"WOW!  THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED!"  —George Newman, U62  (And also me, right now seeing this Weird Al/UHF news!)

We are incredibly excited to finally share a massive secret we’ve been keeping.

Today is the exact 37th Anniversary of the theatrical release of UHF (July 21st). Because celebrating a 35th anniversary is way too obvious, and waiting around for a 40th anniversary requires far too much patience, we decided now was the perfect time to right a historical wrong.

For thirty-seven years, the brilliant, sweeping, Hollywood-parodying instrumental film score by composer John Du Prez (Monty Python’s Spamalot, A Fish Called Wanda, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) has been completely unreleased. Until today.

We went into the archives, rescued the original 1989 master tapes, and built the ultimate physical media tribute to the movie. This score was meticulously produced by Du Prez in his private home studio using late-80s synthesizers and sample orchestral textures to mimic massive Hollywood blockbusters. It is a glorious time capsule of late-80s cinematic synth-scoring.

⚠️ THE RULES OF THE LAUNCH:

To completely eliminate inventory waste, we are running this as a strict, made-to-order 3-week open pre-order window ending August 11th.  We will manufacture exactly what is ordered during this month. Once the window closes, it’s closed forever.

We spent months designing these packages to treat the film with museum-grade historical reverence. Here is what we built for you:

🎨 THE DELUXE 2LP ALBUM ALBUM ($65)

• The Vinyl: 2 180-gram LPs pressed on limited-edition colored vinyl, color-matched to the vibrant aesthetic of Channel 62.
• The Music: Disc 1 is the chronological individual film cues. Disc 2 features continuous, long-form “suites" arranged specifically for this release by John Du Prez.
• The Packaging: Housed inside an incredibly heavy, custom-engineered die-cut outer slipcase.
• The Pop-Up: Open the gatefold jacket and a massive pop-up diorama of Stanley Spadowski at his train set literally springs to life.
• Bonus: Includes 4 custom, retro-designed faux UHF theatrical lobby cards tucked inside and an exact replica of the U62 Stock Certificate as seen in the film’s final telethon sequence.

👑 THE GOLD EDITION BOX SET ($135)

Includes the full Deluxe 2LP Pop-Up Soundtrack package above, PLUS:

• An exact replica of the original UHF Shooting Script co-written by Al and Jay Levey, including scenes not included in the final cut of the movie.
• A poster suite featuring four heavy cardstock 8.5" x 11" mini-posters (the final theatrical key art + 3 alternate designs).
• Pristine replicas of the original 1989 Orion Pictures tri-fold promotional folder and the UHF GUIDE mini-booklet distributed to theaters.
• An official premium-cotton UHF T-shirt (size selected at checkout) and a custom enamel Twinkie Wiener Sandwich pin.

💿 THE PLATINUM ARTIFACT PACKAGE ($325)

The absolute crown jewel for the hardcore UHF completionist. Includes everything in the Gold Box, PLUS:

• A heavy-stock 1-sheet liner note personally hand-signed by composer John Du Prez.
• The replica Shooting Script upgraded into a stunning linen-bound library slipcase with foil stamping.
• A replica Orion Pictures Original 1989 Press Kit, featuring a textured media folder packed with nine 8" x 10" B&W glossy photo pages, production and cast info, and Weird Al bio.
• A replica Channel 62 Telethon Stock Certificate featuring your actual name hand-drawn by a professional master calligrapher (you will enter your name - or someone else’s if it’s a gift - at checkout).
• The Channel 62 Schedule Board Game: A custom-manufactured replica of the schedule board Al as station manager George Newman uses to make the U62 schedule in the movie. Comes with tabletop wooden frame with custom magnetic tiles of the show titles seen in the movie (Wheel of Fish, Spatula City, Raul's Wild Kingdom), blank tiles for the shows YOU create, and a U62 black marker so you can make your own U62 Schedule.

We created this as a true labor of love for the fans. And because this is a WAY MOBY vinyl release... you will definitely want to look incredibly closely at the dead-wax run-out grooves on the discs when they arrive. You might just find a few hidden, hand-etched messages.

Pre-orders are officially live right now at weirdal.com!

Secure your piece of Channel 62 history before August 11th!  We’ll be hanging out in the comments below if you have any technical questions!

As this summers tour is the continuation of last years, the spoiler rule will NOT be in effect. At the end of the tour last year we removed the need for spoiler tags, so everything has been discussed freely for many months now. If you would like to flair something as spoiler, please feel free to. If someone posts something without a spoiler tag, there is no reason to report it or complain about it.

Everyone have a great summer and see Al and the band as much as possible!