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Pray TV (1980 Film)
''Pray TV'' (also known as ''KGOD'') is a 1981 American comedy film spoofing televangelism, directed and co-written by Rick Friedberg. The film stars Dabney Coleman, Archie Hahn, Nancy Morgan, Joyce Jameson, Lewis Arquette, Marcia Wallace and Roger E. Mosley, with cameos by Dr. John and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove"). Film critics David Nusair and Scott Weinberg note that the 1989 film '' UHF'' is very similar in both plot and style to ''Pray TV''. Plot Failing UHF TV station KRUD, Channel 17, is "reborn" as Christian television station KGOD. The new format is a big success but attracts an incompatible mix of fringe ministries and broadcasters wanting time on the station. A series of humorous vignettes show the different religious shows the station broadcasts: a faith healer, a radical black nationalist preacher, a preacher with a drive-in church, a Christian game show, etc. Cast Release ''Pray TV'' was picked up by Filmways Pictures in 1981 (u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Friedberg
Rick Friedberg (born March 11, 1944) is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer, best known for his work with Leslie Nielsen. He is also the author of ''Hollywood War Stories, How to Survive in the Trenches'', a memoir/advice guide on the film industry. Career Friedberg made his feature film debut in 1980 with the comedy ''Pray TV (1980 film), Pray TV'' starring Dabney Coleman, followed by 1983's ''Off the Wall (1983 film), Off the Wall''. He would direct television episodes for ''The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series), The Twilight Zone'', ''New Monkees'' and ''CityKids''. When Friedberg made the comic instruction video ''Bad Golf Made Easier'' with Leslie Nielsen, he showed his son Jason Friedberg's script to him, which was parodying James Bond movies and other action films. Nielsen approved, and this led to 1996's ''Spy Hard''. The film eventually grossed $26 million against a production budget of $18 million. Through the 2000s and 2010s, Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music that features lyrics focusing on matters of Christian faith, often with an emphasis on Jesus, typically performed by self-proclaimed Christian individuals. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Many bands who perform Christian rock have ties to the contemporary Christian music labels, media outlets, and festivals, while other bands are independent. History Christian response to early rock music (1950s–1960s) Most traditional and fundamentalist Christians did not view rock music favorably when it became popular with young people from the 1950s, even though country and gospel music often influenced early rock music. In 1952 Archibald Davison, a Harvard professor, summed up the sound of traditional Christian music and why its supporters might not like rock music when he wrote of "... a rhythm that avoids strong pulses; a melody whose physiognomy is neither so characteristic nor so engaging as to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biff Manard
Biff Manard (c. 1943 – May 19, 2014) was an American actor. Background Born in either 1939 or 1943 according to certain sources, Manard appeared in numerous movies and making guest spots on popular TV shows for many decades, such as Officer Michael Francis Murphy on ''The Flash'', but he is perhaps best known for his role as "Hap" Ashby in the low budget science-fiction adventure ''Trancers'', in a supporting role as a washed up baseball player, who is targeted by a psychic assassin from the future. He returned to this role in ''Trancers II'', and in 1985 he also had reunited with co-stars Art LaFleur and Tim Thomerson for the zany ''Zone Troopers''. He died in 2014 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ... aged 71 after being ill for quite a long time, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Kirchenbauer
William Alfred Kirchenbauer (born February 19, 1953) is an American actor and stand-up comedian who has appeared in television shows and films since the late 1970s, most notably performing as a regular on ''Make Me Laugh'' and ''Fernwood 2 Night''. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Coach Graham Lubbock on the series ''Growing Pains'' and starring in the spin-off series ''Just the Ten of Us'' (ABC - 47 episodes 1988-1991). Life and career Kirchenbauer was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of Hester Elaine (née Andrews) and Alfred Ellsworth Kirchenbauer, who served in the U.S. Army. In 1978, Connie Stevens introduced Bill for his stand-up appearance on Season 1, Episode 24 of '' The Comedy Shop'' with ''Norm Crosby''... Using items on stage in innovative ways, the mic stand became a giant rubber-tipped dart and he became "chewing gum" which ended up stuck on the bottom of the barstool to the amusement and laughter of the studio audience. He has had recurring roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Herbeck
Robert William Herbeck is an actor, film producer and screenwriter, known for writing the first ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' film. Career Actor Herbeck had a television acting career in the 1970s and 1980s. His roles were credited in several television series including Mash, CHiPs Diff'rent Strokes, and The Jeffersons. Producer In 1998 Herbeck was listed as a co-producer on the Warner Brothers movie Wrongfully Accused. Writer Herbeck was a comedy writer when he came up with the idea of creating a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film in 1988. The film had a 25 Million dollar opening weekend which surprised many Hollywood insiders. Herbeck wrote the first screenplay of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Screenwriter Todd W. Langen Todd W. Langen is an American screenwriter and former engineer, best known for his work on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Early life Langen was born in Detroit and earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Hall
Deidre Ann Hall is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Marlena Evans on NBC's daytime drama ''Days of Our Lives'', whom she has played for over 45 years. Hall has won many awards for her portrayal of Marlena, including two Best Actress Soapy Awards in 1982 and 1983. Hall has won three Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1984, 1985, and 1995. Hall was the first recipient of the Outstanding Contribution by an Actress/Actor Award in 1986; in addition to receiving a shared award with Drake Hogestyn in 2005 for Favorite Couple: John and Marlena. Hall has also been nominated for a Daytime Emmy three times. Early years The third of five children born to John and Jeanie Hall, Deidre and her twin sister, Andrea, were born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Lake Worth, Florida along with a brother, John Terry Hall and two other siblings. At age 12, Hall was elected Junior Orange Bowl Queen. She is a graduate of Lake Worth High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Haid
Charles Maurice Haid III (born June 2, 1943) is an American actor and television director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is best known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in ''Hill Street Blues''. Haid was born in San Francisco, the son of Grace Marian (née Folger) and Charles Maurice Haid Jr. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met Steven Bochco. He was associate producer of the original stage production of ''Godspell'' in 1971, which was developed at CMU. Haid's acting credits include the 1976/1977 series '' Delvecchio'' as Sgt. Paul Schonski, the 1980s series ''Hill Street Blues'' as Officer Andy Renko, and the 1980 movie ''Altered States'' as Dr. Mason Parrish. In 1984, Haid was cast as "The Fatman" (or just "Fats") at the Literature, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brill
Charlie Sanford Brill (born January 13, 1938, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian. Acting Brill's first motion picture was ''The Beast of Budapest''. He appeared in ''Blackbeard's Ghost'' and ''The Amazing Dobermans''. He played Klingon spy Arne Darvin in the ''Star Trek'' episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) and reprised the role nearly 30 years later in the '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). He and his wife Mitzi McCall played Capt. Harry Lipschitz and Mrs. Lipschitz on the long-running series ''Silk Stalkings''. Brill and McCall performed sketch comedy on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' on the same episode as The Beatles' first appearance on February 9, 1964. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of PRI radio program ''This American Life'' regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon. In 1968–1969, Brill and McCall appeared on ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stymie Beard
Matthew Beard Jr. (January 1, 1925 – January 8, 1981) was an American actor. As a child actor, he was most famous for playing Stymie in the ''Our Gang'' short comedy films of 1930–1935. The role was so well known that he adopted the name Stymie Beard, and was so credited in some later roles, such as his 1978 appearance in ''The Buddy Holly Story''. Early life Beard was born near Los Angeles, California to Matthew Beard Sr. and Johnnie Mae Beard (née Clay). His father was the founding pastor of Beloved Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles. ''Our Gang'' years Beard previously played baby parts in many films, then signed a five-year contract to play in ''Our Gang''. In contrast to Allen Hoskins, Farina, the character he replaced, Stymie was a slick-tongued con-artist who was self-assured, nonchalant, and ready with a sly comment and clever ideas to solve the problems he faced. He could offer sound common sense that helped resolve his playmates' dilemmas. The character' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Lyn Bauer
Jaime Lyn Bauer (born Norma Marvhne Bauer; March 9, 1949, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American television actress, best-known for her soap opera roles as Lorie Brooks on ''The Young and the Restless'' and as Laura Horton on '' Days of Our Lives''. Life and career Bauer was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She was ''Miss Phoenix'' winner and 1968 Miss Illinois pagent. In 1972, she made her big-screen debut in the sex comedy ''The Sexpert''. She later starred in the sexploitation thriller '' The Centerfold Girls'' (1974). She turned down seven-year contract with Universal Pictures in 1973 and choice three-year contract with the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''.She played the role of Lorie Brooks from 1973 to 1982 with reprises in 1984, 2002, and 2018. In 1982, she had a cameo appearance in the comedy film ''Young Doctors in Love''. Bauer guest-starred on numerous primetime TV shows, including ''The Rookies'' (in an episode that served as the pilot for '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed by a game show host, host, sharing the rules of the program as well as commentating and narrating where necessary. The history of game shows dates back to the invention of television as a medium. On most game shows, contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles, typically to win either money or prizes. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor. History 1930s–1950s Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The first television game show, ''Spelling Bee (game show), Spelling Bee'', as well as the first radio game show, ''Information Please'', were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Nationalist
Black nationalism is a type of racial nationalism or pan-nationalism which espouses the belief that black people are a race (human categorization), race, and which seeks to develop and maintain a black racial and national identity. Black nationalist activism revolves around the social, political, and economic empowerment of black communities and people, especially to resist their assimilation into white culture (through Racial integration, integration or otherwise), and maintain a distinct black identity. Black nationalists often promote black separatism, which posits that black people should form territorially separate nation-states. Without achieving this goal, some black separatists employ a "nation within a nation" approach, advocating for various degrees of localized separation. Pan-African black nationalists variously advocate for continental African unity (aiming to eventually transition away from racial nationalism) or cultural unity among the African diaspora, which en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
