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Anyone remember the movie It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World? (Original Post) TorchTheWitch Jan 2012 OP
Very funny. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2012 #1
I remember sakabatou Jan 2012 #2
Love that movie. laconicsax Jan 2012 #3
I vaguely remember watching it Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #4
You should see it again... TorchTheWitch Jan 2012 #10
Thanks for the links-- Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #17
You're very welcome - that's how I ended up watching it again TorchTheWitch Jan 2012 #28
One of the best. Justice wanted Jan 2012 #5
A laugh out loud a lot...classic. Tikki Jan 2012 #6
Jimmy Durante Kicks the Bucket Ptah Jan 2012 #7
OMG! I just now realized what that bit meant! TorchTheWitch Jan 2012 #29
I saw it once when I was a kid. Aristus Jan 2012 #8
Love the service station scene Canis Mala Jan 2012 #9
Since I was a boy in the 70s. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #11
"Try me, I gullible!" Turbineguy Jan 2012 #12
I've seen it dozens of times, my favorite all time movie center rising Jan 2012 #13
It's one of my Dad's favorites progressoid Jan 2012 #14
It's one of my dad's favorites, too. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #16
Ethel Murmann.... WCGreen Jan 2012 #15
One of the first movies I ever saw on a theater. rrneck Jan 2012 #18
Great cast center rising Jan 2012 #19
"Do you hear bells, baby"? StarlightGold Jan 2012 #20
I remember it from seeing it as a kid. bikebloke Jan 2012 #21
"Everyone's gotta pay taxes! Even businessmen, who lie and cheat and steal every day... Richardo Jan 2012 #22
And here's a 5-minute version: kentauros Jan 2012 #23
Haha! That was great! TorchTheWitch Jan 2012 #27
That WAS a classic scene! kentauros Jan 2012 #31
A classic treestar Jan 2012 #24
It's a great movie. Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #25
"Oh man you are really buggin' me!" Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #26
NO! My BF told me it has the bestestest ending ever.... amyrose2712 Jan 2012 #30
One of the loved comedy! aaronsteven Jan 2012 #32
 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
1. Very funny.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:11 AM
Jan 2012

Saw it in the theater in Cinerama (that was a big deal back then) when I was a kid.

Has all the comedic greats in it from Jack Benny up and down. Even has Rochester in it.

Sid Caesar is alive, and I don't know about any of the rest of them.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
10. You should see it again...
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 10:33 PM
Jan 2012

The whole thing is on YouTube in two parts...

Part One (most of the film) -

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Part Two (the rest) -
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Fair warning... whoever uploaded it captured it off of their tv and didn't cut out the commercials.



TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
28. You're very welcome - that's how I ended up watching it again
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 05:28 PM
Jan 2012

I found it on YouTube when I was looking for something else entirely. And now I can't remember what in the world I was looking for before I latched onto this. I always seem to do that on YouTube.

It's a long film but funny as all hell every minute of it.

Enjoy!


TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
29. OMG! I just now realized what that bit meant!
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 05:31 PM
Jan 2012

I'm soooooo stupid! How in the world did that get passed me! I always wondered why my brothers always laughed about that part. NOW I get it!

Geez, I can't believe that had gone right over my head until you mentioned this. For some reason it finally just clicked and I feel like a total baffoon.




HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
11. Since I was a boy in the 70s.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 10:46 PM
Jan 2012

Just about every prime Hollywood comedian/comedienne was in that one.

Hard to believe out of the main actors/actresses of that movie, only six are still alive.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
18. One of the first movies I ever saw on a theater.
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:32 AM
Jan 2012

Thanks for reminding me. I think I'll throw it on the queue

center rising

(971 posts)
19. Great cast
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:34 AM
Jan 2012

Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caeser, Terry-Thomas, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Dick Shawn, Joe E Brown, William Demerest, Norman Fell, Marvin Kaplan, Sterling Hollway, Carl Reiner, Madalyn Rhue, and the Three Stooges!!!

bikebloke

(5,260 posts)
21. I remember it from seeing it as a kid.
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 01:08 PM
Jan 2012

Cinephiles keep lobbying for a road show version restoration with extra scenes reinserted.

Richardo

(38,391 posts)
22. "Everyone's gotta pay taxes! Even businessmen, who lie and cheat and steal every day...
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 01:17 PM
Jan 2012

...even THEY have to pay taxes!!"

Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike, channeling the 99% in 1963.



One of my top ten of all time.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
27. Haha! That was great!
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 05:13 PM
Jan 2012

Someone did a really fantastic job putting that together. And I laughed my ass off all over again.

I don't know why, but to me the ultimate funny bit was when that tire came rolling out of the tunnel. For some reason that always cracks me up more than any other bit.


kentauros

(29,414 posts)
31. That WAS a classic scene!
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 06:22 PM
Jan 2012

But the wreck that follows had me cringing a bit for the stuntman.

The choice of music, the "disco" strings, was a great choice, too!

amyrose2712

(3,391 posts)
30. NO! My BF told me it has the bestestest ending ever....
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 05:41 PM
Jan 2012

what a let down. HE saw it as a kid so it has special meaning for him, I guess like Hair and The Frisco Kid or The Monkees do for me. He was so excited that he could see the BIG W and no one else could.

aaronsteven

(1 post)
32. One of the loved comedy!
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 08:11 AM
Jan 2012

One of the loved comedy till now. Still when I watch it, cannot stop myself from laughing. I have watched it 12 times till now as I am a huge fan of comedy movies.

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