The Kentucky Fried Movie

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The Kentucky Fried Movie

I'm a fan of John's. He has brought us movie fans some great classics: The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Animal House, and An American Werewolf in London. It was nice to see one of his earlier projects. I liked the feel of this movie, it had a Saturday Night Live feel to it with more edge. Sort of speak, what SNL couldn't get away with, this movie did. I did enjoy KFM over all. It had some very funny sketches and clever ideas. Is it the best made movie of all time? Of course not. This is when John was just getting started. And you can't make an omlet without breaking a few eggs, right? Ha ha ha... ha. Blah. Anywho, I think John Landis fans should have fun with this and I think you'll enjoy it. It's a pretty funny movie after all. 8/10

The ZAZ team started out in film with this collection of chuckle worthy skits. The frantic energy that makes Airplane! a classic is on full display; as a matter of fact, if this had a central storyline, it would probably be just as good. Classic bits include a family coping with their son's special handicap(he's dead), a man visiting a theater that shows films in "feel-a-round", an evening between two adults with a record playing the steps of sex, and the tawdry mock preview for the classically titled Catholic Schoolgirls in Trouble. Almost half of the film is dedicated to the Enter The Dragon spoof called A Fistful of Yen with Evan C. Kim in the lead speaking in a mash accent that is half Bruce Lee and half Elmer Fudd. Te-he.

John Landis' The Kentucky Fried Movie is great skit comedy (to say the least). Written by the supergroup team of Z-A-Z (Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker), this film is wild, crazy, and lots of funny entertainment. Included is Big Jim Slade, Catholic High School Girl in Trouble, and a long yet rewarding parody of Bruce Lee pictures. And John Landis brings these crazy scenes all together into one big cluster f**k of a good time. Great for fans of all comedy, even better for Landis or Z-A-Z fans.

Countless Airplane and Police Squad and Hot Shots movies later, Kentucky Fried Movie is still the best Abrahams/Zucker collaboration. Rather then try to put a bunch of mini-parodies into a single overarcing theme like an airplane disaster flick, they just do...a bunch of parodies, each on its own. It seems like the "skit" movie is dead and long gone now, which is a shame, because I wouldn't mind seeing them take another shot at it. It's probably just as well they can't, though - some things just stand on their own.

Though this movie has absolutely nothing to it, its considered a great movie on my part. Not only did this movie make me burst a gut, but its a great satire of, well, everything. It's the remedy to any tear-jerker and also a great movie to watch when there's, "just nothing on that night", sit through it, have some laughs, and enjoy it. There's nothing better to it. Of course, the main skit, "A fistful of yen" was absolute genius. The moves, and the way they were all made, was absolute prodegetic. I praise David and Jerry Zucker for this, and again, John Landis continues to make great movies. This, for one, is probably in his best other than "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers". Serve up the chicken, because this movie is going to eat your heart out!

I just watched this for first time last week, in early 2021. I'm a millennial as such I have only the vaguest understanding of the media the film is parodying. So like yeah I have seen a point counterpoint segment once. And yeah I know who Bruce Lee was. But I am not exactly well-versed in TV commercials c. 1975. One would normally think this would work against topical humor but in this case I found it to work in the film's favor. This is an anthology film and an early sketch comedy piece; it does what these movies should do by making me laugh. I found not precisely knowing the media being spoofed made the whole thing have a freer and sillier vibe. A lot of jokes land because of their dated quality. The movie is dated but engaging time capsules usually are. This creative team went on to make a couple of classic comedies-i.e. Airplane!-but this is enjoyable early film of theirs.

This comedy anthology film basically started the movie careers of writer/performers David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker as their next movie would become the hilarious classic Airplane! and director John Landis whose work in this directly led to him helming the box office hit Animal House. It spoofs everything from Kung Fu flicks to TV commercials to morning programs to theatrical movie trailers! See a gorilla loose at a studio! Watch various * women in a trailer for Catholic High School Girls in Trouble! Witness a young couple making love while the news is on and the people on it see and react to them! Marvel at a board game called "Scott Free" in which players take turns reenacting the events of the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination! Yes, much of the material is sophomoric but many of that is still funny in my mind! So on that note, I still highly recommend The Kentucky Fried Movie!