Midnight Madness (1980)
Though this was already suggested, apparently the person didn't provide anything about this flick, making you wonder why it doesn't get any votes, nor RiffTrax's attention.. so let this Fangarian show you how it's done.
Okay, Midnight Madness was Disney's attempt to 'revive' the teenesque, Dexter Riley flicks.. you know, 'The Strongest Man in the World,' 'Now You See It, Now You Don't,' you get the picture.
Before he was famous in 'American Werewolf in London,' David Naughton was in this comedy film about a bunch of college teens caught up in a bizarre scavenger hunt headed by a genius called Leon, which he calls The Great All-Nighter.
In it a bunch of teams made of different groups must search for clues to the next location and report back to Leon (kind of reminds me of a live action version of DePatie-Freleng's 'Bailey's Comets.). David Naughton belongs to the Yellow Team, while Stephen Furst belongs to the conniving Blue Team.
Taking a page from 'The Great Race,' the film's plot heavily relies on the Yellow vs. the Blue Team, while all the remaining colored teams are more of a subplot.
Also a pre-Family Ties Michael J. Fox stars as David Naughton's little brother, who attempts to help out.
What made this movie interesting was the fact before Disney had come out with Touchstone Pictures for PG and R rated films, this film actually earned a PG rating. Another fact was when the movie did come out, this was like Disney's version of 'The Star Wars Holiday Special,' because the company's name is not affixed to this movie, despite the fact in a later video release, it was.
One reason I believe it should be given the RiffTrax treatment is the fact the movie comes off being a major disaster in plot than a genuine film. The real comedy comes from the fact one has to suspend major disbelief on how the Blue Team keeps self-sabotaging themselves while trying to cheat, every time I would see this, I couldn't help but envision some Muttley character in the background snickering. The subplots don't really move the plot along except to serve as a break from the whole Yellow vs. Blue tirade that goes along.
Overall if RiffTrax is able to do it (as I said, this was technically a 'Disney' flick, but it's probably public domain by now), this is one they should do just for the absurdity of it.
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Andy in NJ commented
Anonymous took my comment,never mind
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Alisaskull commented
Oh yeah. Faggabeefee
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xiaoyang96 commented
Disney movie about college kids competing in teams against each other in a city-wide scavenger hunt. Grouped predictably by sterotype (geeks, jocks, snobs, bullies, good guys - guess which team wins?). I used to love it - as a 7-year old. Oh, and did I mention it was Michael J. Fox's movie debut?