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| UHF | ||
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| Album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| Released | 1989 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | ?? min ?? sec | |
| Record label | Rock 'n Roll | |
| Producer | Rick Derringer | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 3/5 | link |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic Chronology | ||
| Even Worse ( 1988) | UHF ( 1989) | Off the Deep End ( 1992) |
UHF ( 1989) is the soundtrack to the comedyComedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. It also means a performance that relies heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. The humor, once an incid cult filmA cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. Often the film failed to achieve mainstream success on its original release, but th UHFUHF is a comedy cult film made in 1989. It starred "Weird Al" Yankovic, along with Michael Richards, Victoria Jackson, Fran Drescher, Kevin McCarthy, David Bowe, Gedde Watanabe, and Billy Barty. In the film, Yankovic plays George Newman, a "daydreaming lo, by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The album featured many music cuts from the movie as well as some of the commercials ("Spatula City") and other parody bits ("Gandhi II"). The album also featured new original material like "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota" which brought the running order up to album length.