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The Groove Tube

  • 19741974
  • XX
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2.2K
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The Groove Tube (1974)
A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.
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A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ken Shapiro
  • Writers
    • Ken Shapiro
    • Lane Sarasohn
    • Rich Allen(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Ken Shapiro
    • Richard Belzer
    • Chevy Chase
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ken Shapiro
  • Writers
    • Ken Shapiro
    • Lane Sarasohn
    • Rich Allen(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Ken Shapiro
    • Richard Belzer
    • Chevy Chase
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    • 46User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Chevy Chase and Jennifer Welles in The Groove Tube (1974)

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    Ken Shapiro
    • Ko-koas Ko-ko…
    Richard Belzer
    Richard Belzer
    • Rodriguezas Rodriguez…
    Chevy Chase
    Chevy Chase
    • The Fingersas The Fingers…
    Buzzy Linhart
    Buzzy Linhart
    • The Hitchhikeras The Hitchhiker
    Richmond Baier
    • The Girlas The Girl
    Berkeley Harris
    • The Rich Guyas The Rich Guy
    Jennifer Welles
    • The Geritan Girlas The Geritan Girl
    Roy Wallace
    • The Gorillasas The Gorillas
    Kirtus Allen
    • Gorillaas Gorilla
    Laura Glicken
    • The Gorillasas The Gorillas
    Hal Fore
    • Gorillaas Gorilla
    Jennifer Zens
    • The Gorillasas The Gorillas
    Leo Petrie
    • Gorillaas Gorilla
    Lane Sarasohn
    • The Dancing Policemanas The Dancing Policeman…
    Paul Norman
    • Mouth Appealas Mouth Appeal…
    Lacey
    • Theatre Girlas Theatre Girl…
    Lincoln Harrice
    • Manuel Rodriguezas Manuel Rodriguez…
    Bill Bailey
    • Suc Muc Dikas Suc Muc Dik
    • Director
      • Ken Shapiro
    • Writers
      • Ken Shapiro
      • Lane Sarasohn
      • Rich Allen(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The Groove Tube (1974)'s "Channel One Evening News" skit and its tagline, 'Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow,' was the direct inspiration for "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live (1975). Chevy Chase, the original Weekend Update anchorman, was featured in this film, although Ken Shapiro played the Channel One anchorman in the movie.
    • Goofs
      Microphone visible in "Dealers" bathroom scene.
    • Quotes

      Hooker: Lionel? That sounds like a train, I'm gonna do a "non-stop" on you choo-choo.

    • Alternate versions
      An edited PG-rated version was released as a double feature with a similarly edited "Kentucky Fried Movie".
    • Connections
      Featured in Modern Problems (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Move On Up
      Written and Performed by Curtis Mayfield

      courtesy of Buddah Records and Curtom Music

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    Top review
    Midnight Madness
    Back in college "midnight movies" at the local theater primarily showed "Barbarella," "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," or "The Groove Tube." "The Groove Tube" was the best of that era's skit movies that included "Dynamite Chicken," "The Boob Tube," and even lesser known attempts at showcasing underground comedy troupes like Second City and The Groundlings. The original version was rated X and featured full frontal male and female nudity. I understand that later versions were edited for an R-rating but perhaps with time the film is back together. At the time it seemed raunchy, dirty, gross, underground, and subversive, but with twenty years of Saturday Night Live, Howard Stern, and films ranging from "Porky's" to "Something About Mary," it's more like 'Saturday Night Live, the Movie' (some skits are funny, most are not, nothing we haven't seen elsewhere.) The funniest and most original skit has to do with a children's show that features a man's private parts dressed up to resemble a puppet. I remember real children's show hosts standing on their head and putting a doll's outfit around their upside down mouth. I always thought that was sick. At the time I couldn't believe that "The Groove Tube" got an actor to do a routine with his exposed penis (this was 1975 after all) and it was pretty shocking...and hilarious. It is no longer shocking, but it is still pretty funny. I hope that they didn't edit that out of the recent showings of the movie. I also always wondered who's penis it was. I think it would have been more provocative if they would have had a female host ala Sheri Lewis or Fran of "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" talk to the penis but like I said it was only 1975.
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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1975 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brown 25
    • Filming locations
      • 25 Sutton Pl S, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Syn-Frank Enterprises
      • K.S. Productions
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    • Budget
      • $200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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