A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Cast
Evan C. Kim
Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Bong Soo Han
Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Agneta Eckemyr
Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Marilyn Joi
Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Saul Kahan
Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Marcy Goldman
Housewife (segment "Household Odors")
Bill Bixby
Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")
John Landis
TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today")
Dulcie Jordan
Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")
Gracia Lee
Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors")
Sheila Rogers
Guest #3 (segment "Household Odors")
George Lazenby
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Victoria Carroll
The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon")
Donald Sutherland
The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
Henry Gibson
Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead")
Rick Baker
Dino (segment "A.M. Today") (as Richard A. Baker)
Felix Silla
Crazed Clown (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Tony Dow
Wally (segment "Courtroom")
Boni Enten
Rita Filagree (segment "Courtroom")
Michael McManus
Hornung (segment "Courtroom")
Dick Yarmy
Taylor (segment "Courtroom")
David Zucker
Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom"), Various
Tara Strohmeier
Girl (segment "Eyewitness News", as Tara Strohmeir)
Peggy Doyle
Auntie Em (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Branscombe Richmond
Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Lenka Novak
Linda Chambers (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Nancy Mann
Susan Joyce (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Betsy Genson
Nancy Reems (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Uschi Digard
Woman in Shower (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Jeff Maxwell
Man (segment "Feel-A-Round")
George Cheung
Guard #1 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Phillip Rhee
Klahn's Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Jim Abrahams
Various
Jerry Zucker
Various
Stephen Stucker
Stenographer (segment "Courtroom")
Richard Gates
Boy (segment "Eyewitness News")
William Tregoe
John Fitzsimmons (segment "A.M. Today")
Jack Baker
Man (segment "Sex Record")
Sharon Kaough
Woman (segment "Sex Record")
Manny Perry
Big Jim Slade (segment "Sex Record")
Shadoe Stevens
Voice Overs (voice)
Derek Murcott
Pennington (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Colin Male
Spokesman (segment "Argon") / Voice Overs (voice)
John Cassisi
Teenage Volunteer
Tracy Landis
Candy Counter Girl (segment "Feel-a-Round"
Marcus K. Mukai
Guard #2 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Michael Alaimo
Usher (segment "Feel-a-Round")
Crew
John Landis
Director
Jim Abrahams
Writer
Jerry Zucker
Writer
David Zucker
Writer
George Folsey Jr.
Editor
Stephen M. Katz
Director of Photography
Robert E. Collins
Director of Photography
Kim Jorgensen
Executive Producer
Robert K. Weiss
Producer
Larry Kostroff
Associate Producer
Mike Hanks
Casting
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Costume Design
Nancy Gillis
Hairstylist
Cheri Ruff
Makeup Artist
Edward Ternes
Makeup Artist
Igo Kantor
Original Music Composer
Rick Harvel
Art Direction
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