George Spielvogel is George Spielvogel.

George Spielvogel III may just be the 21st century Jim Varney and I don’t give that accolade to just anyone. I found out about Covid 420 the way I normally do with films like this; I booted up Tubi’s “First Time On Tubi” section and filtered down to 2023 films. Considering which film would be next on the Hood Tubi watchlist, I found this film. It’s 56 minutes, and the thumbnail looks kinda like this.

I was naturally sold immediately.

Covid 420 stars George Spielvogel III as…everyone. All 38 roles in this film are played by Spielvogel. In fact he also does the editing, set direction, costumes, makeup, is second director, special effects, stunts, sound, and location management. The only thing George didn’t do was direct and handle the soundtrack. That’s the job of Michael Regalbuto and
Robbie Mangano respectively.

The film is set during the pandemic when a drug cartel or the mafia or someone inexplicably starts cutting their marijuana with Covid 19. The new concoction is dank enough to turn anyone who smokes it crazy and ends up being called Covid 420. Detective Hedges (George Spielvogel) and Detective Johnson (George Spielvogel) arrest local drug dealer Big City (George Spielvogel) in the hopes that he’ll spill the beans about the big mastermind behind the operation. It’s George Spielvogel.

Covid 420 is like if Jack and Jill was funny which is a concept I don’t think many have ever considered. The film is basically a vehicle for George to show us all the silly accents he can do as well as his vast array of clothes, and much like Jim Varney a lot of his charm comes from the fact that he can do them just well enough to be funny. And he also does a lot of silly faces that appeal to the baby side of our brains.

George also cleverly undercuts any critic who might talk about his ego by including a scene where he has sex with himself. No that’s not a joke. Goerge does an autotune rendition of Peas Pudding Hot as a song, and there’s some cleverly edited scenes with multiple Georges in the same shot. It might sound like I’m being facetious but I thought this movie was hilarious. One of the characters is literally George kneeling on his shoes doing an Italian accent.

While the plot is centered around weed, I wouldn’t really consider Covid 420 a stoner film. Would I recommend it? Yeah. It’s hilarious.

Rating: 69