This modern 'black' comedy is something of a cult but also patchy overall: surprisingly, it was written by future Hollywood film-maker Joel Schumacher and director Schultz, then, would eventually go on to make the fiasco that was the film version of The Beatles' seminal album SGT. PEPPERS' LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (1978). It basically provides a microcosm of mid-1970s American attitudes (and converging cultures) in its 'day in the life' depiction of the titular workplace: characters, costumes, hairstyles, soundtrack, even language are so obviously of their time that they both make and date the film.
Popular stand-up comics put in an appearance as well: George Carlin is a taxi driver forever in search of a female customer who ditched him but then doesn't recognize the girl when he comes face to face with her(!), while Richard Pryor has a showy role as a millionaire (i.e. hypocritical) evangelist. It's telling that perhaps the film's funniest gags are both gross in nature: one has a boy constantly throwing up and another in which an old man's urine sample-bottle is mistaken for an exploding liquid and destroyed!
Popular stand-up comics put in an appearance as well: George Carlin is a taxi driver forever in search of a female customer who ditched him but then doesn't recognize the girl when he comes face to face with her(!), while Richard Pryor has a showy role as a millionaire (i.e. hypocritical) evangelist. It's telling that perhaps the film's funniest gags are both gross in nature: one has a boy constantly throwing up and another in which an old man's urine sample-bottle is mistaken for an exploding liquid and destroyed!