Meet Wally Sparks
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Initial DVD release August 23, 2001 (Russia) Duration Language English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date January 16, 1997 Cast (Wally Sparks), (Emily Preston), (Sandy Gallo), (Lenny Spencer), (Dean Sparks) Similar movies Rodney Dangerfield appears in Meet Wally Sparks and Easy Money | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The host of a lowbrow talk show, Wally Sparks (Rodney Dangerfield) goes out of his way to shock and offend his fans, but he eventually goes too far and begins to lose his audience. Tasked with finding a way to boost ratings by network head Lenny Spencer (Burt Reynolds), Wally must win back his viewers. When Wally sets out to get one of his chief critics, the Southern governor Floyd Preston (David Ogden Stiers), on the show, misadventures ensue for the tactless TV personality.
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Meet Wally Sparks is a comedy film released in 1997 by Trimark Pictures. It stars Rodney Dangerfield, who cowrote the script, and was directed by Peter Baldwin.
Plot
Wally Sparks (Dangerfield) is the host of a sleazy tabloid-style TV talk show who makes Jerry Springer seem gentle by comparison. His show has become so foul that hes alienated his not-especially-discriminating viewers, and his ratings are taking a nosedive.
Lenny Spencer (Burt Reynolds), head of the network carrying his show, gives Wally an ultimatum—he has a week to clean up the content and boost his ratings, or his show gets cancelled.
Wallys producer, Sandy Gallo (Debi Mazar), comes up with an idea—Floyd Preston (David Ogden Stiers) is the governor of Georgia and a staunch conservative known for his attacks on the lowbrow content of Wallys show, so what better way to demonstrate that Wally is trying to change his ways than having Preston on as a guest?
In order to persuade Preston to appear, Wally attends a reception at the Governors Mansion, where he makes the mistake of getting in a drunken game of strip poker with Prestons wife, Emily (Cindy Williams), while somehow involving himself in a plot to blackmail the Governor. And the complications keep coming when Wallys son, Dean, begins a romantic relationship with the Governors daughter.
Cast
Similar Movies
Rodney Dangerfield appears in Meet Wally Sparks and Easy Money. Rodney Dangerfield and Gilbert Gottfried appear in Meet Wally Sparks and Back by Midnight. Rodney Dangerfield appears in Meet Wally Sparks and My 5 Wives. Rodney Dangerfield appears in Meet Wally Sparks and Rover Dangerfield. Rodney Dangerfield appears in Meet Wally Sparks and Back to School.
Production
The film is notable for its cameo appearances by a number of entertainers, including Tim Allen, Sally Jesse Raphael, Lenny Clarke, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Gilbert Gottfried, Julia Sweeney, Michael Bolton, Tony Danza, Ron Jeremy, John Melendez, Bob Saget, Jerry Springer, George Hamilton, and Roseanne Barr.