Joe Franklin

Joe Franklin

Born: March 9, 1926
Died: January 24, 2015
in The Bronx, New York, U.S

Movies for Joe Franklin...

Zombie City
Title: Zombie City
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Watch Carl’s ingenious unveil while reminiscing about his favorite movie in Zombie City. Join Carl as he tries to save us from a zombie takeover and possibly our total annihilation. Will Carl save us or will he be the last man on earth to repopulate the planet? Find out and see if you can survive in Zombie City!!
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Killer Video
Title: Killer Video
Released: May 25, 2017
Type: Movie
An SOV vision from Prolific filmmaker Carl J. Sukenick featuring mutants, throwing stars and gushing headwounds.
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Toxic Soldiers
Title: Toxic Soldiers
Character: Himself
Released: October 23, 2016
Type: Movie
The newest beautifully grimy SOV vision from Carl J Sukenick
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The Toxic Retards
Title: The Toxic Retards
Character: Himself
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Aliens battle terrorist in a sorority house filled with mutants, monsters and secret agents. Who will survive this action packed inter-dimensional adventure?
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Jazzy for Joe
Title: Jazzy for Joe
Character: Himself
Released: June 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Talk show legend Joe Franklin discovers an abandoned baby on his doorstep.
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Blood Boy
Title: Blood Boy
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
As radiation storms bombard the Earth, monsters run rampant and the Black Scorpion terrorist organization is threatening the city's population. Can Carl survive the post nuclear chaos displayed on his security monitor or will he spend all his time laying in bed, calling his mom and dad on the phone, and drinking unfathomable amounts of tea? Find out in the brain melting anti-epic from the director of " Alien Beasts" and " Mutant Massacre". Featuring "appearances" from the late, legendary TV host Joe Franklin and scream queen Debbie Rochon.
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Black Ribbon
Title: Black Ribbon
Character: Ted Richardson
Released: September 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A writer buys a typewriter which brings out his deepest and darkest desires.
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The Aristocrats
Title: The Aristocrats
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 2005
Type: Movie
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
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Space Psychos 4
Title: Space Psychos 4
Released: September 15, 2003
Type: Movie
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Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
Title: Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
Character: Himself
Released: May 23, 2003
Type: Movie
John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Village NYC performance art scene as well as the college music revolution of the late 1980s. Filmed in 2001, ‘Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)’ is the acclaimed true story, tracing their independent and sometimes hilarious path through two decades in the pop music wilderness. From their legendary Dial-a-Song answering machine, to their Grammy Award-winning theme song for ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, fans and friends gather to tell the oral history of Brooklyn's finest alternative rock band.
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Space Spawns
Title: Space Spawns
Character: Joe
Released: May 7, 2002
Type: Movie
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Title: Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 2002
Type: Movie
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
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Terror Firmer
Title: Terror Firmer
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.
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Space Fucks
Title: Space Fucks
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: Movie
The aliens are making people crazy. Carl J. Sukenick leads the Earth in a collective psychic blast to drive the aliens away. Joe Franklin is intermittently interviewed.
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Title: Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Character: Self
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: TV
A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost.
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Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Title: Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.
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The Troma System
Title: The Troma System
Character: Joe Franklin
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better yourself as a person.
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29th Street
Title: 29th Street
Character: Joe Franklin
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
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Ghoul School
Title: Ghoul School
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Two sniveling high school dropouts plot to rob the school janitor and accidentally release toxic chemicals into the school's water supply. The swimming team are the first ones to turn into green-faced flesh-eating zombies, and they promptly go after the rest of the present school populace: two horror movie nerds, the members of a metal band and the world's worst basketball team.
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That's Adequate
Title: That's Adequate
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag.
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Norman's Corner
Title: Norman's Corner
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 1988
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.
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Bum Rap
Title: Bum Rap
Character: Himself
Released: September 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Title: Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Released: March 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
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Ghostbusters
Title: Ghostbusters
Character: Joe Franklin
Released: June 8, 1984
Type: Movie
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
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Broadway Danny Rose
Title: Broadway Danny Rose
Character: Joe Franklin
Released: January 27, 1984
Type: Movie
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
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The Comeback Trail
Title: The Comeback Trail
Character: Joe Franklin
Released: March 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Sketchy producers hire an ailing movie star, hoping to cash in on the insurance when he dies.