Review: UHF is Exactly What One Would Expect From Weird Al.
- Jan 28, 2017
- 1 min read
You may not know it but between making brilliant parodies of popular songs, Weird Al Yankovic tried his hand at film. And while it wasn't the longest career, they do say the brightest flame burns shortest.
George Newman (Weird Al) is granted management of the failing TV station, UHF 62, courtesy of his gambling uncle. As the channel becomes an overnight sensation, the head of Channel 8, the current TV king in town,is determined to destroy U62 and cement Channel 8 as the best around.
UHF is an odd one to say the least. It mixes Weird Al's warped sense of humour, often occurring within Newman's imagination, with a number of satirical views on television and film at the time. From Rambo to Indiana Jones, UHF is loaded with cracking jokes, absurd humour and brilliant spoofs.
With some genuinely good performances from a number of the actors and a collection of well executed gags, UHF is one of the funnier films around, almost on par with the likes of Monty Python. If you like absurd comedy and ridiculous humour, you'll probably get a laugh out of this one.
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