PRIME TIME
(AKA: AMERICAN RASPBERRY)(1977)
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This is all about making fun of, well, just
about everything! It attacks government,
abortion, TV commercials, News, sports
and anything else you can think of! It's
actually quite funny!! This is Stephen
Furst's first movie!! Some nudity!
Unfortunately, this part of the disc
has issues! Nearly impossible to watch
it clear through! C+
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
This short film is a hilarious compilation
of skits spoofing 70s era television and
commercials, tweaking racial stereotypes,
consumerism, and American prudishness. Its
premise is that television broadcasts in
American and other countries get interrupted
by a series of increasingly offensive
commercials and television shows. Nudity,
profanity, and all around bad taste are
on this evening's schedule.
This movie is of its time, violating many
of the tenets of political correctness
that mute modern comedy. Spoofs on Apartheid
South Africa and "Tran Puerto Rico Airlines"
are particularly notable examples. Although
some may find these skits offensive, they
make one nostalgic for a time when satire
and humor was more unbridled. Those who
think that South Park and Judd Apatow
movies are the height of ribald humor
are in for a surprise. - TheExpatriate700
Paul Ainsley ... Guard in Political Speech
Wil Albert ... Bruno
Stephen Furst ... Fat Gin Player
Mel Carter ... Storefront Person
Joanna Cassidy ... Lisa Allen
Art Fleming ... Colonel Grant
Royce D. Applegate ... Miracle White Announcer
Meridith Baer ... Switchboard Operator #2 (as Meredith Baer)
Gene Borkan ... Attendant in Retirement Home
Jordan Cohen ... Boy in Winkles (as Jordon Brian)
Cory 'Bumper' Yothers ... Boy in Bullseye Frozen Food (as Bumper)
Marianne Bunch ... Girl on Beach
Twink Caplan ... Louise (as Twinkie Caplan)
Dort Clark ... Overdrawn Depositor
K.C. Ligon ... Maxine Waldman (as Katherine Dunfee Clark)
Beatrice Colen ... Mother
Dee Cooper ... Trucker
Ken Davitian ... Fat Bartender
Hal K. Dawson ... Grandpa
Susan Doukas ... Loan Officer
Fred Dryer ... Himself
Murphy Dunne ... Danny Dumont
Johnny Fain ... Storefront Person (as John Fain)
Laurie Zimmer ... Miracle White Lady (as Laura Fanning)
Aaron Fletcher ... Wise Man
Connie Fox ... Susan Lancaster
Fred Franklyn ... Commissioner Johnson
Dick Frattali ... Host of Last Supper
Kinky Friedman ... Ole Ben Lucas
Ben Frommer ... Count
George Furth ... President
Paul 'Mousie' Garner ... Nostalgic Old Person (as Mousie Garner)
Larry Gelman ... Man with Groceries
Gertrude Graner ... Relief Card Player
Bradley Green ... Boy Scout (as Bradley Greene)
Laurence Haddon ... General Jackson
Mary Hamill ... Paranoid Woman
Sandy Helberg ... Mailman
Basil Hoffman ... Presidential Advisor
Peter Kastner ... David
Rosanne Katon ... Laura Franklin
Suzanne Kent ... Melissa
Carl La Fong ... Doctor Stay Down
Hap Lawrence ... Jogger
Carole Mallory ... Morning Mist Girl
Brockton O'Toole ... Wise Man (as Arvid Malnaa)
James McCabe ... Father
Ira Miller ... Jewish Deviate
Marvin Miller ... Henry Wideman
Bret Morrison ... Russian Premier
Mickey Morton ... Ted (as Micky Morton)
Craig Richard Nelson ... Bud Schuler
Warren Oates ... Celebrity Sportsman
Maria O'Brien ... Air Puerto Rico Stewardess (as Maria O'Brian)
Jack O'Leary ... Merlyville Sheriff
Ken Olfson ... Mr. Sloan
Dick O'Neill ... General Andrews
Nancy Parsons ... Lady Mailperson
David Pendleton ... South African Waiter
Susan Peretz ... Heather
Shelley R. Bonus ... Switchboard Operator (as Shelley Pryor)
Peter Ratray ... Grand Brougham Announcer
Cecil Reddick ... 400 Pound Man
Robert Ridgely ... Celebrity Sportsman Host
Mary Margaret Robinson ... Nurse (as Mary Robinson)
Bobby Romanus ... Timmy Dorset
Robert C. Romanus ... Timmy Dorset (as Bobby Romanus)
Philip Roth ... Doctor Burns (as Phil Roth)
Lucy Saroyan ... Connie
Ben Schlossberg ... Dink (as Ben Schlosberg)
Tom Scott ... Announcer in Political Speech
Pamela Guest ... Mrs. Dorset (as Pam Seamon)
Al Shafran ... Wise Man
Harry Shearer ... Trucker's Friend
Dave Shelley ... Max (as Dave Shelly)
Joseph R. Sicari ... Man in Air Puerto Rico (as Joseph Sicari)
George Skaff ... Martin Boorman
David Spielberg ... Mr. Dorset
Jessica Swirnoff ... Alice
Ken Sylk ... Artie
Cynthia Szigeti ... Dawn
Lou Tiano ... Pete
Herb Voland ... Admiral Taft
Mike Wagner ... Senator Simon
Alan Wittert ... Paranoid Man
Harris Yulin ... Charles Conlin
Paul Zegler ... Suspicious Man
Mary Steelsmith ... Count's blond girlfriend (segment "Manny's Nymphs") (uncredited)
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