{"id":5760,"date":"2008-07-08T22:34:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T05:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5760"},"modified":"2021-01-18T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T23:19:28","slug":"groove-tube-the-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5760","title":{"rendered":"Groove Tube, The (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Coat your hands with a generous amount of Kramp Easy-Lube shortening&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster-753x1024.png 753w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster-94x128.png 94w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster-768x1044.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster-199x270.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Groove-Tube-Poster.png 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA series of satirical skits spoof early 1970s television shows and commercials.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Television<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary is overly generous in his assessment of this &#8220;sketch comedy having to do with television&#8221; as not &#8220;particularly inspired&#8221;: indeed, it&#8217;s resolutely <em>unfunny<\/em> for most of its hour-plus running time. Only a few skits are even mildly amusing (I&#8217;ve noted my favorites below); the rest are merely raunchy or lame. The least enjoyable spoof of all &#8212; an extended TV show segment about drug dealers &#8212; is, unfortunately, also the longest, and seems to go on f-o-r-e-v-e-r. While <em>The Groove Tube<\/em> (which received an X rating) was likely considered risque at the time of its release, its historical notoriety has long since gone with the wind. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>The Groove Tube<\/em> is also of minor cinematic importance for featuring Chevy Chase in his first silver screen appearance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The truly disgusting cooking show spoof<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/groove-cooking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/groove-cooking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5763\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The amusingly deadpan Sexual Olympics skit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/groove-olympics.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/groove-olympics.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5764\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it has a selective cult following, <em>The Groove Tube<\/em> isn&#8217;t must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071583\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/06\/24\/archives\/the-screen.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/groove-tube\/review\/125208\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-groove-tube\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Coat your hands with a generous amount of Kramp Easy-Lube shortening&#8230;&#8221; Synopsis: A series of satirical skits spoof early 1970s television shows and commercials. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Satires and Spoofs Television Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary is overly generous in his assessment of this &#8220;sketch comedy having to do with television&#8221; as not &#8220;particularly inspired&#8221;: indeed, it&#8217;s resolutely unfunny for most of its hour-plus running time. Only a few skits are even mildly amusing (I&#8217;ve noted my favorites&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5760\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64246,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760\/revisions\/64246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}