Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.9/10   

Director:

Michael O'Donoghue

Escritores:

Mitch Glazer (writer)
Michael O'Donoghue (writer)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

The TV show that can't be shown on TV!

Plot:

Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films...

Plot Keywords:

Elephant | Mondo | Saturday Night Live | Directed By Star | Spoof

Comentarios de los usuarios:

I'm sure it sounded good when planned

Reparto

Michael O'Donoghue	...	Mr. Mike
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Dan Aykroyd	...	Jack Lord priest / Himself
Edie Baskin	...	Herself
Judith Belushi-Pisano	...	Herself (as Judy Jacklin)
Robert Delford Brown	...	JoJo The Human Hot Plate
Jane Curtin	...	Herself
Carrie Fisher	...	Herself
Susan Forristal	...	Herself
Teri Garr	...	Herself
Mitch Glazer		(as Mitchell Glazer)
Merwin Goldsmith
Joan Hackett	...	Herself
Deborah Harry	...	Herself
Sarah Holcomb	...	Herself
Teri Keane	...	Herself
Margot Kidder	...	Herself
Julius LaRosa
Marii Mak	...	Herself
Wendie Malick	...	Herself
Brian McConnachie	...	LaserBra 2000 scientist
Bill Murray	...	Man on the street
Laraine Newman	...	Herself
Klaus Nomi	...	Opera Singer
Patty Oja	...	Herself
Robert Perry	...	Laserbra 2000 Narrator (voice)
Emily Prager	...	Woman in film room
Gilda Radner	...	Herself
Helen Robison	...	Teen daughter
Paul Shaffer	...	Jack Lord organist
Mitchell Sugarman
Clarence Thomas
Loretta Tupper	...	Herself
Sid Vicious	...	Himself
Dirk Wittenborn	...	Cat Swimming School instructor

Duración:

75 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:R

Compañía:

PKO Television

Trivialidades:

Originally intended as a TV special.

Citas:

Mr. Mike: Women -- put a bag over their hearts and they're all the same.

Conexiones de Película:

References "The Bullwinkle Show" (1961)

Banda de Sonido:

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

I'm sure it sounded good when planned

It is a real shame that nearly no one under 30 knows the "over the top" writing of Michael O'Donoghugh- magazine articles and SNL skits that were genius for the time...and so it is a true shame that anyone who may take the opportunity to research his work will no doubt take the easy way out and watch videos- thus leading them to MR MIKES MONDO VIDEO.

This movie has clever elements that never fully connect to the funny bone. The viewer experiences such things as cat diving/swimming with the man who thinks he's found feline happiness by hurling these kittens into a pool which the camera follows in slow motion and montage sequence. Then we are taken to an island to where all past fads are retired (hula hops, pet rocks, rainbow dread wigs etc.) Then we enter the music world (punk was a new variety of music at the time of this film) where "D" rate bar performer Rootboy Slim performs "boogie till you puke" in his own lazy style of dirt and eclectic sleaze. Now the real beauty of all this is the back ground music. In many different styles with many different instruments the sound of TELSTAR plays and replays- for those who don't understand Telstar was the first American Satellite launched into space and the theme was created to celebrate mans genius and triumph. MR MIKES seems to have been meant as a signal of societal decay ridiculous wastes. Now one thing the theater offered that the video release does not was a live performance of Sid Vicious (ex sex pistol not the wrestler) singing MY WAY. His version is very different than Sinatras as one might imagine but frankly I feel it is very much worth the listen...it's good! That is the sad part- in the VHS release Paul Anka refuses the rights of his song and the viewer is forced to experience 3 1/2 minutes of silence with an explanation rolling across the image of the singing dead sex pistol.

I would give the theater release a 5 or 6 the video is closer to a 4 and now that so much is passé I can see where many people would give it a 3 or 2.5. If you want to see a good O'Donoghugh script watch SCROOGED...it is a better tribute to the mans insight and talent.