The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Acting
Michael Richards pre-Seinfeld, fully unhinged as Stanley Spadowski.
Writing
Fake shows like 'Wheel of Fish' and 'Conan the Librarian' — pure nonsense poetry.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI chaos: real sets, real costumes, real commitment to the bit.
Director
Jay Levey
'Weird Al' Yankovic
George Newman
Kevin McCarthy
R.J. Fletcher
Michael Richards
Stanley Spadowski
David Bowe
Bob
Stanley Brock
Harvey Bilchik
Anthony Geary
Philo
Trinidad Silva
Raul Hernandez
Gedde Watanabe
Kuni
Billy Barty
Noodles MacIntosh
Fran Drescher
Pamela Finklestein
Sue Ane Langdon
Esther Bilchik
David Proval
Head Thug
Grant James
Killer Thug
Victoria Jackson
Teri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Wheel of Fish' scene was shot in one take because the props were literally rotting. The smell was real, the horror was real.
Box office bomb that killed Weird Al's film career, yet became a VHS legend that defined 90s dorm room humor. Sometimes failure ages like wine.
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