Overview
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Cast
- John Ritter as President Chet Roosevelt
- Harvey Korman as Monty Rushmore
- Fred Willard as Vincent Vanderhoff
- Chief Dan George as Sam Birdwater
- Richard Schaal as Jerry
- Peter Riegert as Eric McMurkin
- Nancy Morgan as Lucy Beth
- Meat Loaf as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
- Elvis Costello as The Earl of Manchester
- Howard Hesseman as Kip Margolis