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    Roadie (1980)

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    Travis W Redfish (Meat Loaf) is a backward country boy from Texas who drives a beer truck, has never heard of Alice Cooper, talks about “John Travolto” and has a knack of being able to fix almost anything.

    He puts this talent to use in mending a stalled van belonging to a rock group. Along the way, he demonstrates his talents as a roadie and, after rock promoter Mohammed Johnson (Don Cornelius) calls him “the best roadie in the world”, becomes a superstar in his own right.

    He also falls for Lola (Kaki Hunter), a 16-year-old groupie (“That’s right, honey – jailbait,” she tells him) whose big aim in life is to surrender her virginity to Alice Cooper. She, in turn, has a thing going for Travis.

    But deep down, Travis is just a good old Texas boy, and you know how patriotic those Texans are. They’d rather stay in the Lone Star State than be the world’s greatest roadie.

    Roadie features a number of musical acts. Some of them (Alice Cooper and Deborah Harry of Blondie) even get to speak a few lines.

    The jokes are stale: Travis and Lola accidentally trade a Tide box full of cocaine for the real thing (that one came from Up In Smoke), an earthquake shakes up a rock concert in Los Angeles (which is no laughing matter in California, friends) and Mohammed keeps mispronouncing Redfish’s name.

    Some of the musical numbers, though, are rather good. Hank Williams Jr. shines in an early scene, and Roy Orbison breaks up a honky-tonk fight by singing The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You. Blondie perform a spirited New Wave version of the Johnny Cash classic Ring of Fire.

    Despite his gelatinous appearance, Meat Loaf displays charm, if not legitimate acting talent, as Travis. Art Carney – who apparently believed any kind of movie work was better than none at all – goes through the paces as Travis’ gadget-crazy father.

    Kaki Andrews does the most credible job of all while Alice Cooper demonstrates that acting is definitely not his forte.

    Travis W. Redfish
    Meat Loaf
    Lola Bouilliabase
    Kaki Hunter
    Corpus C. Redfish
    Art Carney
    B.B. Muldoon
    Gailard Sartain
    Mohammed Johnson
    Don Cornelius
    Alice Poo
    Rhonda Bates
    Ace
    Joe Spano
    George
    Richard Marion
    Bird
    Sonny Carl Davis
    Weather Girl
    Ginger Varney
    Mohammed’s Bodyguard
    Al Mays
    Prom Queen
    Cindy Wills
    Tiny
    Allan Graf
    Merle Kilgore
    Himself
    Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
    Himself
    Roy Orbison
    Himself
    Hank Williams Jr.
    Himself
    Hank
    Hector Britt
    Jerry
    Larry Lindsey
    Blondie
    Themselves
    Peter Frampton
    Himself
    Alice Cooper
    Himself
    Sheryl Cooper
    Herself
    Alice Cooper Band
    Themselves
    Asleep At The Wheel
    Themselves
    The Pleasant Valley Boys
    Themselves
    The Bama Band
    Themselves
    Spittle
    Standing Waves

    Director
    Alan Rudolph

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