american raspberry (also known as prime time and funny america) is a 1977 parody film that lampoons various films of the 1970s, much like "the groove tube", "tunnel vision", "the kentucky fried movie" and "amazon women on the moon". it was filmed for warner brothers with a budget $30,000 (a copyright to warners can be seen in the title card for the "prime time" version), but was rejected as being unreleasable. cannon pictures later acted as distributor during a brief showing in theaters in 1980.