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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 08/19/2005
2/5
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 04/03/2005
2/5
A skit comedy affair in which perhaps 1/4th of the bits actually fly. Go to Full Review
Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) 08/26/2004
2/5
Welcome to the cutting edge, circa 1974. Go to Full Review
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 11/06/2003
3/5
Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World 06/27/2003
2/5
Uneven comedy pastiche Go to Full Review
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 06/04/2003
1/5
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Ian R 03/04/2024 Highly creative, bizarre, witty, freaky, raunchy, and often even surreal sketch comedy which was undoubtedly very innovative and groundbreaking in its time. See more Steven M 08/17/2023 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. See more 08/05/2022 Some funny bits plus joy joy goofy ending. Cult fave. See more 08/14/2021 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. See more delysid d 08/12/2019 helps if you are real high when you watch it See more 05/20/2017 Fun if you can rent it or purchase it cheap. See more 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
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