AKA: The Vidiot from UHF
"Weird Al" Yankovic plays George Newman, a man with big dreams and a vivid imagination who lucks into managing a failing low-budget television station where he commissions a series of eclectic programming choices, including that of promoting the janitor (Michael Richards) to children's television host.
This movie is just plain fun and leans into the absurd and the extreme, as Al brings his parodic sensibilities to spoof everything from Gandhi to Conan the Barbarian. It's one of those films that grows with you over time, and follows in the tradition of over-the-top slapstick comedies like Airplane! and Top Secret!
3½ spatulas out of 5
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