Directed by:
John LandisCinematography:
Stephen M. KatzCast:
Evan C. Kim, David Zucker, Branscombe Richmond, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, George Lazenby, Donald Sutherland, Henry Gibson, Bill Bixby, John Landis, Tony Dow (more)Plots(1)
This series of highly irreverent sketches spoofs standard television fare and pop-culture trends in general. Memorable episodes include "Cleopatra Schwartz," a blaxploitation takeoff that features a sexy black Amazon married to a rabbi; "Zinc Oxide," a spoof on educational films; a "Fistful of Yen," a martial arts masterpiece that stars a Bruce Lee-like hero fighting a massive stream of attackers; as well as the hilarious trailer for "That's Armageddon!" spoofing disaster films, with Donald Sutherland and Bill Bixby playing themselves. Other infamous trailers and commercials include the raunchy "Catholic High School Girls in Real Trouble" and "Scot Free," a board game based on the Kennedy assassinations and murder conspiracies, available from "Barker Bros." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Forrest J. Ackerman
USA
Best movies:
Braindead (1992)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Uschi Digard
Sweden
Best movies:
Fantasm (1976)
Frying High! (1977)
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
Lance LeGault
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (1980) (TV movie)
Barry Dennen
USA
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Titanic (1997)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Victoria Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Frying High! (1977)
Spinout (1966)
Pandemonium (1982)
Agneta Eckemyr
Sweden
Best movies:
Blindman (1971)
Frying High! (1977)
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
Robert K. Weiss
Best movies:
Michael Laurence
Best movies:
Flying High! (1980)
Claire Dolan (1998)
My Love Affair with Marriage (2022)
Rollin Moriyama
Japan
Best movies:
Penny Serenade (1941)
Morituri (1965)
Sayonara (1957)
Michael McManus
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Poltergeist (1982)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Derek Murcott
UK
Best movies:
Frying High! (1977)
Sextette (1978)
Eat and Run (1986)
Shadoe Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Frying High! (1977)
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
How to Be a Serial Killer (2008) - narrator
Mark L. Levine
Best movies:
Frying High! (1977)
Into the Night (1985)
Marilyn Joi
USA
Best movies:
Hit Man (1972)
The Student Teachers (1973)
Coffy (1973)
Tad Horino
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Richard Gates
USA
Best movies:
Hang 'Em High (1968)
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
Frying High! (1977)
Janice Kent
USA
Best movies:
Keith (2008)
Frying High! (1977)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Gwen Van Dam
Best movies:
Coming Home (1978)
Halloween (1978)
The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV movie)
Gracia Lee
USA
Best movies:
Conrack (1974)
Frying High! (1977)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Joseph G. Medalis
USA
Best movies:
An Enemy of the People (1978)
Nickelodeon (1976)
Making Love (1982)