Yankovic turned a vegetarian in 1992 when his then-girlfriend gave him a copy of the 1987 John Robbins e book Diet for a New America, which he claimed "produced a pretty persuasive argument for a rigorous vegetarian diet plan". B-facet, and the label gave Yankovic a 6-thirty day period recording contract. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the movie UHF (1989) and the tv sequence The Weird Al Show (1997).