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Writers:
Nick Castle (writer)
Dick Chudnow (writer)
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If you haven't got a sense of humor, you haven't got a prayer.
Plot:
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, but which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise. | add synopsis
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Forget "The Loved One". This is the film that will offend everyone! more (5 total)

Cast

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Dabney Coleman ... Marvin Fleece
Paul Cooper ... Pom
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Rosemary Alexander ... Mormon Wife
Lewis Arquette ... Fred Wilson
Jaime Lyn Bauer ... Mary of Nazareth
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Willie Washington, Usher
Joe Bratcher ... Joseph of Nazareth
Charlie Brill ... Dr. Ramirez
Bob Casale ... 'Dove' band member
Gerald V. Casale ... 'Dove' band member
Dick Chudnow ... Newsboy / Mexican / Wino / Hassidic Jew / Possessed Boy / Leagally Dead Harold / Bruce the Orderly
Jacque Lynn Colton ... Joanie
Dr. John ... Himself
Woody Eney ... Hal Tramer
Archie Hahn ... Fletcher Peebles
Charles Haid ... Buck Sunday
Doug Hale ... Announcer
Deidre Hall ... Sarah of Nazareth
Fawne Harriman ... Singer
Bobby Herbeck ... Scooter Hayes
Joyce Jameson ... Millie Peebles
Bill Kirchenbauer ... Elvin
Rex Knowles ... Hari Krishna Quartet
Poppy Lagos ... Mother Mama Mary
Sam Laws ... Baptist Reverend
Biff Manard ... Billie Bob Joe Brown
Richard Marion ... Rock Flynn

Anna Mathias ... Freedom Sunshine

Christine McClure (as Elli Maclure)
Jed Mills ... Farmer in Auditions
Nancy Morgan ... Peggy Williams
Roger E. Mosley ... Willie Washington / Leroy Washington

Mark Mothersbaugh ... Performer (as Devo)
Robert Mothersbaugh ... 'Dove' band member
Alan Myers ... 'Dove' band member

Paul Reubens ... Jack Chudnowski
Jeffrey Richman ... Jesus
Ruth Silveira ... Viola Malo
Ron Vernan ... Tony

Marcia Wallace ... Alice Kidd
Vernon Washington ... Jimmy
Dick Yarmy ... Dr. Ben Gay
Paul Zegler ... Dwayne
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Additional Details

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K-GOD
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86 min
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The band in the film, Dove, is played by the rock-music group Devo. more
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Forget "The Loved One". This is the film that will offend everyone!, 19 June 2005
9/10
Author: westerfield from United States

This film takes on all religions and skewers them neatly while being fall-down funny. Lots of unknowns who made a splash later, despite this black mark on their records. Dabney Coleman as a really sleazy business man. Roger E. Mosley as a shouting preacher. The songs will leave you humming a sacrilegious tune - "I love my God, he is the best around....if I get run down by a truck, it's not His fault it's just my own bad luck". The film is really a series of funny sketches tied together by the problems of the station's finances. So forget the story and enjoy the incredibly absurd takeoffs that only a really disturbed person could devise. Only problem is the ending which tries to redeem the story with "just love everybody".

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