UHF w. Josaleigh Pollett
You Are Good
Alex Steed
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
"Today we are going to learn how to make plutonium from common household items." In which we dive into the Weird Al universe and UHF with Josaleigh Pollett.
We also have a bonus episode about Weird: The Al Yankovic story up on Patreon and Apple podcast subscriptions!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello you and welcome to You Are Good, a feelings podcast about movies. |
| 0:14.2 | Today we are talking about the weird Al-Yankovic classic UHF. |
| 0:18.6 | We're talking about it with our great friend Josalie Pollitt. I am your host |
| 0:23.6 | Alex Steed. I am so glad that you are here. Hey, if you like Weird Al, as I assume that you probably |
| 0:31.1 | do all considered, we have a companion bonus episode for this UHF conversation about Weird, the L. Yankovic story. |
| 0:39.8 | It's over in Bonusland on Patreon and Apple podcast subscriptions. |
| 0:43.8 | Be sure to go check that out if you're intrigued by all things Weird Al. |
| 0:50.1 | You are good at feelings podcasts about movies is exactly what it sounds like. |
| 0:53.7 | We are a podcast where we talk about our feelings through the lens of the movies we watch. |
| 0:59.8 | We are not film critics. |
| 1:01.1 | We are not here to say, this was good or this is bad. |
| 1:04.2 | We are here to talk about feelings as processed through the movies we watch. |
| 1:09.6 | UHF released internationally as the vidiot from UHF is a 1989 American comedy film |
| 1:16.2 | starring, of course, Weird Al Yankovic. |
| 1:18.7 | It was written by Weird Al and Jay Levy has all sorts of folks in it, including Kevin |
| 1:23.9 | McCarthy, Michael Richards, Getty Watanabe, Emo Phillips, and Victoria Jackson. |
| 1:30.3 | We'll get into all that in the episode. |
| 1:32.9 | Josalie Paulette is a friend of the show, has been on the show before talking about Jesus |
| 1:37.4 | Christ Superstar. |
| 1:38.3 | We are such a fan of Josalie. |
| 1:41.2 | Love All Things, Jocely. |
| 1:42.5 | Jocely's got a new record coming out called If I Let It Quiet. One of the singles from that record, The Witness, is out now. You can hear it at the end of this very episode. Thank you so much, Jocely, for letting us play it here. A link to that record can be found in the show notes of this very episode. How are you doing? What is going on in your world? How are you feeling? |
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