In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy ...

Americathon is a little known cult comedy from 1979, set 20 years into the future and stars the likes of John Ritter and even Meatloaf, jumping over a car. In it, the US goes bankrupt and into a debt ...

When the film Americathon premiered, the opening sequence featured a clip of President Jimmy Carter giving a speech regarding an energy crisis. Narrator George Carlin then broke in, saying, “when ...

Farce about a 30-day telethon set up to save the United States from bankruptcy in 1998. Harvey Korman, John Ritter. Eric: Peter Riegert. Vanderhoof: Fred Willard. Mouling: Zane Buzby. Lucy Beth: Nancy ...

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