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->'''Chong:''' So what's this movie about, man?
->'''Cheech:''' Oh, it's about all kinds of things, man – it's like a bunch of crazy movies, man, they put together...
-->--'''Opening dialogue'''

''It Came from Hollywood'' is a 1982 comedy film compiling clips from various {{B Movie}}s. Made at a time years before the Internet and with home video still just taking off, this film was basically a funny ClipShow of old B movies that were still hard to find in its day and age.

Featuring comedians Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JohnCandy, Creator/CheechAndChong, and Creator/GildaRadner in a number of framing segments, the film fondly remembers and pokes fun at the genre with sections like [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Giants]] and [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Little People]], [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters]], [[BrainInAJar Brains]], etc. Some framing clips have a simple story, like a little girl (Radner) on her bed talking about scary movies, or Cheech and Chong going to the movies and talking about the films as if they are watching them. At one point Candy and Aykroyd host a short celebration of Creator/EdWood.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2TnJ6DkJwM The movie is available to watch on YouTube here]].

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!!The following movies had clips shown in ''It Came from Hollywood'':

[[folder:The movies]]
* ''Film/SunnySideUp (1929)''
* ''Film/{{Maniac|1934}}'' (1934)
* ''Wonder Bar'' (1934)
* ''The Lost City'' (1935)
* ''Film/ReeferMadness'' (1936)
* ''Marihuana'' (1936)
* ''Perils of Nyoka'' (1942)
* ''Isle of Forgotten Sins'' (1943)
* ''Musical Movieland'' (1944)
* ''Mom and Dad'' (1945)[[note]]Uncredited clip[[/note]]
* ''The Monster and the Ape'' (1945)
* ''The White Gorilla'' (1945)
* ''Film/BlondeSavage'' (1947)
* ''Street Corner'' (1948)
* ''Daughter of the Jungle'' (1949)
* ''The Flying Saucer'' (1950)
* ''Film/{{The Day the Earth Stood Still|1951}}'' (1951)
* ''Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere'' (1952)
* ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'' (1953)
* ''Film/RobotMonster'' (1953)
* ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' (1953)
* ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' (1953)
* ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' (1954)
* ''Film/BrideOfTheMonster'' (1955)
* ''Film/TheViolentYears'' (1956)
* ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers'' (1956)
* ''Film/FireMaidensOfOuterSpace'' (1956)
* ''Runaway Daughters'' (1956)
* ''Film/ShakeRattleAndRock!'' (1956)
* ''Don't Knock the Rock'' (1956)
* ''Rock Baby: Rock It'' (1957)
* ''Film/TheBrainFromPlanetArous'' (1957)
* ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'' (1957)
* ''Dragstrip Girl'' (1957)
* ''Film/TheDeadlyMantis'' (1957) "''It's The Attack of the 50-foot Chicken Wing!''"
* ''Film/TheGiantClaw'' (1957)
* ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'' (1957)
* ''Film/TheCyclops'' (1957)
* ''From Hell It Came'' (1957)
* ''Film/TheAmazingColossalMan'' (1957)
* ''I Was a Teenage Frankenstein'' (1957)
* ''Teenage Monster'' (1958)
* ''The Bride and the Beast'' (1958)
* ''The Cool and the Crazy'' (1958)
* ''Film/AttackOfThePuppetPeople'' (1958)
* ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman'' (1958)
* ''High School Confidential!'' (1958)
* ''High School Hellcats'' (1958)
* ''Film/TheSpaceChildren'' (1958)
* ''Film/FiendWithoutAFace'' (1958)
* ''Film/{{The Fly|1958}}'' (1958)
* ''Curse of the Faceless Man'' (1958)
* ''The Party Crashers'' (1958)
* ''Film/{{The Blob|1958}}'' (1958)
* ''Film/IMarriedAMonsterFromOuterSpace'' (1958)
* ''Frankenstein's Daughter'' (1958)
* ''Monster from Green Hell'' (1958)
* ''[[Film/TheCrawlingEye The Trollenberg Terror]]'' (1958)
* ''Film/MissileToTheMoon'' (1958)
* ''Film/TheHideousSunDemon'' (1959)
* ''Film/BattleInOuterSpace'' (1959)
* ''Film/{{House on Haunted Hill|1959}}'' (1959)
* ''Film/PrinceOfSpace'' (1959)
* ''Film/TeenagersFromOuterSpace'' (1959) "''Most of the time you'' throw ''a dog a bone...''"
* ''Film/TheKillerShrews'' (1959)
* ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' (1959)
* ''Film/TheTingler'' (1959)
* ''First Man Into Space'' (1959)
* ''Film/TheLovesOfHercules'' (1960)
* ''The Hypnotic Eye'' (1960)
* ''Film/InvasionOfTheNeptuneMen'' (1961)
* ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' (1961)
* ''Film/RocketAttackUSA'' (1961)
* ''Married Too Young'' (1962)
* ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' (1962)
* ''Film/{{Matango}}'' (1963)
* ''Film/TheSlimePeople'' (1963)
* ''Evil Brain from Outer Space'' (1964)
* ''Film/TheCreepingTerror'' (1964) "''Oops, he's having a little trouble getting her tush in there.''"
* ''Atomic Rulers'' (1964)
* ''Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures'' (1964)
* ''Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach'' (1964) "''He looks like he's got a bunch of hot dogs in his mouth!''"
* ''Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster'' (1965)
* ''Bat Men of Africa'' (1966)
* ''Film/MarsNeedsWomen'' (1967)
* ''The Weird World of LSD'' (1967)
* ''Film/TheXFromOuterSpace'' (1967)
* ''Film/YongaryMonsterFromTheDeep'' (1967)
* ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'' (1967)
* ''Octaman'' (1971)
* ''The Thing with Two Heads'' (1972)
* ''Film/BlackBeltJones'' (1974)
* ''Film/FrankensteinAndTheMonsterFromHell'' (1974)
* ''Film/{{Ape}}'' (1976)
* ''Film/TheIncredibleMeltingMan'' (1977)
* ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' (1978)
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!!Tropes in this film:
* ActorAllusion: Gilda Radner does her "Judy Miller" little girl sketch character from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
* AffectionateParody: In a way, the responses to the clips aren't hostile, just snarky, which makes the movie more of a tribute than a put-down. It's noticeable when the film-makers dedicate an entire section to Creator/EdWood and actually speak well of him as a GiftedlyBad director/writer.
* AnswerCut: An official asks if [[Film/TheAmazingColossalMan Glenn Manning]] has any relatives. Cut to the Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman.
* BigEater: Tommy Chong spends a lot of time ordering at the snack bar. [[TheStoner 'Cause he's got the munchies, man]].
* {{Blackface}}: The infamous "Goin’ to Heaven on a Mule" number from ''Wonder Bar'' has an embarrassing amount of it, with both adults ''and'' children in blackface.
-->'''Gilda Radner:''' ''(disgusted)'' Can you believe it? And this, too, we owe to Hollywood.
* {{Blaxploitation}}: ''Black Belt Jones''.
* {{Catfight}}: Dan Akyroyd loves it. "There's nothing like a good catfight" when two, er, "high school" girls roll around in the dirt and fight.
* ClipShow: This was 1982. Platform/{{VCR}}s were still new and expensive with a limited selection. If you wanted to see these movies you had to wait for them to come on TV. Platform/YouTube didn't exist. This movie gave a rehash of the films for fans - people who watched it enjoyed pointing out which ones they had seen or forgotten about.
* DawsonCasting: Invoked by Dan Aykroyd.
-->'''Dan Aykroyd:''' Must be tough being a 35-year-old freshman!
* DeadpanSnarker: Of the comedians, John Candy is able to snark the driest.
* DoubleEntendre
** Cheech says ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'' is "The first time a man's been eaten by a pussy".
* FlippingTheBird: What the giant ape does from the 1976 ''King Kong'' {{Mockbuster}} ''Film/{{Ape}}''.
* FreudWasRight: The infamous "inflating bananas" scene from ''Musical Movieland''. [[invoked]]
* HollywoodNatives: Mocked by the crew.
-->'''Gilda Radner:''' This dance is from ''Bury My Heart at Radio City Music Hall''.\\
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'''Gilda Radner:''' This is the National Geographic production of ''Theatre/MadameButterfly''.
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: What Cheech claims the movie is about in the opening (with Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan and the [[Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman Fifty Foot Woman]] meeting and trying to get it on.)
-->'''Tommy:''' ''(to box office)'' I want my money back.
* HumanResources: The brain makes a great cocktail garnish!
* ImAHumanitarian: The MadScientist thinks [[BrainFood brains are delicious]], straight out of the deli case.
* KillerGorilla: The first segment is about gorillas in old '30s-'40s monster movies. The [[KillerSpaceMonkey simian alien]] in ''Film/RobotMonster'' is included as well.
* MarijuanaIsLSD: With films like ''Film/ReeferMadness'' of course. The fact that ''Creator/CheechAndChong'' are there to make sarcastic commentary just makes it funnier.
-->'''Tommy:''' [[TotallyRadical Hey. Want some "Mary Jane"?]]\\
'''Cheech:''' [[TotallyRadical Thanks, "hepcat".]]\\
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'''Cheech:''' Hey, man, there's a lot of starving kids in Cambodia that want that roach!
* {{MST}}: Sometimes the actors do a little riffing on the movie being shown. Dan Aykroyd engages in it most.
-->'''CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker:''' Everybody, listen carefully. The Martians are approaching the city. You must evacuate.\\
'''Dan Aykroyd:''' However, parochial schools will remain in session.\\
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'''Dan Aykroyd:''' How about these aliens? Using ''mannequins'' as ''speed bumps''!\\
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'''[[Film/TheViolentYears Phyllis]]:''' Look at 'em jump, just like rabbits!\\
''(BOOM!)''\\
'''Dan Aykroyd:''' Yeah, look at 'em shoot, just like professional marksmen!\\
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'''Dan Aykroyd:''' I'd like you to meet Mr. Spock's brother Shecky, and his wife Shelley.
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: The Mad Scientist says we only use 10%.
* NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning: The movie starts out with one, and there is also a segment from an old theater bit saying to go easy on unnecessary affection.
* OffTheShelfFX: Invoked with ''Film/BrideOfTheMonster'':
-->'''John Candy:''' A man with a spaghetti strainer strapped to his head gets tortured by a photo enlarger on a microphone stand.
* PaperThinDisguise: John Candy on trying to pass off [[FakeShemp Tom Mason]] as Creator/BelaLugosi.
-->'''John Candy:''' Ed tried to pass off his wife's chiropractor as Bela Lugosi's double. Sure, he was a full head taller than Bela, but as long as he kept the cape in front of his face, [[ViewersAreMorons Ed figured the audience would never know]].
* RecklessGunUsage: John Candy {{lampshades}} Duke Moore's infamous performance in ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''.
-->'''John Candy:''' Now here's an actor who ''really'' knows how to use a gun.
* RussianReversal: As ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'' is stalked by a cat, Cheech says "This is the first time in history the man gets eaten by the pussy!"
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Cheech only saw the movie 19 times and doesn't want to miss a moment of it.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Much of the comedy derives from this. [[invoked]]
-->'''John Candy:''' ''(on the saucers from [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace Plan 9]])'' Amazing. You can hardly see that string.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Aykroyd wears an angora sweater (with a bullet bra underneath) while Candy wears a skirt in honor of Creator/EdWood.
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