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Edited into

'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (V)
"The Weird Al Show: Al Gets Robbed (#1.13)" (1997)
 -  The "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" segment is featured during the closing credits.
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (2003) (V)

References

Steamboat Willie (1928)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
"You Bet Your Life" (1950)
 -  One of the TV programs on the U62 fall schedule is "You Bet Your Pink Slip."
"Father Knows Best" (1954)
 -  One of the TV programs on the U62 fall schedule is "Buddha Knows Best."
This Island Earth (1955)
"The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955)
"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)
"Bonanza" (1959)
"My Three Sons" (1960)
 -  One of the TV programs on the U62 fall schedule is "My Three Mutants."
"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)
 -  A music video about Beverly Hillbillies is done in the style of Dire Straits' "money for nothing,"
"The Flying Nun" (1967)
 -  One of the TV programs on the U62 fall schedule is "The Flying Pope."
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
"The New Price Is Right" (1972)
 -  One of the TV programs on the U62 fall schedule is "The Lice Is Right."
"The Young and the Restless" (1973)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
 -  Jason Voorhees was one of the guests on Town Talk

Referenced in

Aliens (1993)
"The Weird Al Show: Back to School (#1.4)" (1997)
 -  Gedde Watanabe again appears as Kuni, Al's judo instructor, and ends the lesson by screaming, "You're so stupid!"
"The Weird Al Show: Talent Show (#1.8)" (1997)
 -  The "UHF" video is featured during the closing credits.
"The Weird Al Show: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Hamster (#1.10)" (1997)
 -  The TV program of the three-armed guitar player that Al watches airs on public-access channel 62. The TV channel that Al managed in "UHF" was called U62.
State and Main (2000)
 -  Mentions grosses of "Gandhi II," which was a fictional film in UHF
Postal 2 (2002) (VG)
 -  The Postal Dude's quote "Guns don't kill people...I do!" is borrowed from this film.
"Andy Richter Controls the Universe: Wedding (#1.6)" (2002)
 -  Andy quotes the 'stinking badgers' line
The Flying Aarons (2004)
 -  Referenced as one of Andy's Jones's inspirations
Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) (V)
 -  Shot in "Virus Alert" video of customers running into "Leotard City" is a reference to the "Spatula City" sketch from Al's movie.

Features

"Mister Ed" (1961)
Mars Needs Women (1967) (TV)
"The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampett Curse (#5.19)" (1967)
 -  Weird Al's character falls asleep watching this episode on TV

Featured in

Behind the Scenes: 'UHF' (1989) (TV)
Camp MTV (1989) (TV)
 -  Camp MTV was a special used to promote "UHF."
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (V)
"Behind the Music: 'Weird Al' Yankovic (#2.36)" (1999)
 -  clips

Spoofs

Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
 -  In the scene with the animal house, the show's host, Raul Hernandez, who is receiving a shipment of badgers says "Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!" This is in reference to "The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948) and the line "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!"
"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)
"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" (1963)
"Let's Make a Deal" (1963)
Shaft (1971)
"Wheel of Fortune" (1975)
Network (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
 -  Stanley Spadowski swings his mop when he escapes from RJ's thugs and it makes a light saber sound
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
 -  George carves a Devil's Tower out of Mashed Potatoes at Teri's home and says "this means something"
The Shining (1980)
 -  Weird Al says "Redrum, redrum" while bending his finger like Danny Torrance.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 -  Opening sequence
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
 -  Conan the Librarian TV show
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
 -  Jason Voorhees was one of the guests on Town Talk
First Blood (1982)
 -  A cut-a-way, fantasy-like scene in which the main character is dressed like John Rambo and is in a similar situation as those in the Rambo movies
Gandhi (1982)
"TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" (1984)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
 -  When George Newman goes to channel 8 to rescue Stanley Spadowski he daydreams that he is John Rambo
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Commando (1985)
The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults (1986) (TV)
 -  During the "Town Talk" sequence--"the mystery of Al Capone's glove box"
Rambo III (1988)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Spoofed in

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Zombie Strippers! (2008)
 -  Same line: Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers -said by Paco

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