“Weird Al” Yankovic has had a pretty unimpeachable career. He is, essentially, the only parody artist to have a successful, sustained career. In terms of comedic musicians, he’s on top of the heap.
“Weird Al” Yankovic is the king of the pop parody. He reigned supreme in the ’80s (“Eat It”), ’90s (“Amish Paradise”) and ’00s (“White and Nerdy”), and his July LP Mandatory Fun became his first no. 1 ...
Sure, the subjects of some of UHF's parodies are dated, and the references may be lost on his younger fans. But the gags are akin to Al's music: Even if you're not familiar with the subject of the ...
Thirty years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic was primed to be a matinee idol. The comedy-rock star’s first feature film, UHF — cowritten with and directed by his longtime manager Jay Levey, director of ...
Tulsa and “Weird Al” Yankovic are connected at the hip, if you consider the movie “UHF” hip. Yankovic starred in “UHF,” which was filmed in Tulsa and was released in 1989. For a past story that lists ...
Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
The cult classic UHF starring and written by “Weird Al” Yankovic turns 35 this year and Shout Studios is celebrating the milestone by bringing it to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time on July 2nd.
The 1989 cult comedy classic UHF, starring a young Wierd Al Yankovic, is finally getting the 4K Blu-ray treatment this summer to coincide with its 35th anniversary. The new release will include plenty ...
2014 may go down as humanity’s Weirdest year. By that, we mean it’s the year that the Prince of Parody “Weird Al” Yankovic has made “Weird” the new cool. After three decades of pop-decimating ...