Joe Franklin

Acting

Joe Franklin

Born 1926-03-09 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Acting credits

Ghostbusters poster
7.5

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Ghostbusters

1984

The Aristocrats poster
5.9

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

The Aristocrats

2005

Terror Firmer poster
6.0

A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.

Terror Firmer

1999

That's Adequate poster
4.1

This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag.

That's Adequate

1989

No artwork available
NR

The newest beautifully grimy SOV vision from Carl J Sukenick

Toxic Soldiers

2016

29th Street poster
6.9

After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.

29th Street

1991

Black Ribbon poster
3.0

A writer buys a typewriter which brings out his deepest and darkest desires.

Black Ribbon

2007

Zombie City poster
6.5

Watch Carl’s ingenious unveil while reminiscing about his favorite movie in Zombie City. Join Carl as he tries to save us from a zombie takeover and possibly our total annihilation. Will Carl save us or will he be the last man on earth to repopulate the planet? Find out and see if you can survive in Zombie City!!

Zombie City

2017

Broadway Danny Rose poster
7.1

A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.

Broadway Danny Rose

1984

Ghoul School poster
4.7

Two sniveling high school dropouts plot to rob the school janitor and accidentally release toxic chemicals into the school's water supply. The swimming team are the first ones to turn into green-faced flesh-eating zombies, and they promptly go after the rest of the present school populace: two horror movie nerds, the members of a metal band and the world's worst basketball team.

Ghoul School

1990

Blood Boy poster
NR

As radiation storms bombard the Earth, monsters run rampant and the Black Scorpion terrorist organization is threatening the city's population. Can Carl survive the post nuclear chaos displayed on his security monitor or will he spend all his time laying in bed, calling his mom and dad on the phone, and drinking unfathomable amounts of tea? Find out in the brain melting anti-epic from the director of " Alien Beasts" and " Mutant Massacre". Featuring "appearances" from the late, legendary TV host Joe Franklin and scream queen Debbie Rochon.

Blood Boy

2014

Killer Video poster
NR

An SOV vision from Prolific filmmaker Carl J. Sukenick featuring mutants, throwing stars and gushing headwounds.

Killer Video

2017

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Space Spawns

2002

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York poster
6.2

Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

1993

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) poster
8.4

John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Village NYC performance art scene as well as the college music revolution of the late 1980s. Filmed in 2001, ‘Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)’ is the acclaimed true story, tracing their independent and sometimes hilarious path through two decades in the pop music wilderness. From their legendary Dial-a-Song answering machine, to their Grammy Award-winning theme song for ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, fans and friends gather to tell the oral history of Brooklyn's finest alternative rock band.

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

2003

Jazzy for Joe poster
10.0

Talk show legend Joe Franklin discovers an abandoned baby on his doorstep.

Jazzy for Joe

2014

Norman's Corner poster
7.5

A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.

Norman's Corner

1988

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread poster
6.5

Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

1987

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story poster
7.0

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon poster
5.4

The outrageous story of 1970s porn icon Jack Wrangler, and how he rose to the top of the gay, and then straight, adult film industry.

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon

2008

Space Psychos 4 poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Space Psychos 4

2003

The Toxic Retards poster
NR

Aliens battle terrorist in a sorority house filled with mutants, monsters and secret agents. Who will survive this action packed inter-dimensional adventure?

The Toxic Retards

2015

No artwork available
NR

The aliens are making people crazy. Carl J. Sukenick leads the Earth in a collective psychic blast to drive the aliens away. Joe Franklin is intermittently interviewed.

Space Fucks

1998

The Troma System poster
9.0

A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better yourself as a person.

The Troma System

1993