Reefer Madness - Alex, what is - why this post was posted?
Posted on 01/17/2005 8:38:40 PM PST by new cruelty
I believe I saw the film in the early 70's at Penn State.
What kind of movies were these?
Does the posted thread bother you?
Dreadful doesn't even begin to describe it. I showed it to my 14 yr. old, and we both were laughing so hard, we had to turn it off.
LOL, yeah they have rather interesting names.
IMDB shows all three to be comedies. The more things change?
As I noted, I barely recall seeing it. I remember a guy playing the piano really fast. I also remember it seemed kind of camp, a little like the films they would show us in driver's ed.
I thought it was interesting that the film was re-released by New Line Cinema.
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I've seen the DVD version for purchase at one of the 'sale bins' at the 'SoundShop' in the past year or so. The price seemed to be pretty modest if I recall. So it may be good for a couple of cheap laughs.
[Actress Thelma White, best known for playing a drug addict in "Reefer Madness," a 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film that resurfaced decades later as a cult classic, has died. She was 94.]
Another life cut tragically short by the evil effects of "reefer" addiction. When will these Hollywood types learn.
*Sob... Sniff.*
snicker.
Did you go to one of the midnight showings? When I was in college (86-91), the thing to watch on campus were Rocky Horror or weekly episodes Spy Smasher and King of the Rocket Men serials.
BLOOD FLOWS RED ON THE HIGHWAY!
Aw, jeez, not this $#!& again!!!!
I've seen it and it's hilarious if you actually know anything at all about marijuana. As a propaganda film in those far off times when few people did, however, it made its mark.
Some say that Harry Anslinger used it with Congress to get the national marijuana drug law passed.
"Death on the Highway"! and, don't forget "Safety in Shop Class".
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