History YMMV / UHF

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the DVD, release in 2002, Al praises Michael Richards by saying "You could turn a camera on him and tell him to go crazy for ten minutes." Four years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLPLsQbdt0 Richards did exacly that]].

* HeReallyCanAct: Subverted. Al knew he was not an especially good actor and asked that the studio hire him an acting coach so he'd "suck a little bit less." His efforts show through in the scene where he finds out the station is about to go broke.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the DVD, release in 2002, Al praises Michael Richards by saying "You could turn a camera on him and tell him to go crazy for ten minutes." Four years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLPLsQbdt0 Richards went crazy in front of a camera he wasn't even aware was present]].

* HeReallyCanAct: Subverted. Al knew he was not an especially good actor and asked that the studio hire him an acting coach to he'd "suck a little bit less." His efforts show through in the scene where he finds out the station is about to go broke.

** The effect was done by the same people behind [[PeeWeesBigAdventure Large Marge]].
* OlderThanTheyThink: In the post-analog world, this is pretty much the last place that even ''mentions'' UHF frequencies.

* MemeticMutation: "STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!!!"

* AmericansHateTingle: Apparently Indians don't find the action-movie depiction of their former spiritual leader in the spoof trailer "Gandhi II" all that funny...

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "SUPPLIES!"

* CompleteMonster: R.J. Fletcher.

* OlderThanTheyThink: In the post-analog world, this is pretty much the last place that even ''mentions'' UHF frequencies.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Parodied with ''{{Gandhi}} II'', in which the original classic is given a cheesy action sequel that is directly opposes everything about the original film and Gandhi's way of life. Instead of a Hindu, ascetic, passive resistance icon, he's a steak-chomping, high-rolling street vigilante.

* OlderThanTheyThink: In the post-analog world, this is pretty much the last place that even ''mentions'' UHF frequencies.

* JerkassWoobie: Yankovic probably feared the viewers would see Fletcher as this had he [[gotten arrested for kidnapping]] so soon after [[spoiler:the homeless man reveals his role in Fletcher's downfall]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: In the post-analog world, this is pretty much the last place that even ''mentions'' UHF frequencies.
* VindicatedByCable: Ironically, it might have done better at the box office had Orion Pictures not been so excited by how well it performed at test screenings. They gave it a summer 1989 release that placed it amongst films like ''Film/{{Batman}}'', ''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', ''{{Ghostbusters}} II'', ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' and so on. Lost in the shuffle, it found its audience through its subsequent video release and TV airings.
** As a result, and as Al sang in the commentary, "Orion! Orion! Is bankrupt, now!"
** It was one of the top rentals after its release on VHS, and became a #1 seller when it was released on DVD.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Philo's true form.]]
** The effect was done by the same people behind [[PeeWeesBigAdventure Large Marge]].

* VindicatedByCable: Ironically, it might have done better at the box office had Orion Pictures not been so excited by how well it performed at test screenings. They gave it a summer 1989 release that placed it amongst films like ''Film/{{Batman}}'', ''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', ''{{Ghostbusters}} II'', ''HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' and so on. Lost in the shuffle, it found its audience through its subsequent video release and TV airings.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Philo's true form.]]

** As a result, and as Al sang in the commentary, "Orion! Orion! Is bankrupt, now!"