Anybody that remembers late night television in the 70's and 80's will surely get a kick out of this. A couple of the skits are cringe-worthy,but most are spot on when it comes to what they are parodying.
**Spoiler Alert**
Some hilarious spoofs of commercials for instance,like the old K-Tel records ads features a singer, Don "No Soul" Simmons doing renditions of pop songs that make Pat Boone look hip by comparison. The Hair Club for Men send up features a man literally having carpeting installed on his head. The 50's sci-fi film being shown, Amazon Women on the Moon, is appropriately cheesy and low-budget with a chimp,no less.Plus,I swear I actually saw a film like this with Zsa Zsa Gabor, of all people.
The spoof of all those supposed "true story" shows(Believe It or Not,Fact or Fiction,Beyond Belief,etc.)is called "Bullshit or Not" here and it's hilarious.
The film critics review of an ordinary guy's life was good,but the Celebrity Roast Funeral that followed went on a little long. The date night and hospital skits fell flat,but the opening sequence with the apartment that attacks a man returning home from work,is a slapstick gem.
There are some very familiar faces here: Arsenio Hall,Michelle Pfieffer,The old-time comedians,as well as Ed Begley,Jr.,Howard Hessman and Rosanna Arquette. But the stand outs are clearly David Alan Grier as the aforementioned soulless singer and Carrie Fisher in her hilarious turn as the victim of a social disease in a PSA that clearly used Reefer Madness as it's inspiration. Because of the nudity,it isn't recommended for kids,but adults, especially those of us that remember this stuff actually being on at 2;00 a.m. should enjoy this silly,fun movie.
**Spoiler Alert**
Some hilarious spoofs of commercials for instance,like the old K-Tel records ads features a singer, Don "No Soul" Simmons doing renditions of pop songs that make Pat Boone look hip by comparison. The Hair Club for Men send up features a man literally having carpeting installed on his head. The 50's sci-fi film being shown, Amazon Women on the Moon, is appropriately cheesy and low-budget with a chimp,no less.Plus,I swear I actually saw a film like this with Zsa Zsa Gabor, of all people.
The spoof of all those supposed "true story" shows(Believe It or Not,Fact or Fiction,Beyond Belief,etc.)is called "Bullshit or Not" here and it's hilarious.
The film critics review of an ordinary guy's life was good,but the Celebrity Roast Funeral that followed went on a little long. The date night and hospital skits fell flat,but the opening sequence with the apartment that attacks a man returning home from work,is a slapstick gem.
There are some very familiar faces here: Arsenio Hall,Michelle Pfieffer,The old-time comedians,as well as Ed Begley,Jr.,Howard Hessman and Rosanna Arquette. But the stand outs are clearly David Alan Grier as the aforementioned soulless singer and Carrie Fisher in her hilarious turn as the victim of a social disease in a PSA that clearly used Reefer Madness as it's inspiration. Because of the nudity,it isn't recommended for kids,but adults, especially those of us that remember this stuff actually being on at 2;00 a.m. should enjoy this silly,fun movie.