There's a certain timeless twisted quality in the movie UHF that defies description. It's a great spoof of the nature of (then) UHF TV, where most stations made their money by showing reruns. Today, all broadcast TV is digital, and there is no physical difference between what were UHF stations, and the original VHF stations - they all share the same area of spectrum reserved for broadcast TV signals. Yet, when one gets past the technology used to deliver media to people, the gags still work. In the image above, the man at the right is asking for "change" One man gives him a penny (later found to be a valuable 1909-S VDB penny), while Weird Al's character gives him $1.00 in change, and receives a $1.00 bill in exchange for it. "Change?" My favorite gag from the film involves a shipment of Badgers for "Raul's Wild Kingdom." When Raul sees the Badgers, he says: "Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking Badgers!" Raul's show stinks, but it's popular - just like many UHF shows of the past.
Why do I mention "Change?" Well, I never thought I'd be working in female mode. Now, I'm employed for the second time as Marian. If I had been able to get another technology job, I'd have worked as Mario. But, since these jobs are not open to me right now, why not work as a female and enjoy how many people react to me? If the ex had stayed in my life, I never would have taken this step - romance was always more important to me. She never understood that, and never will. But that's water under the bridge now.
Because of my new job, I have started wearing clothing more typical of the average American female. Instead of wearing dresses all the time, I'm wearing tunics with leggings, or long sweaters over trouser like garments. I seem to be blending in better than I did in the past. I truly have a foot in each of the male and female worlds. And this is a good thing....
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