(CNN) "The Kentucky Fried Movie" has become a classic? Gleefully rude and outrageous, "Kentucky Fried Movie" doesn't seem like obvious material for the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Yet the 40-year-old sketch comedy from the team responsible for "Airplane!" At the time, sketch comedy still had a place in theaters, with "Kentucky Fried Movie's" release preceded by "The Groove Tube," an equally raunchy collection of skits whose cast included a young Chevy Chase. For the Zucker brothers and Abrahams, "Kentucky Fried Movie" was a career-launching moment.

Source: CNN April 06, 2017 19:30 UTC