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The Canned Film Festival is a comedy-based motion picture television series that was nationally syndicated during the late night hours in the United States for a single season in the summer of 1986. With only a one-letter difference in the spelling, the name is an intentional play on the name for the Cannes Film Festival, the annual world-renowned film-screening celebration in Cannes, France. Not to be confused with the latter, the Canned Film Festival featured B movies as the centerpiece for each television episode, and was composed of short vignettes interwoven throughout the films. Boasting the tagline "late night with the best of the worst", the series was promoted and sponsored by the Dr Pepper Company, whose then-tagline "out-of-the-ordinary" echoed the show's collection of odd and strange movies. The series was created by Young & Rubicam, developed for television by Chelsea Communications, and distributed by LBS Communications.
Original Release
06/21/1986
US Release
06/21/1986
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laraine Newman | Laraine |
Kathryn Rossetter | Doris |
Patrick Garner | Fitzy |
Phil Nee | Chan |
Rick Ford | Jack |
Laura Galusha | Becky |
Troy West | Irate Moviegoer |
Bill St. James | Announcer |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Terror of Tiny Town | Saturday, 21 June 1986 |
2 | Doctor of Doom | Saturday, 28 June 1986 |
3 | Ski Fever | Saturday, 05 July 1986 |
4 | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | Saturday, 12 July 1986 |
5 | Robot Monster | Saturday, 19 July 1986 |
6 | The Crawling Hand | Saturday, 26 July 1986 |
7 | They Saved Hitler's Brain | Saturday, 02 August 1986 |
8 | Untamed Women | Saturday, 09 August 1986 |
9 | Bride of the Monster | Saturday, 16 August 1986 |
10 | Las Vegas Hillbillys | Saturday, 23 August 1986 |
11 | Project Moonbase | Saturday, 30 August 1986 |
12 | Rocket Attack U.S.A. | Saturday, 06 September 1986 |
13 | The Slime People | Saturday, 13 September 1986 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laraine Newman | Laraine |
Kathryn Rossetter | Doris |
Patrick Garner | Fitzy |
Phil Nee | Chan |
Rick Ford | Jack |
Laura Galusha | Becky |
Troy West | Irate Moviegoer |
Bill St. James | Announcer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jeffrey Lawenda | Executive Producer |
Michael Yudin | Executive Producer |
John Gilroy | Producer |
Margot Breier | Producer |
Mark Chmiel | Producer |
Paul Isacsson | Producer |
Frank Zingale | Producer |