Name: Bulba
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981-08-03
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 4.3
Cast: Joyce Van Patten, Miles Chapin, Jeff Altman

Low-rent comedy pilot with a stellar cast given a middling script

"Bulba" is a foreign-policy satire revolving around the staff of an American embassy on the title place, a fictional nose-shaped island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This failed pilot was leaked to YouTube mainly because cult comedian Bill Hicks played the embassy guard, a Corporal Repulski (USMC), and Hicks uses the "Hicks, Sr." voice he used when doing impressions of his father in his stand-up act. The show also features Gailard Sartain doing a French variation of Sydney Greenstreet's character in "Casablanca" while openly saying he is a spy; he also plays the pseudo-Hindu-sounding Prime Minister wearing a pith helmet(!) On top of that we get Jeff Altman right after the fiasco of the "Pink Lady and Jeff", portraying an early Yuppie/Preppie type. Armin Schimerman (Quark on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine") is also there as a teletype operator who is a bookie on the side. Possibly with a better plot and more development of certain characters, this could have been a one or two-season show....it was certainly cheap enough to make, being shot in some of the nicer bits of Los Angeles and on a sound stage. I personally think what sank "Bulba" was the name of the show.

The comedy genre refers to a category of entertainment that aims to amuse and entertain audiences by using humor, wit, and comedic situations. Comedies are created with the primary intention of eliciting laughter and providing lighthearted enjoyment. They encompass a wide range of styles, tones, and themes, appealing to various tastes and audiences.

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