Al's Pals

Post by **Well, Well, Well** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:18 pm

If anything, UHF would have hurt his chances of being cast in Seinfeld; it certainly didn't help.

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:43 pm

Why do you say that, Well, Well, Well? I thought Michael Richards was brilliant in UHF.

Post by **Well, Well, Well** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:37 am

Yes, I too thought he was good in UHF, and I'm sure most (if not all) people here thought he was as well. But UHF was not a popular movie, nor did it receive any sort of praise from critics or awards. In fact, I seem to remember from Al's 'Behind the Music' that it was a pretty big flop at the box office. Just because everyone here loves it doesn't mean the rest of the world did too.

Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:05 am

Don't forget that UHF was up against some extremely stiff competition that summer. Anybody remember offhand how it did in DVD sales?

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:29 am

Well @ Well, Well,Nov 25 2006, 06:37 PM wrote: But UHF was not a popular movie, nor did it receive any sort of praise from critics or awards. In fact, I seem to remember from Al's 'Behind the Music' that it was a pretty big flop at the box office.

That's very true, but at least one negative review of the movie did single out Michael's performance as a highlight, so "UHF" did increase his visibility a little.

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:05 pm

Well, Well, Well @ Nov 25 2006, 06:37 PM wrote: Yes, I too thought he was good in UHF, and I'm sure most (if not all) people here thought he was as well. But UHF was not a popular movie, nor did it receive any sort of praise from critics or awards. In fact, I seem to remember from Al's 'Behind the Music' that it was a pretty big flop at the box office. Just because everyone here loves it doesn't mean the rest of the world did too.

It's true that it didn't do well at the box office, but that doesn't make Michael's appearance any less impressive. Plus, if he was such good friends with the powers at be at Seinfeld, they may have seen it to support him.

Operalady · Post by **Operalady** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:42 am

I remember him from "Fridays" when he was the drugest who obviously took some samples. He was good in UHF too.

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:17 pm

Michael Richards didn't play the druggist character. Mark Blankfield did. Richards characters were "Battle Boy" and "Dick, the hapless ladies man".

Post by **Well, Well, Well** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:21 pm

Glad to see he has cleaned up his act...I guess.

Post by **scottidog** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:50 pm

Y'all remember Al's cousins in the Japanese Rap

group Nice Guy Jin? Well, they have a video over at YouTube.

An interview with pictures. In case it's not clear - Novi Go and Afropics are brothers, and also cousins of Al.