The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie is an American comedy film, released in 1977. The movie has no unified plot; rather, it consists of numerous sketches. The skits range from poking fun at karate movies to courtroom TV shows, and it also includes the semi-pornographic "Catholic School Girls In Trouble" skit. The movie features the talents of many former members of The Groundlings theater, as well as some from Second City. The structure of the film is a parody of drive-in movie fare of the 1970s. Thus, its primary targets are exploitation films (such as the "Herbert I. Mankiewitz" who seems to be producer for all of the parody films), including early chop-socky movies such as Enter the Dragon (here called "A Fistful of Yen" (in imitation of A Fistful of Dollars and the longest and most sustained parody), women-in-prison movies and sex comedies (the "Catholic School Girls in Trouble," which consists of women's breasts rubbing against car windows), inane B-movie comedies, and disaster movies. Additionally, there are some segments making fun of television commercials from the 1970s, as well as public service announcements. The short movie parodies are presented as satires of the "Coming Attractions" trailers, and the sustained parodies represent the "feature" films.

The writers for the film were Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker, the team who would later write and direct Airplane!, Top Secret!, and the Police Squad! television show and its movie sequels. It was directed by John Landis. Three "stars" appear in the film: George Lazenby, Bill Bixby, and Donald Sutherland (as the clumsy waiter).