Americathon
Americathon also known as Americathon 1998 is a 1979 American comedy film starring John Ritter, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, and Nancy Morgan, with narration by George Carlin, based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman. The film also includes appearances by Jay Leno, Meat Loaf, Tommy Lasorda, and Chief Dan George, with a musical performance by Elvis Costello.
In the thennear future year 1998, the USA has run out of oil, and many Americans are living in their nowstationary cars and using other nongaspowered means of transportation such as jogging, riding bicycles and rollerskating. Many Americans wear sweatsuits. In search of leadership, Americans elect Chet Roosevelt Ritter as President. Roosevelt, a cosmically inspired former governor of California, proves to have little else in common with Teddy Roosevelt or FDR other than his name. Roosevelt, an overlyoptimistic man who quotes positive affirmation slogans, stages a number of highly publicized fund raising events, all of which fail. Real money comes in the form of loans from a cartel of Native Americans, led by billionaire Sam Birdwater George, in control of Nike which has been renamed National Indian Knitting Enterprise.The federal government, housed in The Western White House a subleased condominium in Marina del Rey, California, finds itself facing national bankruptcy and in danger of being foreclosed and repossessed when Birdwater goes public with the fact that he lent America billions of dollars and now wants the money back. ........
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