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To: Publius

I love that movie too. My favorite character is Major Kong portrayed by Slim Pickens.

Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.


11 posted on 10/09/2004 7:04:19 PM PDT by JW Brown
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To: JW Brown

If you look closely at the Strangelove "survival kit" scene, you'll note that although Picken's says "...a pretty good weekend in Vegas" on the soundtrack, his actual words were "...a pretty good weekend in Dallas." The scene was shot before Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas. It was felt (rightly so, in my opinion) that Dallas would have not been a particulaly funny punchline under the circumstances, so the line was redubbed before release to the theaters.


22 posted on 10/09/2004 7:23:23 PM PDT by Harpo Speaks
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To: JW Brown
You know, Slim Pickens originally said "Dallas", but people where still too shook up by the Kennedy assassination so they dubbed in "Vegas".

That little phrase book/bible has to be the funniest thing ever, but the whole movie is a riot.

27 posted on 10/09/2004 7:30:11 PM PDT by Batrachian
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To: JW Brown
Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

Look closely - Vegas was dubbed in. The original phrase was 'Dallas', however, the movie was released the year after JFK was assasinated, so they re-dubbed the city.

62 posted on 10/09/2004 9:04:53 PM PDT by lemura
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