Allen Rucker (Writer)

Fast Times

Fast Times is a seven-episode 1986 television remake of the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original film. Cameron Crowe, who penned the original Fast Times novel and film screenplay, served as creative consultant. Moon Unit Zappa participated as a technical consultant. She was hired in order to research slang terms and mannerisms of teenagers, as she had just graduated from high school at the time and had a much better grasp of then-current high school behavior than the writers. Oingo Boingo provided the theme song.

Release Date1986-03-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count3

The History of White People in America

In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White Studies, and follows a typical white family as they go about their everyday lives.

Release Date1985-06-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Portrait of a White Marriage

Now a famous talk show host, Martin Mull takes his crew and cameras to Hawkins Falls, Ohio with the intent to give his erratic career a fresh start by shooting a special. While the residents are only concerned with taking advantage of his celebrity status, Mull falls for former subject and number one fan Joyce Harrison, who's still very much devoted to her husband Hal.

Release Date1988-08-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5

From Cleveland

Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.

Release Date1980-10-24

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Vote Count1

A Taste for Killing

Two college students get a summer job on an offshore oil rig. They are soon approached by a co-worker who had earlier befriended them, and who now tries to draw them into a plot to murder the rig's crew chief.

Release Date1992-08-12

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count8

The History of White People in America: Volume II

In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on an in-depth look at such topics as White Religion, White Stress, White Politics, and White Crime.

Release Date1986-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Hometown Boy Makes Good

A med school burnout returns to his small home town, but when he decides against telling his mother that he dropped out, complications ensue.

Release Date1990-08-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Lord of the Universe

He was the 16-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji and, as the Millennium approached, he promised to levitate the Huston Astrodome. It was the early Seventies and anything was possible so thousands flocked to his gathering. Follow him from his mansion in New York to the limousines in Houston, listen to his followers and watch the spectacle unfold just as TVTV did in this Alfred I. du Pont award wining documentary.

Release Date1974-02-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

The Good Times Are Killing Me

Documentary about the rapidly fading Cajun culture in rural Louisiana. About half of the tape focuses on Nathan Abshire, "Mr. Accordion," who performs traditional music with his band and talks about the old life. The other major focus of the tape is the celebration of Cajun Mardi Gras.

Release Date1975-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer