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The Tromaville Café
''The Tromaville Café'' is a television program broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2000 that ran Troma films. The show featured Lloyd Kaufman as himself, different actors portraying Toxie, Paul Kyrmse as Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Stephen Blackehart as Felix the French Trickster, and scantily clad Tromettes (Debbie Rochon, Stephanie Stokes, Tiffany Shepis, etc.) playing waitress/action news reporters. Another regular on the show was Joe Fleishaker, who portrayed Troma VP and co-founder Michael Herz. Cast * Lloyd Kaufman as Self * Jane Jensen as Self * Paul Kyrmse as Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. * Stephen Blackehart as Felix the French Trickster * Steve Loniewski as Steve / Beowulf * Debbie Rochon as Host / Hypothermia * Stephanie Stokes as Host * Tiffany Shepis as Bulimia / Dementia * James Gunn as Self / Mike the Crazy Boom Guy * Joe Fleishaker as Michael Herz / God * Jim Grindle as The Chupacabra. * Tracy Mann * Mike Shapiro as Baby / Billy / Lloyd's so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troma
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. They are the longest running independent film studio in the world. The company produces low-budget independent films, or " B movies", primarily of the horror comedy genre, all geared exclusively to mature audiences. Many of them play on 1950s horror with elements of farce, parody, gore, and splatter. Troma has produced, acquired, and distributed over 1,000 independent films since its creation. Films produced and distributed by Troma include '' The Toxic Avenger'' (1984) and its sequels; '' Class of Nuke 'Em High'' (1986) and its sequels; '' Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.'' (1990); '' Tromeo and Juliet'' (1996); '' Terror Firmer'' (1999); and '' Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead'' (2006). In 2012, the company officially released many of its films on YouTube. However, their YouTube channel was eventually terminated for not meeting commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Kaufman
Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, such as '' The Toxic Avenger'' (1984) and '' Tromeo and Juliet'' (1996). Many of the strategies employed by him at Troma have been credited with making the film industry significantly more accessible and decentralized. Early life Kaufman was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Ruth ('' née'' Fried) and Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Sr., a lawyer. Career Early career Kaufman graduated from Yale University with the class of 1968, where he majored in Chinese studies. His fellow Yale classmates included Oliver Stone and George W. Bush. Originally intending to become a social worker, he became fast friends with student filmmaker Robert Edelstein and Eric Sherman (son of filmmaker Vincent Sherman), who introduced him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toxic Avenger (1984 Film)
''The Toxic Avenger'' is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film produced and directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman (the latter credited as Samuel Weil for directing) from a screenplay by Joe Ritter, based on a story by Kaufman. The film was produced and released by Troma Entertainment. It is the first installment in ''The Toxic Avenger'' film series and generated a media franchise. Plot Melvin Ferd Junko III is a 98-pound janitor at a health club in the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey, where the customers Bozo, Slug, Wanda and Julie regularly harass and bully him. They trick Melvin into wearing a pink tutu and hugging a sheep. He is ridiculed and chased around the health club and out a second-story window. He falls into a drum of toxic waste, which transforms him into a hideously deformed mutant with superhuman size and strength. A group of drug dealers, led by Cigar Face, are trying to bribe a police officer. When he refuses to accept the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Blackehart
Stephen T. Blackehart (born December 1, 1967) is an American character actor, author, and producer. Education Blackehart began his artistic education at the University of South Florida under BAFTA-winning character actor Paul Massie, before moving overseas to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While at LAMDA, in addition to the normal study-and-performance curriculum, Blackehart studied swordsmanship under renowned fight masters Rodney Cottier and John Waller, and went on to attain an advanced certification from the Society of British Fight Directors (now called the BASSC). Upon returning to the U.S., he became an active member of Manhattan's Westside Repertory Theatre (at the time the oldest classical theater company in the city), and by day studied at HB Studio under Uta Hagen and with character actor William Hickey. Career Blackehart first became known for playing Benny Que in the cult classic film ''Tromeo and Juliet'', though he has since acted in a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Rochon
Debbie Ann Rochon (born November 3) is a Canadian actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in independent film and counterculture films. Early life When Rochon was ten years old, her parents were deemed unfit to raise her, and she was remanded to foster care. Shuttled from one foster home to the next, Rochon ran away to Vancouver. When she was 14 and homeless, she was violently robbed by a homeless man, who assaulted her with a knife and slashed her upper right arm, leaving her with a large vertical scar. Career In 1980 Rochon was cast as a punk-fan rock-concert extra in '' Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains'' after being alerted to an open-casting call by another homeless youth. She worked for three months and earned $300 cash a week. That experience made her fall in love with filmmaking and acting. By age 17, she had saved enough money to move to New York City. Rochon worked with off-off-Broadway theater companies, performing in over 25 stage prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Shepis
Tiffany Shepis is an American actress from New York City, who has been involved in film-making since the age of 16. She is popularly known as a "scream queen", having acted in several horror films. Career Shepis got her start playing the part of Peter in James Gunn (filmmaker), James Gunn's first film ''Tromeo and Juliet''. Shepis continued working in the genre she loved most, horror. Making several horror films a year, Shepis quickly became a fan favorite within the horror community in films such as ''Scarecrow (2002 film), Scarecrow'', Syfy's ''Abominable (2006 film), Abominable'' the Sundance horror flick ''The Violent Kind'' and cult classic, The Hazing. Shepis was also a part of the record breaking ''Sharknado 2'', the horror comedy ''The Night Watchmen'', the anthology ''Tales of Halloween'' and has provided voice work for the Adult Swim TV show ''Robot Chicken''. Shepis made the jump to Lifetime networks Christmas special ''The Holiday Proposal Plan'', hosts popular genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Fleishaker
Joseph Isaac Fleishaker (November 25, 1953 – May 23, 2016) was an American character actor best known for his appearances in low-budget cult and horror comedy movies. In particular, those produced by New York-based independent film company Troma Entertainment, who have billed Fleishaker as "Troma's biggest action star", humorously alluding to his morbid obesity, which surpassed five hundred pounds. Biography Fleishaker was first cast in Troma's 1988 action-comedy '' Troma's War'' as an extra, where he played a member of a violent terrorist sect. Lloyd Kaufman Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their featu ..., the film's director, was amused by Fleishaker's screen presence as an obese guerrilla soldier and ended up giving him more screen time throughout the film. Following ''Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Herz (producer)
Michael Herz (born May 9, 1949) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter. With the director and actor Lloyd Kaufman, the two are the co-founders of Troma Entertainment, the world's longest running independent film studio, known for their comedic horror films, including the cult '' Toxic Avenger'' series and ''Tromeo and Juliet''. Life and career Herz and Kaufman first met when both of them were attending Yale University. Initially, the two didn't get along; Kaufman has stated that the only reason the two hung out with each other was that Herz owned a pinball machine and Kaufman was the only person in their dormitory who owned a television. Regardless, he was cast in a small part in Kaufman's first feature film, '' The Girl Who Returned''. After graduating from Yale, Herz went on to study law at New York University. Although he was quite adept at the subject, he secretly harbored a desire to become a screenwriter. His girlfriend Maris, who was a friend of Lloyd Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Mann
Tracy Mann is an Australian actress and voice artist. After appearing in a number of television series, she won an Australian Film Institute award in 1980 for the film '' Hard Knocks'' . She has also won awards for her work in the mini-series ''Sword of Honour'' and 2005 comedy film '' Hating Alison Ashley''. Early life and education Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Tracy Mann first expressed interest in becoming an actress at the age of four. She undertook drama classes as a child, then as a teenager with the Saturday Company, a branch of the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA). Fresh from high school in 1973, she performed in ''Winnie the Pooh'' for Adelaide Festival Theatre and joined Actors Equity of Australia. She subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in the 1990s. Career Television Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera '' The Box''. Mann is possibly best remembered to audiences for playing deaf bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shapiro (actor)
Michael David Shapiro ( ) (born December 29, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for voicing the G-Man and Barney Calhoun in the ''Half-Life'' video game series. Early life In 1987, Shapiro helped launch the Annex Theater and performed in many of their productions. For a time he lived in Seattle until moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2000. Career Michael Shapiro is most famous for voicing Barney Calhoun and the G-Man in all of the characters' appearances in the ''Half-Life'' series. Other video games in which he is credited as "Mike Shapiro" are '' Blood II: The Chosen'', '' Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' and '' Torin's Passage''. He has also voiced many radio and TV commercials. Shapiro is a director of television shows and theater productions, with some of his shows being shown on ''Strike.TV Strike.TV was created during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, 2007-08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike as consortium of more than 40 internet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Dublin
Jessica Dublin (July 9, 1918 – July 21, 2012) was an American actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ... who appeared in a number of Italian films.Pitts p.181 Filmography References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1918 births 2012 deaths American film actresses 20th-century American actresses American expatriates in Italy 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television Comedy
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public broadcasting, public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a Royal charter#United Kingdom, royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual Television licensing in the United Kingdom, television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts or to use the BBC's streaming service, BBC iPlayer, iPla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
