“UHF” quotes
(1989)
Title UHF
Year 1989
Director Jay Levey
Genre Drama, Comedy
Year 1989
Director Jay Levey
Genre Drama, Comedy
Plot – George Newman works as a waiter in a café when he and his friend Bob get fired. When his uncle Harvey wins a small television station by playing cards, he decides to give it to George to make him work there. George hires his friend Bob and Stanley Spadowski, who got fired from a TV station as well. George is a daydreamer but he works hard on his new job. Stanley is very successful too and the television station becomes popular in town, attracting some competitors' jeoulsies.
All actors – 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Stanley Brock, Anthony Geary, Trinidad Silva, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, John Paragon, Fran Drescher
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“You see, Bob, you gotta look at the big picture. You gotta grab life by the lips and yank as hard as you can.”
“- R.J. Fletcher: This is indeed a sad day for Channel 8. We've been number one in this town for the past ten years. And now, our sponsors are pulling their accounts. We're losing valuable advertising revenue. We're losing credibility in the market. And why? Because of some fly-by-night UHF station! A UHF station! This is an embarrassment! A...” (continue)(continue reading)
“This is a business! Not a home for irresponsible pus-brains!”
Can you believe this? Would you look at that? Just call me "Mr. Butterfingers". I think it's on the floor somewhere. Is my face red?
“- R.J. Fletcher: You are a worthless human being, Mr., um...
- Stanley Spadowski: Spadowski, sir. Stanley Spadowski.”“- Bob Steckler: I don't know about this, George. We don't know the first thing about what goes on in a television station.
- George Newman: Don't worry, Bob. It's just like working in a fish-market. Except you don't have to clean and gut fish all day.”“- Esther Bilchik: What's this?
- Harvey Bilchik: Oh, it's the deed to channel 62. I won it with a pair of 7s. I was bluffing.
- Esther Bilchik: Channel 62? Never heard of it.
- Harvey Bilchik: I'm not surprised. More people watch the fish tank at Leo's pet store.”“This is my ant farm. Now ants are amazing. They can carry 50 times their own weight and they work for weeks and weeks building these intricate little tunnels.”
“- George Newman: Well... I've got good news and bad news.
- Bob Steckler: Okay, give me the bad news first.
- George Newman: Well... given our current financial status, compounded with fixed income and outstanding invoices... I figure this station will be flat broke by the end of the week.
- Bob Steckler: Well, what's the good news?
- George...” (continue)(continue reading)“We're gonna have so much fun, we'll forget about how miserable we are, and how much life sucks, and how we're all gonna grow old and die someday.”
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