Next Monday will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the Weird Al cult comedy, UHF. I haven't seen it in years, but UHF was definitely a staple of my tween years, and I highly recommend it to anyone with an off-the-wall sense of humor and a love of parody. The soundtrack to the movie was released three day before, and while it wasn't quite the chart success that Weird Al's other albums have been, it's still chock full of good parodies. The one that sticks out is "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies," which is featured in the movie. The best part about it is that Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits would only give his blessing to the parody if he got to play guitar on it and Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher got to play synthesizer on it. Instead of that video, though, I went with the song "UHF" because it has various scenes from the movie, as well as parodies of a bunch of '80s bands and artists, such as Guns N' Roses, George Michael, Talking Heads, and Prince, to name a few, although the song itself is a Weird Al original. Ahhh, red snapper. Mmmm, very tasty.
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