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Synopsis: George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His uncle decides George would be the perfect man to manage Channel 62, a television station which is losing money and viewers fast. When George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs such as "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse", "Wheel of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom", ratings begin to soar again. Mean-spirited and cynical mogul R.J. Fletcher becomes furious that the UHF station is getting better ratings than his network's programming. Because of gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to Fletcher, who would only too happily shut down (he cannot legally own two stations in the same town). George and his friends organize a 48-hour telethon to raise the money by selling investment stock from Channel 62 to save the town's new favorite station.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jay Levey
Production: Orion Pictures Corporation
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
PG-13
Year:
1989
97 min
930 Views


turn of events. Not only has the once-powerful corporate broadcasting giant been

thoroughly crushed and defeated, but now as luck would have it,

they've been completely stripped of their license by the FCC.

Oh well what do you have to say about it, you worthless, slobbering pig?

Dad! Where's my dad? What's going on here?

Awvw...

did I do that? Oopsie!

Daddddd!

Philo... Hey, you really went beyond the call of duty on this one, pal. Thanks.

Glad to have been of service, George.

Well, it appears my work

on this planet is complete.

I must now return to my home on the planet Zarkon.

Okay, well, have fun.

Hey... nice goin' kid. I didn't know you had it in ya. You're okay.

Thanks, Uncle Harvey. Have a

nice flight back to the cost.

Say hi to Aunt Esther for me.

Sure will.

Excuse me, aren't you R.J. Fletcher?

Yes...

Stanley! Congratulations, you really pulled us through.

Hey George I want you to know that I'm mighty proud to be a part of your team.

Well, I'm mighty proud of you too, Stanley.

In fact, I'd like to present you with a small token of my gratitude.

A trophy! That that's me?

'Stanley... World's Greatest

Janitor and TV Star.'

Ah, George... I've never had any one give me a trophy before.

It's big. George, you're my best friend in the whole world!

I'm gonna go show this to everybody right now!!Hey, everybody! Look at what George gave me!

Hey! Hey, I know you! You're the guy that gave me that 1955 double dye Denver

Mint penny!Thanks a lot, mister! That thing was worth a fortune!

After I cashed it in, I had enough money to buy a whole bunch of shares...

plus, I got this neat watch.

It's a Ro-lex. See?

Um, George?

Ah uh

You know those dreams you/re always having?

Yeah...?

Well, do you think that maybe sometime I could be part of them?

Honey... from now on, you're going to be in all of them.

Aww... George...

Darlin'... let's leave

this place right now...

Let's go this very minute

No, dear, please...

let's wait 'til tomorrow...

But, why? Why?

Because tomorrow... is another day!

I knew she was gonna say that.

Put down your remote control

Throw out your TV Guide

Put away your jacket

There's no need to go outside

Don't you know that we control the horizontal

We control the verticle, too

We gonna make a couch potato out of you

That's what we gonna do now

Don't change the channel

Don't touch that dial

We got it all on UHF

Kick off your sneakers

Stick around for a while

We got it all on UHF

Don't worry 'bout your laundry

Forget about your job

Just crank up the volume

And yank off the knob

We got it all, we got it all, we got it all on UHF

Disconnect the phone and leave the dishes in the sink

You better put away your homework

Prime time ain't no time to think

All you do is make yourself a TV dinner

Press your face right up against the screen

We gonna show you thangs you ain't ever seen

If you know what I mean, now

Don't change the channel

Don't touch that dial

We got it all on UHF

Kick off your sneakers

Stick around for a while

We got it all on UHF

Don't worry 'bout your laundry

Forget about your job

Just crank up the volume

And yank off the knob

We got it all, we got it all, we got it all on UHF

You can watch us all day

You can watch us all night

You can watch us any time that you please

You can sit around and stare at the picture tube

'Till your brain turns into cottage cheese

Don't change the channel

Don't touch that dial

We got it all on UHF

Kick off your sneakers

Stick around for a while

We got it all on UHF

Don't worry 'bout your laundry

Forget about your job

Just crank up the volume

And yank off the knob

We got it all, we got it all, we got it all on UHF

This Film is Dedicated to the Memory fo Trinidad Silva

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