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| Phil Proctor | ... | Christian A. Broder | |
| Howard Hesseman | ... | Senator McMannus | |
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Beans Morocco | ... | Senator Polanski (as Dan Barrows) |
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Stephen Feinberg | ... | Proctologist |
| Ron Silver | ... | Dr. Manuel Labor | |
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Roberta Kent | ... | Mrs. Betty Purvis |
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Edwina Gough | ... | Melanie Edwards (as Edwina Anderson) |
| Ernie Anderson | ... | Quant O'Neill / Subway Reporter / Announcer | |
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James Bacon | ... | Gene Scallion |
| Kurt Andon | ... | Man at breakfast / Doctor | |
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Lorry Goldman | ... | Pierre Skooché / Son |
| Lynne Marie Stewart | ... | Marie (as Lynn Marie Stewart) | |
| Gerrit Graham | ... | Freddie (as Gerritt Graham) | |
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Pamela Toll | ... | Street Attendant |
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Gene Pistilli | ... | Dying Man |
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A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time. Written by Clint Weiler
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29 March 1982 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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While the film was conceived partly as a satire of conservative cultural "guardians" and their prudish and narrow-minded views, it was also inspired by the emergence of cable television, which they felt would someday allow for adult-oriented programs to be seen more widely regardless of what happened on major broadcast networks. See more »Goofs
At the end of the APCD segment, the actress says "breath" but the screen text says "death". See more »Quotes
Tom: Well, don't worry about your breath or your armpits, Al. It's your personality that stinks.See more »
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The earlier release on Media in 1978 uses an exceedingly scratchy print and has two segments missing that are viewable on the later Harmonyvision release. They are, respectively, a proctology TV ad (that appears just after the Midas Touch Cleaning Fluid ad) and the "Convert. The Church Is Changing" spot, which appears towards the film's end (right after the Dinner Bars commercial). The latter spot features a woman, dressed as a priest, stripping in front of a church window. The former features a line of bare men's bottoms. It isn't clear why these scenes are missing (the film is still pretty explicit without them), but both are entact on the later Harmonyvision release, which also boasts a much-better source print. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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1976 saw the release of this movie and the Oscar-winning classic Network. There really is no argument as to which is the better film, but the idea of American viewers becoming glued to their TV sets because of an "anything goes" TV station doesn't seem too far-fetched today. Of the skit comedies of the '70s (Kentucky Fried Movie and Groove Tube being the others), this is the weakest. But it has some moments. The competing California candidates is a funny running gag, but the French chef is definitely not and unfortunately shows up throughout the movie. If you want to compare the success of these three films, you can use the filmmakers' later work as a gauge: The makers of Kentucky Fried Movie went on to Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Airplane, Police Squad and Top Secret. The makers of The Groove Tube went on to Modern Problems (and Richard Belzer went on to radio). The makers of Tunnel Vision went on to Bachelor Party and Moving Violations. You do the math.