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  2. The Groove Tube - Wikipedia

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    The Groove Tube is a 1974 American independent comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro and starring Shapiro, Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase. It features the song "Move On Up" by Curtis Mayfield in its opening scene. The low-budget movie satirizes television and the counterculture of the early 1970s.

  3. List of American films of 1974 - Wikipedia

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    Highest-grossing films of 1974 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Blazing Saddles: Warner Bros. $119,500,000 2 The Towering Inferno: 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. $116,000,000 3 The Trial of Billy Jack: Warner Bros. $89,000,000 4 Young Frankenstein: 20th Century Fox $86,300,000 5 Earthquake: Universal: $79,700,000 6 The Godfather Part II ...

  4. Ken Shapiro - Wikipedia

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    He was a regular on George Scheck's "Star Time" Kids Show (1951–52) working under the name "Kenny Sharpe, along with another budding star Connie Francis." Shapiro also directed several titles, including The Groove Tube (1974) and Modern Problems (1981). He died in November 2017 at the age of 75 from cancer. [1] [2]

  5. List of comedy films of the 1970s - Wikipedia

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    1974. Blazing Saddles; Dark Star; Down and Dirty Duck; Flesh Gordon; Ginger in the Morning; The Girl from Petrovka; The Great McGonagall; The Groove Tube; Harry and Tonto; Herbie Rides Again; The Longest Yard; Man About the House; The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat; Phantom of the Paradise; Rhinoceros; The Thorn; Thunderbolt and Lightfoot; Uptown ...

  6. 1974 in film - Wikipedia

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    The year 1974 in film involved some significant events. ... Chevy Chase – The Groove Tube; Kent Cheng – Heroes Two; Bill Cobbs – The Taking of Pelham One Two Three;

  7. Richard Belzer - Wikipedia

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    Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor, comedian, and author. [2] He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant and investigator John Munch, [3] whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, [4] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [3] and several guest appearances on other series.

  8. Muffie Meyer - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Her early editing credits include The Lords of Flatbush (1974), starring Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, and The Groove Tube (1974), starring Chevy Chase, a film precursor to Saturday Night Live. Along with Ellen Hovde and Lynzee Klingman, she edited Gilda Live (1980), starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols.

  9. Buzzy Linhart - Wikipedia

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    Linhart had significant visibility as an actor in the mid-1970s. He also achieved some notoriety from his appearance in the opening sequence of the cult movie The Groove Tube, as a hippie hitchhiker. He was also a regular on the 1976 television show Cos, starring Bill Cosby. [4]