Details

Release year: 1989

Storyline

An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.

Top credits

Directors

Jay Levey

Writers

Cast

'Weird Al' Yankovic — George Newman
Victoria Jackson — Teri
Kevin McCarthy — R.J. Fletcher
Michael Richards — Stanley Spadowski

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Did you know

• For the shot of the Spatula City billboard, the production bought a billboard on a remote stretch of highway. For months afterward, drivers taking the exit would ask nearby businesses about Spatula City. The ad was finally removed after the businesses complained.

• During 'Weird Al' Yankovic (1999), Emo Philips shows an actual Screen Actors Guild residual check he earned for this film, 30 cents. He stated proudly that the check represented what being in this film did for his career.

• Real fish were attached to the "Wheel of Fish." They were bought at a local fish market early one morning. The set designer began attaching them to the wheel around 6 am, making sure the wheel spun smoothly. Filming started at 4:30 pm, on a hot summer day, in a building that wasn't air-conditioned, filled with hot studio lights and over 100 extras. On the DVD commentary, 'Weird Al' Yankovic described the filming conditions as "ripe".