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People are Funny: the Movie
alfonzos:
I did not know there was a movie based on the creation of the People are Funny radio show, which became a television series, existed until today. I saw a DVD case for it at a Salvation Army thrift store today. The disc was missing or I would have bought it on the spot. I may have been lucky that I didn't buy it. The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038831/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) warns that since the movie is in the public domain there are many bad copies available. Link to where it could be bought: http://www.moviesunlimited.com/people-are-funny/089218550996
The Ol' Guy:
Have it. May have to get it out again. Bought it from the old Foothills Video. There were also movies fashioned around Queen For A Day, The Kollege Of Musical Knowledge ("That's Right, You're Wrong", "You'll Find Out") and Pot 'O Gold, all weaving stories about various characters and inserting a few moments recreations of the shows to appeal to their radio audiences. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043947/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2.
Here - save some money, courtesy of YouTube. .
Jimmy Owen:
James Stewart had a good movie "The Jackpot." Not sure if it was based on any particular radio show.
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: Jimmy Owen on May 22, 2016, 05:48:40 AM ---James Stewart had a good movie "The Jackpot." Not sure if it was based on any particular radio show.
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For the sake of the three of us who care about this and want to Horanically show off what we know:
I'm pretty sure they fictionalized The Jackpot, but it was based on a true story that appeared in The New Yorker about a guy who won an absurd amount of merchandise on Sing It Again and struggled with paying taxes on his winnings.
There was also a movie version of the radio game show Take It Or Leave It.
The best of the lot, by far, is Champagne for Caesar, a comedy about a genius (Ronald Coleman) who is wronged by a soap company president (Vincent Price) and decides to take revenge by appearing on a double-or-nothing quiz show they sponsor. For the sake of the plot, the fictional game show put no limits on how often you can "double", and he threatens to bankrupt the company.
SamJ93:
So aside from Quiz Show, are there any recent movies (past 30 years or so) whose plot centered around a real or fictional game show?
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