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Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1987-09-18
- video_camera_front Companies Universal Pictures, Westward Productions
- timer Runtime: 84 Mins
- star Rating: 6 / 10
- favorite Likes: 165 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0092546
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Arsenio Hall
Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")

Donald F. Muhich
Easterbrook (segment "Pethouse Video")

Monique Gabrielle
Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")

Lou Jacobi
Murray (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Erica Yohn
Selma (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Debbi A. Davison
Weather Person (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Rob Krausz
Floor Manager (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Phil Hartman
Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Corey Burton
Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Corey Burton
Announcer (segment "Silly Paté")

Michelle Pfeiffer
Brenda (segment "Hospital")

Peter Horton
Harry (segment "Hospital")

Griffin Dunne
Doctor (segment "Hospital")

Brian Ann Zoccola
Nurse (segment "Hospital")

Joe Pantoliano
Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")

Stanley Brock
Customer (segment "Hairlooming")

Steve Forrest
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Robert Colbert
Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Joey Travolta
Butch (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Forrest J. Ackerman
U.S. President (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Sybil Danning
Queen Lara (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Lana Clarkson
Alpha Beta (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

David Alan Grier
Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")

B.B. King
B.B. King (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

William Bryant
Male Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Roxie Roker
Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Le Tari
Pimp (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Christopher Broughton
Fan Club President (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Rosanna Arquette
Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")

Steve Guttenberg
Jerry (segment "Two I.D.'s")

Henry Silva
Henry Silva (segment "Bullshit or Not")

Sarah Lilly
Prostitute (segment "Bullshit or Not")

Archie Hahn
Harvey Pitnik (segment "Critics Corner") / Harvey Pitnik (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Belinda Balaski
Bernice Pitnik (segment "Critics Corner") / Bernice Pitnik (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Justin Benham
Pitnik Boy (segment "Critics Corner") / Pitnik Boy (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Erica Gayle
Pitnik Girl (segment "Critics Corner") / Pitnik Girl (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Al Lohman
Frankel (segment "Critics Corner")

Roger Barkley
Herbert (segment "Critics Corner")

T.K. Carter
Host (segment "Silly Paté")

Phil Proctor
Mike (segment "Silly Paté")

Ira Newborn
Fred (segment "Silly Paté")

Karen Montgomery
Karen (segment "Silly Paté")

Robert Picardo
Rick Raddnitz (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Slappy White
Slappy White (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Jackie Vernon
Jackie Vernon (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Charlie Callas
Charlie Callas (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Steve Allen
Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

William Marshall
Pirate Captain (segment "Video Pirates")

Tino Insana
Mr. Sylvio (segment "Video Pirates")

Donald Gibb
Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")

Frank Collison
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")

William S. Taylor
Gruesome Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")

Ed Begley Jr.
Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Chuck Lafont
Trent (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Pamla Vale
Woman in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Larry Hankin
Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Garry Goodrow
Checker Player (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Roger La Page
London Bobby (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

John Ingle
Felix Van Dam (segment "Art Sale")

Angel Tompkins
First Lady (segment "First Lady of the Evening")

Terence McGovern
Salesman (segment "First Lady of the Evening")

Michael Hanks
Announcer (segment "First Lady of the Evening")

Matt Adler
George (segment "Titan Man")

Kelly Preston
Violet (segment "Titan Man")

Ralph Bellamy
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")

Howard Hesseman
Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")

Steve Cropper
Customer (segment "Titan Man")

Marc McClure
Ray (segment "Video Date")

Russ Meyer
Video Salesman (segment "Video Date")

Corinne Wahl
Sherrie (segment "Video Date")

Andrew Dice Clay
Frankie (segment "Video Date")

Willard E. Pugh
Speaking Cop (segment "Video Date")

Carrie Fisher
Mary Brown (segment "Reckless Youth")

Paul Bartel
Doctor (segment "Reckless Youth")

Herb Vigran
Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

Tracy Hutchinson
Floozie (segment "Reckless Youth")

Mike Mazurki
Dutch (segment "Reckless Youth")

Frank Beddor
Ken (segment "Reckless Youth")

Bryan Cranston
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)

Wallace Langham
Private Anson W. Pucket (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)

Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis (segment "Murray in Videoland") (uncredited)

Robert Loggia
Gen. McCormick (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)

Bela Lugosi
Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)

Dick Miller
Danny Clayton (segment "The French Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)

Kellye Nakahara
Theatre Customer #4 (segment "Peter Pan Theatre") (uncredited)
groups Crew

Peter Horton
Director

Michael Barrie
Writer

Carl Gottlieb
Director

John Landis
Director

Robert K. Weiss
Director

Sally Dennison
Casting

Joe Dante
Director

Malcolm Campbell
Editor

Bert Lovitt
Editor

Jim Mulholland
Writer

Julie Selzer
Casting

Robert K. Weiss
Producer

Marshall Harvey
Editor

Daniel Pearl
Director of Photography

Robb Idels
Associate Producer

John Landis
Executive Producer

George Folsey Jr.
Executive Producer

Rick Barker
Stunts

Brian R. Carson
Stunts

Bob K. Cummings
Stunts

Christopher Doyle
Stunts

Eddie Hice
Stunts

Noon Orsatti
Stunts

Curtis Powers
Stunts

Paul Sherrod
Stunts

J.D. Silvester
Stunts

Lincoln Simonds
Stunts

Monty L. Simons
Stunts

Roger La Page
Unit Production Manager

Deborah Love
First Assistant Director

Dan Schneider
First Assistant Director

David Sosna
First Assistant Director

Robin Holding
Second Assistant Director

Robin R. Oliver
Second Assistant Director

Ivo Cristante
Production Design

Taryn De Chellis
Costume Designer

Alex Hajdu
Art Direction

Julie Kaye Fanton
Set Decoration

Jennifer Pray
Lead Set Dresser

Victoria J. Auth
Set Dresser

Debra Combs
Set Dresser

John H. Maxwell
Set Dresser

Todd E. Weisman
Set Dresser

Gregory R. Wolf
Property Master

David E. Harshbarger
Assistant Property Master

Len Morganti
Storyboard Artist

Jackie Saunders
Script Supervisor

Rick Rothen
Location Manager

Pamela Morrow
Location Manager

Patricia Whitcher
Production Coordinator

J. Michael McClary
Camera Operator

Vincent Baldino
First Assistant Camera

Bruce M. Pasternack
First Assistant Camera

Peter Mercurio
Second Assistant Camera

Jerry Chan
Second Assistant Camera

Luc G. Nicknair
Third Assistant Camera

Richard Foreman Jr.
Still Photographer

Roger Sassen
Gaffer

Robert Krebsbach
Best Boy Electrician

Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci
Electrician

Scott Grinham
Electrician

Ronald J. Pure Jr.
Electrician

Rick Herres
Electrician

J. Michael Popovich
Key Grip

Philip Sloan
Key Grip

Larry Sweet
Best Boy Grip

Jeff Smith
Best Boy Grip

Thomas M. Gibson
Grip

James Sweet
Grip

Kurt C. Kuntzmann
Grip

Robert W. McCarty
Grip

Brian H. Reynolds
Grip

Todd Mitchell Griffith
Grip

Susumu Tokunow
Sound Mixer

Gary Holland
Boom Operator

Margaret C. Mayer
Assistant Costume Designer

Debra L. Wright
Costumer

Carolyn Clark
Costumer

Mira Zavidowsky
Costumer

Cecile M. Metivier
Seamstress

Robin Siegel
Makeup Artist

Nanette Marie MacCaughern
Assistant Makeup Artist

Lynne K. Eagan
Hairstylist

Marshall Harvey
Music Editor

Jack Hilton
Assistant Editor

Florent Danny Retz
Assistant Editor

Pattye Rogers
Assistant Editor

Rick Barker
Stunt Coordinator

Janet Cunningham
Extras Casting

Bruce Richardson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

William Jacobs
Sound Effects Editor

Cindy Marty
Sound Effects Editor

David Spence
Sound Effects Editor

Gary Wright
Sound Effects Editor

Dean Drabin
Foley Mixer

Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist

Gary A. Hecker
Foley Artist

Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Paul Wells
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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