Movie Comedy
There won't be a dry seat in the house!
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.
Bill Murray Buddy Hackett Sid Haig Howard Hesseman Harry Shearer Royce D. Applegate Lewis Arquette Dorothy Van J.J. Barry Billy Curtis Danny Dayton David Downing Murphy Dunne Walker Edmiston Larry Hankin Ed Lauter David Landsberg Ysabel MacCloskey Rod McCary Britt Leach Louisa Moritz Jaye P. Morgan Van Dyke Parks Misty Rowe Avery Schreiber Lynne Marie Stewart Betty Thomas Robin Sherwood Susan Tyrrell Teddy Wilson Bill Zuckert John H. Mayer Gary Owens Alan Dexter Karen Lamm
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