I watched that movie two times a year, for 30 years, then that kicking the bucket thing hit me. I saw that it dawned on me, and I laughed so hard. I love this scene, and this movie.
Vincent, it will hold up for eternity because of its great acting, and maybe most of all it encapsulated the (near) end of the best decade the U.S. ever enjoyed: July 1953 [end of the Korean War] - Nov. 22, 1963 [coup d'etat, pre-Vietnam]
Still one of my all time favorite movies. I lived near Long Beach back in the 1970s and 80s and would go past all the places where they filmed the movie...Long Beach Blvd. and Ocean Blvd. Great memories. No cursing either.
At 1:05 - Sid Caesar asks, "Do you think you're hurt.....real bad?" Jimmy Durante looks around and responds, "Is...he...kiddin?"One of the funniest moments ever in motion pictures.
Terry, and there's more where that came from! I'm so glad Stanley Kramer decided to make ONE comedy film--and this is it! I think this film gave the world more fun and enjoyment than all his other great drama pieces combined!
This is one of those special movies I remember loving as a kid, and still do. So many legendary comedians in one film. And the cameos, here's the great Jimmy Durante in his one scene. How many top comedians today would do that? Jerry Lewis without even a speaking part. Jack Benny, with only a few lines. My favorite cameo, the three stooges as firemen. We only see them for a minute, waiting to go into action, but we know how that's gonna turn out. We don't even need to see it to laugh about it.
This was the scene that set it all up. After that it was over three hours of nonstop action, and nonstop comedy. Plus, Grogan rattles off what would be a great epitaph: "Good old Smiler: everybody's friend."
I have to say though when I first watched this, I laughed out loud and I was totally expecting the rest of the movie to be full of this type of jokes, because we're so used to them from films like Airplane, The Naked Gun, etc. But that wasn't the case at all. Not that the rest of the movie was bad, but IMHO it wasn't THAT great either, and much too long.
Yeah, and it wouldn't have been as funny if someone then said "he kicked the bucket", that would've hurt the gag. Especially if they said it and then laughed like an idiot, like you'd get in a lesser comedy.
@@_Peremalfait, that's right, that was funny. Also, don't you agree that in films, a joke automatically becomes less funny when the person who told it laughs at it right afterwards? Think of the best comedians, Groucho Marx never laughed at his own jokes. He never made them seem too forced either, something else which ruins movie jokes.
No doubt. A who's who of every contemporary comedian living at the time. My buddy and I saw it four times at the theater when it came out. Still as funny as when it came out. Just wondering, is the big W still in that park in Santa Rosita?
Keeping in mind that he's dying, I love how Durante looks right into the camera and emphasizes "Big Dubya" - SEVERAL TIMES - so the viewers won't forget it! Hilarious!
probably one of the finest comedic scenes ever conceived in American cinema. Every one of those actors is a comedic genius in their own right....like the comedy dream team....and the movie is full of this talent. Terry Thomas, Phil Silvers, Jim Bacchus , Buster Keaton to name just a few more.
Bless Jimmy Durante's heart. I can't think of a funny guy who can outdo this cameo part so exquisitely yet hysterically than the gruff himself. He even brandished his timing perfectly by kicking the bucket that went sailing deep into the rugged bottom of the cliff. Now that's what I call inspiring. RIP Jimmy :'-) and tell Mrs. Calabash I say hey.
Now Russell be careful remember your condition! Ethel says "ahhhh" and waves him away, hilarious! My husband and I still do that to this day, bahahaha!
If that gag were in a Marvel film today, someone definitely would’ve said it aloud. That’s the genius of this film. They don’t bash you over the head with it.
@@12classics39 That's because Marvel films are aimed at the intelligence level of 8-year olds. Seriously, they are. Which is okay. But after a point, it's really annoying and insulting.
I dig it for how everybody talks, especially Durante's "Aunt Belle I didn't mean to do it!", Phil Silvers' condescending asshole tone and Jonathan Winters' "HOLY MACKEREL!"s
Anyone who see this movie and KNOWS who the actors are, you have to appreciate the level of restraint they maintained to give their characters room to grow. More than half the cast were straight up comedy icons during the time this movie was shot. They never did get much of an opportunity to display straight drama roles, and using comedians to play in semi-dramatic roles for laughs was right up their alley.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, prices in 2020 are 742.47% higher than average prices since 1963. The U.S. dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 3.81% per year during this period, causing the real value of a dollar to decrease. In other words, $350,000 in 1963 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,948,658.50 in 2020.
One of the funniest movies of all time. It just never lets up for two and a half hours. Fantastic cast of lunatic characters, and brilliant slapstick humour. The fight scene where the gas station gets demolished is hilarious. Deserves six stars not just five.😂
I absolutely love this movie. I first saw it in the original CINERAMA format on a gigantic wrap-around curved screen. Have all of the wonderful comedians in this movie passed on? I dare say this movie cemented their immortality.
The only people left from this movie is Barrie Chase (Sylvester's bikini wearing, dancing girlfriend) and the little Mexican kid that told Phil Silvers to drive his car into the creek.
I also was fortunate to see a few films in Cinerama. A Cinerama screen could be found in several big cities; the one I remember was the Warner Theater in Pittsburgh. The screen had a red curtain over it that followed the screen's curvature. That huge curtain must have weighed a ton.
The tableau of the principal actors, Jonathan Winters, Sid Ceasar, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett and Milton Berle looking at the bucket which Jimmy Durante kicked down the hill is priceless. I linger over that moment each time I watch this movie. Also I will watch Buddy Hackett looking around when Jimmy Durante is talking about "the bulls"; that gets me every time.
As soon as Durante kicks the bucket...a literal bucket! You know you're in for a great time. After the countless times I've seen it, I never get tired of this movie.
AUNT BELLE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA TELL ME IT DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AUNT BELLE!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA SAY IT!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA TELL ME IT DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!
He just went SAILING out there!! He said that a dozen times. Also no blood after that accident? Never mind this was the start of the great adventure for those motorists. Comedy gold.
My favorite comedy movie of all time and this is one of the best movie scenes ever made!!! Jimmy Durante kicked the bucket!!!! Just when you think he's dead, he wants Aunt Belle to forgive him. The reaction from all of them!!!! !An all-star cast that can't be rivaled!!!! I've seen this movie at least 20 times and I still bend over crying laughing until it hurts!!!
*Alicia Wilkerson* Exactly. Something that tops this scene off for me , is not just the kicking of the bucket, but how every single one of those guys watch that bucket tumble down to a stop. LOL.
"Watch out for the bulls! Lousy, stinkin' bulls are everywhere! Bulls all over the place!" --'Smiler Grogan' Love that gag about cops. Watch Buddy Hackett ("Benjy") at 3:15 when Smiler wakes back up, and Benjy has to abruptly go from mourning the dead man, with his cap over his heart, to alive, and he has to put his hat back on! Very funny bit!
Jimmy Durante did not 'kick the bucket' himself. That foot was from a stunt man who did the deed. One of the many facts that later came out on this fantastically funny and legendary comedy film classic! The premiere showing was at the brand new Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles at its own opening after completion, making it a double premiere, on Nov. 7, 1963.
Smiler Grogan warned them: "Watch out for the bulls! Lousy, stinkin' bulls are EVERYWHERE! Bulls all over the place!" Jimmy made the most of his short time on film, and he got a large credit at the start to make up for his short time.
I wonder if Hal Needham took inspiration from this movie in making Cannonball Run. Both movies were geniusly casted and from beginning to end hilarious.
If you want an example of fantastic acting just look at Milton Berle's face, starting about 2:57. His reaction/expressions to what Smiler is saying is top notch. Just fantastic.
Trivia: Jimmy Durante didn’t actually kick the bucket, they brought in a stuntman to film it. I know because somewhere else here on TH-cam the stuntman tells the story of how they hired him to do it.
Yes, that's absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out Juliaflo. Jimmy Durante was born on February 10, 1893. He died of pneumonia on January 29, 1980, twelve days before his 87th birthday. He was forced to retire from performing in 1972 due to a stroke which left him wheelchair bound for the rest of his life.
Left out another great line as buddy climbed up to the street. Something like I don’t know about you but if I have to climb up much further I’m gonna be laying back down there along side him.
One of my favorites--I saw it in a theater in 1963( I was 14) with my parents. Then I took the bus so could see it again. I bought VHS, Discs and Blu-ray and have a copy of it that I paid for on Amazon. I've kind of followed the cast and for a while, the last main star who hadn't died was Carl Reiner (he didn't have a big part in this). Now, as of June 29, he was the last one, even though his part wasn't very big.
There will never be another cast like this one
Still one of the funniest movies ever.
Yup...Like The Blues Brothers with all those old Bluesmen and Blueswomen. They're gone but not forgotten.
Not unless they come back from the dead 🏌♀
Only the Cannonball Run I and II compare in terms of legendary casting.
God as a comedy Film this has everything the Cast were absolutely brilliant , I will never stop laughing at the Garage wrecking
The level of talent in this scene is mind blowing.
Watched this movie a thousand times and it still makes me laugh my ass off. Best ever
seriously! Same here...still makes me laugh to the point of sides hurting. a comic masterpiece.
I watched that movie two times a year, for 30 years, then that kicking the bucket thing hit me. I saw that it dawned on me, and I laughed so hard. I love this scene, and this movie.
MOVIE STILL HOLDS UP 50 + YEARS!!
Happy 55th in 2018!
@@oldrocker74 Simply improves with age.
Vincent, it will hold up for eternity because of its great acting, and maybe most of all it encapsulated the (near) end of the best decade the U.S. ever enjoyed: July 1953 [end of the Korean War] - Nov. 22, 1963 [coup d'etat, pre-Vietnam]
SO
TRUE!!
No doubt about it. It's one of my favourite movies of all time.
“Is he kiddin”😂😂😂
One of my all time favourite movies.👍
Yup!
This is basically the Avengers of 60s comedy. I mean this is like the greatest cast ever assembled.
yep it is .. great movie
"Everyone who's ever been funny is in it"
With the exception of Don Rickles and Dean Martin, *they weren't kidding*.
If you want to be technical, The Avengers is the It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world of Comic Book Movies.
@@mainstreetsaint36 I thought he was talking about Mr. Steed and Mrs. Peel.
The cast in Yellow beard written by the late Graham Chapman is pretty amazing aswell
Buddy Hackett says after this when he's climbing back up the mountain. "If I have to climb anymore of this I'm gonna be laying down there wit em".
Perhaps the greatest comedy of all time, with the greatest cast of comedians ever assembled.
Still one of my all time favorite movies. I lived near Long Beach back in the 1970s and 80s and would go past all the places where they filmed the movie...Long Beach Blvd. and Ocean Blvd. Great memories. No cursing either.
Is the Big W still there or they formed differently or something?
I'm dying to know. Are the "W" palm trees still there, or were they just a temporary movie prop?
At 1:05 - Sid Caesar asks, "Do you think you're hurt.....real bad?" Jimmy Durante looks around and responds, "Is...he...kiddin?"One of the funniest moments ever in motion pictures.
Durante must have had fun with this.
😂😂😂
Terry, and there's more where that came from! I'm so glad Stanley Kramer decided to make ONE comedy film--and this is it! I think this film gave the world more fun and enjoyment than all his other great drama pieces combined!
Thats why I came here. That is so funny. Jimmy Durante Ah cha cha cha cha cha!
and, the way Buddy Hacket starts looking around when Durante says "...watch out for the bulls!" Absolute genius from beginning to end.
This is the peak of humor and you cant change my mind
Buddy Hackett’s facial expressions are the best in this scene!
Nooooo at the end in the park when he smiles at Spencer Tracy lol
The way he literally looks around when Durante says “lousy stinkin’ bulls are everywhere!”
This is one of those special movies I remember loving as a kid, and still do. So many legendary comedians in one film. And the cameos, here's the great Jimmy Durante in his one scene. How many top comedians today would do that? Jerry Lewis without even a speaking part. Jack Benny, with only a few lines. My favorite cameo, the three stooges as firemen. We only see them for a minute, waiting to go into action, but we know how that's gonna turn out. We don't even need to see it to laugh about it.
Exactly!!!
Greatest 1960s comedy ever made.
No close second.
This was the scene that set it all up. After that it was over three hours of nonstop action, and nonstop comedy.
Plus, Grogan rattles off what would be a great epitaph: "Good old Smiler: everybody's friend."
I have to say though when I first watched this, I laughed out loud and I was totally expecting the rest of the movie to be full of this type of jokes, because we're so used to them from films like Airplane, The Naked Gun, etc. But that wasn't the case at all. Not that the rest of the movie was bad, but IMHO it wasn't THAT great either, and much too long.
That bucket gag still kills me (no pun intended)
Yeah, and it wouldn't have been as funny if someone then said "he kicked the bucket", that would've hurt the gag. Especially if they said it and then laughed like an idiot, like you'd get in a lesser comedy.
Non taken
@@alvexok5523 You're so right. And the scene is made funnier because it's drawn out as they all watch the bucket roll down the hill.
@@_Peremalfait, that's right, that was funny. Also, don't you agree that in films, a joke automatically becomes less funny when the person who told it laughs at it right afterwards? Think of the best comedians, Groucho Marx never laughed at his own jokes. He never made them seem too forced either, something else which ruins movie jokes.
@@alvexok5523 Yes, you're right. Film makers of today should study Mad Mad World. These comics were the best.
I remember watching this movie with my grandma and she has since then passed. despite it being years since watching it I always remember this scene :)
I love love love this scene. Makes me laugh, every time: "Is he kiddin'?" Hysterical!
Yeah Caesar asked a pretty dumb question there! LOL
Mine, too. I bust up, every time I see it.
You also laugh, because Jimmy had one funny nose
One of the best ensemble movies ever. All the performance's are so good and Spencer Tracy gives it a touch of class.
No doubt. A who's who of every contemporary comedian living at the time. My buddy and I saw it four times at the theater when it came out. Still as funny as when it came out. Just wondering, is the big W still in that park in Santa Rosita?
Keeping in mind that he's dying, I love how Durante looks right into the camera and emphasizes "Big Dubya" - SEVERAL TIMES - so the viewers won't forget it! Hilarious!
I was born 35 years after this came out. Still one of my favorite movies
He just went sailing right out there.
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So did the bucket
He must have been doing over 80!
"That guy's dead...you better believe it°" lol
@Tender (with the added hand gestures)
I always laughed at Benjy looking around "for da bulls!". LOL
"If he jumps up one more time like that I'm getting the hell outta here!"
Legends say that bucket is still rollin down the hill
“That guy is dead.”
Classic
"You better believe it."
probably one of the finest comedic scenes ever conceived in American cinema. Every one of those actors is a comedic genius in their own right....like the comedy dream team....and the movie is full of this talent. Terry Thomas, Phil Silvers, Jim Bacchus , Buster Keaton to name just a few more.
He went sailing right out there!
"That guy is dead. You better believe it !!!" pure genius.
Yep
Well, I believe it alright. But if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell outta here!
How could Jimmy keep from laughin' at these lines?!!
The Wabbit kicked the bucket, the wabbit kicked the bucket!
l always wondered where the phrase "kicked the bucket" came from LOL.
Bless Jimmy Durante's heart. I can't think of a funny guy who can outdo this cameo part so exquisitely yet hysterically than the gruff himself. He even brandished his timing perfectly by kicking the bucket that went sailing deep into the rugged bottom of the cliff. Now that's what I call inspiring. RIP Jimmy :'-) and tell Mrs. Calabash I say hey.
Now Russell be careful remember your condition! Ethel says "ahhhh" and waves him away,
hilarious! My husband and I still do that to this day, bahahaha!
Carol, "the only condition he has is financial!" --paraphrasing Mrs. Marcus comeback to Russell Finch (Milton Berle)
Love it!!! So many littleness bits on this movie make it a riot
Carol : 😆😆😆😆
Ethel could make being a complete shrew entertaining. And boy, was she in great shape or what! 😜
The gag was even funnier because no one then said "he kicked the bucket", like you would've expected someone to say.
You're right! I didn't notice that but clearly funnier - "subtle".
If that gag were in a Marvel film today, someone definitely would’ve said it aloud. That’s the genius of this film. They don’t bash you over the head with it.
@@12classics39 That's because Marvel films are aimed at the intelligence level of 8-year olds. Seriously, they are. Which is okay. But after a point, it's really annoying and insulting.
"He just went...sailing right out there!"
one of the best movies ever ... period
100% with you
I dig it for how everybody talks, especially Durante's "Aunt Belle I didn't mean to do it!", Phil Silvers' condescending asshole tone and Jonathan Winters' "HOLY MACKEREL!"s
Anyone who see this movie and KNOWS who the actors are, you have to appreciate the level of restraint they maintained to give their characters room to grow. More than half the cast were straight up comedy icons during the time this movie was shot. They never did get much of an opportunity to display straight drama roles, and using comedians to play in semi-dramatic roles for laughs was right up their alley.
Thank you for your insight. 👍
I liked when Durante talks about the bulls being everywhere. Buddy Hacket is looking around like he expects to see them
The best scene from the greatest movie ever made. Thank you for sharing; it really put a smile in my day.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, prices in 2020 are 742.47% higher than average prices since 1963. The U.S. dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 3.81% per year during this period, causing the real value of a dollar to decrease.
In other words, $350,000 in 1963 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,948,658.50 in 2020.
How about in 1948 terms?
One of the funniest movies of all time. It just never lets up for two and a half hours. Fantastic cast of lunatic characters, and brilliant slapstick humour. The fight scene where the gas station gets demolished is hilarious. Deserves six stars not just five.😂
One of the greatest if not greatest comedy movie of all time
Too bad Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance weren’t in this movie! One of my favorite movies! True genius!
I think the funniest part of this is when Benjy claps his hat back on his head real quick after it turns out Grogan's not dead.
🤣🤣🤣 LMAO EVERY time I see that part!
I absolutely love this movie. I first saw it in the original CINERAMA format on a gigantic wrap-around curved screen. Have all of the wonderful comedians in this movie passed on? I dare say this movie cemented their immortality.
Wow, you sure are lucky!!!
The only people left from this movie is Barrie Chase (Sylvester's bikini wearing, dancing girlfriend) and the little Mexican kid that told Phil Silvers to drive his car into the creek.
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Jimmy Durante died in the 1970s, Phil Silvers died in the 1980s, and Jackpark9727 mentioned above the others' deaths.
I also was fortunate to see a few films in Cinerama. A Cinerama screen could be found in several big cities; the one I remember was the Warner Theater in Pittsburgh. The screen had a red curtain over it that followed the screen's curvature. That huge curtain must have weighed a ton.
The tableau of the principal actors, Jonathan Winters, Sid Ceasar, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett and Milton Berle looking at the bucket which Jimmy Durante kicked down the hill is priceless. I linger over that moment each time I watch this movie. Also I will watch Buddy Hackett looking around when Jimmy Durante is talking about "the bulls"; that gets me every time.
If you haven't seen this movie then you are missing out in life.! Very funny.
Probably the greatest comedy, ever.
As soon as Durante kicks the bucket...a literal bucket! You know you're in for a great time. After the countless times I've seen it, I never get tired of this movie.
AUNT BELLE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA TELL ME IT DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AUNT BELLE!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA SAY IT!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA TELL ME IT DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!
It don’t make any difference!
@@bellerain381 *dies, kicks bucket*
“Are we near Oregon?”
“That’s 700 Miles from here!”
The last 5 seconds is priceless
This movie is one of the greatest comedies from the 1960s it also has an all star cast and one of the funniest movies from the twentieth century
Great man kicked the bucket. RIP Jimmy Durante.
He just went SAILING out there!! He said that a dozen times. Also no blood after that accident? Never mind this was the start of the great adventure for those motorists. Comedy gold.
“He just went sailin’ out there!”
My brother’s and dad’s favorite line! We say it all the time!
My favorite comedy movie of all time and this is one of the best movie scenes ever made!!! Jimmy Durante kicked the bucket!!!! Just when you think he's dead, he wants Aunt Belle to forgive him. The reaction from all of them!!!! !An all-star cast that can't be rivaled!!!! I've seen this movie at least 20 times and I still bend over crying laughing until it hurts!!!
*Alicia Wilkerson* Exactly. Something that tops this scene off for me , is not just the kicking of the bucket, but how every single one of those guys watch that bucket tumble down to a stop. LOL.
@@vanlkester5815 Yes, for real, Van!!! That was crazy!!!! I suppose they wanted to make sure the bucket did in fact go down the hill!!!
@@aliciawilkerson9015 I'm back to watch it again. :) Tell me it don't make any difference aunt Alicia...I mean Belle. lol
@@vanlkester5815 Lmaooooo!!!!! I'm telling you: It don't make any difference, Van!!!! I'm dying laughing!!!! You are too much!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@aliciawilkerson9015 I was about to die laughing(again) so I had to know it didn't make any difference. :)
"That guy's dead. You better believe it."
"He just sailed out there!"
"Is he kiddin'?"
Love it! Walk down da' street like a kinga'
My favorite movie. Aclassic. I never get tired of watching it.
Smiler Grogan. RIP. Everyone’s friend. Except the Bulls.
Lousy stinkin' bulls are everywhere!
There was a can of brew 102 next to his head! I' haven't seen that brand for years.
"Dere's dis dough, see? Tree hundred and fifty gees. Ha cha cha cha!"
"Watch out for the bulls! Lousy, stinkin' bulls are everywhere! Bulls all over the place!" --'Smiler Grogan'
Love that gag about cops. Watch Buddy Hackett ("Benjy") at 3:15 when Smiler wakes back up, and Benjy has to abruptly go from mourning the dead man, with his cap over his heart, to alive, and he has to put his hat back on! Very funny bit!
Jimmy Durante did not 'kick the bucket' himself. That foot was from a stunt man who did the deed. One of the many facts that later came out on this fantastically funny and legendary comedy film classic! The premiere showing was at the brand new Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles at its own opening after completion, making it a double premiere, on Nov. 7, 1963.
i believe it alright but if he jumps again like he did before ,i'm gonna get the hell outta here
Just slap your hands together and say, "he just went sssssailing"😯
That kicking the bucket gets me everytime lol!
When the bucket kick scene happened, I literally fell out of my seat laughing!
Guy falls over a cliff and can't move, u think ur hurt real bad, is he kiddin' lol I luv tht old man
Buddy Hackett looking around for the bulls. ROFL!!!!!!!!!
Smiler Grogan warned them: "Watch out for the bulls! Lousy, stinkin' bulls are EVERYWHERE! Bulls all over the place!" Jimmy made the most of his short time on film, and he got a large credit at the start to make up for his short time.
Micky Rooney whataya lookin at me for pal ,all I got is this sweater
You move me I'll break up in little pieces. Have to remember that line when I go.😂😂😂😂😂
John, only if you drive through a guardrail and over the cliff! :)
300 and 50 Gees
Just how much would that be today?
THIS ONE & GOOD BAD & UGLY 2 OF MY FAVORITES !!!!! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !!!!! 👍🤟✌🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧 🤟👍✌ !!!!!
He kicked the bucket...literally.
At the age of 9, in 1963, I gradually "got" this joke and was pleased that I understood it.
I wonder if Hal Needham took inspiration from this movie in making Cannonball Run. Both movies were geniusly casted and from beginning to end hilarious.
I saw this when it came out as a 10 year old. Even then I noticed the Brew 102 can behind Durante's head.
same! I still watch it every time it comes on.
"Is he kidding?" - lol
That plane C.S and his wife rents that's slow and flimsy and the pilot giving the ok sign as cars pass him below. One of my fav scenes.
Haven't seen that movie since I was a kid in the 70s. Have to see it again.
right up there with airplane! as one of the great sight gag movies.
Possibly the inspiration behind the "Airplane" films!
Priceless.
Amazing. A scavenger hunt movie with a lot of comedians.
If you want an example of fantastic acting just look at Milton Berle's face, starting about 2:57. His reaction/expressions to what Smiler is saying is top notch. Just fantastic.
And by the way, you see that sort of acting all through this movie. Blink and you can miss it.
Is that Milton? I know he was Louie the Lilac from Batman
Trivia: Jimmy Durante didn’t actually kick the bucket, they brought in a stuntman to film it. I know because somewhere else here on TH-cam the stuntman tells the story of how they hired him to do it.
That's just an insert shot. Jimmy would do the comedy and wrap.
One of the best scenes ever!
Legends says they're still racing
Casi me orino de risa cuando la vi , tenia 10 años..pelicula magnifica con un elenco extraordinario !!!
Me alegra que lo hayas disfrutado.
Funniest movie I ever saw! A time when comedians made people laugh without having to use profanity and vulgarity.
Agree. Another great comedian that never used profanity was Red Skelton.
@@videocreationsbyjohnrenzi Jack Benny, too...
never be another like this!!!
It's under a Big Wubleu!...then a race for the money, and what a race!
When I was 11 years old I saw this movie @ Safire theatre chennai along with my friends !
For the 60's this was a pretty star studded cast. Unheard of at the time. Classic.
Norman Fell comes down to check ".........YEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPP!"
And then he says "Culpepper's gonna scream!" :D
I believe it, all right. But if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell outta here. 😂🤣
A dynamite cast and movie.
"That guy's dead; ya better believe it."
"Well, I believe it alright. But if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell outta here!"
All time classic
A can of Brew 102 right next to his head. LOL! The big W!!!
Ha! I must have seen this a zillion times and never noticed the 102 can!
There has to be half a dozen beer cans all around him. And one more next to the Campbell's can when he kicks the bucket.
i never knew.
You know that this year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of James Francis Durante, right?
Juliaflo No, I didn’t realize that! Thanks for pointing it out. He was a class act on how loyal he was to his partners. Read about him.
Yes, that's absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out Juliaflo. Jimmy Durante was born on February 10, 1893. He died of pneumonia on January 29, 1980, twelve days before his 87th birthday. He was forced to retire from performing in 1972 due to a stroke which left him wheelchair bound for the rest of his life.
Cracks me up every time !!
Left out another great line as buddy climbed up to the street. Something like
I don’t know about you but if I have to climb up much further I’m gonna be laying back down there along side him.
*claps. He just went sailing right out of there
One of my favorites--I saw it in a theater in 1963( I was 14) with my parents. Then I took the bus so could see it again. I bought VHS, Discs and Blu-ray and have a copy of it that I paid for on Amazon. I've kind of followed the cast and for a while, the last main star who hadn't died was Carl Reiner (he didn't have a big part in this). Now, as of June 29, he was the last one, even though his part wasn't very big.
Barrie Chase, Sylvester's girlfriend doing the twist in the fur bikini, is the only cast member alive now that Carl died.
Wjat about the little boy who steered Phil Silvers into the river?