\Weird Al\" Yankovic" UHF what is UHF? Yankovic starred in a full-length feature film, co-written by himself and manager Jay Levey, and filmed in Tulsa, Oklahoma called UHF. how was the film received? it was unsuccessful in theaters due to both poor critical reception and competition from other summer blockbusters at the time such as any other films? The film has since become a cult classic, with out-of-print copies of the VHS version selling for up to $100 on eBay until the release of the DVD in 2002. any songs during this time period? The failure of the film left Yankovic in a three-year slump, which was later broken by his inspiration to compose "Smells Like Nirvana".
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How was the song "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic received?
In 1989, Yankovic starred in a full-length feature film, co-written by himself and manager Jay Levey, and filmed in Tulsa, Oklahoma called UHF. A satire of the television and film industries, also starring Michael Richards, Fran Drescher, and Victoria Jackson, it brought floundering studio Orion their highest test scores since the movie RoboCop. However, it was unsuccessful in theaters due to both poor critical reception and competition from other summer blockbusters at the time such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, Batman and Licence to Kill. The failure of the film left Yankovic in a three-year slump, which was later broken by his inspiration to compose "Smells Like Nirvana". The film has since become a cult classic, with out-of-print copies of the VHS version selling for up to $100 on eBay until the release of the DVD in 2002. Yankovic occasionally shows clips from the film at his concerts (to which MGM, the film's current owner, initially objected in the form of a cease and desist letter). In an apparent attempt to make it more accessible to overseas audiences, where the term UHF is used less frequently to describe TV broadcasts, the film was titled The Vidiot From UHF in Australia and parts of Europe. UHF shows the creation of Yankovic's signature food--the Twinkie Wiener Sandwich. The snack consists of an overturned Twinkie split open as a makeshift bun, a hot dog, and Easy Cheese put together and dipped in milk before eating. Yankovic has stated that he has switched to using tofu hot dogs since becoming a vegetarian, but still enjoys the occasional Twinkie Wiener Sandwich. CANNOTANSWER
The film has since become a cult classic,
"How Blue" is a song written by John Moffat, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire.  It was released in September 1984 as the first single from the album My Kind of Country.  It was her third number one single on the Billboard country music chart and would be the first of a series of number one singles during the 1980s and 1990s.

Background
"How Blue" was recorded at the MCA studio in Nashville, Tennessee in 1984. The song was one of several new tracks released on McEntire's second MCA album, My Kind of Country, which mainly included cover versions of traditional country songs. The song itself was considered a departure from any of McEntire's previously released singles, as it contained a traditional sound, with fiddle and steel guitar in the background.

Content
The song describes a woman who asks herself "how blue" or lonely she can feel until she has gotten over her lover, whom she had recently broken up with. The song's chorus explains the storyline:

How blue can you make me
How long till I heal
How can I go on loving you when you're gone
How blue can I feel?

Critical reception 
Since its release as a single, "How Blue" has received positive critical reception from critics. Kurt Wolff of the book, Country Music: The Rough Guide called the song, "one of rootsiest songs she has ever recorded." AllMusic's William Ruhlmann called the song, "the breakthrough she was looking for," and Rolling Stone also received "How Blue" well, eventually putting McEntire on their list of their "Top 5 Favorite Country Artists." The country music website, My Kind of Country also praised "How Blue," commenting that it was a departure from any of McEntire's previous releases, stating, "The stripped-down, acoustic guitar and fiddle-driven arrangement was a far cry from anything McEntire had recorded before. Producer Harold Shedd had found the song and had to convince a reluctant Reba to record it. She initially felt that it was a man’s song, but she reconsidered when the line “ain’t you got a heart left in your breast” was changed to “chest”."

Release and chart performance 
"How Blue" was released on September 24, 1984 on MCA Nashville Records. The song reached number one on the Billboard Magazine country music chart months before My Kind of Country'''s release, reaching the top spot in January 1985. The song also peaked at number 6 on the Canadian RPM'' Country Tracks charts around the same time. The song helped McEntire to win the Country Music Association Awards' "Female Vocalist of the Year" honor and was also regarded as a "new traditionalist" by many music critics, along with country artists, George Strait and Ricky Skaggs.

Charts

References 

1984 singles
Reba McEntire songs
Song recordings produced by Harold Shedd
MCA Records singles
1984 songs How Is Your Fish Today?, also known as Jin Tian De Yu Zen Me Yang?, is a 2007 Chinese film written by Xiaolu Guo and Hui Rao.  It was directed by Xiaolu Guo. The film is a drama set in modern China, focusing on the intertwined stories of two main characters; a frustrated writer (Hui Rao) and the subject of his latest work, Lin Hao (Zijiang Yang). How Is Your Fish Today won 4 international awards and was well received by critics, but was not commercially successful.

Cast
 Hui Rao as himself
 Zijiang Yang as Lin Hao
 Xiaolu Guo as Mimi
 Ning Hao as Hu Ning

Reception
How Is Your Fish Today? was consistently given good ratings by reviewers, but still remains fairly unpopular.

Critics
On its release, How Is Your Fish Today? was received well by critics, who applauded the film as an impressive debut from Guo.

Awards
 "Grand Prix" at the 2007 Créteil International Women's Film Festival
 Special Mention at the 2007 Fribourg International Film Festival
 Special Mention at the 2007 Pesaro International Film Festival of New Cinema
 NETPAC Special Mention at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival

Nominations

 "Tiger Award" at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival
 "Grand Jury Prize" in the World Cinema/Dramatic categories at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival

References

External links
HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? site for Independent Lens on PBS 
 
 
 

2007 films
Chinese films
Mandarin-language films
Films directed by Xiaolu Guo How I Knew Her is the first solo studio album by American musician Nataly Dawn of the duo Pomplamoose, released on February 12, 2013 under Nonesuch Records. The album was funded by a Kickstarter campaign which raised over $100,000 and was produced by Pomplamoose half Jack Conte.

Reception
How I Knew Her was met with "generally favorable reviews" from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 68, based on 12 reviews.

Track listing

References

2013 albums
Kickstarter-funded albums