Joe Franklin

Acting

Joe Franklin

Born — Died

1926-03-09 — 2015-01-24

Place of birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Known for

Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster
7.8

A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994

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

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

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

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

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

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 7 titles

1990s · 7 titles

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

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

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

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

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

Al Lewis in the Flesh poster
7.0

Al Lewis' role as Grampa on television's "The Munsters" has ensured him permanence in the American collective consciousness. Although he has performed in every entertainment medium in this century, television has permanently associated Al Lewis with Grampa Munster - so much so that actor and character have become inseparable. In 1986, Al Lewis opened Grampa's, a restaurant where the public was provided with a collective brush with fame. Admirers could see Al Lewis up close and in person - with perfect reception. "Al Lewis in the Flesh" observes the American pastime of celebrity adulation, revealing a man to whom performing is second nature. Jeffrey Schwarz’s earliest completed work, produced as his senior thesis film at SUNY Purchase.

Al Lewis in the Flesh

1993

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

1980s · 7 titles

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

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

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

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

Bum Rap poster
4.2

Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.

Bum Rap

1988

Norman's Corner poster
7.5

A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.

Norman's Corner

1988

The Comeback Trail poster
6.7

Sketchy producers hire an ailing movie star, hoping to cash in on the insurance when he dies.

The Comeback Trail

1982

Series credits