
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Cast

Arsenio Hall
Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
Donald F. Muhich
Easterbrook (segment "Pethouse Video")

Monique Gabrielle
Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")

Lou Jacobi
Murray (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Erica Yohn
Selma (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Debbi A. Davison
Weather Person (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Rob Krausz
Floor Manager (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Phil Hartman
Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Corey Burton
Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon"), Announcer (segment "Silly Paté")

Michelle Pfeiffer
Brenda (segment "Hospital")

Peter Horton
Harry (segment "Hospital")

Griffin Dunne
Doctor (segment "Hospital")
Brian Ann Zoccola
Nurse (segment "Hospital")

Joe Pantoliano
Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")

Stanley Brock
Customer (segment "Hairlooming")

Steve Forrest
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Robert Colbert
Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Joey Travolta
Butch (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Forrest J. Ackerman
U.S. President (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Sybil Danning
Queen Lara (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Lana Clarkson
Alpha Beta (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

David Alan Grier
Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")

B.B. King
B.B. King (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

William Bryant
Male Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Roxie Roker
Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Le Tari
Pimp (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Christopher Broughton
Fan Club President (segment "Blacks Without Soul")

Rosanna Arquette
Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")

Steve Guttenberg
Jerry (segment "Two I.D.'s")

Henry Silva
Henry Silva (segment "Bullshit or Not")

Sarah Lilly
Prostitute (segment "Bullshit or Not")

Archie Hahn
Harvey Pitnik (segment "Critics Corner") / Harvey Pitnik (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Belinda Balaski
Bernice Pitnik (segment "Critics Corner") / Bernice Pitnik (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Justin Benham
Pitnik Boy (segment "Critics Corner") / Pitnik Boy (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Erica Gayle
Pitnik Girl (segment "Critics Corner") / Pitnik Girl (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Al Lohman
Frankel (segment "Critics Corner")
Roger Barkley
Herbert (segment "Critics Corner")

T.K. Carter
Host (segment "Silly Paté")

Phil Proctor
Mike (segment "Silly Paté")

Ira Newborn
Fred (segment "Silly Paté")

Karen Montgomery
Karen (segment "Silly Paté")

Robert Picardo
Rick Raddnitz (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Slappy White
Slappy White (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Jackie Vernon
Jackie Vernon (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Charlie Callas
Charlie Callas (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

Steve Allen
Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")

William Marshall
Pirate Captain (segment "Video Pirates")

Tino Insana
Mr. Sylvio (segment "Video Pirates")

Donald Gibb
Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")

Frank Collison
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")

William S. Taylor
Gruesome Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")

Ed Begley Jr.
Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Chuck Lafont
Trent (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Pamla Vale
Woman in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Larry Hankin
Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Garry Goodrow
Checker Player (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Roger La Page
London Bobby (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

John Ingle
Felix Van Dam (segment "Art Sale")

Angel Tompkins
First Lady (segment "First Lady of the Evening")

Terence McGovern
Salesman (segment "First Lady of the Evening")
Michael Hanks
Announcer (segment "First Lady of the Evening")

Matt Adler
George (segment "Titan Man")

Kelly Preston
Violet (segment "Titan Man")

Ralph Bellamy
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")

Howard Hesseman
Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")

Steve Cropper
Customer (segment "Titan Man")

Marc McClure
Ray (segment "Video Date")

Russ Meyer
Video Salesman (segment "Video Date")

Corinne Wahl
Sherrie (segment "Video Date")

Andrew Dice Clay
Frankie (segment "Video Date")

Willard E. Pugh
Speaking Cop (segment "Video Date")

Carrie Fisher
Mary Brown (segment "Reckless Youth")

Paul Bartel
Doctor (segment "Reckless Youth")

Herb Vigran
Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")
Tracy Hutchinson
Floozie (segment "Reckless Youth")

Mike Mazurki
Dutch (segment "Reckless Youth")
Frank Beddor
Ken (segment "Reckless Youth")

Bryan Cranston
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)

Wallace Langham
Private Anson W. Pucket (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)

Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis (segment "Murray in Videoland") (uncredited)

Robert Loggia
Gen. McCormick (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)

Bela Lugosi
Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)

Dick Miller
Danny Clayton (segment "The French Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)

Kellye Nakahara
Theatre Customer #4 (segment "Peter Pan Theatre") (uncredited)
Crew

Joe Dante
Director

Carl Gottlieb
Director

Peter Horton
Director

John Landis
Director, Executive Producer

Robert K. Weiss
Director, Producer
Michael Barrie
Writer
Jim Mulholland
Writer
Malcolm Campbell
Editor
Marshall Harvey
Editor, Music Editor
Bert Lovitt
Editor
Jack Hilton
Assistant Editor
Florent Danny Retz
Assistant Editor
Pattye Rogers
Assistant Editor

Daniel Pearl
Director of Photography
Deborah Love
First Assistant Director
Dan Schneider
First Assistant Director
David Sosna
First Assistant Director
Robin Holding
Second Assistant Director
Robin R. Oliver
Second Assistant Director
Len Morganti
Storyboard Artist

Patricia Whitcher
Production Coordinator

George Folsey Jr.
Executive Producer
Robb Idels
Associate Producer
Ivo Cristante
Production Design
J. Michael McClary
Camera Operator
Vincent Baldino
First Assistant Camera
Bruce M. Pasternack
First Assistant Camera
Peter Mercurio
Second Assistant Camera
Jerry Chan
Second Assistant Camera
Luc G. Nicknair
Third Assistant Camera
Sally Dennison
Casting
Julie Selzer
Casting
Janet Cunningham
Extras Casting
Taryn De Chellis
Costume Designer
Margaret C. Mayer
Assistant Costume Designer
Debra L. Wright
Costumer
Carolyn Clark
Costumer
Mira Zavidowsky
Costumer
Lynne K. Eagan
Hairstylist
Nanette Marie MacCaughern
Assistant Makeup Artist
Robin Siegel
Makeup Artist
William Jacobs
Sound Effects Editor
Cindy Marty
Sound Effects Editor
David Spence
Sound Effects Editor
Gary Wright
Sound Effects Editor
Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Wells
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susumu Tokunow
Sound Mixer
Bruce Richardson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Gary Holland
Boom Operator
Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist

Gary A. Hecker
Foley Artist
Dean Drabin
Foley Mixer
Julie Kaye Fanton
Set Decoration
Jennifer Pray
Lead Set Dresser
Victoria J. Auth
Set Dresser
Debra Combs
Set Dresser
John H. Maxwell
Set Dresser
Todd E. Weisman
Set Dresser
Richard Foreman Jr.
Still Photographer
Jackie Saunders
Script Supervisor
Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci
Electrician
Scott Grinham
Electrician
Ronald J. Pure Jr.
Electrician
Rick Herres
Electrician
Robert Krebsbach
Best Boy Electrician
Rick Rothen
Location Manager
Pamela Morrow
Location Manager

Rick Barker
Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
Brian R. Carson
Stunts
Bob K. Cummings
Stunts

Christopher Doyle
Stunts

Eddie Hice
Stunts

Noon Orsatti
Stunts
Curtis Powers
Stunts
Paul Sherrod
Stunts
J.D. Silvester
Stunts
Lincoln Simonds
Stunts
Monty L. Simons
Stunts
Gregory R. Wolf
Property Master
David E. Harshbarger
Assistant Property Master
Larry Sweet
Best Boy Grip
Jeff Smith
Best Boy Grip
J. Michael Popovich
Key Grip
Philip Sloan
Key Grip
Thomas M. Gibson
Grip
James Sweet
Grip
Kurt C. Kuntzmann
Grip
Robert W. McCarty
Grip
Brian H. Reynolds
Grip
Todd Mitchell Griffith
Grip
Roger Sassen
Gaffer
Roger La Page
Unit Production Manager
Cecile M. Metivier
Seamstress
Alex Hajdu
Art Direction
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