Pray TV (1980 film)

Pray TV
Pray TV
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Directed by	Rick Friedberg
Written by	Dick Chudnow; Rick Friedberg; Nick Castle;
Produced by	Rick Friedberg; Tina Stern;
Starring	Dabney Coleman; Devo; Archie Hahn; Joyce Jameson; Dr. John; Nancy Morgan; Roger E. Mosley; Marcia Wallace;
Cinematography	Terry Clairmont
Edited by	Peter H. Verity
Music by	Nick Castle; Dick Chudnow; Adapted and supervised by George S. Clinton;
Production; company	ABC Circle Films
Distributed by	Filmways Pictures
Release date	1981;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Pray TV (also known as KGOD)^[1] is a 1981 American comedy film spoofing televangelism, directed and co-written by Rick Friedberg.

The film stars Dabney Coleman, Archie Hahn, Nancy Morgan, Joyce Jameson, Lewis Arquette, Marcia Wallace and Roger E. Mosley, with cameos by Dr. John and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove"). Film critics David Nusair and Scott Weinberg note that the 1989 film UHF is very similar in both plot and style to Pray TV.^[2]^[3]

^ Associated Press (AP) (June 5, 1983). "Being Nice Didn't Get Coleman Where He Is". The Victoria Advocate. p. 9TV. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
^ Nusair, David (November 29, 2005). "Six Comedy Cult Classics from MGM". Reel Film.
^ Weinberg, Scott (November 20, 2005). "Pray TV". DVD Talk.