Disco Beaver from Outer Space
| Disco Beaver from Outer Space | |
|---|---|
National Lampoon | |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | February 23, 1979 |
Disco Beaver from Outer Space is an early production by
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 bipedal)
Tagline: National Lampoon's mockery of everything that is wrong with cable TV.
Plot
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.
Cast
- Lynn Redgrave - Dr. Van Helsing
- Rodger Bumpass
- Peter Elbling- Dragula, Queen of Darkness
- Alice Playten
- James Widdoes - Construction worker
- Lee Wilkof
- Michael Simmons
- Sarah Durkee
See also
External links
- Disco Beaver from Outer Space at IMDb
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