Meet the Parents (1991)

Interesting facts

Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film directed by Greg Glienna, who co-wrote it with Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also wrote the original songs "Keep Smiling" and "When Philip's There", and stars as protagonist Greg, a young man who sets off a series of accidents while meeting his fiancée's parents and causes her family to fall apart. Emo Philips served as an associate producer, wrote the film title's theme song, and cameos as a video store employee.

Development and production

Glienna conceived of the core idea for Meet the Parents while studying improvisational comedy at The Second City in the 1980s. He improvised a scene with a friend in which he portrayed a man meeting his girlfriend's father. This evolved into an approximately five-minute short film entitled The Vase, in which Glienna played a man meeting his date's parents who ultimately soils his reputation when he breaks their prized vase.

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