Mr. Bill Does Vegas (2000)

Director: Walter Williams

Writer: Walter Williams


Starring: Mr. Bill, Walter Williams, Wayne Newton, Jenna Elfman, The Smothers Brothers, Bobcat Goldthwait, Father Guido Sarducci, Smokey Robinson, Jack Lemon, Joe Theisman, Bud Friedman, Richard Jeni

More info: Amazon

Plot: Mr. Bill talks to famous comedians on his way to reviving his stand-up comedy career with opening up for Wayne Newton in Vegas.

My rating: 6/10

Will I watch it again?  No.

My first exposure to Mr. Bill was in the mid 70s on Saturday Night Live when I was all of 6 or 7 years old.  That's about the right age to fall in love with this character.  Now, all these decades later, it's not all that funny.  Well, I should say that this twenty minute film isn't all that funny but it's great to see a lot of the stars like Sarducci, Goldthwait, Jeni and others.  They provide some of the funny.  Mr. Bill's voice is a lot more annoying than I remember.  My favorite moment was when Sluggo tears through a golf sand trap in his dune buggy and runs Mr. Bill over.  That's good stuff.  Fortunately they knew this was better at keeping it shorter than longer.  At least there's that.