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In John Landis' parody film - it was created by the ZAZ trio (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker of Airplane! (1980) fame) of comedy writers when they first performed as a Madison, Wisconsin comedy troupe. The comedy group also moved on to Los Angeles, CA where they had a four-year stage run as "The Kentucky Fried Theater" at a rented warehouse in West Los Angeles, CA. It was essentially an unrelated, blatantly sexual, and racially-insensitive collection of comedy sketches (over two dozen) with no unified plot. The entire film pushed the boundaries of its time by parodying and satirizing pop-culture of the 1970s. |
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| TV commercials | "Willer Beer" | A beer commercial with shaved-head Hare Krishnas drinking beer in a local bar after a long day of handing out flyers. | |
| TV PSA | "United Appeal For the Dead" | Henry Gibson (as Himself), a spokesperson for the United Appeal for the Dead, explained the warning signs of death - with an appeal to keep corpses in a family setting. | |
| School educational science films | "Zinc Oxide and You" | The wonders of zinc oxide extolled. | |
| 1970s Cinema Genres including Martial-arts films | "A Fistful of Yen" | A Bruce Lee Kung-Fu parody, about a recruited martial arts teacher named Loo (Evan Kim) who defeated criminal mastermind Dr. Klahn (Master Bong Soo Han) | |
| Female blaxploitation action films - a Movie Trailer | "Cleopatra Schwartz" | Featuring the crime fighting duo of an African-American (Cleopatra Schwartz) and an Hasidic Jew. |  Cleopatra (Marilyn Joi) in "Cleopatra Schwartz" |
| Disaster Feature Film - Movie Trailer | "That's Armaggedon" | A governor (Jack Roberts) was forced to deal with the aftermath of a large disaster. | |
| How-to-guides for sex | "The Wonderful World of Sex" (aka "Sex Record") | Girl (Sharon Kaugh) and Boy (Jack Baker), a black couple, experienced awkwardness during sex as they approached "the conjugal bed," including the frequent problem of premature ejaculation. The Joy of Sex album promised that it came equipped with the saving appearance of former NFL league player "Big Jim Slade" (Manuel Perry) - and he suddenly walked in on the couple. |   Girl (Sharon Kaugh) with Boy (Jack Baker) and with Big Jim Slade |
| 1950s Courtroom or Trial TV shows | "Courtroom" (in black and white) |
A recreation of a 1957 courtroom trial scene including testimony from a dead witness, starring Wally (Tony Dow) and Beaver (Jerry Zucker) from the TV show Leave It to Beaver. | |
| TV news shows | "Eyewitness News" | A Girl (Tara Strohmeier) and Boy (Rick Gates) made love on a couch while watching the TV news. They were spied upon through a two-way television; the newscaster and his technicians went wild watching them. |   Girl (Tara Strohmeier) in "Eyewitness News" |
| Film Trailer (or Coming Attractions) of a Sexploitation Film | "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" | The nude trio of Nancy Mann, Lenka Novak, and Betsy Genson portrayed three of the girls in trouble. During the "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" episode, as the male (Michael Kearns) caressed the big-busted "Woman in Shower"'s (Uschi Digard) large breasts, the sound effects were like the rubbing of a balloon. The narrator explained:
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  (l to r) Susan Joyce (Nancy Mann), Linda Chambers (Lenka Novak), Nancy Reems (Betsy Genson) 
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The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)