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Stay Tuned (1992)

Directed by Peter Hyams

Science Fiction | Comedy | Thriller

Most recently watched by zombiefreak, BTSjunkie

Overview

Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy’s home entertainment system sucks him and Helen into Hellvision, a realm run by Spike, who is an emissary of Satan. For 24 hours, the couple must survive devilish parodies of TV programs if they want to return to reality alive.

Rated PG | Length 87 minutes

Actors

John Ritter | Pam Dawber | Jeffrey Jones | David Tom | Heather McComb | Bob Dishy | Joyce Gordon | Eugene Levy | Erik King | Don Calfa | John Destry | Susan Blommaert | Maurice Verkaar | Ken Douglas | Gerry Nairn | Dale Wilson | Don Pardo | Louis Vincent Albano | George Gray | Faith Minton | Alan C. Peterson | Marlowe Dawn | Laura Harris | Andrea Nemeth | Tiffany Michas | Kristen Cloke | Gianni Russo | Bill Croft | John Bear Curtis | Victor A. Young | Jonathon Pallone | Ken Kramer | Dave Ward | David Longworth | Gordon Masten | Marie O'Connor | Michael Puttonen | Janet Craig | Kim Restell | Michael Hogan | Colleen Winton | Jimi Deflippis | Allen Schneider | Gene Davis | Peter Haworth | Des Smiley | George Boshchuck | Terry Lewis | Jerry Wasserman | Rebecca Toolan | Shane Meier | Serge Houde | Julie Bond | P. Lynn Johnson | Boyd Norman | John Kirkconnell | Samantha McKenna | Steve Adams | John Pyper-Ferguson | Kevin McNulty | Joe Norman Shaw | Todd Duckworth | Robert Wisden | Peter Yunker | Roselyn Royce | June Nagy | Cheryl 'Salt' James | Sandra 'Pepa' Denton | Deidra Roper

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Viewing Notes

A science fiction comedy thriller? What. How have I not seen this?! Pam Dawber is one of the leads and she looks the same as she did 10 years prior when Mork and Mindy was on the air (1982). John Ritter is a comedic treasure. Even though is a purely fantastical story about “Hellvision” capturing souls to suck them into their satanic tv universe, it’s also a not so subtle condemnation of couch potatoes that watch television all day. Feels prescient as you could remake this now and replace TV with social media.

There’s a spoof on Godzilla which would make a great trivia question.  Also spoofs horror movies like Rosemary’s Baby and Silence of the Lambs. There’s a Tom & Jerry riff actually done by Chuck Jones which is great. That segment alone makes this worth viewing.

The Wayne’s World bit “Duane’s Underworld” is nuts. So many early 1990s pop culture touchstones including a Salt-N-Pepa video?! I can’t believe Peter Hyams directed this. I’m surprised that this hasn’t be rediscovered by 90s kids and talked about more.

The Three’s Company gag is hilarious. Curious how this played to audiences at the time.

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