com /uhf.htm (753 words)

	UHF (1989)
		UHF, which was partially written by Weird Al tells the tale of George Newman (of course played by Weird Al) as young man who goes from one dead end job to another and seems to have a rather difficult time keeping his over active imagination in check.
		UHF is presented on a double-sided disc sporting both a full frame 4:3 version as well as the original theatrical 1.85:1 version.
		UHF has the reputation of being somewhat of a cult favorite and surprisingly the film still holds up rather well - despite having a lot of pop culture references to the music and films of the 80’s.
	www.dvdmg.com /uhf.shtml (2820 words)

	DVD Review: UHF
		The film is certainly one of those comedies where the filmmakers have attempted to thrown everything great and small at the audience, hoping it will go over well.
		Although I have to say that I felt the film rarely reached the heights of the "Indiana Jones" parody opening, most of the humor is still sharply funny and clever.
		Final Thoughts: Admittedly, the wackiness of "UHF" isn't going to be everyone's comedic cup-of-tea, but for fans of the film (or people who enjoy the style of "Naked Gun"/Zucker Brothers style of humor), MGM has produced a terrific DVD edition, offering a pretty decent presentation and lots of enjoyable and amusing supplements.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews3/uhfdvd.html (780 words)

	UHF (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		UHF (also known as The Vidiot from UHF in Australia and parts of Europe, and Los Telelocos in Mexico) is a comedy film made in 1989.
		In the film, Yankovic plays George Newman, a "daydreaming loser" (to quote IMDb's plot summary), whose uncle wins a faltering UHF television station (Channel 62) in a poker game and reluctantly puts George in charge, along with his friend Bob (Bowe).
		According to Yankovic on the UHF DVD commentary track, the two scenes that earned the movie a PG-13 rating from the MPAA are the scene with poodles being thrown out the window, and the scene where Joe Earley (played by Emo Philips) accidentally cuts his thumb off with a table saw.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UHF_(film) (2235 words)

	UHF (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		For example, there is a janitor throughout the film obsessed with being reunited with his beloved broom, as well as driving around in a little yellow car in front of numerous screaming children.
		UHF was no doubt given the green light on the back of commercial Hollywood successes, as a means of making money by showing audiences how those successes could be turned into comedy: yet in most respects, that doesn’t succeed.
		By that I mean the way the film is made, the way the humour (when it comes, rarely) is presented, and how the overall feel of the film is just like a bunch of half-arsed sketched strung together to ride the wake of other films’ success.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/uhf.html (1043 words)

	Ink 19 :: UHF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And instead of doing what they should have done, and releasing the film in the quiet spring or fall when it isn't facing any competition, they decide UHF is their tentpole summer release.
		UHF was released just in time to compete with such small, quiet, surprise successes as Batman, Ghostbusters II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, Dead Poet's Society, Star Trek V you get the picture.
		The film mostly ages well, though there are some things a younger audience (say, under 20) just won't get -- like the basic concept, since the old-school UHF programming parodied all but vanished a few years after the theatrical release.
	www.ink19.com /issues/september2002/screenReviews/uhf.html (676 words)

	UHF 59 - MaxiVision: better cinema?
		The images you see on this film strip have an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (anamorphic lenses are used on some films to get an even wider film).
		This format cuts film use by 25%, and yet yields a picture that is nearly 32% larger.
		The Imax camera used for the film on Everest, could hold film for only 22 seconds of shooting, and such cameras are nearly impossible to silence on a film set.
	www.uhfmag.com /Issue59/Video59.html (724 words)

	Movie Review for UHF - 2002-06-04
		Every week, video companies release more films from their vaults that are critically acclaimed and loved by the masses.
		Essentially, UHF is a vehicle for the God of Musical Parody, 'Weird' Al Yankovic, probably intended to promote him as a movie funnyman a la Leslie Nielsen.
		I recommend watching the film in half-hour increments, pausing for a few moments to cleanse the palate, so to speak.
	www.filmhobbit.com /cgi-bin/movies/movies.cgi?action=showreview&review=uhf (454 words)

	DVDCC.COM: Uhf DVD REVIEW
		UHF was released in 1989, and I was very much a “Weird Al” Yankovic fan at the time (still am, actually; just not quite to the obsessive degree that I was then).
		Audio: UHF is presented with a dolby 2.0 surround soundtrack, and it’s effective.
		He also talks a lot about the ideas he had for the film and even speaks of certain shots and jokes he feels didn’t quite work.
	www.dvdcc.com /review.php?uhf (1208 words)

	Mutant Reviewers from Hell do "UHF"
		UHF is all this to me. Even if this movie were nothing but the commercial parodies alone, it would be fully worth the price of admission (whether it's saying "I love you with the gift of a spatula" or seeing the results of a shoddy cemetary, they're some of the best bits in this film).
		In the first part of UHF while George is imagining being in Raiders of the Lost Ark, one of his trusty sidekicks pulls a gun on him while he's not looking.
		UHF was filmed in Tulsa, OK, and made $6.16 million in the theaters.
	www.mutantreviewers.com /ruhf.html (1779 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - UHF
		UHF needed to permanently pick one side of the fence and stay on it: either tell a story about a TV station in need of redemption, or focus primarily on the strange TV shows at hand.
		Those who like UHF aren't in it for a well constructed story or fantastic cinematography—fans will likely be waiting around for the scene where Stanley rockets a small child across the stage via a large, pressurized fire hose.
		UHF is a prime example of a film that, by any other studio, might have been given a single theatrical trailer then released without much care.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/uhf.php (1636 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on UHF at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Since this a film about stupidity for the masses, Channel 62 becomes an overnight success due to George's wacky ideas, especially when he gives Stanley Spadowski (Richards), the station's janitor, his own TV show.
		If anything, the film is just a live action cartoon in all aspects, but a funny cartoon at that.
		But because the film is so lighthearted, even Fletcher and his associates are funny because of their whole "bad guy" persona is so overboard.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-68EC-1CDD3C84-3A074999-prod5 (494 words)

	Actors - UHF (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		UHF (also known as The Vidiot from UHF in Europe and Los Telelocos in Mexico) is a comedy cult film made in 1989.
		In the film, Yankovic plays George Newman, a "daydreaming loser" (to quote IMDB's plot summary), whose uncle wins a faltering UHF television station (Channel 62) in a poker game and puts George in charge.
		After enjoying one of the most successful test screenings in their history, Orion Pictures released UHF on July 21 1989 as a hopeful summer blockbuster but critical response was negative and UHF was overshadowed in the theaters by much larger films such as Lethal Weapon 2
	listing-index.ebay.com.cob-web.org:8888 /actors/UHF_(film).html (673 words)

	UHF - The Story
		UHF is the first feature film written by and starring rock parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic.
		UHF was going to be Orion's major release for the summer of 1989, thus a major marketing campaign was commenced by the studio.
		UHF had a sneak preview on July 14, 1989, and it officially opened in theaters a week later on July 21.
	www.allthingsyank.com /uhf15/story.htm (1163 words)

	Monsters At Play: UHF Review
		UHF doesn't care whose toes it steps on, with such movie parodies as Indiana Jones, Rambo and Ghandi (as an action hero).
		I'm not gonna lie to you, a lot of the humor in UHF is sorely dated, the acting is pretty much pitiful, and some of the comedic setups are just that, painfully obvious setups.
		UHF is Weird Al and Weird Al is UHF (got it?).
	www.monstersatplay.com /review/dvd/u/uhf.php (941 words)

	Video Review @ Stomp Tokyo - UHF (1989)
		UHF stars "Weird Al" Yankovic as George Newman, a day-dreaming proto-slacker who not only can't keep a job, but gets his friend and roommate Bob (David Bowe, in no way to be confused with David Bowie) fired along with him.
		Yankovic himself said in BTM that UHF was "just an excuse to be goofy." I'm beginning to think that "goofy" translates from some unknown language as "padding" rather than "funny." I admit to laughing...
		To sum up, Al's brand of lunacy was probably never meant to go on so long without breaks, or take on so many targets from such a lumbering pre-satirized beast like all of television.
	www.stomptokyo.com /guests/u/uhf.html (1126 words)

	Montreal Film Journal
		I always had a special fondness for Yankovic' brand of silliness, whether it be on record, on stage, in his always inspired music videos or on his sadly short-lived subversive Saturday morning TV show "The Weird Al Show".
		This is no bare-bones affair: "Weird Al" has given us a surprisingly complete walk-through the ins and outs of his first and last starring vehicle, from a behind the scenes featurette shot in '89 to production stills and promotional materials.
		Also featured is the hysterical music video to the "UHF" theme song in which Yankovic spoofs Prince, Billy Idol, George Michael, Peter Gabriel in "Sledgehammer" and others, and 19 minutes of deleted scenes self-mockingly presented by Al.
	www.montrealfilmjournal.com /review.asp?R=R0000647 (620 words)

	Weird Al Yankovic's "UHF" (shot in Tulsa!)
		Two filming scenes I took part in were the Warehouse Market at 62nd and S. Peoria, where the scene was people running into the store, shopping for spatulas (the fictional name: "Spatula City")...
		The UHF TV station is on west Edison on the south side of the road, west of Central H.S. and east of Sand Springs.
		Ricardo, that UHF was a great movie and Wheel of Fish is the one thing everyone mentions when the subject comes up.
	tulsatvmemories.com /uhf.html (1987 words)

	Uhf - Movie Review
		UHF stars parody song-writer Yankovic as a hapless dreamer who assumes control of a failing UHF television station.
		Honestly, UHF is really just a platform for Weird Al to engage in his usual assortment of skits, song parodies, and wacky hijinks.
		Sadly, the film is not nearly so strong when attempting to explore the thinly disguised skit-wrapper it fronts as a plot.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/uhf (414 words)

	UHF - Moviefone
		Synopsis: UHF is the film debut of comedy-rock satirist Weird Al Yankovic, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
		UHF Movie -The 80s Rewind « UHF -The 1989 comedy movie featuring 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Victoria Jackson at the award winning 80s Movies Rewind.
		UHF - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/uhf/12367/main (161 words)

	UHF - My 15 Year Pilgrimage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1988, fifteen years ago, Weird Al began filming UHF, one of the funniest comedies (in my opinion) of all time.
		While some of the interior shots were done back on sound stages in California, the majority of the film was shot in Tulsa, Oklahoma (two hours from where I live, in Oklahoma City).
		For the fifteenth anniversary of the filming of UHF, I would drive to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and take pictures of all the locations used in the film.
	www.robohara.com /uhf (233 words)

	Amazon.ca: UHF (Widescreen): DVD: Jay Levey,Billy Barty,Belinda Bauer,David Bowe,Stanley Brock,John Cadenhead,Roger ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On a recent trip, I popped UHF into my laptop's DVD player on the plane, and I was pretty much in tears for the entire hour and a half.
		UHF is one of those movies that is so hilarious mainly because a lot of it doesn't make sense!
		'UHF' is one of those movies that had a miserable, worthless existence in the theater, shunned by the masses.
	www.amazon.ca /UHF-Widescreen-Jay-Levey/dp/B00005JKHX (1487 words)

	Weird Al Yankovic: UHF - Movie
		Hands down, UHF is one of the funniest movies I've seen in my life.
		UHF is full of things you'll quote on a weekly basis, things you'll always laugh at (Conan the Librarian and many other unique shows).
		The video for the "UHF" song is included as a bonus, as is Al hosting a series of deleted outtakes, which definitely should've been left off the movie, as most were filler that did nothing to advance the movie.
	www.superiorpics.com /weird_al_yankovic/movie/1989_uhf.html (1793 words)

	www.myspace.com/uhf
		Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the psychedelic pop quartet UHF formed in 1998.
		UHF is featured on the Mastanmusic hour right now.
		UHF is ultra hi freq satisfaction - the tunes are great!
	www.myspace.com /uhf (761 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: UHF (1989)
		Obviously there's a (pretty funny) corporate giant at a rival station who wants to shut him down, but really all this plot serves no better or worse goal than providing Al with an opportunity to air his trademark parody humor.
		It would be adequately funny enough at just that, but the film also features Michael Richards in a pre-Kramer Kramer-like role that rounds things out nicely.
		No, UHF isn't subtle or sophisticated, but it's funny for what it is.
	rinkworks.com /movies/m/uhf.1989.shtml (96 words)

	Gaming Illustrated - UHF DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fans of the movie will really enjoy being able to see the chemistry that was creating during the making of this film.
		Again, fans of this film are really treated to some nice extra features.
		It's physical comedy is second to none, as this film celebrated Michael Richards' (Kramer from Seinfeld) big coming out party to the industry.
	www.gamingillustrated.com /uhf.php (542 words)

	Dezoning DVD Players
		There's a reason DVD films are encoded with a zone code.
		Film studios are in the habit of launching new films in North America first, and then waiting three months, or six months, before launching them in Europe, Asia or Australia.
		In fact the big video stores in London and Paris have more Zone 1 films than their own Zone 2 films.
	www.uhfmag.com /Issue61/Zoning.html (521 words)

	Movie Info for UHF on MSN Movies
		George Newman (Yankovic) and his friend, Bob (David Bowe from The Cable Guy), are fired from their jobs at Burger World.
		Only loosely constructed around this story line, UHF is mostly a series of TV, movie, and music parodies strung together and played for cheap laughs.
		UHF also stars Victoria Jackson, Emo Philips, and Fran Drescher.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=4735 (180 words)

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