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In 1998 the world's oil supply is exhausted. The U.S. Treasury is empty and in deep debt to a billionaire businessman (Chief Dan George) who'll foreclose on the nation in 30 days. The solution: a telethon to save Uncle Sam from bankruptcy. And with this way-out-there premise as a launching pad Americathon explodes into comic outer space. Written by Firesign Theatre veterans Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman this wickedly funny - and 30 years later outrageously timely - escapade stars Harvey Korman as an ego-tripping emcee Fred Willard as a scheming White House aide and John Ritter as a mellow fellow of a President. Has the country got a prayer when the people running the show haven't got a clue? Tune in to this all-stops-out extravaganza of hilarity and - strange but true - foreboding.
Original Release
08/10/1979
US Release
08/10/1979
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Harvey Korman | Monty Rushmore |
Fred Willard | Vincent Vanderhoff |
Peter Riegert | Eric McMerkin / Eric McMurkin |
Zane Buzby | Mouling Jackson |
Nancy Morgan | Lucy Beth |
John Ritter | President Chet Roosevelt |
Richard Schaal | Jerry |
Allan Arbus | Moishe Weitzman |
Elvis Costello | Earl Manchester / The Earl of Manchester |
Chief Dan George | Sam Birdwater |
Directors
Writers
Michael Mislove, Neal Israel, Phil Proctor, Peter Bergman, Monica Mcgowan Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Harvey Korman | Monty Rushmore |
Fred Willard | Vincent Vanderhoff |
Peter Riegert | Eric McMerkin / Eric McMurkin |
Zane Buzby | Mouling Jackson |
Nancy Morgan | Lucy Beth |
John Ritter | President Chet Roosevelt |
Richard Schaal | Jerry |
Allan Arbus | Moishe Weitzman |
Elvis Costello | Earl Manchester / The Earl of Manchester |
Chief Dan George | Sam Birdwater |
Tommy Lasorda | Jimmy Dunphy / Jimmy Dumphy |
Jay Leno | Larry Miller (Poopy Butt) |
Peter Marshall | Peter Marshall / Himself |
David Opatoshu | Abdul Muhammad |
Meat Loaf | Oklahoma Roy Budnitz / Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz |
George Carlin | Narrator |
Nellie Bellflower | Missy, VP Advertising |
J.A. Preston | Morty |
Jimmy Weldon | Big Jim, VP Research |
Regis Cordic | Herb |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edward Rosen | Executive Producer |
David Nichols | Producer |
Joe Roth | Producer |