For Jane White, life itself is a television program, and she dreams of becoming a star on the small screen. Convincing herself that Gerry King, a popular talk show host, is her birth father, she sets out on an adventurous road trip — aided by her equally looney boyfriend, Dick — to confront her "father" on the air, and, just maybe, make a splash on reality television.
Acting
Kim Little commits fully to unhinged protagonist
Production
Bargain-basement aesthetic that accidentally works
Writing
Bizarrely prescient reality TV satire
Director
David Michael Latt
Kim Little
Jane White
Wil Wheaton
Dick Smith
Alley Mills
Mom
Chris Hardwick
Burger
Colin Mochrie
Barney
David L. Lander
Gerry King
Gary Owens
TV Announcer
Michelle Phillips
June
Andrew Lauer
Desiree
Eric Lutes
Candy
Richard Kline
Anchor Chris Jobin
Ted Shackelford
Eddie
Mickey Jones
Kenny Kingman
Dustin Diamond
Simone
Maureen McCormick
Nancy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Colin Mochrie's cameo as Barney came during his Whose Line peak, making this his weirdest 2002 credit.
Released the same year as 'American Idol' premiered, this accidentally predicted how reality TV would consume desperate wannabes.
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