An aspiring director and the marginally-talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
A town of Blaine, Missouri is preparing for celebrations of its 150th anniversary. Corky St.Clair, an off-off-off-off-off-Broadway director is putting together an amateur theater show about the town's history, starring a local dentist, a couple of travel agents, a Dairy Queen waitress, and a car repairman. He invites a Broadway theater critic Mr. Guffman to see the opening night of the show.
Written by Piotr Zembrowski <zembrows@astro.utoronto.ca>
Cameo:
[Joseph T. Garrity]
In the western-wear shoot at the end of the film, the film's production designer appears as the commercial's director.
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Goofs
Continuity:
After Ron (Fred Willard) deploys the whoopee cushion, he holds it up with his left hand; but when the camera then cuts to close-up, it's in his right hand.
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Quotes
Dr. Pearl:
People say, You must have been the class clown. And I say, No, I wasn't. But I sat next to the class clown, and I studied him. See more »
Crazy Credits
During the end credits Christopher Guest's character shows us some of the
fun memorabilia that he sells in his store.
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"Stool Boom"
Written by Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest Courtesy of Dog on the Beach Music / Coney Island Whitefish Music / Hazen Music (ASCAP) Sung by the cast in the show
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