Serial

Plot:

There are no cliff-hanging moments in Serial, but there's plenty of laughs in this trenchant comedy comment on 1970s lifestyles. Martin Mull plays the father of a Marin County family that succumbs to every silly fad coming down the pike. Mull tries to distance himself from his family's idiocies, but it's always the man who pays the piper. The film, based on a collection of newspaper essays by Cyra McFadden, is neatly tied up with a Capraesque ending allowing Mull to finally prevail. Some of the best moments involves Mull's tiltings with his trend-happy neighbor Bill Macy.

Cast:

Martin Mull as Harvey Holroyd
Tuesday Weld as Kate Linville Holroyd
Jennifer McAllister as Joanie Holroyd
Sam Chew Jr. as Bill
Sally Kellerman as Martha
Anthony Battaglia as Stokely
Bill Macy as Sam Stone
Nita Talbot as Angela Stone
Pamela Bellwood as Carol
Barbara Rhoades as Vivian
Ann Weldon as Rachel
Peter Bonerz as Dr. Leonard Miller
Jon Fong as Wong
Christopher Lee as Luckman Skull
Patch Mackenzie as Stella
Stacey Nelkin as Marlene
Tom Smothers as Reverend Spike
Clark Brandon as Spenser
Paul Rossilli as Paco
Clyde Ventura as Donald
Rosanna DeSoto as Maria (as Rosana Soto)
Kevin O'Brien as Jim
Mark L. Taylor as Cult Member 1 (as Mark Taylor)
Donna Ponterotto as Daphne
Lee Wilkof as Brian
John Thompson as Store Manager
Kevin Howard as Roger
Robin Sherwood as Woman Saltzburger
Bob Balhatchet as Harold
Victoria Huxtable as Millie
George American Horse as Indian Chief
Peter Horton as Cult Member 4
Jay C. Currin as Cult Member 6
Buddy Joe Hooker as Biker
Billy Sands as Bartender
Sam Denoff as Painter
Melanie Workhoven as Secretary
Mark Rasmussen as Tony Wilson
Bill Jelliffe as Man on Ferry
Scott Paulin as Hip Caterer
Jerry Zafer as Disco Instructor
Katie Waring as Cult Member 2
Gordon Bush as Cult Member 5
Jeanna Michaels as Cult Member 3 rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Fusco as Hip Caterer
Kenny Endoso as  (uncredited)