Thread: Favourite/Funniest movie that wasn't a hit

Allegro non Troppo
Beautiful animated film that has a shot at itself and Fantasia.

Agree with Ford Fairlane.

The Castle - did that "make it" or not? Liked it anyway. Cracked me up how Farook (his russian neighbour) swore.

Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles - classics.

Old eps of Police Squad - predecessor to Naked Gun.


Cheers................Sean

My favourite that didn't make it is the original version of "The Producers" by Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel.

They've made a new version. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the original.

G'day.
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie.

Everytime I watch it I almost have a heart attack from laughing.
Especially the bit where cheech comes home to find chong on the guitar and the dog has it's paws over the ears and cheech can't even get in the door from the noise....It kills me..

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton.
P.S. anything with foghorn leghorn is a killer too...

Squizzy,
I liked Dragnet too, it was the other half of the blues brothers (not Belushi) that played opposite Hanks. Yellowbeard: "I have acute earring" - "we're not interested in your jewellry cloth eyes".

Also liked "The boyfriend from hell" (at least I think that's what it was called) had Cheech Marin plying the title role in a straight to video movie shot in Australia.

There was one I saw in the last year, can't remember the title, had the Mr Bean bloke in it and John Cleese, people chasing a prize across the US had a cow hanging off a hot air balloon at one stage. Side splitting slapstick type stuff and almost a remake of "It's a mad mad world"

Mick (who's shocking at remembering names obviously )

Originally Posted by Driver

My favourite that didn't make it is the original version of "The Producers" by Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel.

They've made a new version. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the original.

Was that where they decided to make a silent movie, if so I reckon it was a classic.

Originally Posted by Termite

Was that where they decided to make a silent movie, if so I reckon it was a classic.

No, that was called "Silent Movie". You're right - bloody funny film. The only person who speaks in the whole movie is Marcel Marceau - the mime artist. Mel Brooks' sense of humour really appeals to me.

"The Producers" is about a stage show they put together called "Springtime for Hitler". The idea is to sell shares, pocket the money and make sure the show is a flop so they don't have to pay the investors. "Springtime for Hitler" is bound to be a dead-set flop, right? Wrong - it's so bad it becomes a big hit. Problem is that Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel have spent all the money. The last scene shows them in prison, selling shares amongst the inmates for another production ...

'Spaced Invaders' - only ever saw it on rental video. Bunch of Martian rejects get taken in by a Halloween broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' & decide to 'help' their side. Much hillarity ensues over the night.

Yellowbeard - 'There's no-one so dangerous as us Beards, 'specially when we're dead'!

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Squizzy,
I liked Dragnet too, it was the other half of the blues brothers (not Belushi) that played opposite Hanks. Yellowbeard: "I have acute earring" - "we're not interested in your jewellry cloth eyes".

Dan Akyroyd

Don't you mean the VIRGIN Connie Swail

I crack up just thinking about it.

Can anybody remember the Aussie Movie that was a p**s take on Hollywood but mainly Indiana Jones. The hero sees the Nazi's taking off with the treausure in a Seaplane so he swims out and hangs off the float while they fly across the Pacific Ocean. The he swims ashore at Christmas Island or somewhere and climbs up on the rocks with his hair Hollywood perfect Jimmy Dean and dry as a bone. Can never remember that one.:confused:

Loved Yellowbeard, Jaberwocky wasn't that bad either.
Another one I can't remember the name of was based on two Hippies who go back after years on the lamb, starred Cheech Marin & Eric Roberts, had a scene with Cheech & a fish the laughter still flows with that one.

"Nuns on the Run" was another good one and "The Pope must die". Actually I don't know that any of the movies that I've found really funny were hits.

Mick

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Actually I don't know that any of the movies that I've found really funny were hits.Mick

Could be a message in there somewhere MIck

The movie i couldn't remember the name to "Rude Awakening", Mick has a good point popularity has nothing to do with funny, look at George W.:eek:

Only one movie I can watch more than once and still laugh til it hurts - "The Gods must be crazy"