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Post by geode on Jul 22, 2019 13:15:05 GMT
Weird Al talks about the movie after 30 years. UHF |
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Post by geode on Jul 22, 2019 13:17:54 GMT
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Post by amyghost on Jul 22, 2019 13:25:21 GMT
Yankovic was another one of those 80's comic acts who was funny in short bursts, but ninety minutes of them onscreen got painful fast.
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Post by geode on Jul 22, 2019 14:14:11 GMT
Yankovic was another one of those 80's comic acts who was funny in short bursts, but ninety minutes of them onscreen got painful fast. It doesn't sound like you have seen "UHF" from this observation. The movie actually holds up quite well and is varied, with parts that are typical of Yankovic and other parts more like SNL or Rowan and Martin's Laugh in. As the article indicates he largely plays a straight part in the movie.
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Post by amyghost on Jul 22, 2019 21:26:07 GMT
Yankovic was another one of those 80's comic acts who was funny in short bursts, but ninety minutes of them onscreen got painful fast. It doesn't sound like you have seen "UHF" from this observation. The movie actually holds up quite well and is varied, with parts that are typical of Yankovic and other parts more like SNL or Rowan and Martin's Laugh in. As the article indicates he largely plays a straight part in the movie. I saw it in the theater when it initially came out--watched it again recently when it turned up on television. It's not terrible, and had its moments, but like most of the SNL-inspired film stuff of that era, I just don't find it holds together all that well on later viewings. Still, I'll agree that the decision to have Weird Al play it predominantly as the straight man was a good one, putting the film a notch or two above what might have been expected otherwise.
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Post by geode on Jul 25, 2019 7:08:11 GMT
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Post by geode on Jul 25, 2019 15:47:06 GMT
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Post by egon1982 on Jul 25, 2019 18:59:25 GMT
Loved it since i was 8 seeing it in one of my city's theaters and been a favorite of mine.
Better than Friedberg and Seltzer's crap.
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Post by geode on Jul 26, 2019 5:38:31 GMT
Loved it since i was 8 seeing it in one of my city's theaters and been a favorite of mine. Better than Friedberg and Seltzer's crap.
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