Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1985
Running Times: 87 mins
Format: black and white/Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

Various skits and episodes. The following credits are for specifics sequences. Those marked with * are fantasy.

Mondo Condo

DIRECTION
Director: John Landis

CAST
Arsenio Hall (apartment victim)

Pethouse Video

DIRECTION
Director: Carl Gottlieb

CAST
Donald Muhich (Easterbrook)
Monique Gabrielle (Taryn Steele)

Murray in Videoland *

DIRECTION
Director: Robert K. Weiss

CAST
Lou Jacobi (Murray)
Erica Yohn (Selma)
Debbie Davison (weather person)
Rob Krausz (floor manager)
Phil Hartman (baseball announcer)
Corey Burton (anchorman)

Hospital

DIRECTION
Director: John Landis

CAST
Michelle Pfeiffer (Brenda)
Peter Horton ( Harry)
Griffin Dunne (doctor)
Brian Ann Zoccola (nurse)

Hairlooming

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante

CAST
Joe Pantoliano (Sy)
Stanley Brock (himself)

Amazon Women on the Moon *

DIRECTION
Director: Robert K. Weiss

SPECIAL EFFECT
Special Effects: The L.A. Effects Group Inc

CAST
Steve Forrest (Captain Hudson (?))
Robert Colbert (Blackie)
Joey Travolta (Dutch)
Forrest J. Ackerman (US President)
Sybil Danning (Queen Lara)
Lana Clarkson (Alpha Beta)
Corey Burton (TV announcer)

Blacks Without Soul

DIRECTION
Director: John Landis

CAST
David Alan Grier (Don Simmons)
B.B. King (himself)
Bill Bryant (male Republican)
Roxie Roker (female Republican)
Le Tari (pimp)
Christopher Broughton (fan club president)

Two ID's

DIRECTION
Director: Peter Horton

CAST
Rosanna Arquette (Karen)
Steven Guttenberg (Jerry)

Bullshit or Not *

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante

CAST
Henry Silva (himself)
Sarah Lilly (prostitute)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Bologna or Not

Critics Corner *

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante

CAST
Archie Hahn (Harvey Pitnik)
Belinda Balaski (Beatrice Pitnik)
Justin Benham (Pitnik boy)
Erica Gayle (Pitnik girl)
Lohman and Barkley (Frankel and Herbert)
Dick Miller (Danny)

Silly Pate

DIRECTION
Director: Robert K. Weiss

CAST
T.K. Carter (host)
Philip Proctor (Mike)
Ira Newborn (Fred)
Karen Montgomery (Karen)
Corey Burton (announcer)

Roast Your Loved One

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante

CAST
Belinda Balaski (Beatrice Pitnik)
Robert Picardo (Rick Raddnitz)
Justin Benham (Pitnik boy)
Erica Gayle (Pitnik girl)
Rip Taylor (himself)
Slappy White (himself)
Jackie Vernon (himself)
Henry Youngman (himself)
Charlie Callas (himself)
Steve Allen (himself)
Archie Hahn (Harvey Pitnik)

Don 'No Soul' Simmons

DIRECTION
Director: John Landis

CAST
David Alan Grier (Don Simmons)

Video Pirates *

DIRECTION
Director: Robert K. Weiss

CAST
William Marshall (Pirate Captain)
Tino Insana (Mr Sylvio)
Donald Gibb (graceless pirate)
Frank Collinson (grizzled pirate)
Bill Taylor (gruesome pirate)

Son of the Invisible Man *

DIRECTION
Director: Carl Gottlieb

CAST
Ed Begley Jr (Griffin)
Chuck LaFont (Trent)
Pamela Vale (woman in pub)
Larry Hankin (man in pub)
Garry Goodrow (checker player)
Roger LaPage (London bobby)

Art Sale

DIRECTION
Director: Carl Gottlieb

CAST
John Ingle Felix Van Dam)

First Lady of the Evening

DIRECTION
Director: Robert K. Weiss

CAST
Angel Tompkins (First Lady)
Terence McGovern (salesman)
Michael Hanks (announcer)

Titan Man

DIRECTION
Director: Robert K. Weiss

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Bip, the Titan Mascot: Chris Wolf

CAST
Matt Adler (George Bailey)
Kelly Preston (Violet)
Ralph Bellamy (Mr Gower)
Howard Hesseman (Rupert King)
Steve Cropper (customer)

Video Date *

DIRECTION
Director: John Landis

CAST
Marc McClure (Ray)
Russ Meyer (video salesman)
Corinne Wahl (Sherrie)
Andrew Dice Clay (Frankie)
Willard Pugh (speaking cop)

Reckless Youth

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante

CAST
Carrie Fisher (Mary Brown)
Paul Bartel (doctor)
Herb Vigran (agent)
Tracy Hutchinson (floosie)
Mike Mazurki (Dutch)
Frank Beddor (Ken)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Are These Our Loins?

The following credits are universal, for all episodes

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Westward Productions
Executive Producer: John Landis, George Folsey Jr
Producer: Robert K. Weiss
Associate Producer: Robb Idels
Assistant Producer: Kevin Marcy
Unit Production Manager: Roger LaPage
Assistant Unit Production Manager: Cathy Gesualdo
Production Coordinator: Patricia A. Whitcher

SCRIPT
Script: Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland

DIRECTION
1st Assistant Directors: Deborah Love, Daniel Schneider, David Sosna
2nd Assistant Directors: Robin Holding, Robin R. Oliver

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl
Camera Operator: J. Michael McClary
1st Assistant Camera: Vincent J. Baldino, Bruce M. Pasternack
2nd Assistant Camera: Peter Mercurio, Jerold E. Chan
3rd Assistant Camera: Luc Nicknair
Gaffer: Roger Sassen
Electricians: Timothy Magaraci, Scott D. Grinham, Ronald J. Pure Jr, Rick Herres
Best Boy Electrician: Robert J. Krebsbach
Key Grip: J. Michael Popovich, Philip M. Sloan
Grips: Thomas M. Gibson, Jim Sweet, Kurt C. Kuntzmann, Robert W. McCarty, Brian H. Reynolds, Todd Griffith
Best Boy Grip: Larry Sweet, Jeff Smith
Stills: Richard Foreman

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Bert Lovitt, Marshall Harvey, Malcolm Campbell
Assistant Editor: Jack Hilton, Danny Retz, Patty Rogers
Apprentice Editor: Laura A. Graham
Negative Cutter: D. Bassett and Associates Inc

MUSIC
Song: Huey Lewis and the News (If This is It)
Music Editor: Marshall Harvey

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Susumu Tokunow
Boom Operator: Gary L. Holland
Re-Recording Mixers: Larry Stensvold, Nick Alphin, Paul Wells
Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Paul Bruce Richardson
Sound Effects Editor: William Jacobs, Cindy Marty, David Spence, Gary Wright
1st Assistant Sound Effects Editor: David DeGeus
Apprentice Sound Effects Editor: Mark Ormandy
Foley Mixer: Dean Drabin
Foley: L. Dan O'Connell, Gary Hecker
Re-Recording: Todd?AO/Glen Glenn

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Robin Siegel
Assistant Make Up: Nanette Marie MacCaughern
Hair: Lynne Eagan
Costume Designer: Taryn DeChellis
Assistant Costume Designer: Margaret C. Mayer
Costumes: Debra L. Wright, Carolyn Clark, Mira Zavidowsky
Seamstress: Cecile M. Metivier
Special Wardrobe and Props: John Harrington
Lead Set Dresser: Jennifer L. Pray
Set Dressers: Victoria J. Auth, Debra Combs, John Hammer Maxwell, Todd E. Weisman

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Mechanical Effects: Image Engineering

VISUAL EFFECTS
Murray Animation: Nelvana Productions
Opticals: Cinema Research Corporation

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Ivo Cristante
Art Director: Alex Hajdu
Set Decorator: Julie Kaye Towery
Props Master: Gregory R. Wolf
Assistant Props Master: David E. Harshbarger
Props Assistant: Peter Mark Weiner
Construction Supervisors: Ken Larson
Set Constuction: Rick Cobian, Gary Corarito, Bernardino DeLaTorre, Bill Luckey, Don Martin, Bill Powell, Thom Rude
Scenic Artist: Jeff James
Sign and Props Artist: Mike Aubrey
Art Department Manager: Roger E. Kelton
Storyboards: Len Morganti
Art Department Assistant: Ron Woods
Lead Man: Harry Middleton

OTHER CREW
Production Controller: Gary Gillingham
Script Supervisor: Jacqueline Saunders
Production Accountant: Robert Lemchen
Production Auditor: Ray Simm
Production Payroll Service: System One Inc
Production Secretary: Sally Smith
Production Assistant: Jeffrey Zeitlin, Mark Levine, Sue Benson, Matthew Clark, Brian Bellamy, Greg S. Beebe
Transportation Coordinator: Jerry Cipperley
Transportation Captain: Jerry Talamantes
Drivers: Lynda Cipperley, Hugh Kelly, John Orlebeck, David Severin, David Teasley, John Ternenyi Jr, Samuel S. White
Craft Service: George Flynn
First Aid: Pat Newberry
Animal Trainers: Keith Bauer, Robert Blair
Food Stylist: Marilyn Weiss
Unit Publicist: Saul Kahan
Film Archivist: Scott Holton
Completion Guarantors: Film Finances Ltd

LOCATIONS
Locations: Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA
Location Managers: Rick Rothen, Pamela Morrow

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Dan Allingham; Marilyn Weiss; Samuel L. Bronkowitz; Silverberg, Rosen, Leon and Behr; Mike Miller; Zsa Zsa Gabor; Hi Sean!

STUNTS
Stunts: Rick Barker, Brian Carson, Bob Cummings, Christopher Doyle, Eddie Hice, Boon Orsatti, Curtis Powers, Paul Sherrod, J.D. Silvester, Lincoln Simonds, Monty Simons

CASTING
Casting: Sally Dennison, Julie Selzer
Casting Assistant: Nancy Banks
Extras Casting: Janet Cunningham

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of series of short sketches and skits lampooning late-night American television. Several of the episodes are fantasy.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A spasmodically funny collection of comedy skits originally intended as a follow up to Landis' The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). Like the earlier film, some of the jokes work, but most fall flat. Particularly tiresome is the strangely unfunny send up of 50s SF movies from which the movie takes its title. When it's good (Bullshit or Not or Son of the Invisible Man) it's very good indeed but too many clever ideas are squandered and far too many of the sequences just aren't funny. Very much a hit and miss affair then, with more misses than hits and perhaps too many guest stars for its own good. Also too many directors, come to that, resulting in a film that lacks any real identity and wastes so many opportunities that it rapidly becomes irritating.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Laserdisc Distributors: MCA Home Video (40684)
DVD Distributors: Image Entertainment (ID 4294 USDVD)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 13

Canada
Rating: 14A

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1987
September
18: USA – theatrical release

1988
September
9: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 4294 USDVD))

December
22: West Germany – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Amazonas en la luna - Spanish title
Amazonen auf dem Mond - West German title
Amazonen auf dem Mond oder Warum die Amis den Kanal voll haben - West German title
Amazonki z ksiezyca - Polish title
The Best Movie Ever Made - working title
Cheeseburger Film Sandwich
Donne amazzoni sulla luna - Italian title
Kentucky Fried Sequel - working title
Locuras sin fin - Venezuelan title
Mujeres amazonas en la luna - Argentinian title
Riemurasia - unohtumaton televisioilta! - Finnish title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
King Kong (1933)

SEE ALSO
Bambi (1942)
Flight to Mars (1951)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982)
Siskel and Ebert and the Movies (1986)

KEYWORDS

anthologies, eiffel tower, invisibility, invisible man, jack the ripper, loch ness monster, the moon, paris, space travel, spaceships, television

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009