Disco Beaver from Outer Space
- Disco Beaver from Outer Space
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| Disco Beaver from Outer Space |
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| Directed by |
Joshua White |
| Produced by |
Tony Hendra
Matty Simmons |
| Written by |
Peter Elbling
Jeff Greenfield |
| Starring |
Lynn Redgrave
Rodger Bumpass
Peter Elbling |
| Music by |
Alice Playten
Walter E. Sear |
| Editing by |
Lenny Davidowitz |
| Release date(s) |
1978 |
| Running time |
51 min |
| Country |
USA |
| Language |
English |
Disco Beaver from Outer Space is an early production by National Lampoon, made-for-TV (specifically, HBO) in 1978.
The short film is a collection of comedy sketches, contained within the main story which is centered on two characters: the protagonist, an extraterrestrial in the form of a human sized (and bi-pedal) beaver; and the antagonist, a gay vampire called "Dragula" instead of "Dracula". Among the various side gags (which arise as the "viewer" channel-surfs) is a short concert by a stereotyped band of Irish singers called "The Spud Brothers" (potato-shaped puppets).
The film is essentially a shaggy dog story, leading up to a single play-on-words joke based on "beaver" also being a euphemism for female genitals. At the film's climax, the vampire is frightened by the Beaver; in his delirium, he begins seeing double, thus seeing two images of the Beaver. He cries, "Split beaver!" and disintegrates.
See also
- List of National Lampoon films
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Categories:
- English-language films
- American television films
- National Lampoon films
- 1978 television films
- Disco films
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