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.
Directed by
Peter Horton, Carl Gottlieb, Joe Dante, Robert K. Weiss, John Landis
Written by
Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland
Bryan Cranston
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
Michelle Pfeiffer
Brenda (segment "Hospital")
Joe Pantoliano
Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
Rosanna Arquette
Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")
Carrie Fisher
Mary Brown (segment "Reckless Youth")
Steve Guttenberg
Jerry (segment "Two I.D.'s")
Griffin Dunne
Doctor (segment "Hospital")
Sybil Danning
Queen Lara (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Ed Begley Jr.
Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Kelly Preston
Violet (segment "Titan Man")
Ralph Bellamy
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
Monique Gabrielle
Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")
Peter Horton
Harry (segment "Hospital")
Angel Tompkins
First Lady (segment "First Lady of the Evening")
Wallace Langham
Private Anson W. Pucket (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)
Robert Loggia
Gen. McCormick (segment "The Unknown Soldier") (uncredited)
Howard Hesseman
Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")
Larry Hankin
Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Phil Hartman
Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Steve Forrest
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
David Alan Grier
Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
Lana Clarkson
Alpha Beta (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Robert Picardo
Rick Raddnitz (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Andrew Dice Clay
Frankie (segment "Video Date")
Henry Silva
Henry Silva (segment "Bullshit or Not")
Donald Gibb
Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Robert Colbert
Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Marc McClure
Ray (segment "Video Date")
Dick Miller
Danny Clayton (segment "The French Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)
Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis (segment "Murray in Videoland") (uncredited)
Bela Lugosi
Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)
Corey Burton
Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Phil Proctor
Mike (segment "Silly Paté")
Matt Adler
George (segment "Titan Man")
Joey Travolta
Butch (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Mike Mazurki
Dutch (segment "Reckless Youth")
Arsenio Hall
Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
Willard E. Pugh
Speaking Cop (segment "Video Date")
Garry Goodrow
Checker Player (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")