84 minutes
9/18/1987
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.
Arsenio Hall
as Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
Donald F. Muhich
as Easterbrook (segment "Pethouse Video")
Monique Gabrielle
as Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")
Lou Jacobi
as Murray (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Erica Yohn
as Selma (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Debbi A. Davison
as Weather Person (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Rob Krausz
as Floor Manager (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Phil Hartman
as Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Corey Burton
as Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Corey Burton
as Announcer (segment "Silly Paté")
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Brenda (segment "Hospital")
Peter Horton
as Harry (segment "Hospital")
Griffin Dunne
as Doctor (segment "Hospital")
Brian Ann Zoccola
as Nurse (segment "Hospital")
Joe Pantoliano
as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
Stanley Brock
as Customer (segment "Hairlooming")
Steve Forrest
as Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Robert Colbert
as Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Joey Travolta
as Butch (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Forrest J. Ackerman
as U.S. President (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Sybil Danning
as Queen Lara (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Lana Clarkson
as Alpha Beta (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
David Alan Grier
as Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
B.B. King
as B.B. King (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
William Bryant
as Male Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Roxie Roker
as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Le Tari
as Pimp (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Christopher Broughton
as Fan Club President (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Rosanna Arquette
as Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")
Steve Guttenberg
as Jerry (segment "Two I.D.'s")
Henry Silva
as Henry Silva (segment "Bullshit or Not")
Sarah Lilly
as Prostitute (segment "Bullshit or Not")
Archie Hahn
as Harvey Pitnik (segment "Critics Corner") / Harvey Pitnik (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Belinda Balaski
as Bernice Pitnik (segment "Critics Corner") / Bernice Pitnik (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Justin Benham
as Pitnik Boy (segment "Critics Corner") / Pitnik Boy (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Erica Gayle
as Pitnik Girl (segment "Critics Corner") / Pitnik Girl (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Al Lohman
as Frankel (segment "Critics Corner")
Roger Barkley
as Herbert (segment "Critics Corner")
T.K. Carter
as Host (segment "Silly Paté")
Phil Proctor
as Mike (segment "Silly Paté")
Ira Newborn
as Fred (segment "Silly Paté")
Karen Montgomery
as Karen (segment "Silly Paté")
Robert Picardo
as Rick Raddnitz (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Rip Taylor
as Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Slappy White
as Slappy White (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Jackie Vernon
as Jackie Vernon (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Henny Youngman
as Henny Youngman (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Charlie Callas
as Charlie Callas (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Steve Allen
as Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
William Marshall
as Pirate Captain (segment "Video Pirates")
Tino Insana
as Mr. Sylvio (segment "Video Pirates")
Donald Gibb
as Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Frank Collison
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
William S. Taylor
as Gruesome Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Ed Begley Jr.
as Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Chuck Lafont
as Trent (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Pamla Vale
as Woman in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Larry Hankin
as Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Garry Goodrow
as Checker Player (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Roger La Page
as London Bobby (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
John Ingle
as Felix Van Dam (segment "Art Sale")
Angel Tompkins
as First Lady (segment "First Lady of the Evening")
Terence McGovern
as Salesman (segment "First Lady of the Evening")
Michael Hanks
as Announcer (segment "First Lady of the Evening")
Matt Adler
as George (segment "Titan Man")
Kelly Preston
as Violet (segment "Titan Man")
Ralph Bellamy
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
Howard Hesseman
as Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")
Steve Cropper
as Customer (segment "Titan Man")
Marc McClure
as Ray (segment "Video Date")
Russ Meyer
as Video Salesman (segment "Video Date")
Corinne Wahl
as Sherrie (segment "Video Date")
Andrew Dice Clay
as Frankie (segment "Video Date")
Willard E. Pugh
as Speaking Cop (segment "Video Date")
Carrie Fisher
as Mary Brown (segment "Reckless Youth")
Paul Bartel
as Doctor (segment "Reckless Youth")
Herb Vigran
as Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")
Tracy Hutchinson
as Floozie (segment "Reckless Youth")
Mike Mazurki
as Dutch (segment "Reckless Youth")
Frank Beddor
as Ken (segment "Reckless Youth")
Bryan Cranston
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
Wallace Langham
as Private Anson W. Pucket (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)
Huey Lewis
as Huey Lewis (segment "Murray in Videoland") (uncredited)
Robert Loggia
as Gen. McCormick (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)
Bela Lugosi
as Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)
Dick Miller
as Danny Clayton (segment "The French Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)
Kellye Nakahara
as Theatre Customer #4 (segment "Peter Pan Theatre") (uncredited)