The Kentucky Fried Movie
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The Kentucky Fried Movie is an American
comedy film
, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis
. The film's writers were the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker
. This same team would go on to write and direct Airplane!
, Top Secret!
and the Police Squad!
television series and its film spinoffs, The Naked Gun films
. The "feature presentation" portion of the film stars Evan C. Kim
and hapkido
Grand Master Bong Soo Han
. Among the numerous cameo stars were George Lazenby
, Bill Bixby
, Tony Dow
, Donald Sutherland
, and the voice of Shadoe Stevens
. According to David Zucker in the DVD commentary track, David Letterman
auditioned for the role of the newscaster, but was not selected. The film also features many former members of The Groundlings
theater, as well as some from The Second City
.
This film is number 87 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", and is considered, along with The Groove Tube
, to be one of the original groundbreaking pioneer films of the entire spoof and mockumentary genres of film making that followed it. The Kentucky Fried Movie marked the first film appearances of a number of actors who later became famous as well as being the vehicle that launched the careers of the Zucker brothers, Abrahams and Landis
. It was Landis' work on this film that was largely responsible for him being recommended to direct National Lampoon's Animal House
in 1978.
A wealthy real estate investor offered to finance the film if they would write a script. After completion of the screenplay
, the investor had second thoughts and decided he did not want to finance the film alone. He said he would try to attract other investors if the three filmmakers would produce a ten-minute excerpt of the film, which he would finance. However, when the trio presented a budget of the short film to the investor, he backed out.
However, the prospect of shooting the short film so excited the trio that they decided to pay for it themselves. The ten-minute film cost $35,000, and with it they again approached the Hollywood studios. This time they attached young director John Landis
to the project. However, once again, the studios turned them down.
Curious as to how audiences would react to their film, they persuaded exhibitor Kim Jorgenson to show it before one of his regularly scheduled movies. When Jorgenson saw the short, he "fell out of his seat laughing." He was so impressed that he offered to raise the money needed to make the full-length version. By having his fellow exhibitors screen the film before audiences in their theaters, he convinced them to put up the $650,000 budget. When released, Kentucky Fried Movie was a box-office success, returning domestic American rentals of $7.1 million.
the most common target of which is exploitation film
s. A spoof of early kung-fu films (primarily Enter the Dragon
) titled A Fistful of Yen in imitation of A Fistful of Dollars
, is the film's "feature presentation" and longest segment. Parodies of disaster film
s (That's Armageddon), blaxplotation (Cleopatra Schwartz) and softcore porn/women-in-prison films (Catholic High School Girls in Trouble) are presented as "Coming Attraction" trailers. The sketch See You Next Wednesday
mocks theater-based gimmicks like Sensurround
by depicting a pornographic film presented in "Feel-A-Round", which involves an usher physically accosting the patron. The fictional films portrayed are all produced by "Samuel L. Bronkowitz" (a conflation of Samuel Bronston
and Joseph L. Mankiewicz
).
Other sketches spoof TV commercials, programs and news broadcasts, and classroom educational films.
The city of Detroit and its high crime rate are a running gag throughout the film, each reference jokingly portraying the city as a hell-on-Earth.
Some consider Amazon Women on the Moon
to be a sequel to this movie, due to the similar style of the two films and John Landis' involvement as a director of a few sketches. Also because the 'feature' in Amazon Women On The Moon shows an opening credit as being a Samuel L. Bronkowitz production. This is also evident in the French title of the film The Cheeseburger Movie, while The Kentucky Fried Movie is The Hamburger Movie. Also, IMDB lists one of the film's working titles as "The Kentucky Fried Sequel."
The following list is in the running order used in the film: Sketch Details
in the United Kingdom released a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD, with the following Special Features:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis
John Landis
John David Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.-Early life and career:...
. The film's writers were the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker are an American comedy filmmaking trio consisting of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker who specializes in slapstick comedy films during the 1980s and the early 1990s...
. This same team would go on to write and direct Airplane!
Airplane!
Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
, Top Secret!
Top Secret!
Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films...
and the Police Squad!
Police Squad!
Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
television series and its film spinoffs, The Naked Gun films
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 American comedy film that is the first in a The Naked Gun series of films starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson...
. The "feature presentation" portion of the film stars Evan C. Kim
Evan C. Kim
Evan C. Kim is an American actor. He is best known for playing Loo in the 1977 comedy The Kentucky Fried Movie's "A Fistful of Yen" segment, the interpreter Cowboy in the 1978 Vietnam War film Go Tell the Spartans, the erudite caveman Nook in the cult 1981 comedy Caveman, Suki in the 1982 B movie...
and hapkido
Hapkido
Hapkido is a dynamic and also eclectic Korean martial art. It is a form of self-defense that employs joint locks, techniques of other martial arts, as well as kicks, punches, and other striking attacks...
Grand Master Bong Soo Han
Bong Soo Han
Han Bong-Soo , also known as Bong Soo Han, was a martial arts instructor, author, the founder of the International Hapkido Federation, and one of the foremost practitioners of hapkido through his participation in books, magazine articles, and popular films featuring this Korean martial art...
. Among the numerous cameo stars were George Lazenby
George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.-Early life:...
, Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby
Wilfred Bailey Everett “Bill” Bixby III was an American film and television actor, director, and frequent game show panelist.His career spanned over three decades; he appeared on stage, in motion pictures and TV series...
, Tony Dow
Tony Dow
Tony Lee Dow is an American film producer, director, sculptor, and a television child actor of the 1950s and 1960s.Dow is best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, which ran in primetime from 1957 to 1963...
, Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
, and the voice of Shadoe Stevens
Shadoe Stevens
Shadoe Stevens is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995...
. According to David Zucker in the DVD commentary track, David Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
auditioned for the role of the newscaster, but was not selected. The film also features many former members of The Groundlings
The Groundlings
The Groundlings are an improvisational comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin to produce sketches and improvised scenes...
theater, as well as some from The Second City
The Second City
The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
.
This film is number 87 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", and is considered, along with The Groove Tube
The Groove Tube
The Groove Tube , written and produced by Ken Shapiro, was a low-budget comedy film. It satirized television and the counterculture of the early 1970s. The film was originally produced to be shown at the Channel One Theater on East 60th St...
, to be one of the original groundbreaking pioneer films of the entire spoof and mockumentary genres of film making that followed it. The Kentucky Fried Movie marked the first film appearances of a number of actors who later became famous as well as being the vehicle that launched the careers of the Zucker brothers, Abrahams and Landis
John Landis
John David Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.-Early life and career:...
. It was Landis' work on this film that was largely responsible for him being recommended to direct National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis. The film was a direct spin-off of National Lampoon magazine...
in 1978.
Production background
David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams made the rounds of the Hollywood studios and were rejected by all of them, being told that "audiences didn't like movies composed of sketches." Since the three believed in their material, which they had honed in front of the audiences in their 140-seat improvisational troupe billed as Kentucky Fried Theater, they decided to make the movie on their own.A wealthy real estate investor offered to finance the film if they would write a script. After completion of the screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
, the investor had second thoughts and decided he did not want to finance the film alone. He said he would try to attract other investors if the three filmmakers would produce a ten-minute excerpt of the film, which he would finance. However, when the trio presented a budget of the short film to the investor, he backed out.
However, the prospect of shooting the short film so excited the trio that they decided to pay for it themselves. The ten-minute film cost $35,000, and with it they again approached the Hollywood studios. This time they attached young director John Landis
John Landis
John David Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.-Early life and career:...
to the project. However, once again, the studios turned them down.
Curious as to how audiences would react to their film, they persuaded exhibitor Kim Jorgenson to show it before one of his regularly scheduled movies. When Jorgenson saw the short, he "fell out of his seat laughing." He was so impressed that he offered to raise the money needed to make the full-length version. By having his fellow exhibitors screen the film before audiences in their theaters, he convinced them to put up the $650,000 budget. When released, Kentucky Fried Movie was a box-office success, returning domestic American rentals of $7.1 million.
Description
The Kentucky Fried Movie has no unified plot, instead consisting of numerous parody sketchesSketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
the most common target of which is exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
s. A spoof of early kung-fu films (primarily Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...
) titled A Fistful of Yen in imitation of A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger. Released in Italy in 1964 then in the United States in...
, is the film's "feature presentation" and longest segment. Parodies of disaster film
Disaster film
A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...
s (That's Armageddon), blaxplotation (Cleopatra Schwartz) and softcore porn/women-in-prison films (Catholic High School Girls in Trouble) are presented as "Coming Attraction" trailers. The sketch See You Next Wednesday
See You Next Wednesday
See You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis, usually referenced as a fictional film. No version of See You Next Wednesday in any Landis film ever looks the same as it did in any previous Landis film....
mocks theater-based gimmicks like Sensurround
Sensurround
Sensurround is the trademark name for a process developed in the 1970s by Cerwin-Vega in conjunction with Universal Studios to enhance the audio experience during film screenings...
by depicting a pornographic film presented in "Feel-A-Round", which involves an usher physically accosting the patron. The fictional films portrayed are all produced by "Samuel L. Bronkowitz" (a conflation of Samuel Bronston
Samuel Bronston
Samuel Bronston was a Bessarabian-born American film producer, film director, and a nephew of socialist revolutionary figure, Leon Trotsky. He was also the petitioner in a U.S...
and Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of All About Eve , which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J...
).
Other sketches spoof TV commercials, programs and news broadcasts, and classroom educational films.
The city of Detroit and its high crime rate are a running gag throughout the film, each reference jokingly portraying the city as a hell-on-Earth.
Some consider Amazon Women on the Moon
Amazon Women on the Moon
Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 American satirical comedy film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget movies on late-night television...
to be a sequel to this movie, due to the similar style of the two films and John Landis' involvement as a director of a few sketches. Also because the 'feature' in Amazon Women On The Moon shows an opening credit as being a Samuel L. Bronkowitz production. This is also evident in the French title of the film The Cheeseburger Movie, while The Kentucky Fried Movie is The Hamburger Movie. Also, IMDB lists one of the film's working titles as "The Kentucky Fried Sequel."
Sketch selection
The film's credits listed the sketches incorrectly, as the writers changed the order after the credits had been written.The following list is in the running order used in the film: Sketch Details
- 11 O'Clock News (Part 1) (:04)
- Argon Oil (1:13)
- A.M. Today (6:05)
- His New Car (:24)
- Catholic High School Girls In Trouble (2:00)
- See You Next WednesdaySee You Next WednesdaySee You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis, usually referenced as a fictional film. No version of See You Next Wednesday in any Landis film ever looks the same as it did in any previous Landis film....
in Feel-A-Round (4:52) - Nytex P.M. (:35)
- High Adventure (3:01)
- 11 O'Clock News (Part 2) (:05)
- Headache Clinic (:40)
- Household Odors (:40)
- The Wonderful World of Sex (4:55)
- A Fistful of Yen (31:34)
- Willer Beer (:58)
- 11 O'Clock News (Part 3) (:05)
- Scot Free (:58)
- That’s Armageddon (2:17)
- United Appeal For the Dead (1:42)
- "Courtroom" (Part 1) (4:35)
- Nesson Oil (:14)
- "Courtroom" (Part 2) (3:02)
- Cleopatra Schwartz (1:24)
- Zinc Oxide and You (1:59)
- "Danger Seekers" (1:02)
- Eyewitness News (4:24)
- 11 O'Clock News (Part 4) (:09)
Sketch details
| Sketch Details | |
|---|---|
11 O'Clock News (Part 1) (:04) |
A news announcer tells the film's viewers the popcorn they are eating has been pissed in...Film at 11. |
Argon Oil (1:13) |
A commercial for a company that found ways to produce oil from Acne Acne vulgaris Acne vulgaris is a common human skin disease, characterized by areas of skin with seborrhea , comedones , papules , pustules , Nodules and possibly scarring... , Italian people's hair (taken from combs in their trash) and US fast food. |
A.M. Today (6:05) |
A news correspondent, unable to hear the announcers, is busy scratching his butt and picking his nose on-camera. A studio debate between a conservative and liberal pundit leads to obscenity. The show's astrologer Astrology Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world... reminds us that astrology is just meant to support people who can't take responsibility for their own lives. An animal segment introduces a "rare" hamster followed up by a gorilla (Rick Baker). The gorilla, who has been unable to mate, becomes progressively enraged by its female handler's explanations and suddenly tears off the handler's shirt. Studio hands try unsuccessfully to restrain the gorilla as it runs amok and smashes the camera. |
| His New Car (:24) | When a man enters a car, the alarm goes off. As he goes through a succession of actions (locking his door, buckling his seatbelt, and so on) the alarm changes in tone until he eventually reaches down and zips the zipper Zipper A zipper is a commonly used device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric... on his jeans. The alarm then stops. |
Catholic High School Girls In Trouble (2:00) |
A parody of sexploitation films. One highlight is nudist-like Catholic high school girls, who are later also chained and punished by the school while in the nude for breaking curfew. Another is Uschi Digard Uschi Digard Uschi Digard is a Swedish former softcore porn star and model known for her roles in Russ Meyer films.- Early years :... 's large breasts first being zoomed in and felt by a guy, and later comically squashed against a shower door when he penetrates her from behind Doggy style Doggy style is a group of sex positions in which the receiving partner crouches on all fours with the legs slightly apart... . Also, a rather shocked teenager interrupts his intercourse when he realizes it is actually his girlfriend's middle aged mother under the sheets. She claims people always mistake her for her teenage daughter. Another teenager learns in horror that masturbation Masturbation Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism... has made his hands hairy. |
(See You Next Wednesday See You Next Wednesday See You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis, usually referenced as a fictional film. No version of See You Next Wednesday in any Landis film ever looks the same as it did in any previous Landis film.... in) Feel-A-Round (4:52) |
A guy agrees to try out a cinema that literally illustrates its movies for its viewers. The usher Usher (occupation) Ushers assist visitors by formally showing the way in a large building or to their appropriate seats. This may coincide with a security role. The word comes from the French huissier, with the same meaning , ushers were servants or courtiers who showed or ushered visitors in and out of meetings in... takes the role of the on-screen female lover. As she asks her male lover to smell her perfume, the usher aggressively sprays the viewer with said perfume. It eventually proceeds to chest rubbing and then to a lovers' quarrel. The latter culminates with a knife to the throat but ends with a quick kiss. The cinema's announcer invites the guy to also stay over for the next film - Deep Throat Deep Throat (film) Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film written and directed by Gerard Damiano and produced by Louis Peraino and starring Linda Lovelace .... . The viewer runs away screaming when he sees the wicked smile on the usher's face. |
Nytex P.M. (:35) |
A commercial for a drug that cures headaches by rendering the receiver unconscious. |
High Adventure (3:01) |
A talk show's boom operator Boom operator (media) A Boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, sometimes using a "fishpole" with a microphone attached to the end and sometimes, when the situation permits, using a "boom" which is a more intricate and... finds the French adventurer guest boring, and causes troubles with his boom mike to both the guest and the host. |
11 O'Clock News (Part 2) (:05) |
Moscow is "in flames" and nuclear warheads are headed for New York...Film at 11. |
Headache Clinic (:40) |
A commercial shows how a clinic's scientists demonstrate their headache curing drug by pounding on people's heads. It is claimed the people are not affected by the pain. |
Household Odors (:40) |
A commercial for household deodorizer that claims if you do not buy it, people will humiliate you by telling you right in your face that your house stinks. |
The Wonderful World of Sex (4:55) |
An African American African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States... couple plays back a phonograph record of a how-to How-to A how-to or a how to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. A how-to is usually meant to help non-experts, may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may also be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic... guide for sex. After disrobing to their underwear, the overly detailed record eventually instructs them to kiss and begin foreplay Foreplay In human sexual behavior, foreplay is a set of intimate psychological and physically intimate acts between two or more people meant to create desire for sexual activity and sexual arousal. Either or any of the sexual partners may initiate the foreplay, and they may not be the active partner during... . After the male experiences premature ejaculation Premature ejaculation Premature ejaculation is a condition in which a man ejaculates earlier than he or his partner would like him to. Premature ejaculation is also known as rapid ejaculation, rapid climax, premature climax, or early ejaculation.... , the recording sends "Big Jim Slade", a briefs Briefs Briefs are a type of short, tight underwear and swimwear, as opposed to styles where the material extends down the legs.In the case of men's underwear, briefs, unlike boxer shorts, hold the wearer's genitals in a relatively fixed position, which make briefs a popular underwear choice for men who... -wearing, muscular, African American "tight end Tight end The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be... for the Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a... " to carry the woman away and finish up the job of her humiliated partner, backed by a vigorous choral rendition of the song "Shalom aleichem Shalom aleichem Shalom aleikhem is a greeting version in Hebrew, literally meaning "peace be upon you". The appropriate response is "aleikhem shalom", or "upon you be peace".... ". |
A Fistful of Yen (31:34) |
One missile from the previously-announced (Film at 11) dual Russia-US attack is revealed to be Chinese made. However, the Chinese government denies any involvement. Soon enough, the mastermind behind the attack turns out to be a Chinese Dark Lord named Dr. Klahn. In a parody of Kung Fu films, a Bruce Lee Bruce Lee Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement... look-a-like is hired by the UK government (a-la James Bond) to penetrate the lord's mountain fortress and destroy him. The Bruce Lee character refuses at first to work for a government, but happily agrees once he is told he would get to kill dozens of people. The fortress is so organized it even has its own guided tours for their storage of drugs and weapons of mass destruction Weapons of mass destruction A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures , natural structures , or the biosphere in general... . When he is discovered, he first defeats Dr. Klahn, then an absurd number of warriors who keep appearing in waves to infinity. Suddenly loud marching band music is heard, and Big Jim Slade from the "Wonderful World of Sex" sketch re-appears in his briefs Briefs Briefs are a type of short, tight underwear and swimwear, as opposed to styles where the material extends down the legs.In the case of men's underwear, briefs, unlike boxer shorts, hold the wearer's genitals in a relatively fixed position, which make briefs a popular underwear choice for men who... . This time he frees the fortress' prisoners, who rush to engage in battle, and then he begins performing various bodybuilder poses. In a parody of The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs... , the Bruce Lee character is sent back to Kansas after his victory and learns it may have all been a dream (or not). |
Willer Beer (:58) |
A beer commercial featuring Hare Krishna International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness , known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization. It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada... monks. |
11 O'Clock News (Part 3) (:05) |
All kinds of disasters happen in the US...Film at 11. |
Scot Free (:58) |
A commercial for a board game based on US president John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories There has long been suspicion of a government cover-up of information about the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. There are also numerous conspiracy theories regarding the assassination that arose soon after his death and continue to be promoted today... . |
That’s Armageddon (2:17) |
A parody of the then-common disaster film Disaster film A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject... genre, with "Donald Sutherland as the clumsy waiter". |
United Appeal for the Dead (1:42) |
A commercial for an association that supports keeping around corpses of dead people and still treating them like part of the family. |
"Courtroom" (Part 1) (4:35) |
A spoof of a courtroom trial that takes every word literally and runs like a game show Game show A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes... while "The Beaver" Theodore Cleaver Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver is the fictional title character in the American television series Leave It to Beaver. Seven-year-old Beaver is son to June and Ward Cleaver and sibling to thirteen-year-old Wally Cleaver .Beaver prefers "messin' around" with his pals and reading comic books to... (writer Jerry Zucker Jerry Zucker (film director) Jerry Zucker is an American movie director known for his role in directing comedy spoof films, and the hit film Ghost.... ) and Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow, reprising his role from the original Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood... ) get into trouble in the jury stand. |
Nesson Oil (:14) |
A commercial for cooking oil in which a little girl is "cooking the cat in pure Nesson oil". |
"Courtroom" (Part 2) (3:02) |
Beaver and Wally continue to make trouble, while the trial's "surprise" witness recognizes the TV announcer himself as the offender in a car accident. |
Cleopatra Schwartz (1:24) |
A parody of blaxploitation Blaxploitation Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience... films. A love and marriage story of a Pam Grier Pam Grier Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film... like character and a Rabbi Rabbi In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah... . Despite their differences, they live a passionate life (highlighted by the couple sitting in bed with satisfied expressions, with her topless). |
Zinc Oxide and You (1:59) |
A parody of classroom educational films that shows what happens to a housewife who has everything that relies on zinc oxide Zinc oxide Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. It is a white powder that is insoluble in water. The powder is widely used as an additive into numerous materials and products including plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, rubber , lubricants, paints, ointments, adhesives, sealants,... disappear one by one, with increasingly undesirable results. Among other things, her bra disappears and her breasts instantly sag under her shirt. Also, her car crashes through her house as it has no brakes and her husband's pacemaker Pacemaker An artificial pacemaker is a medical device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the beating of the heart.Pacemaker may also refer to:-Medicine:... stops working. Eventually, the gas Natural gas Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural... control valves on her stove disappear, her kitchen catches on fire, and everything that can stop the fire also disappears. Ends with a brief announcement of the next film in the series, "Rebuilding Your House". |
"Danger Seekers" (1:02) |
A parody of the 1973-1974 television series, Thrill Seekers Thrill Seekers Thrill Seekers was a syndicated Four Star Television series that was produced in 1973 and 1974. It was hosted by Chuck Connors and featured people who did dangerous stunts.... . Part-time airline mechanic, full-time daredevil Stunt performer A stuntman, or daredevil is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be... Rex Kramer vows to take on the most dangerous situations possible "for the sake of adventure." Rex walks into the middle of a group of African American African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States... men playing Cee-lo in an alley, screams a racial epithet, then flees as they angrily chase him. (The name Rex Kramer would later be given to Robert Stack Robert Stack Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:... 's character in Airplane! Airplane! Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures... .) |
Eyewitness News (4:24) |
A couple stops watching the TV news in favor of having sex. In a parody of Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party... s two-way television, as soon as the man exposes the woman's rather large breasts, the TV news announcer starts stuttering. As the man performs cunnilingus Cunnilingus Cunnilingus is an oral sex act performed on a female. It involves the use by a sex partner of the mouth, lips and tongue to stimulate the female's clitoris, vulva, or vagina... on the woman, men from the production crew gather around the news announcer to gape and snicker between each other. They scream loudly when she reaches an orgasm Orgasm Orgasm is the peak of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle, characterized by an intense sensation of pleasure... , but the crew runs away in time when the suspicious couple stops and turns around to look at the television, with the news announcer quickly resuming his report. Assuming it was nothing, they resume having sex. This time the woman mounts the man. Almost immediately, the men from the production crew return to the news announcer. They all share a collective orgasm with the woman. |
11 O'Clock News (Part 4) (:09) |
The news announcer declares he does not wear any pants...Film at 11. |
Release
On July 4, 2011 Arrow VideoArrow Video
Arrow Films is a UK distributor of classic, horror, and cult films on Blu-ray and DVD.-Arrow Films:Arrow Films is an independent distributor of world cinema, arthouse, horror and classic films...
in the United Kingdom released a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD, with the following Special Features:
- Feature presented in Widescreen 1.85:1 and Full Frame 1.33:1
- Original mono audio
- The audio recollections of director John Landis, writers Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and producer Robert K. Weiss
- A conversation with David and Jerry Zucker: A feature length interview with the co-creators of The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane and The Naked Gun about their lives and career, from growing up and starting out in show business to their comedy influences and spoofing Midnight Cowboy!
- Jerry Zucker’s on-set Home Video shot during the making of the movie
- Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
- Original Trailer
- 4 panel reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork
- Double-sided fold-out artwork poster
- Collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing on director John Landis by critic and author Calum Waddell
External links
- Frankin-Sterling Hill website, including "Zinc Oxide and You"