Sugar or Plain?

Short comedic video by Eggboy Productions featuring Jim Belushi.

0:01Copy video clip URL Opening title.

0:30Copy video clip URL A couple enters an ice cream shop and buy some candy from an attendant.

1:00Copy video clip URL A pair of sullen attendants offer them some ice cream, presenting them with various options in an aggressive manner.

2:20Copy video clip URL Asking the customer to decide between a sugar cone or a plain cone, one attendant pulls a pistol, the other knocks out all the lights, tosses the other customers to the ground, chaos briefly ensues. The man chooses a sugar cone and order is restored.

3:34Copy video clip URL End credits.

4:35Copy video clip URL Image Union end credits.

Main Credits

produced by Eggboy Productions; writer and director, John Davies; producer, G. Richard Sato; editor, Bruce Frankel; director of photography, Dan Manas; camera assistant, Kevin Smith; associate producer, Tracey Barnett; assistant director, Chris Mayer

Additional Credits

location mixer, Phoebe Bindiger; boom operator, David Obermeyer; lighting by Lightworks Inc, Dave Moyer LD, James Gedwellas, and Dan Rozkuska; art director, Susan T Uyeda; assistant art director, Maria Bennish; opticals by John Siroky, Ritter Waxberg Opticals Chicago; sound mix by Rick Sweetser, Zenith/DB Studios Chicago; wardrobe, Mary Joan Schwab; production assistants, Sam Rath and Darlene Gorzela; special thanks to Gertie's, Sandy Sandquist, John Larushko, The Great Showing Machine, Mike Nadolski, and Scott Laster

Performers

James Belushi (Bobby) Rob Riley (Jyrkow) Lance Kinsey (young couple) Elizabeth Caldwell (young couple) Rick Thomas (counterboy) Nancy Rush (waitress)

Date

[1980s]

Staff and Producer Comments

Sound is out of sync and image is mis-framed, reflecting the condition of the files as we received them.

Running Time

6 min.

Video Tape Format

Digital file

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Producers

Eggboy Productions, John Davies

Genre

Comedy

1 Comment

Charles McFadden says:

July 11, 2022 at 11:10 am

Classic it’s even so funnier now than it was when I first saw it. How can I have a copy of this?

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