Mr. Mike's Mondo Video was a 1979 movie conceived by Saturday Night Live writer/featured player Michael O'Donoghue. Michael ODonoghue (born January 5, 1940, Sauquoit, New York, United States; died November 8, 1994) was a 20th century writer and performer noted for his dark and destructive style of comedy, and as the first head writer of the highly influential American television program Saturday Night Live. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... William James Bill Murray (b. ... Gilda Susan Radner (28 June 1946 – 20 May 1989) was an American comedian and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live. ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 91-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Michael ODonoghue (born January 5, 1940, Sauquoit, New York, United States; died November 8, 1994) was a 20th century writer and performer noted for his dark and destructive style of comedy, and as the first head writer of the highly influential American television program Saturday Night Live. ...

Mondo Video was a spoof of the controversial 1962 documentary Mondo Cane, showing people doing weird stunts. Many cast members of SNL (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner), as well as people who have previously hosted or would go on to host (such as Carrie Fisher and Margot Kidder) or perform (Debbie Harry and Sid Vicious) on the show, made cameo appearances in this film. // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... Mondo Cane (A Dogs World, also a mild Italian curse) is a semi-documentary movie made in 1962 by Italian filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Jane Curtin - Promo Picture from 3rd Rock from the Sun Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian, from Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedian and actress, from Los Angeles, California. ... William James Bill Murray (b. ... Gilda Susan Radner (28 June 1946 – 20 May 1989) was an American comedian and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live. ... Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. ... Margot Kidder (born October 17, 1948) is a Canadian-American film and television actress who achieved fame playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies of the 1970s and 1980s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The plot of the film is a series of vignettes pieced together by a wraparound sketch where an underground organization searches for the titular "Mondo Video" of weird and disturbing images.

It was originally produced on videotape as an NBC television special that would have aired during one of SNL's live breaks. But much of the controversy surrounding the film lies in its raunchy adult content. NBC declared the show inappropriate for the network (in the wake of a ratings slump they experienced at the time). The special was then cancelled. NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

Shortly thereafter, independent studio New Line Cinema acquired the rights to Mondo Video, and converted the videotape master to 35mm film for theatrical release, along with a "very special" Mr. Bill Show, presented at the head of the film as a short subject. New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ... Mr. ... Early American actor William Garwood starred in numerous short films, many of which were only 20 minutes in length Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. ...

The film would eventually be seen on television, albeit on pay cable. It has also been released on home video.

The original film featured Sid Vicious performing the classic song "My Way." On the home video release, the audio is muted before Sid begins singing. A crawl appears explaining that the owners of the song's copyright wouldn't permit it to be included on the tape.

External links

• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video at the Internet Movie Database