Jimmy Briscoe

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.

A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck would have it, they land on Halloween and get mistaken for trick-or-treaters. Comedy ensues as the Martians try to get taken seriously.

A young homicide detective and a retired police detective work together to solve three recent murders related to an old, unsolved case of a stolen diamond.

A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.

Two truckers hired to transport toxic waste across the country get caught up with a teen genius who stows away on their truck.

Marcello is a dwarf who is kept hidden by his family and falls in love with a prostitute from the local brothel. The prostitute's lover plots to kill the dwarf but she helps him to escape, though at a cost to her own well-being.

An unscrupulous businessman, embittered by years of neglect from his true father, who happens to be Santa Claus, finds that after years of taking over numerous toy factories, he must save the holidays for the children of the world.

Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.

The story of two men who played Oompa Loompas in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie.