  Mackenzie68 Member Username: Mackenzie68 Post Number: 24 Registered: 03-2008 |
Young Frankenstein Spinal Tap and to watch first-timers faces, Eat and Run | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3382 Registered: 01-2005 |
Come to think of it, the Blues Brothers car chase through that mall in Chicago was really a classic, wasn't it? | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 1312 Registered: 02-2006 |
Elwood = "Baby clothes" Jake -"This place has got everything" | ||
Erikd Member Username: Erikd Post Number: 1035 Registered: 10-2003 |
Major League Harlem Nights Grumpy Old Men Spaceballs Comedy classics! | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1260 Registered: 10-2003 |
Jake- " The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year" Oh man I forgot about that movie, definitely a contender. Anyone know what the connection was with the guy at the very very end of the Blues Brothers movie who took Jake and Elwoods money to pay the Taxes on the church, and the movie itself? Theres some connection between that guy, I cant remember what it is. To be clear, its the end of the chase, they make their way up to the top of some building to pay the tax on the church and the guy who slowly writes out their reciept is somehow connected to something behind the scenes. This has been driving me nuts for at least two years. Anyone,, anyone. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2381 Registered: 08-2007 |
Airplane and Naked Gun should be on that list, too. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 2179 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was that Frank Oz, you were thinking of Dj? He used to be with Jim Henson and the Muppets and was a famous director in his own right. "As an actor, Oz appeared in 1980 as a corrections officer in The Blues Brothers movie" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F rank_Oz | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 661 Registered: 01-2008 |
There was a barn I passed on my way home from northern Michigan back in the late 80s, located somewhere south of Clare, on a two lane Michigan highway where someone painted a huge mural of Elwood and Jake on one side of it. Wish that I could remember what town was nearby, I think that it was Ionia, but I am not positive. It put a big smile on my face, thinking about that movie and how someone was impressed enough by it to paint that mural in the middle of almost nowhere. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1269 Registered: 10-2003 |
Bigb. Im pretty positive it was the guy who took the mony at the very end of the movie. Frank Oz does not ring a bell, seemed he was a much more important part of the films history. Flanders. Its funny because I just drove South today out of Clare and Ive been going there for my whole life but dont remember that painting. Ill ask my dad though, Ill bet he knows about it as he lives up there. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2343 Registered: 12-2005 |
the clerk at the Cook County offices was played by Steven Spielberg. Frank Oz was the corrections officer who gave Jake (Belushi) back his worldy possesions as he was being released from Joliet. I saw the Blues Brothers at Pine Knob in 1980, as a promotional tour for the movie. The entire band, as featured in the move was with them on stage with the exception of the drummer. It was a very memorable concert. John Belushi did cartwheels while making his entrance. The band played the standard "BB" vamp and while Akroyd (Elwood) was getting the briefcase un-handcuffed from his wrist he intoned "It's so good to be back in Detroit, the home of the Chevrolet Impala, the Plymouth Grand Fury, the Cadillac Coupe D'Ville, the Dodge Polara and last, but not least--the Pontiac Bonneville" Akroyd has always had a love relationship with big 'ol American tanks. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1279 Registered: 10-2003 |
56, That was very cool. Wish I was old enough to have been there. Are you SURE that was Steven Spielberg? I know it was someone important, but I didnt think THAT important. Wow. I need to look that one up. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3392 Registered: 01-2005 |
From the Internet Movie Database: " Steven Spielberg ... Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk " http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 80455/ | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 2188 Registered: 11-2007 |
"Mystery Woman: You contemptible pig! I remained celibate for you. I stood at the back of a cathedral, waiting, in celibacy, for you, with three hundred friends and relatives in attendance. My uncle hired the best Romanian caterers in the state. To obtain the seven limousines for the wedding party, my father used up his last favor with Mad Pete Trullo. So for me, for my mother, my grandmother, my father, my uncle, and for the common good, I must now kill you, and your brother." Forget the pic. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 1443 Registered: 01-2007 |
Hummm...less see now. I thought Fahrenheit 911 was a hoot. | ||
Ddaydave Member Username: Ddaydave Post Number: 546 Registered: 04-2005 |
every which way but loose with Clint Eastwood | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1562 Registered: 10-2003 |
56packman nailed it. Ray, thanks for the link and looking it up. I forgot about this little discussion until Dday bumped it up with Clints old movie. Wow, Steven Spielberg. What a classic movie. On a closer to home note, I have to vote for Animal House also. Bluto hopping on that ladder was the best. I actually tried doing it once, its not as hard as it looks. Also have to put a say in for The Jerk, and Fast Times at Ridgemount High. I hear Sean Penn was in character for the entire movie, on and off set. He essentially became the stoner Spicolli for the entire making of the movie. Probably the easiest method acting anyones ever had to put themselves through. | ||
Grumpyoldlady Member Username: Grumpyoldlady Post Number: 194 Registered: 06-2005 |
The Son-in-Law is tops in my book. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1754 Registered: 10-2003 |
"The Royal Tenenbaums" | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1755 Registered: 10-2003 |
Oh and Bulletmagnent, speaking of comedies...Did trolling the internet and DetroitYes for sex pan out for you, or are you still carrying a full tank? | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 257 Registered: 05-2008 |
The 'burbs--silly, silly, silly! | ||
Frankg Member Username: Frankg Post Number: 481 Registered: 08-2007 |
Airplane! | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 3519 Registered: 02-2007 |
flanders list w/ any old Mel brooks movies and Marty Feldman: add the first Austin Powers flanders sick minds laugh alike... | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1527 Registered: 04-2008 |
I know this is sick and twisted but I laugh my ass off at Pulp Fiction. If you take it for how it's intended it hilarious though somewhat gory. My Cousin Vinny and the 2 Yoots is a classic too. | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 3528 Registered: 02-2007 |
the irony in Pulp Fiction is out there... | ||
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 1117 Registered: 10-2003 |
Gannon... ....you mean like "The Mouse That Roared"? Alas, like the Ealing comedies ("The Titfield Thunderbolt" and "The Man In The White Suit" are two other favs) it hasn't aged well, but Peter Sellers characters (Grand Dutchess Gloriana XII, Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy, Tully Bascomb) are really well done. | ||
Jim Member Username: Jim Post Number: 986 Registered: 10-2003 |
Dr. Strangelove. There are posters on the base Sterling Hayden is on that state 'Peace is our Profession'. The sexual nature of the character names and how the actors play the part to the names, I think, go right by viewers. Hail Merkin Muffly and there is no fighting in the war room. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and the book it is based never tire on me. Arsenic and Old Lace I enjoy and North by Northwest is very sly. Superbad and Dan in Real Life were the two funniest movies I have seen in some time. Much better than Knocked Up. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 6056 Registered: 12-2005 |
There are a lot of good ones up there ^. I'd like to add Woody Allen's flicks (Wiki). My favorite was one of his earlier movies Take the Money and Run wherein he played a startlingly inept bank robber.  | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 1080 Registered: 05-2007 |
Jerry Lewis movies were hilarious to me when I was a pre-teen. Those same movies are unfunny now. Other actors I enjoyed include Buddy Hackett and Flip Wilson. Other movies I liked include, "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" and most Mel Brooks movies. More recently, Martin Lawrence, the Wayans, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler are funny in movies. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1587 Registered: 10-2003 |
Zitro. I totally agree with you on Pulp Fiction. It is sort of a black comedy. "The one that says BADMOTHERFUCKER" "Did you see a sign out front that said dead n****R storage?" Wasnt meant as a comedy but it does have its hilarious moments. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 313 Registered: 05-2008 |
Hubby loves Pulp Fiction. It does have its moments. |
