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Pray TV (1980 film)

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'Pray TV' (also known as 'KGOD') is a 1981 American comedy film spoofing televangelism directed by Rick Friedberg.

Plot



Failing UHF TV station KRUD, Channel 17, is "reborn" as Christian television station KGOD. The new format is a big success but attracts an incompatible mix of fringe ministries and broadcasters wanting time on the station. A series of humorous vignettes show the different religious shows the station broadcasts: a faith healer, a radical black nationalist preacher, a preacher with a drive-in church, a Christian game show, etc.

The film is very similar in both plot and style to the 1989 film 'UHF'.[http://www.reelfilm.com/mgmcult.htm David Nusair, "Six Comedy Cult Classics from MGM", reelfilm.com, November 2005][http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/18817/pray-tv/ Scott Weinberg, "Pray TV", DVD Talk, November 15, 2005]

Production



'Pray TV' stars Dabney Coleman, Paul Cooper, Rosemary Alexander, and Lewis Arquette, with cameos by Paul Reubens and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove"). It was directed by Rick Friedberg.

Release



'Pray TV' was picked up by Filmways Pictures in 1981 (under its original name, 'KGOD'). The film premiered on television instead of theatrically, and aired on Showtime in 1983 under its present title.

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