Once Upon a Prime Time 1966 Directed by Bernard Devlin

This short fictional film is a zany spoof of TV content with plenty of violence borrowed from the very source it seeks to parody. Our protagonist is a housewife who has lost her family to the television set. Suddenly, her home is invaded and her life is taken over by characters that seem to spring from the V screen. Initially, she attempts to get the intruders out of her house. But eventually, she begins to see that perhaps a life on TV wouldn’t be so bad after all. Will her distracted husband even notice her departure?

Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company ONF | NFB
Release Date 1 January 1966
17 mins
Cast
Tudi Wiggins Mrs. Lavinia Smudge
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