Fridge / UHF

• What if everything to do with George saving U62 is a footnote to the real plot of UHF which is Philo using the station to disseminate the "Secrets of the Universe" to the limited audience that tunes into his show, (maybe directed toward one genius kid that the people of Zarquon have identified), leading to a boom in scientific advancement several decades down the line, bringing about interplanetary travel and changing the course of the history, which was Philo's goal all along?
• Concerning the Like Reality, Unless Noted 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 TLC took off; in 1989, the Big 3 broadcast nets were still mainly the choices for original programming—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 Because You Were Nice to Me moment, as George had happily given him the change while down on his luck, whereas R.J. Fletcher just groused about the bum.
• George going to a bar for the first time then falling asleep before his drink makes sense when you learn in Real Life Weird Al is a teetotaler.