The Awful Truth (1999) is a documentary, comedy web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Awful Truth online in HD.
The Awful Truth — Storyline
The Awful Truth is a satirical television show that was directed, written, and hosted by filmmaker Michael Moore, and funded by the British broadcaster Channel 4.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Michael Moore
- Starring: Michael Moore, Karen Duffy, Gideon Evans, Jay Martel
The Awful Truth — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1999-04-11 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Genre | Documentary, Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Network | Bravo, Channel 4 |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6/10 (24 votes) |
The Awful Truth — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: A Cheaper Way To Conduct A Witch Hunt, HMO Funeral (1999-04-11) — A Cheaper Way To Conduct A Witch Hunt: Moore shows Ken Starr how to perform a cost-effective witch hunt.
HMO Funeral: A funeral is staged outside of an HMO's corporate headquarter
- E2: Beat the Rich, The Sodomobile (1999-04-18) — Beat the Rich: Wealthy and working-class people are asked about common things. Questions asked include: the price for Dom Perignon, price of one share of IBM stock, and ingredients
- E3: Crackers vs. Mickey Mouse, The Voice-Box Choir (1999-04-25) — Crackers vs. Mickey Mouse: Crackers goes to Disney World to meet Mickey Mouse and talk about Disney's treatment of its employees. His reward? Getting thrown in Disney jail.
The Vo
- E4: Sal, The Bill Collector, Interlude, Duck and Cover (1999-05-02) — Sal, The Bill Collector: UPS fails to keep a promise they made to their union. Time to send in Sal, the Awful Truth's bill collector.
Interlude: "Thomas Jefferson" protests the im
- E5: Man of the Year, TV Pundits, 150 Feet from NBC (1999-05-09) — The Awful Truth Man of the Year: Ira Rennert has the distinction of being one of the largest polluters in the country, as well as owning one of the largest houses on Long Island, w
- E6: Work Care!, LucyCam, Air-Drop TVs on Afghanistan (1999-05-16) — Work Care!: Under a system called WorkCare, people who can't pay their hospital bills can do jobs around the hospital. Across the street, Moore decides to start a pilot program of
- E7: Cohen is a Wimp, LucyCam #2, Mind That Memo (1999-05-23) — Cohen is a Wimp: William Cohen's Secretary of Defense seems like he's sort of a wimp. To compensate, he bombs medicine factories and embassies.
LucyCam #2: Mike recaps the LucyCam
- E8: Montana Shacks, Joe Camel Needs a Job (1999-05-30) — Montana Shacks: Michael Moore visits Montana, a state known for it's beauty as well as being the home of The Unabomber.
Joe Camel Needs a Job: The famous spokescamel visits the Ne
- E9: Hail Turdonia, Teen Sniper School, Hitler Makes a Withdrawal (1999-06-13) — Hail Turdonia: Since Ted Turner is America's largest private landowner, he should have his own country, complete with flag and national anthem.
Teen Sniper School: A parody ad for
- E10: Crackers vs. The Egg Farm, The Michael Moore Playset, American Apartheid (1999-06-06) — Crackers vs. The Egg Farm: Crackers, the Corporate Crime Fighting Chicken goes to see how his fellow chickens live.
The Michael Moore Playset: Now the whole family can pretend to
- E11: Weapons Inspectors, Make A Wish, We Find Hillary a Date (1999-06-20) — Weapons Inspectors: The US is inspecting Iraq's weapons, so Moore gets some Arabs to inspect ours.
The "Make a Wish Foundation": The Make a Wish foundation was forced to let a chi
- E12: NAFTA Mike, Strikebreakers, The Merger (1999-06-27) — NAFTA Mike: NAFTA sent your job to Mexico. Mike goes south to find it.
Strikebreakers: Expert strikebreakers decide to unionize.
The Merger: Chrysler merges with Daimler-Benz. Mi
Season 2
- E1: Advertiser Appreciation Night (2000-05-17) — PRESIDENTIAL MOSH: The first presidential candidate to jump in "The Awful Truth" mosh pit wins the endorsement of the show.
GUN CRAZY: Correspondent Jay Martel introduces Pistol P
- E2: Compassionate Conservative Night (2000-05-24) — DON'T SHOOT, IT'S ONLY A WALLET: In response to NYPD officers shooting African-Americans because they thought their wallets were a gun, Moore creates an "African American Wallet Ex
- E3: Help The Dead Guy (2000-05-31) — IMMORAL MAJORITY: After Mayor Giuliani passed a law that 60% of items must be non-porn in a pornographic store, Michael Moore sets up a store to test the law.
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- E4: German Vacation Night (2000-06-07) — GOT IT MAID!: Moore shows Ken Starr how to perform a cost-effective witch hunt.
HMO FUNERAL: Immigrant maids working for a Holiday Inn Express in Minneapolis, MN organized a union
- E5: Ficus For Congress (2000-06-21) — ELECT THIS POTTED PLANT: We follow "The Awful Truth" candidate for House of Representatives in the State of New Jersey, a ficus tree. We go through the fundraising and stumping pro
- E6: Taxi Driver (2000-06-28) — WHITEY CAN'T RIDE: Michael Moore decides to only pick up African-Americans when he is a taxi driver for one day.
LOW HEELS FOR HO HEELS: Correspondent Tariq "K-Flex" Nasheed goes
- E7: Dixie Flag Night (2000-07-05) — CORPORATE COPS: Mike sets up a "neighborhood watch" around C. R. Bard Pharmaceuticals in Murray Hill, NJ. Three of Bard's executives were found guilty of manufacturing defective he
- E8: Stop and Frisk Night (2000-07-12) — NO TRIALS NECESSARY: Moore goes to Nevada County in California to convince people to give up their rights to go to jail.
NO INTELLIGENCE NECESSARY: Correspondent Jay Martel tries
- E9: Replacement Mike (2000-07-19) — CORPORATE COPS: Michael uses some of the techniques that have proven successful in the war against street crime to combat corporate wrongdoing.
REPLACEMENT MIKE: Michael Moore is
- E10: Store the Homeless (2000-07-26) — PUT THE HOMELESS IN STORAGE: Correspondent Karen Duffy looks at a trend that's becoming increasingly common in America-homeless men and women living in storage lockers.
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- E11: Gulf War (2000-08-02) — SADDAM GAS: Gas prices in America are going to hit an all time high this summer. Michael looks at how far Americans will go to get cheap gas. He opens up Saddam Gas, gas for 50 cen
- E12: Find Clinton a Job (2000-08-09) — CLINTON NEEDS A JOB IN 2001, WE GET HIM ONE OF THE 20,000,000: Bill Clinton will be out of a job next year. We try to get him one of the 20 million jobs he's claimed to have "creat
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Awful Truth have? 2 season(s) with 24 episodes.
Who created The Awful Truth? Michael Moore.
Where can I watch The Awful Truth? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
