Actors: Various
Director: John Landis
Kentucky Fried Movie is a series of sketches by the people who brought the world Airplane! Dated jokes abound - there's several references to Deep Throat, blaxploitation films, Hare Krishnas, etc. The most continuous part of the film - a sketch mocking kung fu films entitled A Fistful Of Yen - also happens to be the most tedious. There's some solid ideas here, but it's not really worth an entire movie.
It is interesting to note how parody has advanced in the last 30 years - only the most ponderous parodies (e.g. Meet The Spartans) would feel the need to spell out the references in the way that some are done in this film. Audiences are much more savvy these days.
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