CAT BALLOU (1965) 🪕 First Time Watching 🎬 Movie Reaction

[@elmerenlow9465]

I recommend “Support Your Local Sheriff “ and “Support Your Local Gunfighter “. Stars James Garner. Good western comedies.

[@HuntingViolets]

Yes!

[@texasgunslinger8060]

Yes! Yes!

[@mikeconlin7450]

"You want me to go over there and tell Joe Danby he's under arrest? What're you gonna do after he kills me?" "Well, I'll arrest him for *both* murders."

[@melenatorr]

@@texasgunslinger8060 Yes! Yes! Yes!

[@duanehill1842]

I want to echo the same. I love "Support Your Local Gunfighter" and it's its the same vein. Some fantastic classic actors and a lot of fun.

[@kenpatton8761]

This was Nat King Cole‘s final film appearance before his death on Feb 15, 1965 from cancer (he was a heavy smoker). He was only 45. RIP NAT and Lee.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Wow,that’s a sobering fact-l’m glad that his last movie was such an enjoyable,zany western.

[@paul-68]

"Paint your Wagon" just might be up our ally. best movie ever Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood together.

[@leehallam9365]

And Lee Marvin sings!

[@MrBigPicture835]

@@leehallam9365 Singing is a little grand a term for what Lee and Clint do in "Paint Your Wagon".

[@jeffs555cc]

Lee Marvin is great in his dramatic roles, but I like his comedy roles better. "Paint your Wagon" is one of my favorites. How can you not love a western where both Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood try to sing. Another fun Lee Marvin comedy western is "Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday".

[@waterbeauty85]

@@jeffs555cc I love "Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday" and think Dawn would enjoy it too.

[@waterbeauty85]

@@leehallam9365 And to quote Marge Simpson "Who knew Lee Marvin could do such marvelous splits?"

[@herbyragan8686]

Lee Marvin won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his duel role of Kid Sheeleen and Tim Strong.

[@josiahslack8720]

"Dual" would normally be the spelling, but "duel" happens to work in this case.

[@herbyragan8686]

@josiahslack8720 😆

[@tenmark7055]

Lee Marvin won the Academy Award for this picture... he thanked the horse!

[@rollmops7948]

Jane Fonda's father was the man in white suit in "12 Angry Men", her brother was in "Easy Rider" and her niece was in Tarantino's movie"Jackie Brown"

[@americanmutt9089]

Jane and Henry were both in On Golden Pond together as well.

[@socalpaul487]

"Support Your Local Sheriff" 1969 , "Paint Your Wagon" 1969, "Little Big Man" 1970.

[@angelohernandez6060]

Absolutely LOVE this film Darlin!!! Lee Marvin is hilarious and him and his drunk horse leaning on that building is classic!

[@drjtech]

When Lee Marvin accepted his Oscar he said that half of it belonged to the horse.

[@HonRevPTB]

​@@drjtechAin't that the truth, or at least the horse trainer!!!!!!!

[@angelohernandez6060]

That sounds exactly what a Marine that had been shot in the rump by the enemy would say! The man was a riot!

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Quite true.

[@peachbottom2010]

Lee Marvin won an Oscar in 1966 for his performance.

[@rafaelrosario5331]

Lee Marvin was Liberty Valance....and stars in the army adventure...the dirty dozen

[@flarrfan]

Robbery from Rod Steiger giving one of the best performances ever in Pawnbroker..

[@williambowman2326]

Yes and in his acceptance speech he thanked his horse.😂

[@Bozolisand]

"Nat King Cole and his friend" - Stubby Kaye, who has larger roles in the musicals "Guys and Dolls" and "Li'l Abner."

[@rittherugger160]

Jane Fonda was the daughter of movie star Henry Fonda. She was the star of some 3 or 4 movies around the time this one came out. She became an anti-war activist and visited North Viet Nam during the Nixon administration. This caused her to be shunned by Hollywood. She is still an activist for various causes today. She has made a bit of a theatrical comeback in recent years.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

She’s a remarkable woman.

[@angelohernandez6060]

Yes! You'll have to watch "Paint Your Wagon". Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood!

[@starpartyguy5605]

Except that you have to listen to Clint Eastwood sing I Talk to the Trees. Only thing rougher is 40 grit sandpaper!

[@flarrfan]

Two of the most unfairly overlooked movies in one day! I've been waiting for Cat Ballou and Four Weddings/Funeral for ages and here they are by two of my favorite reactors!

[@Bozolisand]

I saw "Cat Ballou" in the theater when I was a kid. "Happy birthday to you!" got the biggest, loudest, longest laugh I've ever heard in a theater - until "Annie Hall" when Woody Allen sneezed into cocaine.

[@paulsuchy6210]

I had exactly the same experience with both films at the theater as you!

[@jeffmartin1026]

Jane Fonda won an academy award for her work in the films "Klute" and "Coming Home". She was also nominated for her work in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They" and several other dramatic films.

[@raymeedc]

Jane Fonda is Hollywood legend Henry Fonda’s daughter. Lee Marvin plays both the Kid & his brother.

[@pedroV2003]

My dad used to howl with laughter when we would watch this movie. It's also my daughter's favorite movie. Its a classic and bravo to whomever recommended this movie to you.

[@KoaWilson]

My second favorite thing...watching a classic Western. My favorite thing...watching Dawn react to a Western.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

I have loved this film since I was a kid!! If you can, see "A Tall Story" (Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins and "Barefoot in the Park (Jane Fonda and Robert Redford) and "On Golden Pond" (Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, and Katherine Hepburn). Fonda is a part of an iconic acting family -- Henry (her Dad), Peter (her brother), Bridget (her niece), and her son Troy Garity).

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

What an incredible family.

[@WillardWooten]

Lee Marvin playing 2 Roles , you didn't recognize him without a noise.

[@RichardFay]

Maybe three - the bad gunfighter, the drunk gunfighter, and the fancy gunfighter.

[@kkjhn41]

During WW2 Lee Marvin enlisted in the Marines and served in the 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theatre as a scout sniper. He took part in assaults on Kwajalein,Eniwetok and Saipan-Tinian. He was transferred to "I" Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division and participated in 21 amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands. He was wounded in the assault on Mount Tapochau during the Battle of Saipan. His company was decimated from 246 men to just 6 including Lee. His sciatic nerve was severed by machine gun fire and he was shot in the foot by a sniper as well. He spent a year in the hospital and was discharged at the rank of private (he was a corporal but being who he was got into "trouble" and had his rank reduced. Even still he was decorated with a Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and a Combat Action Ribbon. After the war he was working as a plumbers assistant in Woodstock NY when he was asked to replace an actor in a local stage play who had gotten sick for $7 a week. Acting was better than being shot or crawling around under sinks so he used the GI bill to move to Greenwich Village and study acting. He was famous for his tough guy roles which must have seemed natural for him but when you see him in a comedy you realize what an accomplished actor he really was.

[@Cbcw76]

His HELL IN THE PACIFIC in one of the few 'good' war films.

[@LordVolkov]

Jane Fonda is gorgeous and very funny. I always think of her as Barbarella😅

[@davidmacey5422]

Gorgeous is an understatement! 😉

[@AmatureAstronomer]

The fellow who dressed up as a preacher (Dwayne Hickman) was Dobie in the television show, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".

[@arjaylee]

That’s how I always remember him.

[@peterzerfass4609]

Underrated movie. Jane Fonda looks gorgeous in this, but Lee Marvin absolutely steals the show.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

So true.

[@darost]

Native Texan here. When I started at Rice University, I met a girl who said she had a dog named "Buh-looo." I asked her if that was because of the 🎬 movie CAT BALLOU? She said, "No. It's because his eyes are buhlue!!!" I asked her where she was from and she said (prettily and not surprisingly) "Alabama." She had a very Southern USA accent!!!

[@leroystea8069]

So Jane Fonda is the daughter of actor Henry Fonda. And has played in multiple films and roles produced by HBO and NetFlix. Her most recent series was with comedian Lily Tomlin called Grace and Frankie. She's been in super serious films like Agnes of God, The China Syndrome and On Golden Pond where she starred alongside her father. Barbarella was her first and only science fiction/fantasy film. She's done many comedies as well. Cat Ballou is such a fun movie. Thanks for sharing♥

[@duanelavely5481]

Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War & had her picture taken sitting on an anti-aircraft gun that was used to shoot down & kill American pilots. Many Americans especially Viet. vets like myself, boycotted her movies & considered her a traitor. Lee Marvin's horse was the star of the movie!

[@christopherschafer7675]

Dawn has the best collection of westerns that anyone has reacted to.

[@blortmeister]

This is one of the best comedies. So glad someone's watching it. Needs new fans.

[@ThistleAndSea]

LOL! Good one, Dawn. Such a fun movie. I always loved the minstrels in this one. Good singin'! So if you're ever up for a bit more musical fun, you should add Paint Your Wagon to your list. It has Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in it, and they both sing. More light hearted frontier hijinks. I think you'd get a kick out of it. Thanks for sharing this one.

[@ChrisReise]

When Lee Marvin won the OSCAR for this movie, he said during his speech that he was sharing it with the horse.

[@navagate1900]

I saw this in the theater when it came out and thought it was hilarious. First time i have seen anyone react to it , Great job Dawn. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is an other great comedy western.

[@jujubegold]

I’m so glad you’re watching this movie. Lee Marvin was awesome in this!

[@LiamE69]

Paint your wagon is a must watch if you like Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, westerns and singing.

[@DavidB-2268]

This was one of my late mother's favourite movies. Nat King Cole was dying of cancer while filming, commuting back and forth between the set and his contracted performances in Las Vegas.

[@larryairgood4320]

"They Shoot Horse, Don't They?" (1969) starring Jane Fonda, a movie that received 9 Oscar nominations including a Best Actress nomination for Fonda. To make money in the Depression era, dance marathons were in vogue: who can stay upright and dancing the longest wins the pot of money.. Jane Fonda hooks up with a stranger and they give it a go despite the obvious eventual hardships and then new hardships inflicted on them by the management, all for the show and entertainment of the paying public. Storyline unlike any other, but dance marathons were a real thing.

[@johngraesser4911]

jane (aka hanoi jane) is part of an acting family, her father henry is an icon, her brother peter and niece brigit also did movies. she might best be known amoung younger people for her workout videos, she also was married to ted turner former owner of the tbs cable network. her best movie for me was barbarella, since she had the skills to pull it off, which sydney sweeny won't do in the remake coming up. you have dozens of choices of movies that have jane in them. she even did on golden pond with her father, who you might remember from 12 angry men. if you want to stay in a western mood, once upon a time in the west, is henry's best western, though my name is nobody is another light hearted western with henry.

[@crawfb]

Jane Fonda is descended from Hollywood royalty, Her father, Henry Fonda, starred in countless movies (many of them westerns) and her brother, Peter Fonda, starred in Easy Rider. Jane is also famous for several movies including Klute and Barbarella. She was also a controversial social activist in the 60s and 70s.

[@StephenDouthart]

Jane Fonda was my first celebrity crush! 😍 Barbarella 😈 Her Father was the dude who persuaded the jury in 12 Angry Men. She was also a very good serious actress and political activist.

[@oldmanghost219]

My friends mother was one of the topless extras in the scene where there was a line of women. Three of us in our late teems went to see it at a drive in and when that scene came up I helped to distract her son so he didn't see her. We saw her before he did.

[@SeanHendy]

I was about 11 or 12 when I saw this back in the 80s and we loved it. Of course we were singing the songs for weeks. It was only later in life that I became aware of the awesomeness that was Nat King Cole.

[@mikeduplessis8069]

I remember even as a small child thinking what is such a big star as Nate King Cole doing in such a tiny role?

[@ManuelRomero-h7b]

You know, for decades, I've avoided but I always thought it'd be too silly to watch. Thank you Dawn, watching with you was a hoot🍻. A truly enjoyable time.

[@salsonny]

Oh man, she is gonna love this

[@jdlewis3706]

Great reaction today! Now, in no particular order, here are six recommended Lee Marvin movies: *1) The Big Red One 2) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 3) The Big Heat 4) Paint Your Wagon 5) Point Blank 6) The Killers (1964 version).* Now, also in no particular order, here are six recommended Jane Fonda movies: *1) Barefoot in the Park 2) Klute 3) The China Syndrome 4) On Golden Pond 5) 9 to 5 6) Barbarella.* Anyway, -enjoy!

[@ernestitoe]

Michael Callan (1935-2022), who played Clay, was a celebrated Broadway actor for years before this movie was made. He was in the very first Broadway cast of West Side Story, in 1957. He was billed as Mickey Callan in the play, in which he originated the role of Riff, the leader of the Jets. Jane Fonda was what they call "Hollywood royalty." Her father, Henry Fonda, was a great star for decades. (He and Jane appear as father and daughter in On Golden Pond [1981], Henry's last appearance. The relationship between the characters they played was the same as their real-life relationship -- uneasy as hell. In a scene in which their characters manage to emotionally connect, they both almost cried. It was one of the very few times in her life when she physically touched him.) Her brother, Peter Fonda, made and starred in Easy Rider (1969). Her niece, Bridget Fonda, was in a lot of movies (her first well-known role was in The Godfather Part III [1990]) before she retired in 2003. Jane became an anti-Vietnam-War activist in the late 1960s. She visited North Vietnam and was supportive of the regime there. (I was against the war, but I thought her visit was stupid and wrong, as she has admitted.)

[@polyglot12]

Yes, that was Nat King Cole. My mother went to high school with him. There's a really great film that uses some of Cole's music, "In The Mood For Love". Unrelated, if you're looking for a good comedy, "Hannah and her Sisters", "What's Up Doc" or "Support Your Local Sheriff" are terrific!

[@tsmartin]

You might want to watch an episode of "The Twilight Zone" called "The Grave" that stared Lee Marvin.

[@ggmiethe]

Did you know Lee Marvin was a WW2 hero and loved big game marlin fishing 🎣 He was also in one of Marlon Brando’s early movies called “The Wild Ones”.

[@waterbeauty85]

Dawn should watch "The Wild Ones." Speaking of WW2, I'd like to see Dawn react to Lee Marvin in "The Big Red One" and "Hell in the Pacific," but those are very underrated and overlooked films that might not be great for attracting new viewers.

[@randyhale3012]

React to Donavan's Reef with Lee Marvin and John Wayne

[@paulpeacock1181]

And directed by John Ford

[@billbryant9995]

Great movie! And it's how I'll always picture Jane Fonda in my mind.

[@Anaj-us4eo]

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in Barefoot in the Park. Jane Fonda and her dad Henry Fonda in Golden Pond. Jane Fonda and Michael Sasassin in They Shoot horses don’t they. Jane Fonda Lilly Thompson and Dolly Parton in Nine to five..She’s a great actress

[@clarencewalker3925]

Lee Marvin was a Marine veteran who served in the Pacific at the Battle of Saipan in 1944.

[@D.A.B-w7n]

Something crazy fun with Jane Fonda, Barbarella. So campy, weird and FUN!

[@HonRevPTB]

It's also where Duran Duran got their name from!!!

[@robertworrell6287]

Now is the time to watch The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Thanks for all your great work.

[@RabbiSteve1]

I thought she was already watched LIBERTY VALANCE. But maybe not.

[@waterbeauty85]

Dawn has already reacted to "The Mann Who Shot Liberty Valance," and hated Lee Marvin with a passion because he was such a convincing villain, so it's fun to see how much she likes him when he plays good guy roles.

[@HonRevPTB]

​@@RabbiSteve1She's already watched it!!!

[@ewenwindham8407]

The Professionals, please. Great cast, great western. Lee Marvin at his best.

[@kdpflush]

I suppose you need to watch 9 To 5, forJane, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Dabney Coleman all in one go.

[@THOMMGB]

Hi Dawn, For another lighthearted comedy western (with a love story) please consider The Hallelujah Trail (1965).

[@HankD13]

Loved this movie. Always liked Nat King Cole and who could not love Jane Fonda. (Daughter of Henry Fonda, and screen icon, also famous for going to Vietnam while they were at war with the USA - "Hanoi Jane".) Barbarella, 1968 and many, many more. PS Lee Marvin plays both gunfighters.

[@billverno6170]

When I go to the gym, I get ready at home. I always gear up like Lee Marvin getting dressed up.

[@richieb7692]

When Lee Marvin accepted his Oscar, he said that the award should go to his horse

[@tyrone7635]

It's always such a fun rare treat when dawn actually compliments a female character 😊

[@stevo728822]

1973 version of The Three Musketeers please.

[@waterbeauty85]

Great movie! I still remember the tagline: "One for all, and all for fun!"

[@Kolchaktns]

After watching that movie, I spend the rest of the day singing Cat Ballou. It’s so catchy😅

[@joedaes03]

Jane Fonda was thee best character ever in this movie. One of my top five favorite movies of all time.

[@RobWayland]

Lee Marvin played Kid Sheleen and Tim Strawn (with no nose) so you did miss him to start with. Great reaction.

[@jonadolfsson7777]

Wait? Dawn never realized that ol' silvernose was also played by Lee!?

[@SeanHendy]

Always thought that Gene Wilder's character in Blazing Saddles was an homage to Kid Sheleen in Cat Balou.

[@twooharmony2000]

28:32 "Paint Your Wagon."-Ernie Moore Jr

[@-R.Gray-]

After being blacklisted in Hollywood in 1972 for being photographed in North Vietnam as part of her anti-war activities, she became famous for pioneering in the field of VCR aerobic work out tapes, with her best selling Jane Fonda workout tapes. In her 40's she starred in 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton and Lilly Tomlin, and with Tomlin again in her 70's with Frankie and Grace.

[@billbabcock1833]

Lee Marvin was an interesting guy. Joined the Marines at 18 and was badly wounded in WW2. While he had roles in movies and TV before Cat Ballou, this movie launched his career.

[@DrewG-wd8ql]

I love this movie. I saw it when it was new in a theater. Lee Marvin was amazing. Another movie of his that is absolute must watch is "Paint Your Wagon". Yes that is Nat and Stubby Kaye singing the story.

[@patmurray9730]

I watched this movie A LOT as a kid. I didn't notice if you noticed or not BUT Lee Marvin played two roles in this movie. Kid Shelleen and the guy who had his nose bit off. He scared the crap out of me as a kid.

[@allenporter6586]

Jane Fonda is Henry Fonda's daughter (12 Angry Men, Once upon a Time in the West, The Grapes of Wrath, just to name a few). She also made a name for herself by visiting North Veitnam during the war, was married to Ted Turner (TBS and CNN), had a successful series of workout videos, and a very successful acting career in her own right with Clute, Barbarella, and On Golden Pond to name a few.

[@Jer-7007]

Lee Marvin's next most famous movie is "The Dirty Dozen" It might even be a more famous role for him than "Cat Ballou", but for the fact that he won the Academy Award for this one! When accepting his Oscar, he said: "The horse should have won it!"

[@Jeff121456]

I remember seeing this, when it came out, at a drive-in theater.

[@paulpeacock1181]

Lee Marvin western The Professionals (1966) costarring Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance, Woody Strode, Robert Ryan, and Ralph Bellamy

[@davidmacias741]

Yes you'll enjoy paint your wagon with Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin. Same kind of western comedy. You'll love it.

[@martinl8574]

The man who shot Liberty Valance, a movie western with John Wayne and Lee Marvin. Lee Marvin is pure evil in this one. One of the greatest cinematic villains ever!!!

[@joelafrance]

Paint Your Wagon: Best movie ever!

[@GetMeThere1]

Lee Marvin was BOTH Kid Shelleen and No-Nose. I saw this in the theater as a kid. As I got a bit older (I was 12 in 1965) I came to realize that Lee Marvin played both parts -- and I was a little disappointed! I found the No-Nose character to be so scary -- only to realize it was just a joke, LOL. Many have agreed with his statement upon winning the academy award for best actor: half the award should go to some horse (he meant the horse which appeared drunk, leaning against the building -- a VERY famous scene).

[@InfraMajin]

Since Dawn Marie already reacted to THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and THE DIRTY DOZEN, here are several other top movies starring Lee Marvin to check out: POINT BLANK (1967), co-starring Angie Dickinson ...the same source novel, "The Hunter", later re-adapted as the Mel Gibson movie, PAYBACK (1999) HELL IN THE PACIFIC (1968), co-starring Toshiro Mifune THE PROFESSIONALS (1966), co-starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance & Claudia Cardinale MONTE WALSH (1970), co-starring Jack Palance & Jeanne Moreau EMPEROR OF THE NORTH (1973), co-starring Ernest Borgnine & Keith Carradine PRIME CUT (1972), co-starring Gene Hackman & Sissy Spacek THE KILLERS (1964), co-starring John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson & Ronald Reagan THE BIG RED ONE (1980), co-starring Mark Hamill & Robert Carradine PAINT YOUR WAGON (1969), co-starring Clint Eastwood THE SPIKES GANG (1974), co-starring Ron Howard, Gary Grimes & Charles Martin Smith GORKY PARK (1983), co-starring William Hurt SHOUT AT THE DEVIL (1976), co-starring Roger Moore DEATH HUNT (1981), co-starring Charles Bronson Other good movies with Lee Marvin as a major supporting actor: THE BIG HEAT (1953), starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955), starring Spencer Tracy & Robert Ryan THE CAINE MUTINY (1954), starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson & Fred MacMurray THE WILD ONE (1954), starring Marlon Brando DONOVAN'S REEF (1963), starring John Wayne SHIP OF FOOLS (1965), starring Vivien Leigh SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (1956), starring Randolph Scott VIOLENT SATURDAY (1955), starring Victor Mature ATTACK! (1956), starring Jack Palance & Eddie Albert Also, watch Jane Fonda in BARBARELLA (1968) and KLUTE (1971).

[@cbobwhite5768]

When I was in the first grade in Tennessee, on Monday of the week that our county fair was going on, they loaded all of us into our school buses and took us out to a big cotton field. We would pick cotton all day, until they loaded us back onto the buses and took us home. We did that for 3 more days. On Friday morning they put us on the buses and took us to the county fair. When we got to the fair, they gave each of us an envelope. Inside was the money the farmer paid us for picking his cotton. This was 61 years ago.

[@allendesalme197]

She is from the great Fonda acting family. Watch her in Klute for which she won an Oscar, and her dad Henry and brother Peter in Easy Rider - she is in a lot of movies

[@BAD46660]

One of my childhood favorites. Made extra special when I found out a friend of my mother's was Michael Callen (Clay) Aunt. My 8 year old self felt closer to Hollywood 😂😂

[@RabbiSteve1]

A great reaction, Dawn. By now, you have discovered that Lee Marvin played both the drunk gunfighter and the bad guy with no nose. And he won an Oscar for the dual role. If you like comedy Westerns, try my favorite one, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF. The follow-up (not a sequel) SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER is okay, but not as good. And since you love, westerns and Lee Marvin, I highly recommend one of my favorites of all time, SEVEN MEN FROM NOW. Starting Randolph Scott (who did a lot of great Westerns) and directed by Budd Boetticher (pronounced “bet-i-ker”). They did about 7 or 9 Westerns together in the 1950’s and it was very good cinematic chemistry. They are all gems. And I believe this was their first one. And maybe the first one where Lee Marvin got to shine as a kind of anti-hero, not really an out-and-out bad guy, but a charismatic rogue, with an honor code. He’s great in it and you will love this movie. It might be a “best movie ever” for you. As might a few of the “Ranown” (a combination of the names Randolph and Brown, who was his producing partner. They produced almost all of these Budd Boetticher) Westerns. Both Clint Eastwood and Quintin Tarantino love these Westerns and cite them as huge influences on their own work. On one of the Blu-ray/DVDs, there’s even a featurette where the two of them are on film talking about these little (they are about 70 minutes long!) masterpieces together.

[@williambowman2326]

Great reaction to a fun movie. Lee Marvin had been a bad guy in many 1950’s hits( The Big Heat, Bad Day at Black Rock, Raintree County etc) but for us boys he was the tough as nails no nonsense cop on M Squad. ( The cop show that was the primary show spoofed in Police Squad. ). That’s why seeing Lee Marvin play such a perfect comedic role made this a surprise hit. The laughter in the theater when he sings Happy Birthday and blows out the candles was the loudest and most sustained I’ve heard before or since. BTW- The Farelly Brothers got the idea for the singer/narrators in Something About Mary from Cat Ballou.

[@johnhunt3071]

To watch Jane Fonda: Barerella (science? fiction) Klute (drama) Opposite ends of the acting spectrum, and Jane received an Oscar for Klute - just as Lee Marvin received an Oscar for his role in Cat Ballou.

[@karabearcomics]

For more Jane Fonda, I highly recommend Barbarella. It's delightfully campy, which often a good amount of people don't understand and dismiss. Another western I recommend is The Villain (1979), with Kirk Douglas, Anne-Margret, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's definitely something you don't watch with intent on seeing something serious, and don't expect high art cinema, but it's such fun regardless.

[@MICHAEL-tz9ni]

Jane Fonda became infamous for traveling to north Vietnam, and visiting north vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam conflict. A lot of Americans wanted her tried for treason, but Vietnam was never officially declared a war. She earned the moniker "Hanoi Jane" and is still reviled by many Americans (including war vets) to this day. If you like light hearted westerns, you might want to watch "Maverick" with Mel Gibson, Jody Foster, and James Garner. Also watch "The Fisco Kid" with Gene Wilder, and Harrison Ford.

[@dunringill1747]

If you had seen under Tim Strawn's metal nose guard, you would have noticed he was also Lee Marvin. - "Donovan's Reef" (1963) Adventure / Comedy / Romance - John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen - "Hell in the Pacific" (1968) Adventure / War / Survival - Lee Marvin, Toshirô Mifune

[@freddieparks1417]

Lee Marvin a veteran of war, was an alcoholic. As so many others have before and after, he used it to self medicate. He was a fantastic actor and for what I've read a pretty darn good dude too.

[@MicahBell_1860]

Blazing Saddles is the greatest western ever made

[@ronfehr7899]

You guessed it, Dawn. Indeed, that was Nat King Cole singing outside Cat's jail cell.

[@HandleTakenlol]

Lee Marvin was a lot like that character in real life. He came to our little town in northern California to make a movie back in the seventies and my mom just happened to own a bar, so I could elaborate, but modesty forbids.😊

[@Anaj-us4eo]

Let’s not forget it was Lee Marvin was the guy that shot the ‘Howdy Partner’ sign that said this every 3 minutes on Fremont street Las Vegas. It never said howdy partner ever again. The actual sign with the cowboy tipping his hat was saved from the sign museum in Las Vegas. It’s back on Fremont with no sound. Lee Marvin was staying at the golden nugget at the time and got tired of listening to the sign talk…so he shot it outside the window.

[@HandleTakenlol]

@Anaj-us4eo as you do.... Lol

[@michael-1680]

Dawn, DEFINITELY see "Support Your Local Sheriff." You'll love it!

[@dionysiacosmos]

My mother's oldest sister was 20 years older than she was, ( same parents ), so her youngest niece was a year younger. When she passed my grandma had 38 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. We ran high to boys so there were only eight girl cousins. And only three we're near my age, counting one by marriage. Generations tangle.

[@Roommate625]

Great choice. "Support Your Local Sheriff" is a fun James Garner movie

[@gitchegumee]

The Fonda family has so many great movies to pick from. If you want to see more of Jane, try "Klute" or "The China Syndrome". If you want to see more of her dad, Henry, see "The Oxbow Incident", "Mr Roberts", "The Grapes of Wrath" or "Once Upon a Time in the Wst". Finally - her brother Peter in "Easy Rider" or "The Hired Hand". Of course Lee Marvin deserves a couple recommendations like, "Point Blank" or " Monty Walsh".

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

12:00 - uh oh, Dawn's got an alien story we need to hear about. Maybe you need to contact Bedtime Stories.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

Yes the male corset known as a girdle was very common for hundreds of years

[@RichardFay]

This was a great choice. Lee Marvin was best known for playing bad guys; in this film he basically satirized himself. Also the "Happy Birthday to You" scene is one of the funniest things ever put on film.