Action Family
| Title: | Action Family |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Directors: | Gary Weis |
| Writers: | Chris Elliott (story) Sandy Frank (teleplay) |
| Actors: | Chance Bassett | Jimmy Butts | Eyde Byrde | George Ede | Chris Elliott | Seth Green | Beth Holland | Gary Howard Klar | Lucy Landau | Gina Martin | Antonia Rey | Bob Elliott | David Letterman | Joseph Amodei | Chuck Cooper |
| Rating: | 9.0 | 67 votes |
| Languages: | English |
| Color: | Color |
| Country: | USA | Canada |
| Company: | New Star Productions |
| Comments: | |
| 1) My roommate and I rented this on video about 10 years ago at an indievideo store in Minneapolis, MN., and I thought this was a great earlynugget showcasing Chris Elliott’s "annoying but hilarious" persona…If it surfaces on DVD or cable TV this is worth a spin just for DavidLetterman’s blistering cameo where he ball busts Chris at a stop light.There is also a delicious lampooning of both British TV (it’s shot onfilm for outdoor scenes and video live before a studio audience with alaugh track allowing Elliott to jump between the two mediums) and makesfun of the Partridge Family (the family is also a band). Plus there isa dream sequence where President Abe Lincoln spanks a crying ChrisElliott (Lincoln also shows up again in "FDR, A One Man Show"). Worthferreting this one out if you’re a fan of this brand of humor… | |
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