Film Review : Prime Time (1977)

 

"Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products."

   As you may have gathered, this is another one of those films which tried to replicate the success of "Kentucky Fried Movie" by scattergunning short, lowbrow segments at the screen in the hopes some of it will hit.  And if you've seen the likes of "Groove Tube", "Tunnel Vision" and "Sex O'Clock News"  then you'll know that this is not as easy to pull off as you might think.  

"Prime Time" may or may not make you laugh but I know for a fact that I didn't. Not once.  

 The problem is, it looked like the people involved went for "edgy" and "near the knuckle" but forgot to make it actually amusing.  The punchlines can be seen coming within about half a second and a couple of segments didn't seem to have any payoff at all.  I suspect that somebody said "Hey wouldn't it be funny if we did Charlies Angels but all the girls were plus-sized"  and assumed that would be hilarious without anything more. I strongly disagree. 

Don't bother with this. Go watch "Kentucky Fried Movie" or "Amazon Women On The Moon" instead.