'Reloy!' ??????


...When Richie is yelling out the window to Leroy but says RELOY. Was that intentional or did they just not bother to shoot another take (or even just loop that line with the correct character name)????

Anyway, it gave me quite a chuckle. They should pay homage to that in the remake.

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Man, I had to register for imdb just so I could reply to this. I thought I was the only one who caught that! lol. For over 20 years I've been trying to figure out if that was a mistake they didn't edit or if Richie was just being Richie and saying that on purpose to clown Leroy.

That should definitely be in the remake. Actually , I don't think they should change anything about it in the remake (well, maybe Angie's routines-lol). I have seen that movie over 100 times (literally) and I would be too mad if they mess it up.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2I-uzKRmZs

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if you cant tell, that was obviously a pun joke he was using to refer to his brother.

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It's actually a very old racial joke. Wouldn't fly today probably. Like the Asian comedian whowas doing Asian R. Kelly and sang "I beRieve I can fRy"

Apparently Asians have trouble with L's and R's so Richie was making fun of that

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It's actually a very old racial joke. Wouldn't fly today probably. Like the Asian comedian whowas doing Asian R. Kelly and sang "I beRieve I can fRy"

Apparently Asians have trouble with L's and R's so Richie was making fun of that

Ain't that the truth. No joke, my mom is Japanese and when I was growing up she couldn't pronounce my name correctly and called me "Leechy" and my brother Robert as "Lobby". That big dummy, he went by Lobby all the way up until high school before he started going by Rob.

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It's actually a very old racial joke. Wouldn't fly today probably. Like the Asian comedian whowas doing Asian R. Kelly and sang "I beRieve I can fRy"

Apparently Asians have trouble with L's and R's so Richie was making fun of that


Wow, good catch. I had my subtitles on and it said "Reloy", so I knew it was intentional, but I never made the connection.

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You should know that if they remake this they are not even going to come close to the original movie to be honest with you. I hate to say that but if you look at the countless remakes that Hollywood has done they alter or make the film worse to be honest with you.

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Its not an error, its just Ritchie making fun of Leroy.

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it might have been an accident. my young nephew slips and calls our neighbor leroy 'reloy' all the time

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It was intentional and was put in as one of many ways to show Richie's lack of respect for his brother's chosen lifestyle so that him venerating his brother at the end of the movie would have more impact.

There's a whole stereotype about asians having trouble with Ls and Rs ....For more on that watch the end of A Christmas Story

Fa ra ra ra ra

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