History Music / UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff

-->''She said, "That guy's a genius"\\

I said, "If he's so fly, they tell me why\\

Why did he built it? How did he do it? It’s anybody’s guess!\\

-->''Don't you know that we control the horizontal? We control the vertical, too.''

* BizarreTasteInFood: The Family from “The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota” have some strange culinary preferences, happily chowing down on potato skins, pickled wieners, rhubarb pie, pickled wieners, chocolate soda, [[RunningGag and more pickled wieners]] throughout their 3-day journey.

* TitleTrack: "UHF"

''UHF -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff'' is the sixth studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, released in 1989. It features songs and some audio snippets from Al's CultClassic film ''Film/{{UHF}}''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin And other stuff]].

* ParodyCommercial: "Gandhi II" and "Spatula City", taken straight from the film, are this.

** Mark Knopfler only agreed to Al's parody of "Money For Nothing" if he was allowed to play guitar on it.

--> ''What on earth would make a man decide to do that kind of thing?\\

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota is a real local attraction, located in Darwin, UsefulNotes/{{Minnesota}}. The song also makes reference to several other roadside attractions, all of which are (or were) real: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis-A-Rama_Museum Elvis-A-Rama]] (now closed), [[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/46018 The Tupperware Museum]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument The Boll Weevil Monument]], [[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/568 Cranberry World]] (now closed), [[https://usansa.weebly.com/hall-of-fame.html The Shuffleboard Hall of Fame]], [[https://southwestbackcountry.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/elephant-rock-poodle-rock-valley-of-fire-nevada/ Poodle Dog Rock]] (Located in Valley of Fire State Park), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney,_Illinois The Mecca of Albino Squirrels]]. There was also an actual "Twine Ball Inn" (actually a restaurant) near the Twine Ball, which closed down in 2015.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota is a real local attraction, located in Darwin, UsefulNotes/{{Minnesota}}. The song also makes reference to several other roadside attractions, all of which are (or became) real: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis-A-Rama_Museum Elvis-A-Rama]] (now closed), [[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/46018 The Tupperware Museum]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument The Boll Weevil Monument]], [[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/568 Cranberry World]] (now closed), [[https://usansa.weebly.com/hall-of-fame.html The Shuffleboard Hall of Fame]], [[https://southwestbackcountry.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/elephant-rock-poodle-rock-valley-of-fire-nevada/ Poodle Dog Rock]] (Located in Valley of Fire State Park), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney,_Illinois The Mecca of Albino Squirrels]]. There was also an actual "Twine Ball Inn" (actually a restaurant) close by the Twine Ball, which closed down in 2015.

* {{Medley}}: "The Hot Rocks Polka," consisting entirely of songs by Music/TheRollingStones. Until 2018's "The Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Polka", it would remain the only polka medley he'd done to feature songs from a single music act (not counting ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'''s "Bohemian Polka", a polka arrangement of [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]]).

* GirlsWithMustaches: Seen on the women parodying those found in Robert Palmer videos in the video for "UHF".

** [[Music/{{Aftermath}} "Under My Thumb"]]

* FilkSong: "Isle Thing", a parody of Tone-Lōc's "Wild Thing", is a lesser example of this for ''Series/GilligansIsland''.

* {{Medley}}: "The Hot Rocks Polka," consisting entirely of songs by Music/TheRollingStones featured on their GreatestHits album ''Hot Rocks 1964–1971''[[note]]"Jumpin' Jack Flash", also on the album, was already used for "Polkas on 45" a few years before[[/note]]. Until 2018's "The Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Polka", it would remain the only polka medley he'd done to feature songs from a single music act (not counting ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'''s "Bohemian Polka", a polka arrangement of [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]]).
** "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
** "Brown Sugar"
** "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

** "Under My Thumb"
** "Ruby Tuesday"
** "Miss You"
** "Sympathy for the Devil"
** "Get Off of My Cloud"
** "Shattered"
** "Let's Spend the Night Together"
** "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota is a real local attraction. Al himself makes it a point to visit it whenever he's on tour. The song also makes reference to several other roadside attractions, all of which are (or became) real: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis-A-Rama_Museum Elvis-A-Rama]] (now closed), [[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/46018 The Tupperware Museum]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument The Boll Weevil Monument]], [[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/568 Cranberry World]] (now closed), [[https://usansa.weebly.com/hall-of-fame.html The Shuffleboard Hall of Fame]], [[https://southwestbackcountry.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/elephant-rock-poodle-rock-valley-of-fire-nevada/ Poodle Dog Rock]] (Located in Valley of Fire State Park), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney,_Illinois The Mecca of Albino Squirrels]]. There was also an actual "Twine Ball Inn" (actually a restaurant) close by the Twine Ball, which closed down in 2015.

* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Averted with "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota". There are, in fact, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggest_ball_of_twine bigger balls of twine in other states]].

* {{Medley}}: "The Hot Rocks Polka," consisting entirely of songs by Music/TheRollingStones featured on their GreatestHits album ''Hot Rocks 1964–1971''. Until 2018's "The Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Polka", it would remain the only polka medley he'd done to feature songs from a single music act (not counting ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'''s "Bohemian Polka", a polka arrangement of [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]]).

# "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"[[note]]The lyrics of "[[Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies The Ballad of Jed Clampett]]" set to the tune of Music/DireStraits' [[Music/BrothersInArmsAlbum "Money For Nothing."]][[/note]]

* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies," recreating the visuals from Music/DireStraits landmark computer-animated video for "Money For Nothing."

** In the music video for "Beverly Hillbillies", Al tries to follow the camera when it does a rapid-fire sequence of continuously changing angles, until he gets so fed up that he grabs the camera to stop it from moving.

** Like the song it parodies, "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" interpolates Music/ThePolice's [[Music/ZenyattaMondatta "Don't Stand So Close to Me"]] in its intro.

* SpecialGuest: Mark Knopfler of Music/DireStraits plays the guitar on "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies".
* TitleTrack: "UHF"

** The music video for "UHF" is ''loaded'' with parodies of popular music videos and concert films from the 80's, plus ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' by Music/TheBeatles (hey, wave 2 of Beatlemania was already in full swing by the end of the decade). They are, in order of first appearance:

* {{Medley}}: "The Hot Rocks Polka," consisting entirely of songs by Music/TheRollingStones featured on their GreatestHits album ''Hot Rocks 1964–1971''. Until 2018's "The Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Polka", it would remain the only polka medley he'd done to feature songs from a single music act (not counting ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'''s "Bohemian Polka", a polka arrangement of [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]].