A long-contemplated sequel to 1976's "Harry And Walter Go To New York" (a 19th-century bank heist farce with James Caan, Elliot Gould and Diane Keaton), ex-Lovin' Spoonful member Zal Yanovsky funded this unearthed project before his death in 2002. Along with the supporting part played by Michael Caine, all four principals to the action are reunited years later during an impromptu black mass at Grant's Tomb. The ceremony is a planned diversion staffed by innocent street people and concocted by the mysterious Edward Subitsky (played by Joey Bishop) in order to route the precinct cops away from a nearby Barnard College dormitory on 120th street. The building's basement contains a clandestine government lab operated by scientists Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, who have successfully bottled musician George Clinton's "funk juice" and the noisy experiments have caused aldermen and mayors from neighboring boroughs in the past to call out the National Guard. Caan and Gould attempt to steal the juice to sell it, pursued by bums from the mass who want to drink it. The whole thing culminates in an Ellis Island riot that produces a burst of hitherto unknown "funk waves" that set off NORAD alarms in the 5/4 time signature. Particularly effective is the scene in which Vietnam-era ELF receivers join mounts and high-kick across the front of the control bunker and out, stage right. The credits roll over a scene of police cruisers surrounding a dozen Hafler DH-500's in the middle of Flatbush Avenue.

Shown on the loading dock of the Alamo Draft House last Sunday, the unadvertised special was priced at free with at least one salad purchase.