who played bernie focker?
Dustin Hoffman
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 Following the success of Yankovic 's 1988 album Even Worse , which featured the Michael Jackson spoof " Fat " , Yankovic pitched a screenplay co @-@ written by his manager Jay Levey called UHF to Orion Pictures . A satire of the television and film industries , the film starred Yankovic as George Newman , a man who stumbles into managing a low @-@ budget UHF television station and finds success with his eclectic programming choices . Also starring Michael Richards , Fran Drescher , and Victoria Jackson , it brought the floundering studio Orion their highest test scores since the movie RoboCop . Although the movie made slightly over US $ 6 million domestically — out of a budget of $ 5 million — it was considered unsuccessful . 

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 Bernie Mac as Bobby Bolivia , a used cars salesman . 

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 Remaining cast members included Tiny Ron Taylor as Lothar , Terry O 'Quinn as Howard Hughes , Jon Polito as Otis Bigelow , Ed Lauter as Agent Fitch , Eddie Jones as Malcolm the Mechanic and Robert Miranda as Spanish Johnny . Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens has a cameo as the German test pilot who is killed when the Nazis ' version of a rocket backpack explodes during the takeoff sequence . 

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 In his eighties , Nielsen performed serious roles on screen and stage ( such as his one @-@ man theatre show Darrow , in which he played Clarence Darrow ) , as well as providing voice @-@ overs and appearances for commercials ; cartoons like Zeroman where he had the leading role / voice ; children 's shows , such as Pumper Pups , which he narrated , in addition to comedic film roles . The sibling relationship with his elder brother , the Honourable Erik Nielsen , a former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada , served as the premise of an HBO mockumentary entitled The Canadian Conspiracy in which Leslie Nielsen appeared , along with other prominent Canadian @-@ born media personalities . He was a celebrity contestant on CBS 's Gameshow Marathon , where he played The Price Is Right , Let 's Make a Deal , Beat the Clock , and Press Your Luck for charity . 

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 The two hippies , Seth and Munchie , were portrayed by comic actors Martin Mull and George Carlin respectively . For a while , the staff were not sure of who would play Munchie . Although they had decided on Mull to play Seth , the staff were " kind of stuck " on who would play Munchie . Carlin was suggested by Ron Hauge , one of the Simpsons writers , who " really wanted to meet [ Carlin ] " but ended up not going to the recording session . Scully stated that Mull and Carlin were " some of the funniest guys that ever lived " , and that recording their lines was " a lot of fun " . Although it does not occur with most other guest stars in the series , Mull and Carlin recorded their lines together . While the designs of Seth and Munchie were not modeled after anyone in particular , their hair @-@ styles were slightly based on those of Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen , owners of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry 's . Comedian Bob Hope was portrayed by series regular cast member Dan Castellaneta , who plays Homer among many other characters in the series . Jill St. John and Phyllis Diller were both voiced by American voice actress Tress MacNeille . The psychedelic version of The Simpsons ' main theme that plays during the end credits was performed by Yo La Tengo , an American alternative rock band who are friends of Cary 's . 
