Mr. Saturday Night

Mr. Saturday Night

119 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 23, 1992

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.

Mr. Saturday Night

119 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 23, 1992

Mr. Saturday Night
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment
Original title Mr. Saturday Night
Directors Sean Hobin, David Cass Jr., Marion Tumen, Jim Chory, Peter Schindler, Billy Crystal
Writers Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz, Billy Crystal

Cast

Billy Crystal

as Buddy Young Jr.

David Paymer

as Stan

Julie Warner

as Elaine

Helen Hunt

as Annie Wells

Mary Mara

as Susan

Jerry Orbach

as Phil Gussman

Ron Silver

as Larry Meyerson

Sage Allen

as Mom

Jason Marsden

as Buddy (Age 15)

Michael Weiner

as Stan (Age 8)

Larry Gelman

as Mr. Gimbel

Kay Freeman

as Mrs. Gimbel

Howard Mann

as Stage Manager

Julius Branca

as Stage Manager

Liz Georges

as Script Girl

Bill Wendell

as Announcer

Hartley Haverty

as Susan (Age 6)

Will Jordan

as Ed Sullivan

Josh Byrne

as Buddy (Age 6)

Ben Diskin

as Stan (Age 9)

Irving Wasserman

as Uncle Moe

Phil Forman

as Uncle Julius

Joe Shea

as MC

Michael Ben-Edward

as Fat Guy in Audience

Carl Ballantine

as Freddie

Slappy White

as Joey

Richard Mehana

as Sidney

Mark Lonow

as Producer

Conrad Janis

as Director

Tim Russ

as A.D.

Marc Shaiman

as Lucky Zindberg

Chayim Frenkel

as Cantor at Funeral

Jan Lucas

as Karen (Casting Director)

Daniel Tisman

as Reece

Peter Kim

as Maitre d'

Greg Joung Paik

as Owner

Eugene Kaufmann

as Old Man

Miranda Garrison

as Apache Dancer

Alberto Toledano

as Apache Dancer

Richard Kind

as Reporter

Jerry Lewis

as Himself

Edith Fields

as Woman in Commercial

Adam Goldberg

as Eugene Gimbel

Maria A. Ferrari Olivo

as Fat Guy's Wife

Talbot Perry Simons

as Man at Catskills

Lonnie Burr

as TV Show Dancer

Randy Doney

as TV Show Dancer

Joe A. Giamalva

as TV Show Dancer

Birl Jonns

as TV Show Dancer

Shadoe Stevens

as Fred

Bert Copello

as Sullivan A.D.

Lindsay Crystal

as Screaming Girl

Dana Lipsic

as Other Screaming Girl

Jerry Gadette

as Stage Hand

William Yamadera

as Japanese Client

Lowell Ganz

as Writer #1

Babaloo Mandel

as Writer #2

Gary Grossman

as Backstage Man

Bob Yerkes

as Acrobat

Marinela Cimpoeru

as Acrobat

Costin Csizmas

as Acrobat

Voinea Dumitru

as Acrobat

Adrian Smertcov

as Acrobat

Steven Kravitz

as Young Comic

Randy Crenshaw

as 'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Geoff Koch

as 'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Steve Lively

as 'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Rick Logan

as 'Buddy Buddy' Singer