History YMMV / UHF

** Bob getting whacked in the face with a frying pan shouldn't;t be funny. But Georges overtly cheerful expression and the wince of the camera man make it quite hilarious.

* FridgeBrilliance: Concerning the LikeRealityUnlessNoted entry on the main page: Everybody wants to be on Stanley's show, because he's awesome; the FCC probably was more concerned about Fletcher's corruption by the end of the movie; the "Satan" seen on Town Talk could have just been a guy dressed up; nobody probably watched Philo's show (or took it seriously enough to actually try and make plutonium at home); it's possible that Stanley or someone else hired Raul (in an earlier draft, he was supposed to bring the package in when George and Bob arrive at U-62, as a mailman, but due to Trinidad Silva's death, that had to be dropped); the adult content was clearly scheduled for the watershed; and the shop teacher probably wasn't in his right mind to begin with.
** Plus, everybody probably loves U62 BECAUSE it's so weird & unusual. It was something fresh that folks had never seen before. Remember, this was ''before'' reality TV and things like Creator/{{TLC}} took off; in 1989, the Big 3 broadcast nets were still mainly the choices for original programming--Creator/{{Fox}} hadn't really taken off yet, and cable was a wasteland of reruns mainly, so having a local station create its own, homegrown programming that takes up most of its broadcast day would be pretty cool.
** Also, those shows about bestiality probably don't actually SHOW everything (or have a lot of pixellation-action going on) and the ''Strip Solitaire'' game probably stops once someone's in their underwear. Once your outer-garments are removed, you lose.
** 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.
*** Of course, a small rural UHF station would likely be broadcasting to only one time zone.
** Why did that disheveled looking old man buy all that stock with his windfall? Well, his first appearance asking George for change established that he ''had'' money, as he was able to pay George the dollar in exchange. He may not be a homeless bum after all, but a very eccentric and dedicated coin collector. Aside from that, it could also have been a BecauseYouWereNiceToMe moment, as George had happily given him the change while down on his luck, whereas R.J. Fletcher just groused about the bum.

* AmericansHateTingle: Apparently Indians don't find the action-movie depiction of their former spiritual leader in the spoof trailer "Gandhi II" all that funny...Al dropped the segment from his rotation of clips to show during costume changes during his concerts by 2019 and replaced it with the firehose scene.

** 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 segueing into the ''UHF'' music video.

* FanNickname: Known in some circles as simply "The Weird Al Movie," as it was Al's only major role in a motion picture.

** Stanley Spadowski's gangling physical appearance, lovably goofy CloudCuckoolander personality, and tendency to chuckle idly to himself make him seem remarkably like a prototype of Ed from WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy. What's more, the similarities between the two characters are apparently purely coincidental, since Stanley has never been acknowledged as an inspiration by the show's creator.

Albums: ''[[YMMV/WeirdAlYankovicAlbum "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)]]'' | ''YMMV/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D'' | ''YMMV/DareToBeStupid'' | ''YMMV/PolkaParty'' | ''YMMV/EvenWorse'' | ''YMMV/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff'' | ''YMMV/OffTheDeepEnd'' | ''YMMV/{{Alapalooza}}'' | '''''YMMV/BadHairDay''''' | ''YMMV/RunningWithScissors'' | ''YMMV/PoodleHat'' | ''YMMV/StraightOuttaLynwood'' | ''YMMV/{{Alpocalypse}}'' | ''YMMV/MandatoryFun''\\

** 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. For what it's worth, though, it got put into the movie because it really ''is'' a snack that "Weird" Al personally enjoys (albeit with veggie-weenies nowadays).

-->'''George''' (defeated): I never should've taken this job.
-->'''Al''' (on the commentary): [[MethodActing I'm remembering when my dog died]]!

* 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. Al even alluded the incident on his song "TMZ" nine years later: "It's getting to the point/Where a famous person can't/Even get a DUI/Or go on a racist rant."

* MemeticMutation: 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}}.

%%** "NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!!!"

* WeirdAlEffect: In the Spatula City ad, one of the gags is Sy Greenbloom saying, "I liked their spatulas so much, I bought the company." To younger viewers, this is merely a nonsensical gag, but it's actually based on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf22bddvLnc famous ad campaign for Remington from 1979.]]

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

** Grown adults becoming obsessed with a kid's show might have seemed ridiculous at the time, before shows like ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''...

* OlderThanTheyThink: In the Spatula City ad, one of the gags is Sy Greenbloom saying, "I liked their spatulas so much, I bought the company." To younger viewers, this is merely a nonsensical gag, but it's actually based on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf22bddvLnc famous ad campaign for Remington from 1979.]]

* ValuesResonance

** Grown adults becoming obsessed with a kid's show might have seemed ridiculous at the time, before shows like ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'', ''WesternAnimation/PowerPuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebonSquarepants''...

* FridgeBrilliance: Concerning the LikeRealityUnlessNoted entry on the main page: Everybody wants to be on Stanley's show, because he's CrazyAwesome; the FCC probably was more concerned about Fletcher's corruption by the end of the movie; the "Satan" seen on Town Talk could have just been a guy dressed up; nobody probably watched Philo's show (or took it seriously enough to actually try and make plutonium at home); it's possible that Stanley or someone else hired Raul (in an earlier draft, he was supposed to bring the package in when George and Bob arrive at U-62, as a mailman, but due to Trinidad Silva's death, that had to be dropped); the adult content was clearly scheduled for the watershed; and the shop teacher probably wasn't in his right mind to begin with.