History YMMV / UHF

* MemeticMutation:
** "NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!!!"
** "YOU'RE FIRED! GET OUT!!!"
** "SUPPLIES!"
** "YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE! OPEN WIDE!"
** From the DVD commentary: "CUT TO:"
** The ''Rambo'' parody has found a home among fans of LetsPlay/ProtonJon, thanks to Jon's use of an edited version of the scene as his "countermeasures" for raids he gets on WebSite/{{Twitch}}.

** Creator/EmoPhillips getting his thumb cut off and casually [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank spewing blood all over the place]]. The couple of deleted endings to the scene[[note]]In one, he pockets the thumb and walks off-camera to a drill press; in another, he puts the severed thumb in his mouth to keep it warm for when it can be resewn at the hospital... then walks over to the drill press.[[/note]] were [[UpToEleven somehow grosser!]]

** Speaking of hilarious animal abuse, earlier we have George holding his aunt and uncle's dog and trying to ladle punch from the punch bowl into it's mouth, then ''absent-mindedly dumping the animal into the punch bowl'' when his aunt calls him over.

** While American TV has a watershed (which America calls "safe harbor") it's not really enforced that much since it's a big country with six time zones (nine if you count territories), but late-night is still a tad more lenient.

** It's difficult to watch a movie in which Weird Al is best friends with Michael Richards and Victoria Jackson, as well as listen to their cameos on the DVD commentary, after he's admitted to [[WeUsedToBeFriends cutting ties with both of them]] once their respective racist tendencies came out (Richards with his afore-mentioned on-stage meltdown at The Laugh Factory, Victoria Jackson's [[ConspiracyTheorist "Obama is a secret Muslim!" tirade]]).

** U62's model of broadcasting is shockingly similar to how Canada's Creator/{{Citytv}} started back in the 70s and 80s, as a small, yet diverse, low-budget UHF station in Toronto (originally on channel 79, then beginning in 1983, channel 57) that filled their schedule with unique local shows, before it was homogenized into a corporate TV chain largely concerned with imports and infomercials; to further the connection, Al himself took over Citytv's ex-sister network Creator/MuchMusic several times for his "[=AlMusic=]" specials, even wandering over into the ''[=CityPulse=]'' newsroom before seguing into the ''UHF'' music video.

** The same happens in the Latin American Spanish dub, except it was replaced with "Hey Ghandi!" instead.

** The Twinkie Weiner Sandwich. In case it wasn't obvious just from looking at it, anyone who's made them in real life can attest that hot dogs and cream-filled snack cakes do ''not'' mix (though just as many have said that it's not inedible, just weird-tasting).

* BillingDisplacement: Most posters and other promotional materials would give one the impression that Victoria Jackson's role is significantly greater than Michael Richards'. She was more famous than Richards at the time, what with ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' having just come out.

* VindicatedByCable: Putting the movie up against the huge blockbuster season of 1989 did it no favors at the box office, but it found a bigger and more appreciative audience on home video.

** Richard bullying Noodles, tripping him as he's running with a camera, then mocking him by saying "Awww, did I do that? Whoopsie!" revealing right away just how petty and cruel the Fletchers are capable of being. When Noodles gets back up and reveals his scraped elbow, he looks like he's about to cry. It's one of the few scenes in the movie that's not played for laughs at all. [[spoiler:Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack at the end]].

** It's difficult to watch a movie in which Weird Al is best friends with Michael Richards and Victoria Jackson, as well as listen to their cameos on the DVD commentary, after he's admitted to [[WeUsedToBeFriends cutting ties with both of them]] once their respective racist tendencies came out (Richards with his racist rant, Victoria Jackson's [[ConspiracyTheorist "Obama is a secret Muslim!" tirade]]).

** Richard bullying Noodles, tripping him as he's running with a camera, then mocking him by saying "Awww, did I do that? Whoopsie!" When Noodles gets back up and reveals his scraped elbow, he looks like he's about to cry. It's one of the few scenes in the movie that's not played for laughs at all. It's literally and figuratively a big person hurting a little person because he can, and shows right away just how petty and cruel the Fletchers are capable of being. [[spoiler:Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack at the end]].

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: When George introduces himself to Pam, she blows up in frustration that she's been working there for two years as a receptionist when she's really a reporter. What does George do? Add news segments to the lineup that she can cover and, during the segments, Pam is clearly happy and in her element.

** Richard bullying Noodles, tripping him as he's running with a camera, then mocking him by saying "Awww, did I do that? Whoopsie!" When Noodles gets back up and reveals his scraped elbow, he looks like he's about to cry. It's one of the few scenes in the movie that's not played for laughs at all. It's just a big person hurting a little person, literally and figuratively, because he can, and shows right away just how petty and cruel the Fletchers are capable of being. [[spoiler:Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack at the end]].

* TearJerker: A short but sweet one when George is told that U62 is going to be flat broke mere days after he's started managing it. His look of utter defeat is one of Weird Al's few genuinely good acting moments.

* FridgeHorror: Weird Al is chased by an unusually persistent boulder. Bereft of context, the idea of a giant, sentient rock determined to hunt you down to the ends of the Earth and crush you can be quite frightening.

** Creator/EmoPhillips getting his thumb cut off and casually [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank spewing blood all over the place]]. The couple of deleted endings to the scene[[note]]In one, he pockets the thumb and walks off-camera to a drill press; in another, he puts the severed thumb in his mouth to keep it warm for when it can be resewn at the hospital... then walks over to the drill press.[[/note]] were [[UpToEleven somehow worse!]]
** The Twinkie Weiner Sandwich. In case it wasn't obvious just from looking at it, anyone who's made them in real life can dogs and cream-filled snack cakes do ''not'' mix (though just as many have said that it's not inedible, just weird-tasting).
* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Philo's true form.]] The effect was done by the same people behind [[Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure Large Marge]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the DVD, released in 2002, Al praises Michael Richards by saying "You could turn a camera on him and [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny tell him to go nuts for two minutes]]." Four years later, Michael Richards had a (cell phone) camera turned on him during a standup show and went nuts on two black audience members by screaming every conceivable racist obscenity he could... for two minutes.

** It's difficult to watch a movie in which Weird Al is best friends with Michael Richards and Victoria Jackson after he's admitted to [[WeUsedToBeFriends cutting ties with both of them]] once their respective racist tendencies came out (Richards with his racist rant, Victoria Jackson's [[ConspiracyTheorist "Obama is a secret Muslim!" tirade]]). This extends to the commentary track, in which both drop in.
** And the ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' spoof at the very end, given the above.

* NauseaFuel: Creator/EmoPhillips getting his thumb cut off and casually [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank spewing blood all over the place]]. A couple of deleted scenes were [[UpToEleven even worse!]]
** The first was darkly humorous [[note]]Early just walks off camera saying, "And now, I'm going to show you the drill-press...."[[/note]]. The second was just plain gross [[note]]Early puts the severed thumb in his mouth before he goes to the drill-press[[/note]].
** The Twinkie Weiner Sandwich is this [[FridgeLogic if you really think about it]]. Hot dogs and cream-filled snack cakes just don't gel well. ''WebVideo/{{brutalmoose}}'' found this out the hard way during a "Cooking with Twinkies" video.

** U62's model of broadcasting is shockingly similar to how Canada's Creator/{{Citytv}} started back in the 70s and 80s, as a small, yet diverse, low-budget UHF station in Toronto (originally on channel 79, then beginning in 1983, channel 57), before it was homogenized into a corporate TV chain largely concerned with imports and infomercials; to further the connection, Al himself took over Citytv's ex-sister network Creator/MuchMusic several times for his "[=AlMusic=]" specials, even wandering over into the ''[=CityPulse=]'' newsroom before seguing into the ''UHF'' music video.

* HarsherInHindsight: It's difficult to watch a movie in which Weird Al is best friends with Michael Richards and Victoria Jackson after he's admitted to [[WeUsedToBeFriends cutting ties with both of them]] once their respective racist tendencies came out (Richards with his racist rant, Victoria Jackson's [[ConspiracyTheorist "Obama is a secret Muslim!" tirade]]). This extends to the commentary track, in which both drop in.

** Kevin [=McCarthy=] played a TV studio owner similar to (but not as evil as) R.J. Fletcher in the Series/{{Columbo}} episode "Requiem For A Falling Star".
** Gandhi 2 is an ActionizedSequel to a film about the life of a famous religious figure. This is before ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' did the same for Jesus. Or, for that matter, before [[MemeticMutation AI-driven war freak Gandhi]] of ''{{VideoGame/Civilization}}'' was a thing.

* ValuesResonance: [[http://www.gamesradar.com/weird-al-made-the-ultimate-analog-comedy-in-1989-and-its-still-perfect/ This incredibly heartfelt article]] from [=GamesRadar=] describes ''UHF'' as a precursor to all of the things that would eventually make Website/YouTube and web-based content so great: U62 celebrates, even ''encourages,'' the [[BeYourself exact kind of individual quirkiness]] that mainstream media is so (seemingly) opposed to, and can be seen as a safe haven for “otherness” where everyone shares a mutual respect for being themselves. Even the more questionable characters like Kuni and Noodles are treated with the utmost respect and are ''never'' used as the butt of a joke. George's solution to save the station by selling stock to the townspeople even reads as a primitive form of crowdfunding.
** Also, the premise of a network that broadcasts series or movies that no other channel would broadcast sounds very similar to that of many streaming services such as Creator/{{Netflix}}, Hulu and others, which broadcast series or movies that no other channel would, albeit neither as insane as the movie does. It's also very reminiscent of Canada's Creator/{{Citytv}} during the 80s and 90s when Moses Znaimer ran the original Toronto station as a virtual free for all with diverse, boundary-breaking programming (before it was taken away from him and turned into yet another dumping ground for American imports and reruns). (Ironically Al would later have a great relationship with Citytv's former sibling Creator/MuchMusic during the 90s and 2000s, bringing it full circle in a sense.)

* EarWorm:
** "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies". Helped by the original song being an EarWorm in its own right.
** "UHF", the movie's title theme.
** "Fun Zone", played at the beginning of the "marble in the oatmeal" scene. Helps that Al has taken to playing the full version before every live concert of his.

** Stanly letting a kid drink from a high-pressure firehose. So painful... yet so awesome.

** Also, the premise of a network that broadcasts series or movies that no other channel would broadcast sounds very similar to that of many streaming systems such as Creator/{{Netflix}}, Hulu and others, which broadcast series or movies that no other channel would, albeit neither as insane as the movie does.

** As Raul tries to teach poodles how to fly, we see a pile of dead poodles outside his apartment building.

** ''Gandhi 2'' revels in being utterly offensive and every second of it is wonderful.

* HarsherInHindsight: It's difficult to watch a movie in which Weird Al is best friends with Michael Richards and Victoria Jackson after he's admitted to [[WeUsedToBeFriends cutting ties with both of them]] once their respective racist tendencies came out (Richards with his racist rant, Victoria Jackson's [[ConspiracyTheorist "Obama is a secret Muslim!" tirade]]).