Editing Off the Deep End (section)

===Background===
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 (film)|UHF]]''. A satire of the television and film industries, also starring [[Michael Richards]], [[Fran Drescher]], and [[Victoria Jackson]], it brought floundering studio [[Orion Pictures|Orion]] their highest [[test screening|test scores]] since the movie ''[[RoboCop]]''.<ref name="robo">{{Cite web| url = http://weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/ask-al/#0599| title = 'Ask Al' Q&As for May, 1999| access-date = June 26, 2010| last = Yankovic| first = Alfred M.| author-link = "Weird Al" Yankovic|date=May 1999| work = The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site}}</ref> Although the movie made a little over six million domestically – out of a budget of five million – it was considered unsuccessful.<ref name="robo"/>

Yankovic also released a quasi-soundtrack for the film in late 1989, entitled ''[[UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff]]'', which featured songs (and commercials) from the movie as well as new unrelated studio material from Yankovic. The album failed to be successful, charting at only 146 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and quickly falling off.<ref name="awards">{{cite web| url = http://www.weirdal.com/awards.htm| url-status = dead| title = Awards| access-date = April 3, 2013| last = Yankovic| first = Alfred M.| author-link = "Weird Al" Yankovic| year = 2003| work = The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090203145148/http://www.weirdal.com/awards.htm| archive-date = February 3, 2009}}</ref> After the release of ''UHF'', Yankovic returned to the studio to record his follow-up album.<ref name="recordingdates"/>