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 Native Americans.
Genres:
John Ritter as President Chet Roosevelt
Harvey Korman as Monty Rushmore
Fred Willard as Vincent Vanderhoff
Chief Dan George as Sam Birdwater
Richard Schaal as Jerry
Peter Riegert as Eric McMurkin
Nancy Morgan as Lucy Beth
Meat Loaf as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
Elvis Costello as The Earl of Manchester
Howard Hesseman as Kip Margolis
Jay Leno as Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
Peter Marshall as Himself
Nellie Bellflower as Missy, VP Advertising
Zane Buzby as Mouling Jackson
Terence McGovern as Danny Olson
Tommy Lasorda as Jimmy Dumphy
Jimmy Weldon as Big Jim, VP Research
Robert Beer as David Eisenhower
Allan Arbus as Moishe Weitzman
David Opatoshu as Abdul Muhammad
George Carlin as Narrator
Janie Squire as Student
Dorothy Stratten as Americathon Stage Dancer
Geno Andrews as Chris Broder
Cynthia Windham as Dancer
David Opatoshu as Abdul Mohammad
Nellie Bellflower as Missy, VP Armstrong
J.A. Preston as Morty
Regis Cordic as Herb
Michael Mislove as Mickey
Althea Lawton as Sherri
John Creamer as Oliver Holmes
George Memmoli as Blinky Fun
Gary Wood as Paul Claude Terrando
Ben Fong-Torres as Chinese
John Lone as Chinese
Rollin Moriyama as Chinese
Mitsu Yashima as Chinese
Greta Gratz as Princess Birdwater
Lenard George as Lenny Birdwater
George Fisher as Al Feisal
Jim Burke as Commando
David S. Cass Sr. as Commando #2
Fred Lerner as Commando #3
Mike H. McGaughy as Commando 4
Jamie Masada as Commando 5
Richard Reicheg as Commando 6
Joe Rizkallah as Commando 7
Dede Howard as Cindy
Michael Collins as Mr Broder
Sosimo Hernandez as Juan Flan
John Welsh as Ben
Damon Bradley Raskin as Timmy
Georgi Irene as Baby Irene
Jeannine Irene as Irene's Mother
May Boss as Adele Miller
Dom Magwili as Mouling's Manager
Ron Prince as Head Electrician
Joe Finnegan as Assistant Electrician
Gene LeBell as Referee
Kurt Taylor as Reporter 1
Doug Steckler as Reporter 2
Valerie Danielle Perri as TV Production Assistant
Darlene Joy Dirkquist as Monty's Girl 1
Ilona Wilson as Montys Girl 2
Cynthia Zigeti as Secretary
Olesley Cole as Costumer
Bobby Baum as Tailor
Stan Barrett as Stage Hand
Jon Robbins as Stage Hand
Loren Janes as Stage Hand
Jay Ross as Cameraman
Teri Schwartz as Tourist
Selma Archerd as Telethon Phone Celebrity
Robert Starr as TV Technician
Neal Israel as Rabbi Protester
Art Musto as
Karen Hartman as
Jerry Layne as
Michael St. Clair as
Willie Tyler as
Elena Del Rubio as
Milly Del Rubio as
Eadie Del Rubio as
Eric Lee as
Carl Carlsson as
Ruth Carlsson as
Tony Cappola as
Dick Winslow as
Jerry Maren as
Zelda Rubinstein as
Jimmy Briscoe as
Elizabeth Barrington as
Harry Monty as
Frank Delfino as
Anita Liebert as
David Beckett as
Chester Hayes as
Linda Montana as
Skeeter Vaughan as
Maurice Cook as
Sophia Bibbs as
Michael McLoughlin as
Larry Ahlman as
Merrill Hardy as
Ronald J May as
Freddie Spencer as
Alan Peterson as
Eric Boles as
Robert Strom as
Don Seigal as
Kal Szkalak as
Dennis Tinerino as
Jake Steinfeld as
Tom Platz as
Jim Yosenchak as
Tony Clark Stewart as
Christopher Lowry as
Richard Rossington as
Fred Wilson as
David Pomeranz as
Lori Lieberman as
Billie Barnum as
Maxine Anderson as
Lee Lund as
Smith Wordes as
Cindy DeVore as
Sandy Rovetta as
Eddie Verso as
Edward J Helm as
Marianna Pecora as
Deborah Ann Rouston as
Warren Lucas as
Bruce Keeler as
Johnny Oliver as
Chris Page as
Jon Wolff as
John Mayhan as
Pat Zicari as
Carmen Fanzone as
Michael Egan as
Michael George as
Bob Rafkin as
Frank Fabio as
Henry Newmark as
John Carradine as Uncle Sam
Nay K. Dorsey as Bicycle Rider
Al Beaudine as Spectator at Inauguration
Alison Brown as Americathon Stage Dancer
Elizabeth Carder as Clergy
Jimmy Carter as Self (Archive Footage)
Donald Chaffin as
Terry Donohue as Technical DIrector
Len Felber as
Steven Hauptman as Bicyclist
Birl Jonns as
Helen Kelly as
Jef Labes as
Mike McCartney as Ventriloquist
Cybill Shepherd as Gold Girl (Uncredited)
Bob Templeton as
Cynthia Windham as
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