Anne Beatts (Writing)
Little is known about Anne Beatts, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Belushi
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
Release Date:2020-10-14
Character:Self (archive footage)
Vote Count:52
The History of Comedy
Explore what makes us laugh, why, and how that's influenced our social and political landscape throughout history.
Release Date:2017-02-09
Character:Self
Episode Count:14
Vote Count:9
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.
Release Date:2007-06-16
Character:Self
Hollywood Off-Ramp
A darkly comic anthology that skewers Tinseltown and its sinners in tales of murder, mystery and the supernatural.
Release Date:2000-06-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.
Release Date:1999-09-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:16
Ho Ho Nooooooo!!! It's Mr. Bill's Christmas Special!
For longtime fans of Saturday Night Live, nothing says "Christmas" like clay, and the hapless hero of Walter Williams's sadistic skits brings it all back in this half-hour 1996 special. Those who can't stand watching the torture of static, crudely sculpted Play-Doh people might not see the humor as Mr. Bill's whole family is subjected to a wide array of holiday abuse--from the festive blendering of the egg dog to the explosive arrival of the sinister Santa Sluggo. Things are livened up by spiritual guest Father Guido Sarducci and his quest to find a real Christmas in sunny L.A., home of many former SNL actors and writers. Mr. Bill also takes a technological leap forward as a reluctant Scrooge in a computer-animated version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humorous ads for some very simple toys also add to the fun and festivity.
Release Date:1996-07-16
Character:Herself
Vote Count:2
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
Release Date:1995-03-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:10
The Elvira Show
Filmed for CBS in 1993, this unaired pilot features the witch Elvira, her aunt, and their pet cat welcoming a long-lost niece into their new Kansas home and contending with a couple of overzealous cops.
Release Date:1993-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Nightlife
At a museum of Mexico City arrives a perfectly conservated mumie. It is a vampire who has died years ago and who returns to life in search of his lost love Angelique. But unfortunately for him the young woman has met a doctor and fallen in love with him who supplies her with the blood she needs to resist the vampire attacks.
Release Date:1989-08-23
Department:Writing
Job:Teleplay
Vote Count:6
Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
Release Date:1988-11-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:69
The Little Mermaid
A mermaid princess is willing to sacrifice anything for love.
Release Date:1987-04-06
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3
Square Pegs
Two awkward freshmen desperate to fit try to adjust to life at Weemawee High School.
Release Date:1982-09-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
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Episode Count:2
Vote Count:7
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Release Date:1982-09-11
Department:Writing
Job:Teleplay
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:21
Gilda Live
Gilda Radner is recorded during a live comedy concert. Radner's classic characters are seen in sketches that are sometimes more risque than when they appeared on television. During her breaks, the character Father Guido Sarducci takes the stage.
Release Date:1980-03-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:8
La Dolce Gilda
A short film by Tom Schiller. It is a parody/homage to La Dolce Vita.
Release Date:1978-04-15
Saturday Night Live
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Release Date:1975-10-11
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:434
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle!
Shame, the ape man of the jungle, is aghast when his woman, June, is kidnapped by a gang of giant penises. They take her to their queen, Bazunga, a bald woman with fourteen breasts. After tangling with a gang of great white hunters, a marauding lion and the Molar Men, Shame sets off to rescue her with only his faithful friend Flicka at his side. He heads for that darkest of areas
Release Date:1975-09-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:98
Lemmings
Woodstock with a death wish.
Release Date:1973-01-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3