Purple People Eater poster

Movie · 1988

Purple People Eater

Released 1 December 1988 More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Little Richard
as Mayor
55
Ned Beatty
as Grandpa
51
Molly Cheek
as Mrs. Orfus
38
Neil Patrick Harris
as Billy Johnson
15
Lindsay Price
as Kory Kamimoto
11
Dustin Diamond
as Big Z
11
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
44years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Little Richard — oldest on the call sheet
11Dustin Diamond — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast
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