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The Groove Tube

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Television programming takes it on the chin in this ribald spoof of the networks. Chevy Chase's feature debut.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 19, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com A skit comedy affair in which perhaps 1/4th of the bits actually fly. Rated: 2/5 Apr 3, 2005 Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) Welcome to the cutting edge, circa 1974. Rated: 2/5 Aug 26, 2004 Full Review Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Rated: 3/5 Nov 6, 2003 Full Review Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World Uneven comedy pastiche Rated: 2/5 Jun 27, 2003 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 1/5 Jun 4, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ian R Highly creative, bizarre, witty, freaky, raunchy, and often even surreal sketch comedy which was undoubtedly very innovative and groundbreaking in its time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Steven M The movie was groundbreaking in that it was (I think) the proto-Saturday Night Live. It is (like SNL) wildly uneven, but (in its time), it was extremely daring and some of the segments were very successful skewering of political and corporate hypocrisy and stand the test of time. Like Monty Python, it mixed silliness and sophisticated satire in a lumpy mess. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Some funny bits plus joy joy goofy ending. Cult fave. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member To fully appreciate 'The Groove Tube', you need to have lived through the 70's. Its a wild and wacky collection of on-target spoofs from the genius minds of Ken Shapiro and Lane Sarasohn. Chevy Chase made his film debut here, and Richmond Baier lights up the screen with her all-too brief appearance. My favourite sketch though is 'The Dealers'. It should have been expanded into a full-length feature film. For me, this is the film 'The Kentucky Fried Movie' should have been. I'm so glad to have it on Blu-Ray in HD. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review delysid d helps if you are real high when you watch it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/12/19 Full Review Audience Member Fun if you can rent it or purchase it cheap. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Television programming takes it on the chin in this ribald spoof of the networks. Chevy Chase's feature debut.
Director
Ken Shapiro
Producer
Ken Shapiro
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 19, 1974, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 15m