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Just loved this one as a kid. It's a little corny in places, but Astin still cracks me up. Refreshingly non-politically correct, too. Almost a G-rated Blazing Saddles in a couple of places. 7/10.
1 posted on 11/21/2014 5:54:39 PM PST by DemforBush
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Never heard of it until now. Thanks.


2 posted on 11/21/2014 5:56:48 PM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: DemforBush
Previous offerings:

The Stranger7/10

Decision Before Dawn7.5/10

The Woman in the Window8/10

Plunder Road6.75/10

The Hitch-Hiker7/10

The Big Heat8.5/10 (Now blocked by youtube)

Stalag 178/10

The Enemy Below7.5/10.

Kiss of Death7.25/10

The Killers8.0/10

Stagecoach8.25/10

DOA7.5/10

Breaker Morant8.5/10

Detour7/10

The Flim-Flam Man7/10

Stalingrad7.7/10

Sleuth8/10

3 posted on 11/21/2014 6:02:54 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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I had a friend like him, that scene when he starts trying to remove all of his concealed weapons was like watching my buddy, the movie cracks me up.


6 posted on 11/21/2014 6:25:20 PM PST by ansel12
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Most hilarious western I’ve EVER seen!


7 posted on 11/21/2014 6:31:34 PM PST by Aarchaeus (V)
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Not as cool as Big Jim Slade...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ96dy93mP0


8 posted on 11/21/2014 6:32:48 PM PST by EEGator
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Wild and wacky comedy, almost in the old-time vein of anarchic, surreal 1930s comedy. Owing to its tv-movie status, and the time-period it was made, it probably never really got the credit it deserved. But it’s a beautifully insane gem. The only real flaw I recall is that it went on just a little bit too long. You can’t maintain ‘wacky’ for too long. If its running time was more like 75 minutes, it would have really perfect.

In all honesty, I’ve actually long prefered “Evil Roy Slade” to “Blazing Saddles.” And “Slade” was even first.


9 posted on 11/21/2014 6:42:50 PM PST by greene66
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I saw that about 40 years ago. Silly but funny. I mainly remember the scene where he goes to a fancy party back east with a string quartet playing. He holds a gun to the cello players head and tells him, “Play that fiddle right, there’s ladies present!”


10 posted on 11/21/2014 7:32:22 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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I have this on DVD, one of my all time favorites.

“There better be a stick of dynamite on page 12!”

“Never trust a pretty girl, or a lonely midget.”

“If you had six apple and your neighbor took three of them, what would you have?”
“A dead neighbor and all my apples.”


12 posted on 11/21/2014 7:55:29 PM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: DemforBush
 
 
 
You ain't one of them funny boys, are ya?
 
 

13 posted on 11/21/2014 8:07:51 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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Greatest. Movie. Ever.


15 posted on 11/21/2014 10:15:09 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: DemforBush

Thank you!


18 posted on 11/22/2014 7:11:41 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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