This movie is perhaps the funniest movie I ever saw. There are just too many lines from this movie that you never forget. I was at the local YMCA today and I think it must have been "naked man day" in the men's locker room. I walked in to change clothes and everywhere I turned there was a naked man. I burst into laughter because the first thing that came to my mind was Peter Graves saying to Joey, "You ever seen a grown man naked?" I still tell people, "and don't call me Shirley" and every time I hear someone say, "the blank's gonna hit the fan" I think of that scene and laugh. This movie is unforgettable.
I think it's interesting that two of the all time biggest movie surprises in history were from two films made in the same year. 1980 saw "The Empire Strikes Back" and it's totally shocking, surprising Darth Vader line of "No. I am your father." I rank that as the biggest movie surprise of all time. And then of course there was June Cleaver/Barbara Billingsley walking up and saying, "Oh stewardess, I speak jive." I don't care who you are, if you were in a movie theater back in 1980 when this movie first came out and you hadn't heard about this scene yet then you fell out of your chair laughing because back then there was no one more unlikely on the planet Earth to walk up and speak jive than June Cleaver. We had no VCR's or DVD's. You went to the show or you watched TV. All of us spending money at the movie theaters were kids growing up in the 60's and 70's watching "Leave It To Beaver". That was one of the most shocking, surprising brilliant pieces of comedy ever done in movie history.
I just love this movie. It's one of those where every time you watch it you catch something else. When you're having a bad day put this movie on and laugh until you cry. I would have loved to have been at the table with the writers of this movie when they were making all of this up. I don't know if they sat around drinking coffee, beers, whiskey or whatever but they sure must have had fun writing this. Comedies are always overlooked for greatness and awards and I really don't understand why. It is not easy to write funny lines, stories or jokes. Twenty nine years later I salute them for making a timeless masterpiece. This movie definitely deserves to be in the top 250.
I think it's interesting that two of the all time biggest movie surprises in history were from two films made in the same year. 1980 saw "The Empire Strikes Back" and it's totally shocking, surprising Darth Vader line of "No. I am your father." I rank that as the biggest movie surprise of all time. And then of course there was June Cleaver/Barbara Billingsley walking up and saying, "Oh stewardess, I speak jive." I don't care who you are, if you were in a movie theater back in 1980 when this movie first came out and you hadn't heard about this scene yet then you fell out of your chair laughing because back then there was no one more unlikely on the planet Earth to walk up and speak jive than June Cleaver. We had no VCR's or DVD's. You went to the show or you watched TV. All of us spending money at the movie theaters were kids growing up in the 60's and 70's watching "Leave It To Beaver". That was one of the most shocking, surprising brilliant pieces of comedy ever done in movie history.
I just love this movie. It's one of those where every time you watch it you catch something else. When you're having a bad day put this movie on and laugh until you cry. I would have loved to have been at the table with the writers of this movie when they were making all of this up. I don't know if they sat around drinking coffee, beers, whiskey or whatever but they sure must have had fun writing this. Comedies are always overlooked for greatness and awards and I really don't understand why. It is not easy to write funny lines, stories or jokes. Twenty nine years later I salute them for making a timeless masterpiece. This movie definitely deserves to be in the top 250.
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