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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnyone remember the movie It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World?
Just watched it again recently and forgot how hilarious it was. Probably one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)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.
sakabatou
(42,148 posts)laconicsax
(14,860 posts)And the Simpsons spoof of it.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I think I was a little too young to understand it at the time, though.
TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)The whole thing is on YouTube in two parts...
Part One (most of the film) -
Part Two (the rest) -
&feature=related
Fair warning... whoever uploaded it captured it off of their tv and didn't cut out the commercials.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I'll watch it when I have some time
TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)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!
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(2,657 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)The Tikkis
Ptah
(33,024 posts)Great movie.
TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)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.
Aristus
(66,323 posts)I remember thinking: "I can see it; why can't they?"
Canis Mala
(91 posts)with Johnaton Winters and Phil Silvers.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)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.
Turbineguy
(37,320 posts)center rising
(971 posts)progressoid
(49,984 posts)And mine too.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)It was a hoot!
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)Thanks for reminding me. I think I'll throw it on the queue
center rising
(971 posts)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!!!
StarlightGold
(365 posts)and..."What's with the little kiddie bicycle? What are you, some kind of NUT?"
bikebloke
(5,260 posts)Cinephiles keep lobbying for a road show version restoration with extra scenes reinserted.
Richardo
(38,391 posts)...even THEY have to pay taxes!!"
Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike, channeling the 99% in 1963.
One of my top ten of all time.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)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)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!
treestar
(82,383 posts)Kids today still think its funny!
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)One of my favorites.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)One of the best comedies ever.
amyrose2712
(3,391 posts)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)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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