UHF(1989)

after being fired, George Newman (Weird al Yankovic) Gains an old UHF tv station that his uncle harvey bilchik won in a poker game. however all of George's attempts to compete with the top network in town (channel 8) fail. That is until he allows lovable and dopey janitor Stanley Spadowski (Seinfeld's Michael Richards) his own TV show. the channel soon becomes a hit, to the anger of channel 8 head RJ Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy).


Cast overview, first billed only:

'Weird Al' Yankovic .... George Newman
Victoria Jackson .... Teri
Kevin McCarthy .... R.J. Fletcher

Michael Richards .... Stanley Spadowski
David Bowe .... Bob
Stanley Brock .... Uncle Harvey
Anthony Geary .... Philo
Trinidad Silva .... Raul Hernandez
Gedde Watanabe .... Kuni

Billy Barty .... Noodles MacIntosh
John Paragon .... Richard Fletcher

Fran Drescher .... Pamela Finklestein
Sue Ane Langdon .... Aunt Esther

David Proval .... Head Thug

Grant James .... Killer Thug

Vance Colvig ...Kindly But Verbose Old Bum
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    This TV spot, which is clipped at the end, was originally posted to YouTube by seanmc31076.
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      This higher-quality theatrical trailer was originally posted to YouTube by ShadowbroodNX.
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        This is another making-of featurette, originally posted to YouTube by OjaiLizard.
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          This is a vintage TV spot for the movie.
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            This Italian trailer was originally posted to YouTube by johnhuston1.
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              Originally posted to YouTube by EvilUncleFrank, this is a news story on the making of the movie. "Weird" Al Yankovic and Victoria Jackson contribute i...
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                  TV6 & UHF 33 Promo - I Love Lucy
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                  Movievision Feature Intro 1982
                  Here is a piracy warning,and feature intro for"MovieVision",an obscure uhf pay tv service from the early 80's.
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                  Star Tv Subscription Television Intro 1982
                  Here is a 1982 intro for uhf pay tv service"Star Tv".
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                  WQTV Starcase Subscription Service Id 1981
                  This is an Id for" Starcase", a uhf pay tv service,featured on WQTV 68 in Boston from 1979-1981.
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                  KWHY Sign Off/SelecTV Sign On 1979
                  Here is a sign off from KWHY 22 Los Angeles,and a sign on to"Selectv"(a uhf pay tv service)from 1979.
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                  SelecTv Id from 1987
                  Here is a 1987 Id from"SelecTV"(a uhf pay tv service,that ran on KWHY 22 Los Angeles, from 1978-1991).
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