Dr. Spock's book on baby and child care was published in 1946, just as all the American soldiers were returning from WWII and quickly became THE book that all the new parents of baby-boom children were expected to read. It really was the iconic "instructions" for new parents.
I was born in ‘68 & I still remember Dr Spock’s book on our bookshelf. If you grew up in that era (Baby Boomer or GenX), you were definitely familiar that book🤣
People are always talking about what a wild time Raising Arizona is, how this is the Coen Brothers at their most funny and cartoonish (always citing the Huggies chase scene), but this is one of the most sweetly melancholic movies that I know of, even devastating at some parts. It's one of my favorites.
Holly Hunter singing a murder ballad as a lullaby is a good example of that melancholic touch. To me, the dream sequence at the end is enough leavening to lighten it. Makes one wonder if the Coens had a more macabre ending in mind, as is their usual bent.
I am so happy that you reacted to this. It's my favorite Coen brothers movie, and it was also my mom's favorite. My mom, brother and I would watch it at least once a year, growing up. My mom had a stroke about ten years ago, and lost most of her memories. Raising Arizona is one of the few things she still enjoyed, so we were able to watch it with her, until she passed last year. It always brings up warm feelings for me.
The actor that played the biker Randall "Tex" Cobb is a former heavyweight boxer that fought for the heavyweight title once. He boxed professionally from 1977-1993, he started his acting career in 1979 and in between all of that tried his hand(and feet) as a pro kickboxer going 9-2. He was in Ace Ventura, he was the guy in the beginning at the apartment that Ace steals the dog from then smashes Ace's windshield with a baseball bat trying to get the dog back.
He started as a kickboxer in 1975 & fought Larry Holmes for the heavyweight title in 1982. He had a black belt in karate & was ranked top 10 boxer in the world in ‘81 & ‘82. He was 42-7 in his professional career. He officially retired from boxing in 1993.
This movie has all the best of Coen Brothers movies: quirky humor within a corner of the criminal world, musical flourishes, and over the top accents/dialects…it was their filmmaking language for years.
I've always had it as my personal Coen Brothers reference movie for the reasons you say. If someone that is unfamiliar to their filmography asks you about how their movies are, for me this is the one to recommend so they understand their general tone and style.
@@Fakeaorta It is definitely purchase, your lack of knowledge of proper English is no reason for arrogance. Try googling his exact quote and you'll find a plethora of examples of the line from the movie. Words have multiple meanings, your own list has the meaning used right there, a resting place. A seed finds purchase in the resting place.
P.O.E. / O.P.E. was the recall code in "Dr.Strangelove." "It's a hard world for little things" - Lillian Gish, in "Night Of The Hunter." The Hopi Indians (of Arizona) tell a creation story about the first humans who emerged from beneath the earth. They were not fully formed yet, and were misshapen monsters made out of mud. Lots of interesting movie quotes and cultural references in "Raising Arizona."
I used to be in a band where everyone of us LOVED this movie. It was in heavy rotation on HBO and we would pause practice to watch it. When we were looking for a band name, two that came up were Unpainted Huffheins and Yodas and Shit. I think we might have also considered The Lone Bikers of the Apocalypse. Someone argued though that it made no sense since there four of us. But, in retrospect, it might have been even funnier. I actually considered giving myself the stage name O.K. Then. We ended up naming the band Honeywagon, which was a nickname for a truck that used to clean out septic tanks. Our singer's uncle and Grandma were not amused.
As well as being a great laugh line, it's also a peek into his character as an absentee father. All the way to the end he's portrayed as someone who is more interested in his business and his image rather that the details of his own family, including being unsure of which toddler was kidnapped ("Nathan Jr, I think" he says repeatedly). And this joke feeds into it - he declares confidently that the child was wearing his "damn jammies" when he was kidnapped, but that isn't true: he was dressed only in a diaper.
I always assumed "P.O.E. O.P.E." was a Dr. Strangelove reference. It's interesting, as y'all laughed a lot at the physical comedy, but not at some of the lines I love ("We ate sand."). I think two of the funniest bits when I first saw it was when H.I. scooped up the Huggies while driving and when Smalls scooped up the baby on his bike. It appears the DipTet is now DTaP - Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Whooping Cough). The Dr. Spock book ("Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care") was legendary at the time. It was _the_ baby raising book, available at all Borders and Waldenbooks.
Ending refers to Kowalski in 1971 Vanishing Point .. remake for TV in 1997 Viggo Mortensen as Kowalski . Leon Kowalski played by James Brion was replica in Blade Runner . 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire, Marlon Brando plays Stanley Kowalski. Clint Eastwood name in Gran Torino was Walt Kowalski ... its as common as Smith in US.
The Huggie scoop up is such a wonderful bow on that entire sequence. The fact that H. I. knows exactly where he left them and calmly directs Ed there throughout their argument in the car is a wonderful touch.
This movie is so special to me, that I am genuinely happy for (jealous of!) those who still get to see it for the first time. The scraping hands on the popcorn ceiling was something I'd never considered, yet instantly appreciated. Brilliant!
My favorite joke in the movie is the most subtle. Glen explains that he and Dot want another child, but there's "something wrong with his semen" so they have to adopt. Then he explains that he and Dot are swingers. Which implies that none of their children are fathered by Glen.
OMG! That never occurred to me. I caught some subtle stuff, like the fact that the movie implies that Smalls and H.I. are estranged brothers, but that never hit me.
Randall "Tex" Cobb was a boxer who was famously impossible to knock out and gave very funny interviews and sound bites. After losing a championship fight to Larry Holmes (The fight went the 15 round distance, even though he was scarcely defending himself the last several rounds) he said that he thought if he had another 5 rounds that he could have won because he thought Holmes would have worn out punching him so much. He also asked for a rematch, claiming that he thought that Holmes' fists couldn't take the abuse.
This and "This is Spinal Tap!" are my 2 favorite comedies. There's not a line that I don't love in this. "The doctor explained her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase" is one of my favorite lines, ever.
Back in the day you could only have salads during June, when the greens ripen. The early part of the summer is what "salad days" implies. Shakespeare -- "Salad days" is an idiom that refers to a time of youth, idealism, and pleasure. It comes from Antony and Cleopatra when Cleopatra says, “My salad days, when I was green in judgment”. The phrase is often used to describe a time of youthful inexperience or indiscretion.
There are a couple shots in this movie where you notice that the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi were friends and collaborators Love the idea of a trailer fight scene where the trailer is too small to properly fight. Love the clerk realizing the futility of counting while the robbers are obviously long gone, then standing up to see them screeching back into the parking lot
One of my all-time favourite movies, sheer comedic brilliance with amazing characters and performances. The image of Nicholas Cage's tormented face when he's dragged out from under the car will forever be burned on my retinas
Frances McDormand as Dot also starred in Fargo from the Coen brothers and won the Academy Award, can’t forget that wood chipper scene… btw 😂 best thumbnail yet!
So, today's Joel Coen's 70th birthday today :D The diaper run chase is everything. Nic Cage channeling Bill The Cat (google that) - *chef's kiss* And Goodman & Forsythe's birthing release from prison is just beyond WOW.
This movie is hilarious throughout. The diaper robbery/chase is still one of the funniest sequences in a movie ever. Also, I love how the title card comes around 15 minutes into the movie. You don't even realize there's been no credits because you're having so much fun watching it.
I love this movie. Most of it still makes me laugh, yet the ultimate villain is terrifying. "Do these blow up into funny shapes at all?" "No, unless'n you think round is funny." So funny!
I love that scene. And now that Co Country For Old Men is an established classic, you see the direct parallels between that desert gas station scene and the really frightening one in No Country, with the coin toss. It's like they wanted to take the Raising Arizona scene and redo it as awful horror instead of comedy.
That's exactly the way Charles Lindbergh's baby was taken. The second story bedroom window was found open with an extension ladder leaning up to it on the outside
40:04 This movie is the first time I saw Nicolas Cage in anything. And I was seven years old when I saw it. Needless to say I didn't completely understand this movie until I was older. But it was always a favorite of ours.
The bounty hunter is played by Randall "Tex" Cobb, who was a professional boxer and actually fought Muhammad Ali. In real life, he was a really nice guy who loved comedy, hence his performance in this movie, as well as appearing in Fletch 2. If y'all haven't reacted to the Fletch movies, I highly recommend them both.
It's been years since I saw either of the Fletch films, and I never made the connection, but as soon as you pointed it out I thought "Pleased to meet you, Ben!" I need some reaction channels to watch Fletch!
He also appeared in Ace Ventura, wich Simone and George have already seen, I think. I was hoping to see if they could remember him, he was just for a few seconds in the beginning there though.
One of my favorite comedies of all-time, every character is perfect, the one-liners are unforgettable, and the pacing/editing is a master class in filmmaking.
Three of the Coen Brothers' best movies involve kidnapping: Raising Arizona, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski. And two of them, Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou?, involve pomade. The Huggies chase sequence is one of the funniest, most insane things I've ever seen. Leonard Smalls, the guy on the motorcycle, was played by Randall "Tex" Cobb, who was a boxer as well as an actor. Cobb's greatest asset in the ring was a strong chin. He's best known for a loss to Larry Holmes, in which he was able to survive all 15 rounds while taking a beating. It was so brutally one-sided that sportscaster Howard Cosell, who covered the fight, vowed never to cover a boxing match again. Cobb called it his "gift to boxing," and said "Hey, if it gets him to stop broadcasting NFL games, I'll go play football for a week, too!" On the prospect of a rematch with Holmes, Cobb said he didn't think Holmes' fists could handle it. In an interview on The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson said to Cobb, "He seems to have a much longer reach than you do", and Cobb responded, "Looked like that to you, too?" "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care" is real. Parents used the book for guidance on child rearing for decades. My parents had a copy.
I discovered your channel your very first month, you only had four or five videos. This was the very first movie I suggested, it's the first movie I thought of when I met you guys! It's been a long, long wait......but wow was it worth it! That reaction was everything I ever thought it would be!! Thank you!!!
McDormand and Hunter were friends. When the Coen brothers were making Blood Simple, they wanted Hunter, but she was unavailable, and she recommended McDormand, and the Coen/McDormand collaboration and family was born. I love Blood Simple, their first movie, but not a comedy (of course, it is still a Coen bros script, so it has funny lines.)
McDormand either married Joel Coen while they were filming Blood Simple or they were already married when it began filming. They were married in 1984 and the movie didn't come out until 1985.
Whenever I think of that movie I always hear that guy’s laugh at the end when she says she’s not scared and he realizes she thinks he’s the other guy. He does it in every movie he’s in 😂
The yodeling chase might be the funniest and strangest chase scene put on film. From 'Yousonofabitch!' to 'Everything's changed!' it's pure hilarity from start to finish.
I have watched this movie so many times, I laugh at everything every time. You actually have to watch this more than once, because you're laughing so hard at stuff you miss the other jokes. One of my friends asked me for a recommendation for a movie, I told them this movie. And then after that they asked for another, and I said "Crazy People" with Dudley Moore. And afterwards she told everyone to ask me for movie recommendations, because she loved both movies so much. And I don't think I've ever steered her wrong. That was the beginning of our friendship.
I think the fight in Kill Bill 2 in the trailer was a nod to this fight scene with the dynamics of fighting on a tight space. Also there are interesting parallels between how Leonard Smalls is presented and Anton Chigur in No Country for Old Men, namely their investigations in the two trailer houses, their penchant for always being in the right place, the meeting with Nathan Arizona and the executive in Houston, and following their own moral compass, being seemingly superhuman, and having mysterious origins
Edgar Wright said this is his favorite movie of all time and Simon Pegg is a huge fan as well. He described it as a real life looney tunes cartoon. I wonder if you can see the influence in some of their movies
"Salad days" is an idiom that refers to a time of youth, innocence, and pleasure. It can also refer to a period when someone is at the height of their abilities. The phrase originated from Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, where Cleopatra says, “My salad days, when I was green in judgment”.
The chase sequence is probably the best chase sequence filmed. And it’s pure Coen Brothers. Totally insane, totally hillarious, and completely Holly Hunter and Nick Cage.
This is the movie poster that inspired Tarantino! Also... Peace On Earth and Purity Of Essence. (I think it is from the movie "Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb" It is the answer to the recall riddle for planes to stop bombing the USSR... some combination of the letters EPO.") And by the way, Swingers can be decent or not just like everyone else. Glen and Dot, however, are monsters. As a matter of fact HI was gifted. In the end he was a Goodman gifted with Forsythe!
I've seen the film LITERALLY 50 times since it's release & over the ensuing decades, and no one has ever seemed to understand why I get so emotional EVERY TIME during the final scene. I don't understand how THEY don't understand. BEAUTIFUL way to end the film, and (as a grandfather now) it only grows in its power with the passage of time. "That night, I had a dream"......
so I was just reading about The Bounty Hunter's Actor, Tex Cobb, who you might remember from the opening of Ace Ventura. He dropped out of school, lived in a martial arts studio while training to become a blackbelt, was a kickboxer, who transitioned to regular boxing, then shifted to acting. In the mid 2000s, just before turning 60, he graduated college with a degree for Sports Management.
FINALLY! I can't count the number of comments I've left begging you two to see this. I'm so happy! When I got married, my (now ex) wife walked down the isle to the theme to The Princess Bride. She and I left the sanctuary to this movie's version of Ode to Joy. And I'm pretty certain that The Coen's were trying to imply that Smalls and H.I. were long lost brothers with the tattoo. If you listen close, H.I. says, "I'm sorry. I never knew I ha--". Smalls was adopted. H.I.'s parents are dead. I may be wrong, but I don't think so.
I can't tell you how many times this movie has been quoted in our house, though most of those times it was my brother. If I had a dollar for every time he's quoted, "Awfully fine cereal flakes ya got, Mrs. McDonough," at my mother, or "Son, you've got a panty on your head," or the entire "No, not that mother scratcher!" speech to no one in particular, for no discernible reason other than the hell of it, I'd have quite the little nest egg. I fully approve of George's yodeled trivia intro. What it lacked in technical proficiency, it more than made up for in boldness, timing, and effectiveness. Simone's intro was great, too; have I mentioned you're my favorite Canadians?
YES FINALLY! Ive been trying to get more people, reaction channels and just anyone really, to watch this underrated gem. Its like an old looney toons cartoon come to life.
I saw this about 10 times in the theater when it came out! The term “salad days” originates from William Shakespeare’s play Antony and Cleopatra (1606). In Act I, Scene V, Cleopatra reflects on her youthful naivety, saying: “My salad days, / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood…” In this context, “salad days” refers to a time of youthful inexperience and immaturity, symbolized by the greenness of salad. The phrase has evolved in modern usage to mean a period of youthful vigor, idealism, or peak success, often looked back on nostalgically.
Everybody misses the funniest line in the movie, when Nathan Arizona worries that if the news publishes the rumor that his son was abducted by aliens, his wife will "lose all hope."
Simone, not liking them firing the baby, reminded me of an old SNL skit from the 70s far worse than firing a baby. I believe the line in the skit was... "Cut,... okay, bring in the stunt baby."
Interesting detail. It’s been years since I watched this…but I seem to remember, during the foot chase scenes, when they’re running through the house, a commercial for “Unpainted Arizona” is actually showing on the tv. (Please don’t roast me if this has already been pointed out 100 times. 😊)
I was 13/14 when this was filmed in my hometown of Tempe, Arizona. I got to watch the police car jump being filmed, as well as some of the chase around the Safeway as they were in my neighborhood.
Saw this in the theater when I was 16. Was always my fave Cage flick. And I'd grown up seeing "Leonard Smalls"/bounty hunter Randall "Tex" Cobb in many 80s flicks. In '93 he became one of my neighbors in Nashville. It was a trip to hear my name called at the grocery, turn around & see Smalls saying hi!😅 Cool dude. Would shoot the sht on beer runs at corner Circle K. Was when he did episode of Married With Children & Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He still boxed smaller bouts then. Would stop & punch the tree outside my window every morn before jogging on. Eventually he moved back to Philly. Hope he's well. See ya. ✌️🌎❤️
Well there is another meaning for it it's the mark of a gang called the pecker head club it's a prison tattoo & also for the thrush muffler exhaust as well
It's not woody woodpecker, it's the logo of Thrush exhaust. Every self-respecting, old school mechanics shop in the western world has that sticker on a tool cabinet. The tattoo symbolizes a bond between HI and Smalls. They are both outlaws by nature, but HI has to choose wich path he will go down, or he is no better than that stinking biker.
Leonard Smalls Lone Biker of the Apocalypse is one of my favoritest characters in all moviedom. I used to use him as an NPC villain in role playing games, and if anyone has ever seen the movie they sh&t themselves when they realize who it is.
I wrote a paper on this movie when I was an English major. I think it had something to do with the idea that the 'Wort hog from Hell', and 'Hi' are actually brothers separated as infants.
If you haven't already seen it, I highly recommend Night of the Hunter (1955), which was quoted by Hi, "It's a hard world for little things." Maybe for Christmas.
To me the hero of the movie was Nathan Arizona Sr. He didn’t take any sh!t from the bounty hunter and was completely understanding of Hi and Ed’s situation because they had trouble conceiving also.
"Her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." always gets me! They had a SouthWest dialect coach come in for some of the cast, to catch the nuance of some of the colloquialisms and accent. "...you're young, you've got your health - what do you want with a job?!" used to get repeated in my social circles when one was jobhunting. Leonard Smalls (lone biker of the apocalypse, the warthog from hell) was played by Randall 'Tex' Cobb, former American Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion, and Contender for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship. He had the gristle surgically removed from his nose to keep it from getting broken - thereby giving him that unique nasal voice. This is probably my favorite from the Coens, if that's possible.
The first time I saw _No Country For Old Men,_ I couldn't help to be consistently reminded of this movie, which was my favorite as a kid. My mother taped if off of HBO for me.
"Balloons! Hey, do these blow up into funny shapes and all?"
"Well, no... unless round is funny."
truly one of my fav lines....I use it every time I see someone blowing balloons
Haha that’s the best
I can make balloon animals...there's a snake, and I can make a worm.
Other than that I need practice
Dr. Spock's book on baby and child care was published in 1946, just as all the American soldiers were returning from WWII and quickly became THE book that all the new parents of baby-boom children were expected to read. It really was the iconic "instructions" for new parents.
I was born in ‘68 & I still remember Dr Spock’s book on our bookshelf. If you grew up in that era (Baby Boomer or GenX), you were definitely familiar that book🤣
It's been updated many times. I read it when my son was born in 1998.
Born in '59 and my parents had a copy that they kept handy at least through the 60's.
Basically the government manual on how to raise a child in america
Yep. I was born in '56. Mom followed Dr. Spock's book. I turned out okay, I guess.
People are always talking about what a wild time Raising Arizona is, how this is the Coen Brothers at their most funny and cartoonish (always citing the Huggies chase scene), but this is one of the most sweetly melancholic movies that I know of, even devastating at some parts. It's one of my favorites.
Holly Hunter singing a murder ballad as a lullaby is a good example of that melancholic touch. To me, the dream sequence at the end is enough leavening to lighten it. Makes one wonder if the Coens had a more macabre ending in mind, as is their usual bent.
Hellen of Troy if it was funny and was about a baby
"boy you got a panty on your head". One of the funniest movies I've ever seen
I am so happy that you reacted to this. It's my favorite Coen brothers movie, and it was also my mom's favorite. My mom, brother and I would watch it at least once a year, growing up. My mom had a stroke about ten years ago, and lost most of her memories. Raising Arizona is one of the few things she still enjoyed, so we were able to watch it with her, until she passed last year. It always brings up warm feelings for me.
I'm sorry and happy to hear that. I watch it every New Year's Day as tradition. My condolences. I know what that's like.
The actor that played the biker Randall "Tex" Cobb is a former heavyweight boxer that fought for the heavyweight title once. He boxed professionally from 1977-1993, he started his acting career in 1979 and in between all of that tried his hand(and feet) as a pro kickboxer going 9-2.
He was in Ace Ventura, he was the guy in the beginning at the apartment that Ace steals the dog from then smashes Ace's windshield with a baseball bat trying to get the dog back.
He started as a kickboxer in 1975 & fought Larry Holmes for the heavyweight title in 1982. He had a black belt in karate & was ranked top 10 boxer in the world in ‘81 & ‘82. He was 42-7 in his professional career. He officially retired from boxing in 1993.
He boxed professionally so hard he went back in time
Fletch Lives!
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somewhere on TH-cam there is a Tonight Show episode with Tex Cobb being interviewed by Johnny Carson. The guy is witty as hell.
This movie has all the best of Coen Brothers movies: quirky humor within a corner of the criminal world, musical flourishes, and over the top accents/dialects…it was their filmmaking language for years.
I've always had it as my personal Coen Brothers reference movie for the reasons you say. If someone that is unfamiliar to their filmography asks you about how their movies are, for me this is the one to recommend so they understand their general tone and style.
Everything you say plus loving folks. There’s a true sweetness that threads throughout.
Being from Arizona, my favorite joke is the mother’s name “Florence Arizona”. That’s where the state prison is.
Ed's uterus was a barren rocky place where my seed could find no purchase
Perchs. As in a perch for a seed to land. For something to grow. Subtitles have messed it up for years.
@@Fakeaorta No, it's purchase. To gain a firm grasp or footing.
@@buretto66 ? So when I when I went to purchase my Xbox it was to gain footing with it?
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~ bar or peg on which something is hung
~ a roost for a bird
~a resting place or vantage point : seat
~a prominent position
@@Fakeaorta It is definitely purchase, your lack of knowledge of proper English is no reason for arrogance. Try googling his exact quote and you'll find a plethora of examples of the line from the movie. Words have multiple meanings, your own list has the meaning used right there, a resting place. A seed finds purchase in the resting place.
P.O.E. / O.P.E. was the recall code in "Dr.Strangelove."
"It's a hard world for little things" - Lillian Gish, in "Night Of The Hunter."
The Hopi Indians (of Arizona) tell a creation story about the first humans who emerged from beneath the earth. They were not fully formed yet, and were misshapen monsters made out of mud.
Lots of interesting movie quotes and cultural references in "Raising Arizona."
Have they seen Dr Strangelove? If not it would be a great watch.
@@bfdidc6604 "Dr Strangelove" was James Earl Jones's first onscreen appearance.
@@bfdidc6604 Well, sure they did.
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@@bfdidc6604 They have, but it's been a couple years.
The Hopi creation story is cool... I just figured it was child birth metaphor, hence all the screaming/crying
I love how everyone in this movie instantly falls in love with the baby
“I DON’T KNOW HE WAS IN HIS DAMN JAMMIES. THEY HAD YODAS AND SHIT ON ‘EM” made me piss myself laughing the first time I saw this
My God, "Yodas 'n shit" stopped me from breathing
I used to be in a band where everyone of us LOVED this movie. It was in heavy rotation on HBO and we would pause practice to watch it. When we were looking for a band name, two that came up were Unpainted Huffheins and Yodas and Shit. I think we might have also considered The Lone Bikers of the Apocalypse. Someone argued though that it made no sense since there four of us. But, in retrospect, it might have been even funnier. I actually considered giving myself the stage name O.K. Then. We ended up naming the band Honeywagon, which was a nickname for a truck that used to clean out septic tanks. Our singer's uncle and Grandma were not amused.
Nobody sleeps naked in this house
As well as being a great laugh line, it's also a peek into his character as an absentee father. All the way to the end he's portrayed as someone who is more interested in his business and his image rather that the details of his own family, including being unsure of which toddler was kidnapped ("Nathan Jr, I think" he says repeatedly). And this joke feeds into it - he declares confidently that the child was wearing his "damn jammies" when he was kidnapped, but that isn't true: he was dressed only in a diaper.
The first time I saw the chase scene was probably the most I've ever laughed during a movie.
Son, you've got a panty on your head
"Son...you got a panty on your head." Gets me every time.
" Shit!!! Where'd all the tellers go"??
" Were down here"... that line and
"You hear that!!! We using code names". Best lines
I always assumed "P.O.E. O.P.E." was a Dr. Strangelove reference.
It's interesting, as y'all laughed a lot at the physical comedy, but not at some of the lines I love ("We ate sand."). I think two of the funniest bits when I first saw it was when H.I. scooped up the Huggies while driving and when Smalls scooped up the baby on his bike.
It appears the DipTet is now DTaP - Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Whooping Cough).
The Dr. Spock book ("Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care") was legendary at the time. It was _the_ baby raising book, available at all Borders and Waldenbooks.
15:49 Mandrake identifies General Ripper's CRM recall code from his desk blotter (POE or OPE), variants of both Peace on Earth and Purity of Essence
I thought the same thing
Ending refers to Kowalski in 1971 Vanishing Point .. remake for TV in 1997 Viggo Mortensen as Kowalski .
Leon Kowalski played by James Brion was replica in Blade Runner . 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire, Marlon Brando plays Stanley Kowalski.
Clint Eastwood name in Gran Torino was Walt Kowalski ... its as common as Smith in US.
And there's usually a Polio vaccine around the same time...
The Huggie scoop up is such a wonderful bow on that entire sequence. The fact that H. I. knows exactly where he left them and calmly directs Ed there throughout their argument in the car is a wonderful touch.
This movie is so special to me, that I am genuinely happy for (jealous of!) those who still get to see it for the first time. The scraping hands on the popcorn ceiling was something I'd never considered, yet instantly appreciated. Brilliant!
I was working in a movie theater in high school when this came out. Also has a special place in my heart.
This movie lives in my head rent-free forever. So many quotable moments, and so much fun. So relentlessly hilarious. Great reaction!
My favorite joke in the movie is the most subtle. Glen explains that he and Dot want another child, but there's "something wrong with his semen" so they have to adopt. Then he explains that he and Dot are swingers. Which implies that none of their children are fathered by Glen.
That never occurred to me. Lol.
I never caught that, either. 😂 Fantastic!
When Dot warns that Hi could get carried away by a twister, I think she's fixin' to be the twister.
OMG! That never occurred to me. I caught some subtle stuff, like the fact that the movie implies that Smalls and H.I. are estranged brothers, but that never hit me.
My mom always pointed out that the escaped cons turned out to be better than the "decent company".
Randall "Tex" Cobb was a boxer who was famously impossible to knock out and gave very funny interviews and sound bites. After losing a championship fight to Larry Holmes (The fight went the 15 round distance, even though he was scarcely defending himself the last several rounds) he said that he thought if he had another 5 rounds that he could have won because he thought Holmes would have worn out punching him so much. He also asked for a rematch, claiming that he thought that Holmes' fists couldn't take the abuse.
This and "This is Spinal Tap!" are my 2 favorite comedies. There's not a line that I don't love in this. "The doctor explained her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase" is one of my favorite lines, ever.
Yeah, there isn't a gram of fat on this movie. It's solid thoughout.
Back in the day you could only have salads during June, when the greens ripen. The early part of the summer is what "salad days" implies.
Shakespeare -- "Salad days" is an idiom that refers to a time of youth, idealism, and pleasure. It comes from Antony and Cleopatra when Cleopatra says, “My salad days, when I was green in judgment”. The phrase is often used to describe a time of youthful inexperience or indiscretion.
Thank you. I've always wondered what salad days meant but was too lazy to google it.
Monty Python has a sketch called "Salad Days" that is one of their more bizarre; I love it!
@TSIRKLAND yes, Salad Days, directed by Sam Pekinpah (the Tarantino of the 60s) with blood spraying everywhere 😂
@chiefaberach I remember that skit, I just forgot the title.
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There are a couple shots in this movie where you notice that the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi were friends and collaborators
Love the idea of a trailer fight scene where the trailer is too small to properly fight.
Love the clerk realizing the futility of counting while the robbers are obviously long gone, then standing up to see them screeching back into the parking lot
Still my favorite comedy of all time. It's so dry; so dense; so ridiculous. Just awesome.
It's my favorite movie period.
One of my all-time favourite movies, sheer comedic brilliance with amazing characters and performances. The image of Nicholas Cage's tormented face when he's dragged out from under the car will forever be burned on my retinas
This is legitimately one of my favorite movies with possibly my very favorite start to a movie. The courtship of Ed & H.l. is just wonderful.
The last ten minutes of the goofy, silly movie turn into such a touching and hopeful end. I love it.
Frances McDormand as Dot also starred in Fargo from the Coen brothers and won the Academy Award, can’t forget that wood chipper scene… btw 😂 best thumbnail yet!
This is one of my favorite movies, but so few reactors watch it. I'm really happy you guys got to enjoy it.
So, today's Joel Coen's 70th birthday today :D The diaper run chase is everything. Nic Cage channeling Bill The Cat (google that) - *chef's kiss* And Goodman & Forsythe's birthing release from prison is just beyond WOW.
You're right about Bill the Cat. It never occurred to me before, but you nailed it.
This is one of my favorite Coen brothers comedy movies. It and Big Lebowski are the best.
This movie is hilarious throughout. The diaper robbery/chase is still one of the funniest sequences in a movie ever.
Also, I love how the title card comes around 15 minutes into the movie. You don't even realize there's been no credits because you're having so much fun watching it.
"Hurry up, I'm in dutch with the wife!" is one of my favorite line deliveries from Mr. Cage in any film.
I love this movie. Most of it still makes me laugh, yet the ultimate villain is terrifying. "Do these blow up into funny shapes at all?" "No, unless'n you think round is funny." So funny!
I love that scene. And now that Co Country For Old Men is an established classic, you see the direct parallels between that desert gas station scene and the really frightening one in No Country, with the coin toss. It's like they wanted to take the Raising Arizona scene and redo it as awful horror instead of comedy.
One of the best comedy films of all time. Still my favorite Nicholas Cage role, and everyone else is so well done! There is nothing else like this.
That's exactly the way Charles Lindbergh's baby was taken. The second story bedroom window was found open with an extension ladder leaning up to it on the outside
except Lindbergh staged it himself
@@toolthoughtsand, let's be honest, that'd be the easiest way to get in and out on the face of it.
This is a work of absolute genius. Everything about this movie is hysterical
40:04 This movie is the first time I saw Nicolas Cage in anything. And I was seven years old when I saw it. Needless to say I didn't completely understand this movie until I was older. But it was always a favorite of ours.
I love the humor in this, but also it's got some heart... I love the way it ends with his dream.
The bounty hunter is played by Randall "Tex" Cobb, who was a professional boxer and actually fought Muhammad Ali. In real life, he was a really nice guy who loved comedy, hence his performance in this movie, as well as appearing in Fletch 2. If y'all haven't reacted to the Fletch movies, I highly recommend them both.
It's been years since I saw either of the Fletch films, and I never made the connection, but as soon as you pointed it out I thought "Pleased to meet you, Ben!" I need some reaction channels to watch Fletch!
@Slugbug Indeed. I don't know how any of them have made it this far without watching Fletch.
He also appeared in Ace Ventura, wich Simone and George have already seen, I think. I was hoping to see if they could remember him, he was just for a few seconds in the beginning there though.
@@juanpraetoru3843 Thanks, I knew there was one I was forgetting.
He'll always be Sailor to me.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, as you can probably tell.
Does anybody buy furniture from you?
@0okamino who would?
Leonard Smalls, the lone biker of the apocalypse...Lenny's last name in Of Mice and Men was Small.
Smalls's first act in this is killing a rabbit. 🤔
I'm convinced the scene in Rango where Rango is being chased through town by a hawk to yodel heavy soundtrack is inspired by this movie.
Yes. I've been searching the comments for this, thank you. They just watched rango so i thought more people would make the connection.
One of my favorite comedies of all-time, every character is perfect, the one-liners are unforgettable, and the pacing/editing is a master class in filmmaking.
As chase sequences go it’s right up there with The Blues Brothers.
Like a live action cartoon is how I described this film to friends at the time. This was my first Coen Brothers film, and I've loved them ever since.
Three of the Coen Brothers' best movies involve kidnapping: Raising Arizona, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski. And two of them, Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou?, involve pomade.
The Huggies chase sequence is one of the funniest, most insane things I've ever seen.
Leonard Smalls, the guy on the motorcycle, was played by Randall "Tex" Cobb, who was a boxer as well as an actor. Cobb's greatest asset in the ring was a strong chin. He's best known for a loss to Larry Holmes, in which he was able to survive all 15 rounds while taking a beating. It was so brutally one-sided that sportscaster Howard Cosell, who covered the fight, vowed never to cover a boxing match again. Cobb called it his "gift to boxing," and said "Hey, if it gets him to stop broadcasting NFL games, I'll go play football for a week, too!" On the prospect of a rematch with Holmes, Cobb said he didn't think Holmes' fists could handle it. In an interview on The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson said to Cobb, "He seems to have a much longer reach than you do", and Cobb responded, "Looked like that to you, too?"
"Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care" is real. Parents used the book for guidance on child rearing for decades. My parents had a copy.
Cobb is also the bad guy who Ace Ventura rescues a dog from in the beginning of his movie.
I’m so happy when people discover this movie and see it for the first time 😊 it’s such a great comedy 😅
I discovered your channel your very first month, you only had four or five videos. This was the very first movie I suggested, it's the first movie I thought of when I met you guys! It's been a long, long wait......but wow was it worth it! That reaction was everything I ever thought it would be!! Thank you!!!
The demonic biker was played by Tex Cobb. He was a professional boxer known for his toughness. He got into acting late in his career.
McDormand and Hunter were friends. When the Coen brothers were making Blood Simple, they wanted Hunter, but she was unavailable, and she recommended McDormand, and the Coen/McDormand collaboration and family was born. I love Blood Simple, their first movie, but not a comedy (of course, it is still a Coen bros script, so it has funny lines.)
McDormand and Hunter were actually roommates at one point in NYC.
McDormand either married Joel Coen while they were filming Blood Simple or they were already married when it began filming. They were married in 1984 and the movie didn't come out until 1985.
I love Blood Simple, but nobody ever watches it. 😢😢😢
Whenever I think of that movie I always hear that guy’s laugh at the end when she says she’s not scared and he realizes she thinks he’s the other guy. He does it in every movie he’s in 😂
@@joegreene7619 That was my vague memory, but was too lazy to look it up and be sure when I posted the comment.
The yodeling chase might be the funniest and strangest chase scene put on film. From 'Yousonofabitch!' to 'Everything's changed!' it's pure hilarity from start to finish.
"Son, you got a panty on your head."
Along with his screaming...
😂😂😂😂
I always thought that the panty hose on H.I.'s head made him look like Wil E. Coyote.
One of the all time funniest movies ever.
I have watched this movie so many times, I laugh at everything every time. You actually have to watch this more than once, because you're laughing so hard at stuff you miss the other jokes. One of my friends asked me for a recommendation for a movie, I told them this movie. And then after that they asked for another, and I said "Crazy People" with Dudley Moore. And afterwards she told everyone to ask me for movie recommendations, because she loved both movies so much. And I don't think I've ever steered her wrong. That was the beginning of our friendship.
This is one of my favorite comedies of all time, a forgotten classic. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
I think the fight in Kill Bill 2 in the trailer was a nod to this fight scene with the dynamics of fighting on a tight space. Also there are interesting parallels between how Leonard Smalls is presented and Anton Chigur in No Country for Old Men, namely their investigations in the two trailer houses, their penchant for always being in the right place, the meeting with Nathan Arizona and the executive in Houston, and following their own moral compass, being seemingly superhuman, and having mysterious origins
Simone, that was your best intro line EVER! Cracked me up!!!
This film has so much heart, so much love, so much humanity. And it was hysterically funny. I shed a tear (maybe more than one ) at the end.
Edgar Wright said this is his favorite movie of all time and Simon Pegg is a huge fan as well. He described it as a real life looney tunes cartoon. I wonder if you can see the influence in some of their movies
@@sarahhughes4437 yeah from what I remember hearing is that Nicolas Cage’s character is kind of loosely based off of Wile e. coyote
"Salad days" is an idiom that refers to a time of youth, innocence, and pleasure. It can also refer to a period when someone is at the height of their abilities. The phrase originated from Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, where Cleopatra says, “My salad days, when I was green in judgment”.
The chase sequence is probably the best chase sequence filmed. And it’s pure Coen Brothers. Totally insane, totally hillarious, and completely Holly Hunter and Nick Cage.
I got to see this at a drive in theater back in the day. It was my introduction to the Cohen brothers. I still love it to this day.
This is the movie poster that inspired Tarantino! Also... Peace On Earth and Purity Of Essence. (I think it is from the movie "Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb" It is the answer to the recall riddle for planes to stop bombing the USSR... some combination of the letters EPO.") And by the way, Swingers can be decent or not just like everyone else. Glen and Dot, however, are monsters. As a matter of fact HI was gifted. In the end he was a Goodman gifted with Forsythe!
I've seen the film LITERALLY 50 times since it's release & over the ensuing decades, and no one has ever seemed to understand why I get so emotional EVERY TIME during the final scene. I don't understand how THEY don't understand. BEAUTIFUL way to end the film, and (as a grandfather now) it only grows in its power with the passage of time. "That night, I had a dream"......
I think this was the first Coen movie I watched, and still one of my favourites.
so I was just reading about The Bounty Hunter's Actor, Tex Cobb, who you might remember from the opening of Ace Ventura. He dropped out of school, lived in a martial arts studio while training to become a blackbelt, was a kickboxer, who transitioned to regular boxing, then shifted to acting. In the mid 2000s, just before turning 60, he graduated college with a degree for Sports Management.
Finally!!!
One of my all time favorites. So happy to see you two experiencing this movie.
FINALLY! I can't count the number of comments I've left begging you two to see this. I'm so happy!
When I got married, my (now ex) wife walked down the isle to the theme to The Princess Bride. She and I left the sanctuary to this movie's version of Ode to Joy.
And I'm pretty certain that The Coen's were trying to imply that Smalls and H.I. were long lost brothers with the tattoo. If you listen close, H.I. says, "I'm sorry. I never knew I ha--". Smalls was adopted. H.I.'s parents are dead. I may be wrong, but I don't think so.
I can't tell you how many times this movie has been quoted in our house, though most of those times it was my brother. If I had a dollar for every time he's quoted, "Awfully fine cereal flakes ya got, Mrs. McDonough," at my mother, or "Son, you've got a panty on your head," or the entire "No, not that mother scratcher!" speech to no one in particular, for no discernible reason other than the hell of it, I'd have quite the little nest egg.
I fully approve of George's yodeled trivia intro. What it lacked in technical proficiency, it more than made up for in boldness, timing, and effectiveness. Simone's intro was great, too; have I mentioned you're my favorite Canadians?
YES FINALLY! Ive been trying to get more people, reaction channels and just anyone really, to watch this underrated gem. Its like an old looney toons cartoon come to life.
So happy to see this pop up today. One of my all-time favorites, a comfort movie for me for sure.
I saw this about 10 times in the theater when it came out!
The term “salad days” originates from William Shakespeare’s play Antony and Cleopatra (1606). In Act I, Scene V, Cleopatra reflects on her youthful naivety, saying:
“My salad days, / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood…”
In this context, “salad days” refers to a time of youthful inexperience and immaturity, symbolized by the greenness of salad. The phrase has evolved in modern usage to mean a period of youthful vigor, idealism, or peak success, often looked back on nostalgically.
Everybody misses the funniest line in the movie, when Nathan Arizona worries that if the news publishes the rumor that his son was abducted by aliens, his wife will "lose all hope."
Everyone in the movie is just a little bit dense.
What's the joke?
@@Protoman85 that means the Huffhinds believe space aliens are possible abductors of their son.
@@Protoman85 Then she'd be convinced they'll never get him back, I assume
Great movie and reaction, thanks for getting to this one, it was such an 80's hit that still holds up, one of my favorite.
Simone, not liking them firing the baby, reminded me of an old SNL skit from the 70s far worse than firing a baby. I believe the line in the skit was...
"Cut,... okay, bring in the stunt baby."
I think Bill Murray said that line. I think...
"You okay, Skippy?"
@@THOMMGB Ya, it was Bill.
Interesting detail. It’s been years since I watched this…but I seem to remember, during the foot chase scenes, when they’re running through the house, a commercial for “Unpainted Arizona” is actually showing on the tv.
(Please don’t roast me if this has already been pointed out 100 times. 😊)
I was 13/14 when this was filmed in my hometown of Tempe, Arizona. I got to watch the police car jump being filmed, as well as some of the chase around the Safeway as they were in my neighborhood.
Saw this in the theater when I was 16. Was always my fave Cage flick. And I'd grown up seeing "Leonard Smalls"/bounty hunter Randall "Tex" Cobb in many 80s flicks. In '93 he became one of my neighbors in Nashville. It was a trip to hear my name called at the grocery, turn around & see Smalls saying hi!😅 Cool dude. Would shoot the sht on beer runs at corner Circle K. Was when he did episode of Married With Children & Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He still boxed smaller bouts then. Would stop & punch the tree outside my window every morn before jogging on. Eventually he moved back to Philly. Hope he's well.
See ya.
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Glad you liked it I first seen it as a kid know nothing about the *Coen Brothers* but I also live in *Arizona* so theres that connection to
YAY! This is one of my favorite movies! I'm so glad you loved it!
The bird tattoo was the logo from Thrush Exhaust. I think it just signifies they are both hot rod motor head types.
The woodpecker on the tattoos is Woody Woodpecker. I think it's intended to symbolize being wild and out of control.
Well there is another meaning for it it's the mark of a gang called the pecker head club it's a prison tattoo & also for the thrush muffler exhaust as well
It's not woody woodpecker, it's the logo of Thrush exhaust.
Every self-respecting, old school mechanics shop in the western world has that sticker on a tool cabinet.
The tattoo symbolizes a bond between HI and Smalls. They are both outlaws by nature, but HI has to choose wich path he will go down, or he is no better than that stinking biker.
There’s so many great quotes in this one. “Now there’s what’s right, and there’s what’s right, and never the twain shall meet.” 😂
Heavily inspired RANGO.
"Running" music.
Red Hawaiian Shirt.
Eligantly thought out observations or quips.
Yessssss one of my favorite comedies of all time!!!!!
“These blow up in any funny shapes?”
“No…unless round is funny..”
😂😂😂
Leonard Smalls Lone Biker of the Apocalypse is one of my favoritest characters in all moviedom. I used to use him as an NPC villain in role playing games, and if anyone has ever seen the movie they sh&t themselves when they realize who it is.
Yes! You've now seen the best chase scene on film (tied with Baby Driver, naturally)!
I love how the guy leaves the gun in the crib right next to the baby when talking to them lmao
One of the greatest chase sequences ever filmed.
I wrote a paper on this movie when I was an English major. I think it had something to do with the idea that the 'Wort hog from Hell', and 'Hi' are actually brothers separated as infants.
My parents saw some of the filming of the diaper theft scene. Their first apartment together was near the Circle-K where it was filmed around Phoenix
If you haven't already seen it, I highly recommend Night of the Hunter (1955), which was quoted by Hi, "It's a hard world for little things." Maybe for Christmas.
Thanks y'all, one of my all time favorites
George: Everyone's terrible
Yep, that's a Coen Brothers movie 😆
To me the hero of the movie was Nathan Arizona Sr. He didn’t take any sh!t from the bounty hunter and was completely understanding of Hi and Ed’s situation because they had trouble conceiving also.
Loved it, you two. Just goes to show there are still great movies out there for you to react to.
Absolutely did not expect to see y'all do this movie, it's such a great comedy and I feel like so few people have watched it.
I love this film, and Nick Cage's role in it. This, "Leaving Las Vegas." and "Mandy" realy do show his acting range, and it's so good.
I love this movie!. I saw this movie only a few years ago and it quickly became a favorite of mine.
Every actors performance was soooo exceptional in this movie. Definitely an epic movie. Great reaction. Thank you. 😊
"Her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." always gets me! They had a SouthWest dialect coach come in for some of the cast, to catch the nuance of some of the colloquialisms and accent. "...you're young, you've got your health - what do you want with a job?!" used to get repeated in my social circles when one was jobhunting. Leonard Smalls (lone biker of the apocalypse, the warthog from hell) was played by Randall 'Tex' Cobb, former American Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion, and Contender for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship. He had the gristle surgically removed from his nose to keep it from getting broken - thereby giving him that unique nasal voice. This is probably my favorite from the Coens, if that's possible.
The first time I saw _No Country For Old Men,_ I couldn't help to be consistently reminded of this movie, which was my favorite as a kid. My mother taped if off of HBO for me.
One of my favourite movies of all time. Great reaction, ty.