UHF (film)/Trivia


 * Censor Decoy: According to Jay Levey, a planned promo for "Those Darn Homos" was included in the script on the (correct) assumption that the suits at Orion would make them take it out.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: The cast includes Michael Richards and Fran Drescher before either was well known.
 * David Proval from The Sopranos is one of the kidnappers of Stanley.
 * And the guy from Invasion of the Body Snatchers now owns a network affiliate.
 * Fletcher's son Richard is Jambi from Pee-wee's Playhouse.
 * And Kuni once crashed your auto-mobile!
 * Teri is Victoria Jackson, formerly of Saturday Night Live.
 * Philo is Luke of 1980s "Luke and Laura" fame.
 * Plus, Joe Early runs shop at the local high school but isn't all that emotional.
 * Vindicated by Cable: Ironically, it might have done better at the box office had Orion Pictures not been so excited by how well it performed at test screenings. They gave it a summer 1989 release that placed it amongst films like Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and so on. Lost in the shuffle, it found its audience through its subsequent video release and TV airings.
 * As a result, and as Al sang in the commentary, "Orion! Orion! Is bankrupt, now!"
 * It was one of the top rentals after its release on VHS, and became a #1 seller when it was released on DVD.
 * What Could Have Been: The role of Philo was originally written for Al's friend Joel Hodgson, but he was busy working on his own project...