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''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'' is a 1979 movie conceived and directed by ''Saturday Night Live'' writer/featured player Michael O'Donoghue. It is a spoof of the controversial 1962 documentary ''Mondo Cane'', showing people doing weird stunts. (The logo for ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'' copies the original ''Mondo Cane'' logo.)〔Retrieved from http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mondo-cane-sountrack-vinyl-lp.jpg.〕 Many cast members of ''Saturday Night Live'', including Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Bill Murray, Don Novello and Gilda Radner, appear in ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video''. People who had previously hosted ''SNL'', or would go on to host (such as Carrie Fisher, Margot Kidder and Teri Garr) make cameo appearances in the film. Others who appear in the film include musicians Sid Vicious, Paul Shaffer, Debbie Harry, Root Boy Slim, and Klaus Nomi; artist Robert Delford Brown; and model Patty Oja. ==History== ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'' was originally produced on videotape as an NBC television special that would have aired in place of ''Saturday Night Live'' during one of its live breaks. Because of the film's racy content (and in the wake of a ratings slump they were experiencing), NBC declared it inappropriate for the network and canceled it. Shortly thereafter, independent studio New Line Cinema acquired the rights to ''Mondo Video'', converting the videotape master to 35 mm film for theatrical release. To pad the program to feature length, filmmaker Walter Williams created a special ''Mr. Bill Show'' episode, combining footage from his past Mr. Bill shorts from ''SNL'' with new wraparound scenes, to present at the head of the film as a short subject. Co-writer Mitchell Glazer states in the DVD's audio commentary that many other scenes were added to pad the film's runtime to the required 90 minutes for theatrical releases. The film would eventually be seen on television, albeit on pay cable and syndication, with several cuts, such as the non sequitur "Dream Sequences." ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'' was released on home video in the early 1980s through Mike Nesmith's Pacific Arts label. In January 2009, The film was released on DVD by Shout! Factory. The DVD and video tape releases mute the infamous "My Way" segment (see below), and removes Mr. Mike's lead-in to the "Church of the Jack Lord" segment due to the inability of Shout! Factory to get the rights to use the ''Hawaii Five-O'' theme song. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Mike's Mondo Video」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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