| National Lampoon's TV: The Movie | |
| Director: | Sam Maccarone |
| Cinematography: | Edward A. Gutentag |
| Music: | Tim Montijo |
| Studio: | National Lampoon Productions |
| Distributor: | Mojoflo Productions |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie is a 2006 American parody film that features several cast members from the Jackass franchise, including Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña and Chris Pontius. The film is a channel-surfing adventure through television programs and commercials. It features parodies of many television shows, such as Fear Factor, Cops, MTV Cribs, The Six Million Dollar Man and Miami Vice.[1] A series of over fifty sketches makes up the movie: cartoons, reality shows, fake movie trailers, fake TV show trailers, and computer animation.
The film stars Lee Majors, Jason Mewes, Sam Maccarone, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Judd Nelson, Jason Acuña, Dian Bachar and Jacob Vargas. It was written by Sam Maccarone, Preston Lacy and Cyrus Ahanchian. The film was shot in 35mm, HD and miniDV.
The MTV Cribs parody with Steve-O and director Sam Maccarone was shot at 5am by Maccarone, with just the two of them and no crew.
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie received overwhelmingly negative reviews.