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Stay Tuned

Stay Tuned

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A hilarious and one of a kind comedy movie
Review: "Stay Tuned" is a great one of a kind movie. Roy Knable (John Ritter) and Helen Knable (Pam Dawber) are captured inside a television set after they are mischievously tricked by a salesman named Spike (Jeffrey Jones). Roy and Helen have to find a way to survive 24 hours of the hellish Tv by completing several tasks and finding a television screen in whatever situation that they are currently in. Their journey inside the television will take them to many places and adventures such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, The French Revolution, a game show, and even a cartoon where they are both rats.

"Stay Tuned" is a hilarious comedy movie. It's funny just about the whole time. John Ritter, Pam Dawber, and Jeffrey Jones all put on great performances. If you like innovative and hilarious comedy movies, I recommend getting "Stay Tuned." The movie never gets old no matter how many times you see it, so you might be staying tuned longer than you think.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A hilarious and one of a kind comedy movie
Review: "Stay Tuned" is a great one of a kind movie. Roy Knable (John Ritter) and Helen Knable (Pam Dawber) are captured inside a television set after they are mischievously tricked by a salesman named Spike (Jeffrey Jones). Roy and Helen have to find a way to survive 24 hours of the hellish Tv by completing several tasks and finding a television screen in whatever situation that they are currently in. Their journey inside the television will take them to many places and adventures such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, The French Revolution, a game show, and even a cartoon where they are both rats.

"Stay Tuned" is a hilarious comedy movie. It's funny just about the whole time. John Ritter, Pam Dawber, and Jeffrey Jones all put on great performances. If you like innovative and hilarious comedy movies, I recommend getting "Stay Tuned." The movie never gets old no matter how many times you see it, so you might be staying tuned longer than you think.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Tune In, Turn On, and Drop that Remote
Review: An underrated sci-f/horror comedy from Director Peter Hyams (CAPRICORN ONE, 2010:THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT) starring John Ritter. STAY TUNED would have worked better as a made-for-tv-movie (no pun intended) than a major release. There are some inspired gags in the film and social satire about television viewing habits. John Ritter is perfectly cast along with Pam Dawber (both television veterans) as a husband and wife whose marriage is on the rocks due to Ritter's (as Roy Knable) over obsessive couch potato persona. He unknowingly signs away his soul to the devil (Jefferey Jones) for "DirecTV" from hell. The package includes a big screen tv and a most unusual satellite dish that broadcasts programs from the netherworld and also serves a portal into those shows. Naturally the two get transported into this dimension (via the satellite) and this is where the fun begins. Taking cues from SNL or Mad Magazine, Ritter and Dawber are thrown into and forced to participate in very clever (yet evil) parodies of popular televison shows and movies (i.e. WAYNE'S UNDERWORLD, NORTHERN OVEREXPOSURE, & DRIVING OVER MISS DAISY) and are supposed to be eliminated so their souls could be collected immediately. One hilarious sequence Ritter/Roy Knable ends up in is a tribute Ritter's series, THREE'S COMPANY. It's a shame they didn't do the same for Pam Dawber's series MORK AND MINDY. One complaint of the film are the scenes of the tv programming offices (featuring Jeffery Jones and Eugene Levy). It is very vague where these scenes come from as they are monitoring the televsion programming activities. The audience is supposed to assume that this is supposed to be "Hell" but it makes no mention or distinction of this fact. Perhaps the message in the film is that all television (executives and programming) are located and come from "Hades". Overall, the film is harmless and entertaining family fare. On a peculiar note, another film released the same year that almost has the same premise, along with the look and feel to it (and also has actor Jefferey Jones in the cast) is MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD. The late John Ritter is an engaging personality and the film was suited for his talents. Overall a decent comedy horror/sci-fi that succeeds mainly for the hilarious tv/movie parodies and John Ritter's likeable on and off screen personality.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A GREAT GOOFY COMEDY!
Review: Are you aware of what you watch on television? Imagine what would happen if you were sucked into the television world and had to fight your way out. This goofy comedy is great. When John Ritter 's character turns to couch-potato retirement, the Devil comes knocking with a super deal on bizarre cable service. The Devil is desparate for souls. It's hilarious! Especially the cartoon scene.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: RIP TO John Ritter
Review: first like alot of folks I know I was Stunned by the sudden passing of John Ritter.I have always Been a Big Fan of His.this film was pretty basic but thanks to John Ritter it had some real funny moments.it was corny in spots but John Ritter saved it as He usually did whenever he was Performing.He had that Gift.the film is pretty average but John Ritter made it worth seeing.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not your usual programming.
Review: I first caught STAY TUNED on weekend afternoons when I didn't have anything better to do. Sure the movie was kind of cheesy and had a plot that was meant to be satirical and not realistic, but I always enjoyed watching. John Ritter was a great comic and like all great actors, was able to improve any material given to him.

Ritter plays Roy Knable, a traveling plumbing supply salesman who is suffering from a midlife crisis and slowly retreats into the world of television. One night a strange man (Jeffery Jones) shows up at his doorstep offering him that chance to preview a new satellite system. Knable can't refuse, sings a contract, and after an argument with his wife (Pam Dawber), the couple are sucked into the satellite system and begin living television shows. The big hitch is that the satellite station is a pet project of Satan and some of his demons and all the shows have a diabolical twist meant to kill the "participants" and steal their souls. The only way out of the contract that Knable signed is if they survive 24 hours in the tv programming world from Hell.

Besides Ritter, the movie provides some decent performances from Dawber and Jones (he seems to be the king of modern cheesy movies) and also a fine supporting turn from Eugene Levy.

The movie offers some comic parodies that are now outdated (Wayne's Underworld for instance) and some cheesy dialogue. Still, the show is fun to watch and Ritter is a total joy. Also, this film was made years before reality tv (the first season of MTV's REAL WORLD hadn't even aired yet) and it's satirical look at television viewing and making is even more relevant today than when it was more than a decade ago.

The DVD includes a brief featurette, theatrical trailers, and a list of cast information.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great unknown flick
Review: I loved this movie so much just because of the original idea. Plus, Ritter is awesome. I actually own this on DVD and I cannot express how much I love this movie. I love the tie-ins of Three's Company, plus Wayne's World and other popular, yet cliche & stereotyped television visuals.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great unknown flick
Review: I loved this movie so much just because of the original idea. Plus, Ritter is awesome. I actually own this on DVD and I cannot express how much I love this movie. I love the tie-ins of Three's Company, plus Wayne's World and other popular, yet cliche & stereotyped television visuals.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: cheesy movie.
Review: i own this me because i think it is a cheesy and funny movie even if i gave it 3 stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I think it's great
Review: I think the movie is good just the way it is. They should show the ones that were just showing the words at the end where they werer showing the actor/actresse's names


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