The Groove Tube (1974)

Starring: Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase

Directed by: Ken Shapiro

Written by: Ken Shapiro and Lane Sarasohn

Description: A wild and uninhibited lampoon of broadcast TV. Based on material developed for Channel One Video Theaters, The Groove Tube cost only $350,000 to make, but went on to become one of the year's top grossing comedies, earning over $35 million. Available on cassette from Hen's Tooth Video.


"Maybe the funniest movie of the year. Rush to see it!"
-Will Jones, Minneapolis Tribune
"Bawdy and hilarious. 'The Groove Tube' is an admirable satire."
- Joe Pollack, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Hilarious. Left me hungry for more. When was the last time that happened in the movies?"
-Donia Mills, Washington Star News
"A devastatingly funny series of takeoffs and putons whose swift, comic momentum rarely lapses from beginning to end"
-Charles Trueheart, Greensboro Daily News
"A landmark in the history of film comedy. Still has me laughing a week after the preview showing."
-Farnum Gray, The Atlanta Constitution
"So gleeful and zany is it in its sheer outrageousness that the result is virtually nonstop hilarity"
- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"I found the picture almost constantly funny, now and then brilliantly hilarious. The best bits are classic."
- Robert La Brasca, The Capital Times
"Seeing a riotous, unruly, and truly funny movie like this restores my faith in the whole darned future of movie comedy."
- Bruce Cook, The National Observer
REVIEWS:  Judith Crist, New York | Jay Cocks, Time | Archer Winsten, New York Post
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