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Overview

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Director:
Tom Trbovich
Writers:
Billy Crystal (writer)
Christopher Guest (writer)
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Release Date:
24 July 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
User Comments:
Sketch comedy show with potential. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Rob Reiner ... Various Characters
Tom Leopold ... Various Characters

Harry Shearer ... Various Characters

Christopher Guest ... Various Characters
Deborah Harmon ... Various Characters
Kres Mersky ... Various Characters

Michael McKean ... Various Characters

Billy Crystal ... Various Characters
Martin Mull ... Various Characters
Johnny Brown ... The Kingfish
Brett Somers ... Herself
Marvin Braverman
Loudon Wainwright III ... Dead Man on Telethon / Spinal Tap Keyboardist
Henry Harris ... Andy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Burbank, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
"Rock and Roll Nightmare", the song performed by Spinal Tap in this pilot, was first released on a bootleg in 2000. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, not 1932. more
Quotes:
Adolf Hitler: Maybe I should've worn the pinstripes. more
Movie Connections:
Spin off This Is Spinal Tap (1984) more
Soundtrack:
Elizabeth and Andy more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Sketch comedy show with potential., 30 April 2002
Author: t.mike from USA

This is a failed pilot, but not a bad early outing for Reiner, Guest, et al. Reiner is terrific in a brilliant sketch where he plays Hitler on trial. The show also features an early performance of Spinal Tap. There are some dead moments where they dress is gratuitous drag and basically rip off the so-called "pepperpot" characters from Monty Python. I guess with Saturday Night Live and SCTV, network tv figured they didn't need another sketch show.

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