Big Helium Dog is a 1999 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

. It is produced by Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...

's View Askew

View Askew Productions

View Askew Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier in 1994. Actors Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Matt Damon, Walter Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran and Smith himself are just some of the stars that...

 production company and also features the Broken Lizard

Broken Lizard

Broken Lizard is an American comedy troupe, consisting of five friends, best known for its films, including Super Troopers and Beerfest. Its five members are Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and...

 comedy troupe in starring (Kevin Heffernan

Kevin Heffernan (comedian)

Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.Heffernan was born West Haven, Connecticut...

) and supporting (Jay Chandrasekhar

Jay Chandrasekhar

Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar is a Tamil American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.-Life and career:...

, Steve Lemme

Steve Lemme

Steven "Steve" Lemme is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He attended The Dalton School, a high school in New York, but after one year transferred to Fountain Valley School in Colorado, graduating in 1987. He attended Colgate...

, and Erik Stolhanske

Erik Stolhanske

Erik Stolhanske is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He graduated from Breck School, then Colgate University. At Colgate he was part of the troupe Charred Goosebeak, which included the others of Broken Lizard.He is a member of Beta...

) roles.

Story description

A sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 which spoofs its own production: A guy trying to cope with the losing his friend is pulled against his will into a lucrative TV deal that later falls through, nonetheless he saves the world from destruction.

Starring

• Matt Kawczynski .... Charlie Osgood
• Michael Linstroth .... Ray Cross
• Kevin Smith
  Kevin Smith
  Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...
  
   .... Director
• Kevin Heffernan
  Kevin Heffernan (comedian)
  Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.Heffernan was born West Haven, Connecticut...
  
   .... Phil
• Michael Ian Black
  Michael Ian Black
  Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including The State, Ed, Viva Variety, Stella and Michael & Michael Have Issues. He is also a prominent poker player, appearing on Celebrity Poker Showdown several times...
  
   .... Martin Huber
• Lorene Scafaria
  Lorene Scafaria
  Lorene Scafaria is an American screenwriter, playwright, actor and singer best known for her work on the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.-Early life:...
  
   .... Chastity

Also featuring

• Pete Capella
  Pete Capella
  Pete Capella , also known as Lucas Gray is an independent American actor, voice director, comedian, and commercial star. He is best known for his voice role as Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.-Biography:...
  
   .... High School Jock
• Jay Chandrasekhar
  Jay Chandrasekhar
  Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar is a Tamil American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.-Life and career:...
  
   .... Movie Producer (scenes deleted)
• Damien Furey .... Autograph Seeker
• Ralph Lambiase .... BHD Interviewer
• Alyce LaTourelle .... Law Bitch
• Dicky Barrett
  Dicky Barrett
  Richard Michael Barrett , better known as Dicky Barrett, is the frontman of Ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live...
  
   .... Mr.Blocko
• Steve Lemme
  Steve Lemme
  Steven "Steve" Lemme is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He attended The Dalton School, a high school in New York, but after one year transferred to Fountain Valley School in Colorado, graduating in 1987. He attended Colgate...
  
   .... Kendrick
• Brian Lynch .... Director's Assistant
• Vincent Pereira
  Vincent Pereira
  Vincent Pereira is an American independent filmmaker, known for his work with Kevin Smith and View Askew. He is regarded as the unofficial "View Askew Historian".-Background:Pereira was born and raised in New Jersey...
  
   .... Cigarette Fairy
• Richard Perello .... Bartender
• Brian Quinn .... Vance
• Blanchard Ryan .... Beautiful Dancer
• Erik Stolhanske
  Erik Stolhanske
  Erik Stolhanske is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He graduated from Breck School, then Colgate University. At Colgate he was part of the troupe Charred Goosebeak, which included the others of Broken Lizard.He is a member of Beta...
  
   .... Father Joeb
• Bryan W. Strang .... Carl Dunlop
• Kelli Strang .... Little Susie
• Kris VanCleave .... Immense Gay Trucker
• Bryan Johnson .... Undercover Jesus

External links

• Imdb.com - Brian Lynch's entry
• Imdb.com - Big Helium Dog's entry
• Cast and Crew interview