Some 30 years ago, when I was around 12 or 13 years old, "The Kentucky Fried Movie" was the first slapstick/absurd spoof type of film I ever watched. I didn't understand half of the jokes and none of the references towards other movies, but it sparked my interest in crazed-out comedy, and particularly the work of the infamous Z. A. Z. Team. "Top Secret", "Airplane!", "Hot Shots!", "The Naked Gun", ... They're all hilarious and great, but their first feature remains unique.
Quite simply, "The Kentucky Fried Movie" is a collection of short and slightly longer sketches that are all spoofing our beloved visual media. Mostly television (like the daily news, commercials & infomercials, reality-TV, ...) but also cinema (with delightful fake trailers, 4D-experience, and - the central sketch - an authentic film parody). The eccentric trailers are my favorite! What I wouldn't give, being the exploitation and trash fanatic that I am, to see the actual full-length versions of "That's Armageddon", "Cleopatra Schwartz", and "Catholic High-School Girls in Trouble". Without properly realizing, the Z. A. Z. Guys invented the concept of fake trailers for this film.
Some gags are weak and unnecessary overlong, but these are widely compensated by many imaginative situations, (pleasantly) provocative satire, juvenile stuff, and so-stupid-it's-hilarious humor. From a mildly offensive boardgame about a Presidential murder to a downright insane sketch called "United appeal for the Dead". The central sketch isn't my favorite, but it's an energetic and joyous spoof of "Enter the Dragon" and James Bond.
Quite simply, "The Kentucky Fried Movie" is a collection of short and slightly longer sketches that are all spoofing our beloved visual media. Mostly television (like the daily news, commercials & infomercials, reality-TV, ...) but also cinema (with delightful fake trailers, 4D-experience, and - the central sketch - an authentic film parody). The eccentric trailers are my favorite! What I wouldn't give, being the exploitation and trash fanatic that I am, to see the actual full-length versions of "That's Armageddon", "Cleopatra Schwartz", and "Catholic High-School Girls in Trouble". Without properly realizing, the Z. A. Z. Guys invented the concept of fake trailers for this film.
Some gags are weak and unnecessary overlong, but these are widely compensated by many imaginative situations, (pleasantly) provocative satire, juvenile stuff, and so-stupid-it's-hilarious humor. From a mildly offensive boardgame about a Presidential murder to a downright insane sketch called "United appeal for the Dead". The central sketch isn't my favorite, but it's an energetic and joyous spoof of "Enter the Dragon" and James Bond.