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.
 * 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...
 * 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.