UHF

There are wonderful spoofs of ludicrous T.V. ads (my favorites are "Spatula City" and "Plots R Us"), and shows like "Conan the Librarian". Another good turn is Weird Al's rubber-suited Rambo. As an animal rights person, I can live without "Raul's Wild Kingdom", but the comic irreverence of "Gandhi II" is a priceless piece of buffoonery.

If like me, you're a fan of Weird Al's bizarre, imaginitive humor and his clever parodies, and appreciate Michael Richard's brilliant physical antics, you're guaranteed to find this celebration of warm hearted, whacky merriment a bundle of fun.


Get 2 copies, people will borrow this and never return it...   September 29, 2004
David Garcia (Staten Island, NY)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

If you loan this to someone, consider it a gift, because it will NEVER be returned. Get two "UHF" DVDs so you don't suffer needlessly. ALSO... take care who you watch this movie with. It will forever change your relationship with that person -- they will become your "UHF Buddy." Someday you'll both be watching kids play a game -- one of the kids wins, and you look at your UHF Buddy and say gleefully, "you get to drink from the FIRE HOSE!!!" And you'll both start laughing ridiculously, and people will stare at you. Or when someone you know gets ripped off in some way, your UHF buddy will say to you "What's in the box? NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! STUPID!!!!" and the laughter will erupt again. If you're not prepared to live like this for the rest of your life, perhaps you'd do well to avoid this movie. Monty Python fanatics will understand what I mean...


Best DVD presentation EVER!!!!!!!!   May 1, 2002
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

I was part of a select group of people who were able to see some of the DVD's features this past weekend. Whether you are a fan of the movie or not, anyone can appreciate the amount of thought and originality that went into making this particular DVD a must-buy!
Without giving away too much of the DVD's best points, I will say that the "deleted scenes" presentation was the best deleted scenes presentation I've ever seen on a DVD. The bits of the commentary track I heard were hilarious. Even the menus are funny!
I highly recommend this DVD to anyone with a sense of humor. Why are you still reading this? Order it now! You won't regret it!


Great use of the DVD format.   June 4, 2002
Matthew J. Smith (Metuchen, NJ USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

Say whatever you like about the movie "UHF," which is, admittedly, slapsticky and unoriginal at times, but this DVD is great! Yankovic delivers brutally honest and hilariously funny critiques of deleted scenes and the movie itself through the running commentary feature. Hearing Al complain about unflattering shots of himself, mistakes in filming (a detached left arm turning into a right arm) beating a joke to death, low-budget special effects, bad acting, and making scenes unnessecarily long (ie the scene in the beginning with all the traffic signs) is incredibly amusing. There are also several amusing "easter eggs" hidden in the DVD menus and Al himself hams it up in the menus as well. Other features include the original UHF music video, a 1989 Behind the Scenes featurette, and selected deleted scenes. Oklahoma residents might especially appreciate the DVD for the explanation during the Commentary of where each scene was filmed in the Tulsa area. I highly recommend this DVD to all Weird Al fans. Even if you didn't like the movie (or especially if you don't), you will enjoy Al's criticism of it and the additional material.


STUUPIIIIIIIIIIID! It's so STUUUUUPIIIIIIIID!   March 7, 2002
Jeffrey Gilligan (Rio Rancho, NM USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

And I mean "Stupid" in the best sense of the word (And couldn't resist quoting that wacky Karate Master). If you haven't seen it or heard of it before, you're probably not gonna even LOOK at a random movie called UHF, and I tell you, oh people who aren't looking at this page, you are missing out! If you're a fan of Wierd Al, you'll love it. If you aren't, again, you probably aren't reading this, and you're missing out. If you're one of the Weird Al fans who HASN'T seen it, it's the BESTEST THING EVER! For the majority of us, those who've seen it and can't wait to lay eyes on the juicy extras and find out what Weird Al's gonna do with audio commentary, it's all a matter of which is funnier: The poodle tossing scene, or the Ghandi II movie preview.

I'm waiting with you, fellow Al fans!