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one of the most underrated movies of all time?

posted 16 years ago by thecalhouns
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this movie is funny as hell, in fact I'd even dare say it can go toe to toe with other comedy classics like Ghostbusters, Animal House, Blues Brothers, Caddyshack and Vacation

sadly however this movie is pretty obscure....

it deserves waaaaay more recognition

back in 98 I did a titty comedy for Skinemax. Sex Camp, ya remember it?

[–] Doom 16 years ago

Yes, I agree with you. It was unfortunately buried upon initial release by "Airplane!" and sort of just sunk into obscurity for most people ever since.

But it's definitely one of the funniest films I've ever seen, no doubt, and I've tried to show it to as many people as possible!

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[–] csweetleaf2 16 years ago

I definitely agree with you that it's a very underrated movie that never seems to get as much recognition and it is IMO one of the funniest comedies I've ever seen, I remember Used Cars came on TNT and TBS all the time back in the mid 1990s.

[–] econobiker 15 years ago

This was in heavy, heavy, heavy HBO/Spotlight rotation in the early 1980s. In fact this was the first "movie channel" movie my entire family watched after my father bought our first color TV which was so cable ready that 1. we didn't need a cable box, and 2. we got unscrambled Spotlight (later made into Showtime) for free right out of the box and for about 4 years afterward.

We( mother, father, 14 year old son and 12 year old daughter!) sat down for a quiet Friday night and ended up laughing our tails off...

[Just as a wacky frame of reference my parents took us to see Animal House! in the movie theater! in 1978! so the nekkid bits didn't phase them or my sister and I. The ticket taking usher even asked the parents if they knew the movie was "a little rough for children" to which they blew him off and continued inside.]

[–] karawolf 10 years ago

Hello 5 years ago!

This was in heavy, heavy, heavy HBO/Spotlight rotation in the early 1980s

Used Cars, Smokey and the Bandit and Just One of the Guys...watched all three of those at least once a week for the longest time

**these go to eleven **

[–] jgroub 9 years ago

OMG, Joyce Hyser in Just One of the Guys. Yeah, there was some heavy rotation going on when I watched that movie.

I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

[–] MoviesGuru90069 15 years ago

Agree, great movie.

[–] csweetleaf2 (3687) 5 years ago

I watched this movie last night for the first time in over a decade and it sure was a hilarious movie that deserves to be a better known film, it's definitely one of the best comedy flicks of all time.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 5 years ago

It's a very good movie. It was the first rated R movie I ever watched in a theatre.