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
Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Joe Dante, Robert K. Weiss
Written by
Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland
Michelle Pfeiffer
Brenda (segment "Hospital")
Ed Begley Jr.
Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Steve Allen
Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Rosanna Arquette
Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")
Andrew Dice Clay
Frankie (segment "Video Date")
Ralph Bellamy
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
Corey Burton
Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Peter Horton
Harry (segment "Hospital")
Griffin Dunne
Doctor (segment "Hospital")
Arsenio Hall
Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
Marc McClure
Ray (segment "Video Date")
Howard Hesseman
Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")
Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Joe Pantoliano
Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
John Ingle
Felix Van Dam (segment "Art Sale")
Phil Hartman
Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Frank Collison
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Angel Tompkins
First Lady (segment "First Lady of the Evening")
Phil Proctor
Mike (segment "Silly Paté")
B.B. King
B.B. King (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Willard E. Pugh
Speaking Cop (segment "Video Date")
Mike Mazurki
Dutch (segment "Reckless Youth")
Tino Insana
Mr. Sylvio (segment "Video Pirates")
Monique Gabrielle
Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")
Donald Gibb
Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Garry Goodrow
Checker Player (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Steve Cropper
Customer (segment "Titan Man")
Kellye Nakahara
Theatre Customer #4 (segment "Peter Pan Theatre") (uncredited)