GBW #14: Please Don't Stop the Music (UHF / Disorderlies / Cool As Ice)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris discuss star vehicles/vanity projects for musicians that were meant to launch their respective film careers, but... didn't quite pan out. We start with 1989's "UHF," the now cult classic "Weird Al" Yankovic vehicle that tanked horribly the summer it came out. We talk about Weird Al's career, how he has endured in the years since, and whether or not "UHF" will continue to pick up more of an audience as time passes. Then, we move onto a film that time has all but forgot, "Disorderlies." Intended as a vehicle for The Fat Boys, the film was not a financial failure (it made double its budget in 1987), but arguably a comedic one. Finally, we dive into the infamous 1991 Vanilla Ice vanity project, "Cool As Ice," an already weird film made even weirder by the fact that one of our greatest living cinematographers (Janusz Kaminski) exquisitely shot it.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.