I only heard of this movie because Neil Patrick Harris slams it for a chapter in his biography. He talks about how the director made him cry by blaming him for the possible failure of the movie before they finished filming and processing it after his positive experiences acting in other movies. This movie literally represents the loss of innocence for its star. But hey at least its child stars had a career after this? From the clips NPH does seem to be giving it his all? Which kind of explains how the director’s career went in the opposite direction. Anyway great job picking it apart as always.
What I see, what I think happened is the scripts actually had Billy had lost his parents at some point. It would explain how death is a theme in this movie. At some point they changed that to "Gone for Vacation" but left the rest of it in. But hey that's just a theory. A Film Theory!
The thing that got me the most was how it showed fans of the Purple People Eater from different countries and its like, “ah yes here we are in front of our Japanese flag”. But like with each shot they’re all clearly being filmed in the same set 😂💦
Sheb Woolley was my childhood pal’s great uncle - his mom would ask if I knew the song, being an impossible to impress teen at the time meant I wasn’t terribly bowled over that a friend’s relative had written a goofy novelty song 30 years before then. However, if I’d known he was the guy behind the Wilhelm scream which was used in Star Wars I would’ve LOST MY SHIT -!
Fun fact: the lady in the horse wasn't actually part of the movie. The production had lost sight of the stunt double in the costume and asked her, which is why she seemed disinterested at first, but then when she found it she realized and took him with her, not realizing the cameras were rolling all the time. Source: my ass.
"Grandpa, what's it like to die?" "Well, Billy, it's a lot like watching this movie." 2:02 I feel so bad for baby Allison. Little did she know the horrors she would come to witness: The Charmed reboot, The Dancing Ninja, The Day of Discovery [TDOD (thanks, Tyra)]...
The comments about the Purple People Eater's slowness to take action reminded me of a couple of an old MST3K song, "Slow The Plot Down", and a riff from one episode of that show, "Pad, pad, pad the film! Pad, pad, pad the film!!!"
I could watch that Little Richard reaction on a loop. It's like he just realized that he was a legitimate rock god but now he's back in a Catalina Caper level film. This is priceless. To quote the man himself "Bada bada booda, rota rota roota"
Little Richard's preemptive expression of terror will never stop being funny.This is like the third time I've seen this video and I laughed so hard I cried
I’ve never seen this movie, but I remember seeing a glossy color flyer for it. It started out by bragging that the film contained nothing offensive, and how wonderful that was.
The problem with saying it's a "purple-people eater" and not a "purple people-eater" explanation is that every time they depict this creature, it is PURPLE. It's either a purple people-eater, or a purple purple-people eater. Also, what makes it okay to eat purple people?!
It was always a purple purple-people eater. The original song: "I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line? He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine."
Oh my god, just seeing the *title* of this video sent me down a rabbit hole of memories buried so deep I forgot they existed. I can't *believe* this movie was real and not just some insane hallucination I dreamed up after huffing too much nail polish. I had it on VHS as a kid, but I'm baffled as to why anyone would've taped this weird, random movie off of TV for me except for the fact that purple is my favorite color.
The good old days of late-80 1950s nostalgia theme kid flicks. Put in some 57 Chevys, lots of poodle skirts, vague 50s-inspired sets, and tons of cheaply licensed music from one-hit wonders milking their 30 year old songs for one more check! Thank goodness we fully acknowledge that the 80s version today is a pure cash grab. Back then, it was actually taken as sincere.
I remember when I was a kid they used to always play this song at every Halloween party I went too. And I also remember my mom telling me back in 1958 when she was a little girl, she got the album.
its a real shame we did not get a courtroom battle in this movie with Scoob as the judge on the case about the realtor illegally wanting to redevelop the retirement community
I remember watching this film a lot on early-era, pre-monopolizing, world dominating Disney Channel throughout the 1980s... What have I done with my wasted childhood!?!? There was also a giant version of the titular monster featured as an impressively built float with stunt work for several years at the New Years Day Rose Parade.
"That would be so sad, going to the theater to see this." But would you rather see this or the "theatrical" Goodtimes Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a theater?
Is there a sequel, Purple People Eaters In The Backfield, where he brings some of his friends to Earth to play as the Minnesota Vikings' defensive line in the 60s and 70s, even though that would require time travel or something and thus make even less sense?
Nah, it's fine, you just make it a prequel movie where the Purple People Eater came to earth back in the 60's or 70's and no one ever mentioned his existence again.
Purple already travels faster than light so he just needs to fly to the point where the earth was in space at the time the movie was set and presto he would be in that time period. Its the same reason he only knows oldies because his civilization is in the 50's but traveled forward to the place the earth would be in the 80's just in time to save Sally Winters
Wooooooow. This is really digging into the recesses of my mind! I remember watching ads for "the VHS release" of this movie, and *Batteries Not Included in front of kid movies my parents would rent for me from Blockbuster back in the early 90s! I would always get the two confused because I think both movies had similar premises. I don't remember ever watching this movie, and I *think* I may have caught a bit of BNI on a random TV airing one evening, but it was _so_ long ago I really don't remember. All I *do* remember is listening to the FPPE song on a complilation record of children's song my grandmother owned (I remember one of the songs that was on that record, that they used as the album art, was called "Dance with me Henry"), and it was also a song selection on a jukebox at one of the McDonald's my mom would occasionally take my brother and I, sometimes with my childhood best friend, to for lunch or dinner. Edit: Wow! I forgot how much a part of my childhood Little Richard was! I didn't know he was in this movie! But I do remember them using Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti" on The Brave Little Toaster soundtrack, and when he showed up on the We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story soundtrack performing the theme song(?) of the movie "Roll Back The Rock To The Dawn/End of Time", and the oft-forgotten Mother Goose Rock n' Rhyme where he showed up as Old King Cole!
"You should not talk to animals like they were real" - this neighbour would have a fine time with Hans Wormhat, the youtuber who thinks ALL animals are fake.
@@Tareltonlives same here, but I also love the 2 Riffs they also did with Nash, the Donut one being the best of the two. out of all the videos Phelan & Allison have made, I think I've watched their Riffs the most.
OMG! it's been far too long since I've seen this movie. we used to have this and many other films that aired on TV recorded on VHS, unfortunately most of them are lost to time. the one that pains me the most to lose was this Muppets Christmas Special that had guest appearances of the characters from Sesame Street. I can't exactly remember when this aired or what channel, but I certainly remember watching it a lot. probably the one thing I remember the most from this movie is the song by Little Richard.
Oh no. I haven't even started your video yet but I'm scared. This was one of those movies I loved as a kid but outside my family nobody ever heard of it. I thought maybe we made it all up. I already know you are going to justifiably tear this movie apart because it was hilariously dumb. Here are the things I remember off the top of my head, lets see how much you riff on: 1. A very young NPH and Dustin Diamond (pre-doogie and saved by the bell I believe) . 2. The ridiculous alien costume. Wow just wow. 3. The paint by numbers conflict involving a mean landlord evicting helpless old folks. 4. Inexplicable cameo of Little Richard singing the titular song. 5. The alien's horn plays saxophone music I think? Ok time to enjoy your take, lord have mercy on us all...
Ok, just watched your video and you both were much nicer than I expected. I forgot that Chubby Checker was also in this movie. And NPH's bad lip syncing to a voice that isn't even close to his was another cringe worthy moment I should have mentioned. Also he totally had a baby mullet in this and, well it was the 80s so I need to just give that a pass. I remember reading NPH's autobiography awhile back and his only comment about this movie was how unpleasant it was to work with Dustin Diamond. They did NOT get along apparently.
Didn't even have to see the movie. It straight up says that in the third verse of the original song. "I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line? He said, 'Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine' But that's not the reason that I came to land 'I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band'"
Imagine inventing a character which you have to instantly rename for marketing reasons and for making it child-friendly, and you still think its a good idea instead of making up a new name.
Phelous being genuinely upset about the purple people eater monster cracked me up, just him passionately saying that they should have killed it made me lose it
“Nope” brought me here, as Antlers Holst (Michael Wincott) sings the novelty song with a flat, menacing voice, and this ignited souvenirs of seeing this film (“Purple People Eater”) when I was a child… really weird (both the film and the memory ignition) 🤔
7:55 Boom mike in shot! And OMG, Shelley Winters? They got an Oscar-winner to be in this POS? That's really sad. This is another one of those '80s comedies where everyone is a cartoon character and nobody behaves remotely like a believable human being. Then it introduces a fantasy element, like this alien, but it doesn't matter, your suspension of disbelief has already flown out the window, because the alien is no more ridiculous than the world it's being dropped into.
I'm like 90% sure I watched this movie in grade school. I think it was in the days leading up to a big 50s-themed Christmas show we all performed in? It's a very vague memory lol
what's scarier is Judy Garland covered the Purple People Eater song and she was very, very drunk while singing it. to quote her "In this age of flying shaucersh and schhhhhpputnicksch!"
If he recorded the Wilhelm Scream then he is my sworn enemy. Every time I hear that damn scream in a movie it breaks the immersion and whatever spell the film was trying to weave and suddenly I'm thrown out of the narrative because my brain goes "Oh, it's the Wilhelm Scream". Fuck the Wilhelm Scream.
there was that dirk gently plot point with a giant purple people eater existing in the real world and being a monstrosity born out of a child's mind. pretty sure that kid saw this movie.
I was floored that this movie actually bothered to provide a sensible explanation for why the alien only knows old songs because it takes radio transmissions 25 years to reach its planet. Then of course they totally ruin that by having it being able to travel faster than light.
8:50 FYI: (25) Lightyear(s) is a measurement of distance, not time. To be specific, it's the distance light travels in a year in space. Never stop learning (about silly movies) 🧠👀🤟
I've remembered watching this movie in the early/mid 90s on TV and I completely forgot about it, while thinking it was some weird fever dream. The only person that I remember in the film was Little Richard.
I know I've seen it multiple times, but I can't remember this movie at all. My dad always insisted on singing the song as "It was a one-eyed, one pied, flying purple people eater." And he never did answer just what the heck THAT meant.
The Church of the Algorithm gives this video its blessing, and must it stay clear of the blasphemers from The First Algorithmic Temple (and the many people impersonating their members).
What's wrong with The Temple actually? Seeing as how "Temple" is associated with Judaism, and "Church" is a Christian thing... this comes off as kinda antisemitic, regardless of whether it's "just a joke" (which in itself is an incredibly weak excuse and doesn't change the fact that it's still a bad joke).
I had a sudden "OH MY GOD! I KNOW THIS MOVIE!" moment in the beginning. Seconds later, it occurred to me that I remember nothing about this movie. BUT I DO REMEMBER THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER MONSTER!
ALL THESE YEARS I ASSUMED THIS WAS A MOVIE ABOUT "Mr. Munch - The Purple Pizza Eater" FROM CHUCK E. CHEESE!!! My mind is blown!!! As a kid born in 1986 I ALMOST saw this movie at my cousins house. He rented it regularly so he must have liked it (I owned a copy of "Mac & Me" so I am not gonna judge lol) and he wanted me to watch it with him. I was bummed out since we were playing the "NES" and he rented "Rampage" and I was LOVING IT! So I was not really in the mood for a movie. I knew I was being unfair so I eventually caved and said lets watch it. My parents came to get me as the movie started so I never saw the creature... All my life I have been living a lie lmao!
You've unlocked a hidden childhood memory of my dad forcing me to watch this movie. For some reason, the only things I remember is that he eats purple people and that music took 25 years to reach his planet. I can't believe this was actually a real thing
Ok I saw this movie. I don’t remember seeing it but I must have. I always assumed the One Eyed One Horn Flying Purple People Eater only ate purple people and I loved Doogie Houser MD. I MUST have seen this at some point.
Apparently Law Dogs was a real place that sold hot dogs and gave law advice th-cam.com/video/SCWbe1YLJQ8/w-d-xo.html
wtf?!?!
fr bless you for this
I used to live in Van Nuys just down the street from Law Dogs. True reality.
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I love how annoyed Phelan is with the alien. XD
Well, that IS how it's described in the song, as having one eye, one horn and being able to fly.
@Nose_Bud Yessss that would be perfect. Was there a Murder She Wrote movie?
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I only heard of this movie because Neil Patrick Harris slams it for a chapter in his biography. He talks about how the director made him cry by blaming him for the possible failure of the movie before they finished filming and processing it after his positive experiences acting in other movies. This movie literally represents the loss of innocence for its star.
But hey at least its child stars had a career after this? From the clips NPH does seem to be giving it his all? Which kind of explains how the director’s career went in the opposite direction.
Anyway great job picking it apart as always.
Wow, poor Neil! I'm glad he was able to have a career after this.
Wow, how professional to blame a child for the failure of a shitty movie. No wonder the director went on to do...Literally nothing.
The parents and sister aren't actually in Europe, Purple ate them
To be fair, they wore The Phantom and Bibleman costumes. So it's partially on them.
Nice.
What I see, what I think happened is the scripts actually had Billy had lost his parents at some point. It would explain how death is a theme in this movie. At some point they changed that to "Gone for Vacation" but left the rest of it in.
But hey that's just a theory. A Film Theory!
Sounds like a good theory! It would also explain why Billy is so depressed for some reason.
The thing that got me the most was how it showed fans of the Purple People Eater from different countries and its like, “ah yes here we are in front of our Japanese flag”. But like with each shot they’re all clearly being filmed in the same set 😂💦
Sheb Woolley was my childhood pal’s great uncle - his mom would ask if I knew the song, being an impossible to impress teen at the time meant I wasn’t terribly bowled over that a friend’s relative had written a goofy novelty song 30 years before then. However, if I’d known he was the guy behind the Wilhelm scream which was used in Star Wars I would’ve LOST MY SHIT -!
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Fun fact: the lady in the horse wasn't actually part of the movie. The production had lost sight of the stunt double in the costume and asked her, which is why she seemed disinterested at first, but then when she found it she realized and took him with her, not realizing the cameras were rolling all the time.
Source: my ass.
Ah yes "The Purple" the dance that's up there with "The Idiot" and "The Retirement"
YEAH do the retirement!😂
I gave myself a coughing fit laughing at Little Ritchard doing the bodysnatcher scream
Me too.
This is probably one of the movies ever made.
At first I thought a word was missing but actually
Honestly I feel like even this is overstating it.
@@Blisterdude123 Yeah, it barely qualifies as a movie.
Oh it's definitely one of the movies ever made. ;)
@@vivianamuntean146 I absolutely agree with this statement and believe it is objectively verifiable.
You’d think the solution to the landlord would be to have Purple eat him but whatever.
He couldn't eat him cuz he's too tough
Yeah. I'd forgotten how much of an a**hole the landlord was.
Little Richard came to Earth from the Purple People planet to slay the monster who put his kin to the brink of extinction
"Grandpa, what's it like to die?"
"Well, Billy, it's a lot like watching this movie."
2:02 I feel so bad for baby Allison. Little did she know the horrors she would come to witness: The Charmed reboot, The Dancing Ninja, The Day of Discovery [TDOD (thanks, Tyra)]...
I love the awkward pause and Ned Beatty's expression at that question.
Sorry, I'm just distracted by the weenier dog being named "Longfellow" and I am delighted.
"Abraxis is still searching for a personality" got me so good lol
His box has vd. Vd. Vibrational detection.
I really hope Phelan and allison review that movie, maybe with OSW?
Man, Richard Stanley's version of Color out of Space is a lot weirder than I expected.
As a child of the 80s, I watched this on repeat much to my families dismay. I owe them an apology.
Remember kids, don't talk to animals as if they are real
But they are real :(
That is literally the dumbest line I have ever heard
@@limalepakko6074that’s what they want you to think *eye twitch*
The thing I love most about this review is how much you two are enjoying doing this together. It's sweet and quite adorable!
That singing voice didn’t even sound like Neil Patrick Harris’ ADULT singing voice. They weren’t even trying with this movie, were they?
loooool xD
This movie is the definition of "not trying."
The comments about the Purple People Eater's slowness to take action reminded me of a couple of an old MST3K song, "Slow The Plot Down", and a riff from one episode of that show, "Pad, pad, pad the film! Pad, pad, pad the film!!!"
I hope you enjoyed No Moral Theater!
I know a promising young singer who's hopped up on goofballs right now
Trumpy, you can do magic things!
People in the movie: "Oh, as long as he eats people a different color than us, it's fine"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I could watch that Little Richard reaction on a loop. It's like he just realized that he was a legitimate rock god but now he's back in a Catalina Caper level film. This is priceless. To quote the man himself "Bada bada booda, rota rota roota"
Little Richard's preemptive expression of terror will never stop being funny.This is like the third time I've seen this video and I laughed so hard I cried
Fun Fact: Purple people eaters was also the nickname of late 60s and the 70s Minnesota Vikings defense
RIP Ned Beatty, Little Richard and Dustin Diamond. I remember this was a staple of kids' movies sections in video stores in the 1990s.
I’ve never seen this movie, but I remember seeing a glossy color flyer for it. It started out by bragging that the film contained nothing offensive, and how wonderful that was.
"Grandpa, what's it like to die?"
"I dunno kid, I ain't dead yet!"
The problem with saying it's a "purple-people eater" and not a "purple people-eater" explanation is that every time they depict this creature, it is PURPLE. It's either a purple people-eater, or a purple purple-people eater.
Also, what makes it okay to eat purple people?!
Because they're purple.
It was always a purple purple-people eater. The original song: "I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line? He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine."
@Shangri-Lainen I concede that point but maintain that "eating purple people" is still "eating people" and therefore cause for alarm.
The creators of Furby have cited this movie as major inspiration for them.
I don't know if you're being serious or not, but that's immediately what the purple thing made me think of when they played clips of him talking.
@@mastermarkus5307 me too thanks
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s true 😂
Furbies are cute, though. This thing isn't.
@@Keznen FOUND THE FURBY
Oh my god, just seeing the *title* of this video sent me down a rabbit hole of memories buried so deep I forgot they existed. I can't *believe* this movie was real and not just some insane hallucination I dreamed up after huffing too much nail polish. I had it on VHS as a kid, but I'm baffled as to why anyone would've taped this weird, random movie off of TV for me except for the fact that purple is my favorite color.
Having actually seen this movie before watching your review, I didn't realize just how much I forgot/repressed about this thing.
The good old days of late-80 1950s nostalgia theme kid flicks. Put in some 57 Chevys, lots of poodle skirts, vague 50s-inspired sets, and tons of cheaply licensed music from one-hit wonders milking their 30 year old songs for one more check!
Thank goodness we fully acknowledge that the 80s version today is a pure cash grab. Back then, it was actually taken as sincere.
I remember when I was a kid they used to always play this song at every Halloween party I went too. And I also remember my mom telling me back in 1958 when she was a little girl, she got the album.
Its a great song heard it on radio when I was 8 In 1992 🎃
its a real shame we did not get a courtroom battle in this movie with Scoob as the judge on the case about the realtor illegally wanting to redevelop the retirement community
I remember watching this film a lot on early-era, pre-monopolizing, world dominating Disney Channel throughout the 1980s... What have I done with my wasted childhood!?!? There was also a giant version of the titular monster featured as an impressively built float with stunt work for several years at the New Years Day Rose Parade.
That Little Richard reaction will always make me laugh so hard I almost pass out.
"That would be so sad, going to the theater to see this." But would you rather see this or the "theatrical" Goodtimes Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a theater?
This is really what started Billy on his dark path to become Dr. Horrible.
Is there a sequel, Purple People Eaters In The Backfield, where he brings some of his friends to Earth to play as the Minnesota Vikings' defensive line in the 60s and 70s, even though that would require time travel or something and thus make even less sense?
I’d watch that
Nah, it's fine, you just make it a prequel movie where the Purple People Eater came to earth back in the 60's or 70's and no one ever mentioned his existence again.
Yeah, I've heard that nickname for the Vikings Defensive Line. I've also heard Purple Gang.
Purple already travels faster than light so he just needs to fly to the point where the earth was in space at the time the movie was set and presto he would be in that time period. Its the same reason he only knows oldies because his civilization is in the 50's but traveled forward to the place the earth would be in the 80's just in time to save Sally Winters
Love your guys relationship! Glad to see more lovely videos from both of you!
Wooooooow. This is really digging into the recesses of my mind! I remember watching ads for "the VHS release" of this movie, and *Batteries Not Included in front of kid movies my parents would rent for me from Blockbuster back in the early 90s! I would always get the two confused because I think both movies had similar premises. I don't remember ever watching this movie, and I *think* I may have caught a bit of BNI on a random TV airing one evening, but it was _so_ long ago I really don't remember.
All I *do* remember is listening to the FPPE song on a complilation record of children's song my grandmother owned (I remember one of the songs that was on that record, that they used as the album art, was called "Dance with me Henry"), and it was also a song selection on a jukebox at one of the McDonald's my mom would occasionally take my brother and I, sometimes with my childhood best friend, to for lunch or dinner.
Edit: Wow! I forgot how much a part of my childhood Little Richard was! I didn't know he was in this movie! But I do remember them using Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti" on The Brave Little Toaster soundtrack, and when he showed up on the We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story soundtrack performing the theme song(?) of the movie "Roll Back The Rock To The Dawn/End of Time", and the oft-forgotten Mother Goose Rock n' Rhyme where he showed up as Old King Cole!
Well, the plot (such as it is) of this movie is basically the same as "batteries not included," in that they're trying to save an old-folks' home.
"You should not talk to animals like they were real" - this neighbour would have a fine time with Hans Wormhat, the youtuber who thinks ALL animals are fake.
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Well that was an interesting thing to find out about, thank you
Oh wow I am learning so much
that silly, only birds are fake, everyone knows that
*I LOVE BEING PURPLE* - Patrick Star
I LOVE BEING A PURPLE - Donatello from Next Mutation
Innocent victims of the terrifying purple people eater...what's it like to die?
It cried, because it felt like a piece of shit for eating people.
I honestly would love to see some more Let's Riff videos with you and Phelous. those are still a lot of fun to watch. ^-^
I loved the Wee Sing, Barney and Goosebumps riffs
@@Tareltonlives same here, but I also love the 2 Riffs they also did with Nash, the Donut one being the best of the two. out of all the videos Phelan & Allison have made, I think I've watched their Riffs the most.
@@EpicJasonX9000 I need to rewatch the Donut Man again
OMG! it's been far too long since I've seen this movie. we used to have this and many other films that aired on TV recorded on VHS, unfortunately most of them are lost to time. the one that pains me the most to lose was this Muppets Christmas Special that had guest appearances of the characters from Sesame Street. I can't exactly remember when this aired or what channel, but I certainly remember watching it a lot. probably the one thing I remember the most from this movie is the song by Little Richard.
I legit thought this movie was a fever dream from my childhood
"This f*ckin' alien." HAHAHAHAHAAA!
The little Richard connection, proves that this is in the same universe as baywatch, I bet mitch now has to hunt down purple in Baywatch nights!
I would pay good money for that
Oh no. I haven't even started your video yet but I'm scared. This was one of those movies I loved as a kid but outside my family nobody ever heard of it. I thought maybe we made it all up. I already know you are going to justifiably tear this movie apart because it was hilariously dumb. Here are the things I remember off the top of my head, lets see how much you riff on:
1. A very young NPH and Dustin Diamond (pre-doogie and saved by the bell I believe) .
2. The ridiculous alien costume. Wow just wow.
3. The paint by numbers conflict involving a mean landlord evicting helpless old folks.
4. Inexplicable cameo of Little Richard singing the titular song.
5. The alien's horn plays saxophone music I think?
Ok time to enjoy your take, lord have mercy on us all...
Ok, just watched your video and you both were much nicer than I expected. I forgot that Chubby Checker was also in this movie. And NPH's bad lip syncing to a voice that isn't even close to his was another cringe worthy moment I should have mentioned. Also he totally had a baby mullet in this and, well it was the 80s so I need to just give that a pass.
I remember reading NPH's autobiography awhile back and his only comment about this movie was how unpleasant it was to work with Dustin Diamond. They did NOT get along apparently.
I can always count on Lupa and Phelan videos in my que, new, old, idgaf, I’m always down to watch it again.
I feel vindicated, since I'd never seen this movie, but as a kid I always thought "purple people eater" referred to something that ate purple people
It's all about where those commas are placed.
Always use an Oxford comma and this type of thing won't be a problem.
Didn't even have to see the movie. It straight up says that in the third verse of the original song.
"I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?
He said, 'Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine'
But that's not the reason that I came to land
'I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band'"
@@FaeQueenCory where do you put comma in ”purple people eater”
This is going to be Legen-WAIT FOR IT-PURPLE! Legenpurple!
Imagine inventing a character which you have to instantly rename for marketing reasons and for making it child-friendly, and you still think its a good idea instead of making up a new name.
They had to use that damn song. They should have made a movie more similar to the 50's The Blob instead.
"Stupid, one-eyed monster pieace of shit." Killed me.
Phelous being genuinely upset about the purple people eater monster cracked me up, just him passionately saying that they should have killed it made me lose it
“Nope” brought me here, as Antlers Holst (Michael Wincott) sings the novelty song with a flat, menacing voice, and this ignited souvenirs of seeing this film (“Purple People Eater”) when I was a child… really weird (both the film and the memory ignition) 🤔
7:55 Boom mike in shot! And OMG, Shelley Winters? They got an Oscar-winner to be in this POS? That's really sad. This is another one of those '80s comedies where everyone is a cartoon character and nobody behaves remotely like a believable human being. Then it introduces a fantasy element, like this alien, but it doesn't matter, your suspension of disbelief has already flown out the window, because the alien is no more ridiculous than the world it's being dropped into.
Now I feel incredibly old.
I remember watching this on the Disney Channel back in the 90s.
I'm like 90% sure I watched this movie in grade school. I think it was in the days leading up to a big 50s-themed Christmas show we all performed in? It's a very vague memory lol
A perfect example of a movie that needs a rated R remake!
You mean where the purple people-eater actually EATS PEOPLE?
They shouldn't even change the suit either.
what's scarier is Judy Garland covered the Purple People Eater song and she was very, very drunk while singing it. to quote her "In this age of flying shaucersh and schhhhhpputnicksch!"
If he recorded the Wilhelm Scream then he is my sworn enemy. Every time I hear that damn scream in a movie it breaks the immersion and whatever spell the film was trying to weave and suddenly I'm thrown out of the narrative because my brain goes "Oh, it's the Wilhelm Scream". Fuck the Wilhelm Scream.
We clearly need Todd in the Shadows to cover this song now to give this all context
Is Phelan wearing purple eyeshadow or is that the coloured lighting on-set? Either way ya boi's killing it.
10:46 Purple People Eater would get along with Lerigot from the Turbo movie.
They never went to Europe, they went back in time and accidentally killed a butterfly. The plot of the movie is just the consequences of their actions
there was that dirk gently plot point with a giant purple people eater existing in the real world and being a monstrosity born out of a child's mind. pretty sure that kid saw this movie.
Ooh i remember that i like that show maybe i should start my rewatch soon
@@andersthecrow6588 It's a wild ride
Allison, Phelan, what's like to die?
I was floored that this movie actually bothered to provide a sensible explanation for why the alien only knows old songs because it takes radio transmissions 25 years to reach its planet. Then of course they totally ruin that by having it being able to travel faster than light.
also, when is Phelous ever gonna address the fact that his room fused into in Outworld?
More importantly, when will Sean Waltman/X-Pac get a featuring credit in these reviews?
@@LaNoLaCola I have absolutely no idea who any of those people are.
@@EpicJasonX9000 its the person in the energy drink ad that's behind Phelan and Allison.
@@LaNoLaCola ah, I see.
Look, he already lost 10 Mortal Kombat tournaments in a row, cut the guy some slack.
I would love it if a horror movie was made using that same suit. The grandpa, and the landlord look like botched Dan Aykroyd clones.
You guys probably have the best "3rd wheel" experience on youtube cause you two just have so much fun making anything
"Most notably" a Scolari Brother? omg he (Tim Lawrence) was the puppeteer/voice of the gopher in the 1st Caddyshack! ;p
oooooh ha cha cha!
8:50 FYI: (25) Lightyear(s) is a measurement of distance, not time.
To be specific, it's the distance light travels in a year in space.
Never stop learning (about silly movies) 🧠👀🤟
The monster looks like Grimace as a drag Queen.
I've remembered watching this movie in the early/mid 90s on TV and I completely forgot about it, while thinking it was some weird fever dream. The only person that I remember in the film was Little Richard.
Rumor has it that Purple and Scooby Doo hooked up after the wrap party for this film and two minutes later the first Furby was born.
I know I've seen it multiple times, but I can't remember this movie at all.
My dad always insisted on singing the song as "It was a one-eyed, one pied, flying purple people eater." And he never did answer just what the heck THAT meant.
One of the only movies based on a song based on a dad joke.
Someday you two will unleash your riffing powers upon the perfect public domain film and all my dreams will come true.
The Church of the Algorithm gives this video its blessing, and must it stay clear of the blasphemers from The First Algorithmic Temple (and the many people impersonating their members).
What's wrong with The Temple actually? Seeing as how "Temple" is associated with Judaism, and "Church" is a Christian thing... this comes off as kinda antisemitic, regardless of whether it's "just a joke" (which in itself is an incredibly weak excuse and doesn't change the fact that it's still a bad joke).
@@cannibalisticrequiem I doubt any thought went into the comment, but they’ve spammed it 50+ times on this channel alone.
I had no idea this was a film, but it's definitely the sort of dumb thing my sister and I would have rented when we were kids if we'd known about it~
This may be a baby movie, but that puppet would have scared the piss outta my niece.
I had a sudden "OH MY GOD! I KNOW THIS MOVIE!" moment in the beginning. Seconds later, it occurred to me that I remember nothing about this movie. BUT I DO REMEMBER THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER MONSTER!
I lost it at "What if it was purple paint, and he showed up and he ate them", and it immediately switched to _Creepshow_ lighting
That creature looks like it was made to sell toys, like you'd see it next to My Pet Monster or Teddy Ruxpin
I remember seeing a live action My Pet Monster movie at video rental stores back then.
ALL THESE YEARS I ASSUMED THIS WAS A MOVIE ABOUT "Mr. Munch - The Purple Pizza Eater" FROM CHUCK E. CHEESE!!! My mind is blown!!! As a kid born in 1986 I ALMOST saw this movie at my cousins house. He rented it regularly so he must have liked it (I owned a copy of "Mac & Me" so I am not gonna judge lol) and he wanted me to watch it with him. I was bummed out since we were playing the "NES" and he rented "Rampage" and I was LOVING IT! So I was not really in the mood for a movie. I knew I was being unfair so I eventually caved and said lets watch it. My parents came to get me as the movie started so I never saw the creature... All my life I have been living a lie lmao!
You've unlocked a hidden childhood memory of my dad forcing me to watch this movie. For some reason, the only things I remember is that he eats purple people and that music took 25 years to reach his planet. I can't believe this was actually a real thing
3:40 this is kinda hilarious 😂 the kid takes Little Richard’s microphone and he looks genuinely disappointed
So when are you guys gonna review the Disco Duck movie?
I feel like if you rubbed RollerGator with the right evolution stone, it would evolve into Purple People Eater.
considering Scooby Doo exists as a non-fictional cartoon in this movies universe in my headcanon I think the neighbour is an older Velma
“Scooby Doo has taken a job selling hot dogs called: Law Dogs.” What the fuck is this movie
Ok I saw this movie. I don’t remember seeing it but I must have. I always assumed the One Eyed One Horn Flying Purple People Eater only ate purple people and I loved Doogie Houser MD. I MUST have seen this at some point.
My mom used to play this song not the movie all the time when I was a little kid
looking at the Purple people eaters eye just makes my eye feel twitchy and sore
This was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I had the biggest crush on Neal Patrick Harris.
I vaugely remember seeing this. I thought (or maybe hoped) it was just a fever dream.