Product Details

• Actors: Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase, Buzzy Linhart, Richmond Baier
• Directors: Ken Shapiro
• Writers: Ken Shapiro, Lane Sarasohn, Rich Allen
• Producers: Ken Shapiro, Dale Bell
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Henstooth Video
• DVD Release Date: May 30, 2000
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305832161
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,443 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Groove Tube" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This collection of satirical sketches about television was released in 1974, the heyday of obvious pop-culture humor along the lines Cheech and Chong. With Saturday Night Live still a few years away, Chevy Chase made an appearance here, and one can see the acute sensibility that would redefine television comedy in its early form. Some of the gags work well but most are pretty dispensable; some are a bit crude. On the plus side, it's nice to see Richard Belzer (from TV's Homicide) in his sharp-tongued, formative stage. While not brilliant, the film did serve as one influence on the rise of ironic humor in the '70s. --Tom Keogh

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GROOVE TUBE - DVD Movie

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Groove Tube is not Saturday Night Live but..., July 18, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Groove Tube (DVD)

Gross, outdated, crude, disgusting, a little drawn out in spots, and one of the funniest films ever! Mostly carried by Ken Shapiro & Richard Belzer, the film blasts away typical TV programming in rapid funny fashion. From the hilarious 2001 opening spoof to the Koko the clown sketch, the dealers (which hangs on too long after the great movie theatre scene), the News, the olympics, and safety sam, it's pure fun. One other recurring performer is Chevy Chase in the Geritan commercial, one of the highpoints of the film, as well as the fingers, and a quirky rendition of Four Leaf Clover. It's no Academy Award winner, and it isn't as clever or classy as SNL, but it's good for gross-out humor lovers. It's a classic that has been followed by, or in some cases imitated by Tunnelvision, Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women On The Moon. Check it out!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When The Groove Tube hits, it is a riot., November 29, 1999

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"gapskank76" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Groove Tube [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw this movie about five years ago with a friend who had just had surgery. She nearly busted her stitches out. You will not laugh harder than when this movie hits its target. There are some sketches that miss their target, but overall, it is really funny, and best of all there are several different levels of humor, if you like slapstick, there is plenty here. If you are more intellectual, and like irony, this movie has that, too. I just bought it and it is even better now that I am a little older and get some of the references. Check out "Brown 25," "The Dealers," and "Koko the Clown." These three, especially should have you near tears.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Histarically twisted, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Groove Tube [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is wrong in every aspected of the word. This Shapiro masterpiece summarizes the 70's in a nut shell. From Beggining to end it is parody genius at its best. "Move on up" by Curtis Mayfield is a perfect song for this movie. From the first scetch about the hitchhiker, the Koko show, the Dealers, Kramp TV kitchen, "Safty Sam" vanareal disease awareness (the men might want to leave the room during this scene), and the evening news. Not to mention the commercial parodies and plain 70's commentary. This movie is one to be enjoy in every household and enjoyed many times over and over again. Ever time i have seen this movie it keeps getting better and better revealing its underling humor. This guy Ken Shapiro is probably in a cave or jail or his own private island, maybe a combination of each. This is comedy at its best.