UHF
Maybe I'm drunk right now but this movie is great. It has it all! Flying Poodles, a seal being threatened, table saw mishaps, an homage to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Conan, fun with dirt! and Twinkie weiner sandwiches. Anyone else a fan of Wierd Al?
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Not only am i a fan...i think he's my father (a fun old thread i made years ago)
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Mere words cannot do that mullet justice. Hats off to you sir!
ALWAYS LOVED THIS MOVIE. In fact my friend named his dog Stanley after Stanley Spadowski
Haha awesome! What breed?
Originally posted by: Murray
Originally posted by: guitarzombie
ALWAYS LOVED THIS MOVIE. In fact my friend named his dog Stanley after Stanley Spadowski
Haha awesome! What breed?
I dunno... some small yappy dog.
YAPPIES DOG TREATS! You're dog will love that liver and tuna taste... with just a hint of cheese.
Not a fan at all. I'll watch the movie one of these days, though.
*seething anger* Dooon't yoooou knoooow... da Dewey Decimal System?!
Plus working in tech has given me enough opportunities to work in. "You get to drink from the firehose!"
Really wish Weird Al had done some other movies around that time.
Go watch this movie.
As for Wierd Al's music, I consider much of it extremely lame and would rather just hear the originals.
"Welcome to Secrets (echos) of (echos) the universe (echos)." Love the movie.
"Today, we will learn how to make plutonium from common household items."
Originally posted by: G-Type
To me, this was like when Carrot Top made Chairman of the Board. The movie overly caters to fit around his brand of comedy rather than just being a vehicle for him to branch out into comedic acting. Some of the parody videos within the film feel very shoehorned (such as the money for nothing parody). Also, I know the 80s was kind of a clueless time period so I don't judge it too harshly, but the casual racism of having gong sound effects whenever an Asian character appears on screen just makes the movie not age well.
Oh brother!
I'm a huge Weird Al fan. Al does quite a bit of original material, which always outshines the parodies on his albums. I've seen him in concert on each major tour since the "UHF - Music from the motion picture and other stuff" album came out. He puts on a great show. He's also one of the friendliest, most humble people I've ever had the fortune to meet. I'm presently working on a book proposal for one of his albums and am planning a massive retrospective for my blog in the upcoming months on Al. His song at the end of the Captain Underpants movie is completely original and well done.
I have the movie on VHS, DVD and Blu Ray. The DVD actually has a few features they omitted from the BD release and vice versa. Another great release to check out is the mocumentary, "The Compleat Al," which Shout Factory released around the same time as UHF.
Sorry, I think my inner nerd is showing. If anyone ever wants to talk Al, discuss concerts, rarities, etc, I'm just a PM away.
Also, I bought the new Squeezebox career retrospective box set on vinyl of all his work...
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To me, this was like when Carrot Top made Chairman of the Board. The movie overly caters to fit around his brand of comedy rather than just being a vehicle for him to branch out into comedic acting. Some of the parody videos within the film feel very shoehorned (such as the money for nothing parody). Also, I know the 80s was kind of a clueless time period so I don't judge it too harshly, but the casual racism of having gong sound effects whenever an Asian character appears on screen just makes the movie not age well.
Oh brother!
It's okay if you have a different opinion.
I have the movie on VHS, DVD and Blu Ray. The DVD actually has a few features they omitted from the BD release and vice versa. Another great release to check out is the mocumentary, "The Compleat Al," which Shout Factory released around the same time as UHF.
It was also released on laserdisc - as were "the compleat al" and a collection of his music videos.
Al tends to show up in odd places including the Naked Gun series and doing the theme for Spyhard.
Contributed to the Transformers and Pokemon movies too.
Originally posted by: G-Type
Originally posted by: guitarzombie
Originally posted by: G-Type
To me, this was like when Carrot Top made Chairman of the Board. The movie overly caters to fit around his brand of comedy rather than just being a vehicle for him to branch out into comedic acting. Some of the parody videos within the film feel very shoehorned (such as the money for nothing parody). Also, I know the 80s was kind of a clueless time period so I don't judge it too harshly, but the casual racism of having gong sound effects whenever an Asian character appears on screen just makes the movie not age well.
Oh brother!
It's okay if you have a different opinion.
Yes, but bringing out the 'casual racism' is a bit of a stretch.