Another Nice Mess Explained

Another Nice Mess
Director:	Bob Einstein
Producer:	Jonathan Haze Tom Smothers
Starring:	Rich Little Herb Voland Bruce Kirby Diahn Williams Stewart Bradley
Music:	Bob Emenegger
Distributor:	Fine Films
Runtime:	66 min
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Another Nice Mess is a 1972 comedy film written and directed by Bob Einstein and starring Rich Little as Richard Nixon and Herb Voland as Spiro Agnew.

Plot

The film is presented in the style of a Laurel and Hardy comedy, with Nixon in the Oliver Hardy role, and Agnew in the Stan Laurel role.^[1]

Cast

• • Rich Little as Richard Nixon Herb Voland as Spiro Agnew
• Bruce Kirby as Adolph
• Diahn Williams as Anita
• Stewart Bradley as Guilford
• Magda Harout as Duchess of Zanzig
• Steve Martin as Hippie (in his film debut)

Production

The film was produced by Tom Smothers and Jonathan Haze.^[2] The film had a budget of between $250,000 and $1,000,000.^[3]

Reception

The film made $30,000 at the box office and was subsequently buried by Smothers for 40 years who said "It was a terrible film"; co-producer Haze said "Another Nice Mess was a mess."^[4]

See also

• List of American films of 1972

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commemorate Nixon Resignation Day with 1972's Another Fine Mess . Filmmakermagazine.com. Vadim. Rizov. 8 August 2014. 23 November 2021.
2. Web site: Another Nice Mess . Shockcinemamagazine.com . 2021-11-23.
3. Web site: Another Nice Mess (1972) - Notes - TCM.com . 2018-01-22 . 2018-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072311/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/739646/Another-Nice-Mess/notes.html . dead .
4. Web site: Classic Television Showbiz: Another Nice Mess starring Rich Little, Herb Voland, Bruce Kirby, Hal Smith, Bob Einstein and Steve Martin (1972) . Classicshowbiz.blogspot.com . 2013-01-03 . 2021-11-23.