A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
John Candy
Jack Gable
Mariel Hemingway
Janet Dubois / Louise
Emma Samms
Rachel Hedison / Laura Claybourne
Raymond Burr
Carter Hedison
Dylan Baker
Blake Hedison
Charles Rocket
Ty Hedison
David Rasche
Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis
Andrea Thompson
Nurse Helen Caldwell
Zach Grenier
Mickey
Jerry Orbach
Lou Sherwood
Renée Taylor
Arlene Sherwood
Milt Oberman
Fetterman
Mark Boone Junior
Cable Man
Tony Steedman
Edward
John Michael Bolger
Len
Rita Gomez
Marge
Stephanie Segal
TV Reporter
Mark Zuelke
Chauffeur
Dick Durock
Riley
Anthony G. Schmidt
Mason
Murray Rubin
Manny
Peter Bromilow
Auctioneer
Patrick Bristow
Bellboy
Jason Ross-Azikiwe
Manu
Brooke Ashley
Cheerleader Donna McKenzie
Glenn Dixon
Elderly Man
Paul Tuerpe
Waiter
Fred Morsell
Choking Man
Zack Phifer
Attendant
Susan Isaacs
Marie
Marvin Kaplan
Typewriter Repairman
Elaine Swayneson
Secretary
Jay Della
Ashford Falls Cable Man
Michael Caldwell
Busboy
Bill Wittman
Soap Announcer
Robert M. Bouffard
Office Clerk (uncredited)
Robert David Crane
Bob (uncredited)
Margot Kidder
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
Tom Mankiewicz
Man on Stretcher (uncredited)
Robert Wagner
Jack Gates (uncredited)
Director
Lawrence J. Cohen
Writer, Producer
Fred Freeman
Doug Claybourne
Producer
Feb 7, 1986
Invalid Date
Nov 14, 2007
Sep 22, 1995
Dec 17, 1964
Oct 1, 2004
Jul 13, 2005
Sep 4, 1968
Dec 13, 1983
Jul 26, 1985
Nov 20, 1987
Feb 6, 2026
Nov 13, 1992
Dec 7, 2018
May 20, 1999
Dec 16, 1994
MGM-Pathé Communications
US
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United States
English