The Sheik Who Shook Lanesville
1975 | 00:12:58 | United States | English | B&W | Mono | 4:3 | Video
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles
Tags: History, Humor, Performance, TV production


In this spoof program produced for Lanesville TV, the premise is that a “Sheik” has come to buy all the land in Lanesville. Videofreex member Carol Vontobel reports that the sheik (Bart Friedman), escorted by his real estate agent (Parry Teasdale) is approaching people in the community and asking to buy their homes. An unknown Lanesville local chauffeurs them around, and the Videofreex interview Mr. Benjamin, Mr. And Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Ginsburg, and others from the Tavern.