Mr. Saturday Night
1992Buddy 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.
Acted in
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