Fifty comedians walk into a party. Only the killer is laughing.
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Acting
Bob Hope playing terrified Bob Hope is accidentally compelling.
Production
The sheer logistics of killing fifty famous people in 90 minutes.
Writing
Self-aware jokes about the cast's actual careers and obituaries.
Director
Dick McDonough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bob Hope's first TV movie in three years and his only foray into slasher-adjacent comedy; he reportedly only agreed because the script let him survive until the final reel.
Filmed during the height of the disaster movie craze, this essentially grafts 'The Poseidon Adventure' onto a Friars Club roast—complete with the same morbid fascination watching celebrities face fictional doom.
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