Category: Talk-Show
All Genres: Talk-Show
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 30
Rating: 7.4 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Gianni Amelio
Sound: Stereo
Taglines:

  • There is passion in secrets, and power in disclosure.


    • Writing by: Gianni Amelio – (writer) and
    Daniele Gaglianone – (writer) &
    Lillo Iacolino – (writer) &
    Alberto Taraglio – (writer)

    Produced by: Vittorio Cecchi Gori – producer
    Mario Cotone – executive producer
    Rita Rusic – producer (as Rita Cecchi Gori)

    Cast: Spike Feresten – Himself – Host / … (34 episodes, 2006-2008)
    Joe Furey – Various (9 episodes, 2006-2007)
    Darryl Linkow – Darryl the Soundmixer / … (8 episodes, 2006-2008)
    Mary Mae – Spikes Wife / … (8 episodes, 2006-2008)
    Matt Riedy – Network Executive (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
    Melissa Charles – EPPT Wife / … (5 episodes, 2007-2008)
    Gregory Franklin – Sketch Player (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
    Johnny Ray Meeks – Father on Nanny 911 / … (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
    Irina Voronina – Hot Girl / … (3 episodes, 2006-2008)
    Dannah Feinglass – Michelle Putnam / … (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
    John McGarr – Cops guy / … (3 episodes, 2006-2007)

    Music: Franco Piersanti
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    Plot Outline: Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily and the older works very…
    Plot: Late-night talk show hosted by former “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons” writer Spike Feresten in which guests deliver the monologue and participate in comedy sketches.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
      Michal Koban … legal counsel animals

    Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Factual errors: Judge Warwick declares a mistrial, when in fact she should have ordered a directed verdict; refutation of a witnesss evidence isnt grounds for a mistrial.

    Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Despite winning the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, Gianni Amelio still had to wait over three years before he saw his film released in the US.
    • The title refers to the back page of a popular 1950s Italian magazine which had a section devoted to old jokes that were no longer funny but still evoked a sense of nostalgia. One such joke is repeated throughout the film: “How do you get four elephants in a Fiat?” The answer: “Two in front and two in back”.