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| Americathon was a 1979 comedy starring John Ritter and Fred Willard. The premise of the film was that, sometime in the then-near future (actually 1998), the American government is near bankruptcy and in danger of being foreclosed by a cartel of Native Americans in control of Nike Inc. The President, played by Ritter, decides that the only way he can raise money to prevent this from happening is to run a telethon. Among the unintentionally prophetic elements in the story are the People's Republic of China becoming a global economic superpower, Native Americans becoming wealthy (although their wealth would come from casinos), the ethics and morals of a US President being brought into question, and the entertainment media beset by scandals. [ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Americathon ] Some related entries: Swee'Pea | A Return to Salem's Lot | Nanook of the North | My Boyfriend is Type B | The Silence of the Hams | Li'l Sneezer | The Firm | Clerks: The Lost Scene | Oh, What a Night | The Skeleton Key | Travellers and Magicians This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Americathon; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. | Searches on eBay
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