UHF (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Kevin McCarthey (Innerspace), Michael Richards (Seinfeld), David Bowe (The Cable Guy), Victoria Jackson (Saturday Night Live) and Fran Drescher (The Nanny) star in this inspired comedy about an offbeat guy who turns a deadbeat TV station into a raging success! Broadcasting Weird Al's unique brand of humor, UHF is a place you'll want to visit - with increasing frequency! ; ; George Newman (Weird Al) is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job... until his uncle hires him to manage Channel 62, a station that is losing money and viewers fast. But when George replaces the stations reruns with bizarre programs like 'Wheel of Fish' and 'Raul's Wild Kingdom' (where poodles fly from their story windows), ratings begin to soar! Can George find the money he needs to stay on the air? Stay tuned!
• Cast: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Stanley Brock, Anthony Geary, Trinidad Silva, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, John Paragon, Fran Drescher, Sue Ane Langdon, David Proval, Grant James, Emo Philips, Lou B. Washington, Vance Colvig Jr., Nik Hagler, Robert K. Weiss, Eldon G. Hallum, Sherry Engstrom, Sara Allen, Bob Hungerford, John Cadenhead, Francis M. Carlson, Ivan Green, Adam Maras, Travis Knight, Joseph Witt, Tony Frank, Billie Lee Thrash, Barry Friedman, Kevin Roden, Lisa R. Stefanic, Nancy Johnson, Debbie Mathieu, Wilma Jeanne Cummins, Cliff Stephens, Jim West, Steve Jay, Jon Schwartz, Kim Bullard, Barry Hansen, Bob Maras, George Fisher, Tony Salome, Joe Restivo, Charles Marsh, Belinda Bauer, Lori Wagner, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Roger Callard, Robert Frank, Jeff Maynard, M.G. Kelly, Jay Gardner, John Harlan, Jim Rose, Brian Routh, Adam Clarke, Kenwick Cook, Herbert Glucksman, Jeff Howard, Jay Levey, Gigi Orsillo, Gary Sievers
• Director: Jay Levey
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, Orion Pictures Corporation
• Media Format: Movie