Movie
1976
The Big Bus is a 1976 American satirical comedy film directed by James Frawley, and starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, and John Beck. Parodying the then-popular disaster genre, it follows the maiden cross-country trip of an enormous nuclear-powered bus named Cyclops.
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It is often said that the 1980 parody film *Airplane!*, by turning out to be the ultimate genre spoof, ended the disaster‑epics trend that had dominated Hollywood in the previous decade. Its achievement becomes even more notable in light of a previous film that tried to do the same: the 1976 comedy *The Big Bus*, directed by John Frawley. The plot deals with the maiden voyage of the Cyclops, a gigantic nuclear‑power…More
