Groove Tube, The Movie Summary and Review

Movie Summary for Groove Tube, The

Groove Tube, The Movie Brief

This low budget ‘70s movie stars Chevy Chase and Ken Shapiro.

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DVD Release For Groove Tube, The

The DVD for the movie Groove Tube, The runs 74 minutes , was released on May 30, 2000 by Henstooth Video and is rated R Click To Buy.

Film Plot For Groove Tube, The

The Groove Tube was a movie comprised of sketches satirizing ‘70s popular culture. The movie featured Buzzy Linhart as a naked hitchhiker. Linhart also supervised the film’s soundtrack, which included the Curtis Mayfield number “Move On Up.”

One of the more well known sketches in the movie The Groove Tube is The Dealers, about a pair of urban drug dealers.

Cast of Groove Tube, The Film

Ko-ko/Boss/'Near You' Singer/Robert Elgin/Mahetma Yenta/Lionel Elgin/'Just You, Just Me' Dancing Man - Ken Shapiro
Rodriguez/Leo Batfish/The President/The Hooker - Richard Belzer
The Fingers/Geritan/Four Leaf Clover - Chevy Chase
The Hitchhiker - Buzzy Linhart
The Girl - Richmond Baier
The Rich Guy - Berkeley Harris
The Geritan Girl - Jennifer Welles
The Gorillas - Roy Wallace
Gorilla - Kirtus Allen
The Gorillas - Laura Glicken
Gorilla - Hal Fore
The Gorillas - Jennifer Zens
Gorilla - Leo Petrie
The Dancing Policeman/The Assassin - Lane Sarasohn
Mouth Appeal/Sex Olympics - Paul Norman

Groove Tube, The Movie Trivia Items

The Groove Tube came out of the work of Channel One, an off Broadway experimental theater group. Chevy Chase was one of Channel One’s writers and actors.

The Groove Tube’s Channel One Evening News was the inspiration for Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update sketch.

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70's Film Facts:

The Film Groove Tube, The was released on January 1, 1974 by Levitt-Pickman, and earned $20,447,000 in ticket sales in US theatres.

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