Stanley Spadowski
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Stanley Spadowski is a fictional character in the 1989 movie UHF. He was portrayed by Michael Richards. He is mostly incompetent and a bit slow, but is friendly and loyal to George for giving him the job he needed. Stanley originally worked as a janitor for the big-time network, Channel 8, led by the ruthless R.J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy). Early in the film, Stanley is fired by Fletcher for incompetence. Luckily, he bumps into George Newman ("Weird Al" Yankovic), who has become the new owner of channel 62, a UHF (Ultra-High Frequency) station. George offers Stanley a job, and Stanley gladly accepts.
Later in the film, George suffers a breakdown and leaves his children's show, "Uncle Nutsy's Clubhouse," mid-episode. On his way out the door, he offers the job to Stanley, who accepts - once he confirms that he can still be the janitor as well. "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse" quickly (within one episode) becomes the highest-rated show on the station and soon makes the station number 1 on the ratings, despite being little more than Stanley talking about random things, goofing around, or even simply eating in front of the audience.
He claims to love anchovies because they are "real fishy", and likes to sometimes get a pizza with just anchovies ("No peppers or anything").
He has a mop that was given to him on his birthday when he was eight years old. It seems to be his most prized possession. He claims that he and the mop "have never been apart", and is visibly offended when George refers to it as "just a mop". After it is taken from him, he reclaims it towards the end of the film, using it in "lightsaber fashion" to beat up several Channel 8 henchman.
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