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The Groove Tube | Year: 1974 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Ken Shapiro Actors/Actresses: - Ken Shapiro - Richard Belzer - Chevy Chase Histarically twisted This movie is wrong in every aspected of the word. This Shapiro masterpiece summarizes the 70's in a nut shell. From Beggining to end it is parody genius at its best. "Move on up" by Curtis Mayfield is a perfect song for this movie. From the first scetch about the hitchhiker, the Koko show, the Dealers, Kramp TV kitchen, "Safty Sam" vanareal disease awareness (the men might want to leave the room during this scene), and the evening news. Not to mention the commercial parodies and plain 70's commentary. This movie is one to be enjoy in every household and enjoyed many times over and over again. Ever time i have seen this movie it keeps getting better and better revealing its underling humor. This guy Ken Shapiro is probably in a cave or jail or his own private island, maybe a combination of each. This is comedy at its best. The Groove Tube is not Saturday Night Live but... Gross, outdated, crude, disgusting, a little drawn out in spots, and one of the funniest films ever! Mostly carried by Ken Shapiro & Richard Belzer, the film blasts away typical TV programming in rapid funny fashion. From the hilarious 2001 opening spoof to the Koko the clown sketch, the dealers (which hangs on too long after the great movie theatre scene), the News, the olympics, and safety sam, it's pure fun. One other recurring performer is Chevy Chase in the Geritan commercial, one of the highpoints of the film, as well as the fingers, and a quirky rendition of Four Leaf Clover. It's no Academy Award winner, and it isn't as clever or classy as SNL, but it's good for gross-out humor lovers. It's a classic that has been followed by, or in some cases imitated by Tunnelvision, Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women On The Moon. Check it out! a dated classic How can any one who saw this film as a kid ever forget it? Many of the scatalogical blackout sketches are no longer as provocative as their original release, but who cares? The film is hysterical. Sure there are low points, the all too long the dealers, the evening news (although of course Brown 25 is classic), but the high points are extaordinary; The Kramp kitchen, Safety sam, Chevy Chases' brilliant 4 leaf clover, the extremely subtle and amazingly funny, Koko the clown show. Best of all though is writer, director, producer Ken Shapiro's manic pas de deux down a busy Manhattan street, while he sings Nat King Cole's Just You Just Me. It is forever etched in my mind. All that and Curtis Mayfield as a bonus. Definitely dated, still, The Groove Tube remains an unrelenting jolt of joy in an era that is certainly in need of it. Buy The Groove Tube at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Groove Tube Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Groove Tube This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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