Show Clips: "Greater Tuna" (HBO - 1984) "Good Morning, Muther!"
Joe Sears and Jaston Williams created a hilarious stage play called “Greater Tuna” in which the fictional town of Tuna Texas is populated by townsfolk who all look like they were played by two people! On stage this effect was accomplished by lightning-fast costume changes, but in the HBO Special several characters are able to interact with one another by use of Special FX.
Norman Lear (“All in the Family” creator) wanted to bring this town to television, it seems that he was trying to create a new series but no one knows what happened. Joe Sears and Jaston William created the characters, but Norman Lear produced this special. Unfortunately this special has been in limbo ever since.
Never heard of this Glenn but it looks a lot of fun,thank you Loulou
ReplyDeleteIt is hilarious - the whole movie is just 2 men playing all of the characters! They are very good. I will post in a few days.
ReplyDeleteoooh thats great that you have it thank you Glenn!!!!
ReplyDeleteIf you look closley at this clip the shooting allows for one charactor to enter as another enters so it is all blocked so that an extra could be used to fool ya!
ReplyDeleteThats the eye of a filmmaker lol,cannot wait when you post this Glenn,it seems very funny thank you Glenn
ReplyDeleteHi Glenn, Do you have the entire HBO Greater Tuna video that you could post (in parts)?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
you can get the HBO on DVD at ioffer.com -- do a search for Greater Tuna HBO DVD
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