Remember when Robert Morse danced down the middle of a Manhattan street in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING weaving between the other pedestrians? There is a sequence in this movie that mimics that and it's about the most hysterical thing in the film. Another sequence that is pretty good and inventive is the WATERGATE hearings done to a jazzy accompanying score. The rest of the film is spotty at best: some parts you may find funny while others you may find fall flat like a pancake. It's one of those types of movies you really have to be in the mood to see. It's offensive, obnoxious, weird, strange, bizarre and totally off the wall. Maybe the screenwriter was stoned when he wrote the movie and maybe even when he directed it. Cameo appearances are made by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer (both are fairly funny in their individual bits). I howled at Belzer's Puerto Rican accent! A spoof of everything TV, Laugh-In style but not as funny; would make a great double feature with the uncut version of FLESH GORDON.
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