The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
1h 23m | PG-13
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Director: John Landis
Studio: United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)
Genre: Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Evan C. Kim
as Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Bong Soo Han
as Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Marilyn Joi
as Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Saul Kahan
as Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Marcy Goldman
as Housewife (segment "Household Odors")
Bill Bixby
as Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")
Reviews
Not unlike Monty Python's Flying Circus or The Benny Hill Show, The Kentucky Fried Movie, no actual relation to Kentucky or chicken, is an uneven collection of comedy skits, but being this is not for television it is sleazed up for one's viewing pleasure. Parodying much of 70s TV shows and movies, there are skits like the naughty Catholic High School Girls in Trouble promo reel, a blaxploitation parody, and the gem of the movie which is a kung-fu parody which takes up a good bit of the movie's running time. Like any comedy skit anthology the skits are uneven. Some are winners, some are flops. In retrospect they are perhaps more interesting in looking back on the 70s in a parody format. But the kung-fu parody is truly on target in what it parodies and the centerpiece of the movie. Alone I would give the kung-fu parody an 8/10 rating. Unfortunately some of the other skits drag down the whole of the movie, but it is worth it just to see the kung-fu bit. I give it 6/10 **Toxic Fletch**