Corrected entry: The manager of the top rated television station in even the smallest town in America - and the town this film is set in seems to be quite a large one - would have no problem at all in obtaining a $75,000 loan from a bank (in the time the film was set, anyway). Based on advertising revenues alone, $75,000 would be a very modest amount to ask for. The whole premise of the telethon and the fundraising efforts is completely superfluous.
Grumpy Scot
21st Mar 2008
UHF (1989)
27th Aug 2001
UHF (1989)
Corrected entry: During George's Rambo fantasy a man on the ground fires at him and he catches the bullet in his teeth. Problem is, the bullet still has the shell casing on it.
Correction: Yup, but its a fantasy, George obviously knows nothing about bullets.
Correction: True, however George's adversary R.J. Fletcher is a big man in the business community with lots of financial connections. He could easily have pulled strings to see that George doesn't get a loan - and in fact this very thing happened in a deleted scene.
Grumpy Scot
According to Weird Al's website a deleted scene shows exactly this happening - RJ Fletcher pulls strings to stop Al getting a loan. The scene is not on the DVD or any other media because, as Weird Al says: "Deleted scenes get deleted for a reason... "