Howard Hesseman Movies

In this partially-animated TV special, Loni Anderson salutes the funny pages with interviews with famous cartoonists AND their creations!

An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.

There was once a very serious kingdom. So serious, that the King demanded to be addressed as Your Seriousness...

In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual...

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of...

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later...

Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little...

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish...

Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot."...

Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry...

John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.

A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.

Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventional French detective after having witnessed the...

Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Murray to Chris Farley to Amy Poehler, many of the...

"Likely Stories" was one Pay-TV's first original comedy programs. The one-hour shows were a mixed-bag of short films, videos, and animation that...

A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin...

A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.

This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that...

Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig...