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A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.
- Director
- Writers
- Ken Shapiro
- Lane Sarasohn
- Rich Allen(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe "Channel One Evening News" skit and its tagline, 'Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow,' was the inspiration for "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live (1975). Chevy Chase, the original Weekend Update anchorman, was featured in this film, although Ken Shapiro plays the Channel One anchorman in the movie.
- GoofsThe opening of the "Channel One Evening News" skit includes a roll call of the reporters to be featured in the program. Among the reporters mentioned is "Freddie Fagu in Minneapolis," but Fagu's segment is missing from the skit.
- Alternate versionsAn edited PG-rated version was released as a double feature with a similarly edited "Kentucky Fried Movie".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Modern Problems (1981)
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The 'Great Grandaddy" of them all
If you liked "Kentucky Fried Movie" (predecessor to the Zucker's "Airplane") you need to see the original 'skit' movie. The 'Groove Tube' is the GREAT GRANDADDY of the skit movies'. Nothing but one comedy skit after another. Many are very funny, some are a little dated. But hey, if you don't like one, the next is sure to get you. I saw the thing when it first came out, and 25 years later, when we are working in the kitchen, I STILL tell my wife to "Take the cherry pits... and put them in the olives... and garnish with a small American Flag!" Crazy.
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- Apr 12, 1999
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- $200,000 (estimated)
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