Name of a movie about a family and their brand new satellite dish transports the!
Question: Name of a movie about a family and their brand new satellite dish transports them into television!?
I saw this movie over ten years ago on television but I don't remember the name!. I remember it wa about this family who gets a new Satellite dish installed in their backyard by some freaky guy and the Satellite dish had these powers which was able to suck them into the television and they would become characters in movies!.
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The name has been buggin be for a long time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Stay Tuned with John Ritter (one of his better roles)
the devil has a new way to get souls to hell!. He atracts losers (Ritter) to take a great new satellite system!. But it soon takes them into his tv system where they must survive many differnt situations or end up in hell!.
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the devil has a new way to get souls to hell!. He atracts losers (Ritter) to take a great new satellite system!. But it soon takes them into his tv system where they must survive many differnt situations or end up in hell!.
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The first poster suggests "Pleasantville", but I think it might be this one instead!. // Aha! The posts that follow mine also seem to believe it's "Stay Tuned"!.
Stay Tuned (1992)
starring John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, Heather McComb, Bob Dishy, Eugene Levy, Don Calfa
IMDb synopsis:
Couch potato Roy Knable buys a new satellite and TV system from a mysterious salesman named Spike after his wife, Helen, demolishes their TV in frustration!. What Roy doesn't realize is that the satellite is a soul-collecting route to Hell!. During an argument one night, Roy and Helen are sucked into a warped version of cable TV~666 channels of bizarre programs, each designed to collect the souls of Spike's customers!. Roy & Helen find themselves caught up in shows such as "You Can't Win" (a game show), "Northern OverExposure", "Driving Over Miss Daisy" and a cartoon sequence called "RoboCat", as well as "Duane's Underworld" and "HTV"!. When Roy makes it through the trial period without losing his soul, Spike discharges him, but keeps Helen hostage!. Now Roy must reenter this bizarre world of Hell Vision TV if he ever wants to see Helen again!.
Here's a clip on YouTube:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=pjXwTenKd!.!.!.
I'm going to check a couple of other titles, too, though more than one of us thinks it's this movie!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Stay Tuned (1992)
starring John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, Heather McComb, Bob Dishy, Eugene Levy, Don Calfa
IMDb synopsis:
Couch potato Roy Knable buys a new satellite and TV system from a mysterious salesman named Spike after his wife, Helen, demolishes their TV in frustration!. What Roy doesn't realize is that the satellite is a soul-collecting route to Hell!. During an argument one night, Roy and Helen are sucked into a warped version of cable TV~666 channels of bizarre programs, each designed to collect the souls of Spike's customers!. Roy & Helen find themselves caught up in shows such as "You Can't Win" (a game show), "Northern OverExposure", "Driving Over Miss Daisy" and a cartoon sequence called "RoboCat", as well as "Duane's Underworld" and "HTV"!. When Roy makes it through the trial period without losing his soul, Spike discharges him, but keeps Helen hostage!. Now Roy must reenter this bizarre world of Hell Vision TV if he ever wants to see Helen again!.
Here's a clip on YouTube:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=pjXwTenKd!.!.!.
I'm going to check a couple of other titles, too, though more than one of us thinks it's this movie!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It sounds like 1998 movie Pleasantville starring Toby McGuire, the TV repairman was played by Don KnottsWww@Enter-QA@Com
Stay Tuned IMO!.
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Cheers,
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I think its called Stay Tuned!. Starring John Ritter!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's Stay Tuned starring John Ritter!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
poltraguise!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Sounds a lot like Pleasantville!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
sounds more like "stay tuned" with john ritterWww@Enter-QA@Com