Directed by Tobe Hooper   Written by Tom Szollosi   Richard Christian Matheson   Richard Matheson   Cast Dick Shawn ... Joe Willoughby Laraine Newman ... Miss Schroedinger Rick Overton ... John Aubrey Jack Carter ... John Bluthener James Karen ... Richard Whelan Jim Siedow ... Totzke (as Jim Seidow) Angel Tompkins ... Mia 'Weird Al' Yankovic ... Cabbage Man Gabe Cohen ... Mendelheim Anthony James ... Business Man #3 Robert Kim ... Businessman #2 Wade Mayer ... Stage Manager Wendy Sherwood ... Miss Colorado Victoria Powells ... Beauty #2 (as Victoria Ellen Powells) Libby Aubrey ... Beauty #1 (as Lisabeth Aubrey) Norman Friedman ... Man Produced by Stephen Semel   Steven Spielberg   Steve Starkey   Original Music by John Mayer

Additional Info Premiere: April 10, 1987 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Amblin Entertainment Universal Television Distributors MCA/Universal Television   (1985) (World-wide) (TV) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1985) (United States) (TV) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1991) (United States) (laserdisc) (books 1-3) (video) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1992) (United States) (laserdisc) (books 4 and 5) (video) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1993) (United States) (books 1-5) (VHS) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2006) (United States) (complete first season) (DVD) Filming Locations Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA   (Studio) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,418 / 21,373 Site Ranking