Exploring Moving Violations - From the Creators of Police Academy

[@geoffrogos]

This movie has always been a personal favorite. You, unfortunately, didn't include my favorite scene where they are fighting the Disney characters on top of a float. Donald's "oh shit" still kills me to this day.

[@docsamson198]

I remember seeing this in the theater. Some guy sitting in the very front was cracking up at every joke. Heck, the runaway puppet show floored him. Thanks, Cecil.

[@hieloluna]

I love this goofy movie. The dialogue scene between the “DR” and the bowling ball lady was hilarious. Talk about misinterpretation 😂😂

[@dokkonhill9775]

Sir, I worked at a video store in the late 90's while in high school and college. I watched everything that came through the doors I could so I could answer the daily "what's good" question. I'm 45 years old and I've never, in all the years since, heard anyone ever mention Brain Donors. When I tried and failed to push that movie to customers, I would compare them to the Marx Brothers. I loved this movie, and would say it's underrated, but i've never actually seen it rated. Thanks for being the only other person to ever bring up that movie in civilized public.

[@PhantomBugler]

Not only does it have James Keach (younger brother of Stacey) and John Murray (younger brother of Bill), but at the time, Jennifer Tilley's older sister, Meg was a bigger star than she was. This movie got advertised on cable as "starring every famous person's younger sibling".

[@kamenanew9867]

Heh kinda like the band Audiovent, three of the members are siblings of members of Incubus lol. Good band too.

[@FlashTimberwolf]

It's one of my favorite goofy comedies of the 80s. By the way, there is another notable film role for John Murray. He played Frank Cross's brother James in "Scrooged".

[@revjim123]

The part where Wendy Jo Sperber drank the crisco, ran down the freeway, and sat naked on the lift made my mother laugh the hardest I’ve ever seen her laugh. She would laugh herself silly telling everybody about it. To be fair, it was pretty funny

[@dallasdust1695]

Is very Funny?

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

It was actually around the time of Moving Violations that director Amy Heckerling had her affair with director Harold Ramis that produced a daughter who grew up thinking Amy's husband, director Neal Israel, was her father. In fact, the morning Amy gave birth, Harold Ramis showed up at the hospital with his 8 year old daughter in tow. According, to Amy, it was the only time Harold ever saw their kid. Many years later, after Harold's death, the two sisters finally met up and became very close friends to which they still are today. Also, Cecil, just FYI, I might be one of the very few people who actually saw Brain Doners in the theater during its opening weekend and I liked it, too!

[@bradleykemper9488]

Me too. My mother and I were the only ones in the theater!

[@MrTBoneSF]

You really should cover is Real Genius. Unlike Moving Violations where the writers couldn't find any "real" stories to use for the script, nearly every joke in Real Genius is based on a real life incident from Caltech. The production designers went to the campus and took extensive photos of the student dorms and accurately reproduced them down to even the graffiti on the walls. I know because I stayed in those dorms, and my room was across the hall from the "Saturn room" that was reproduced as the main character's room in the movie. The movie's "Tech Consultant" (as in CalTECH) was a student and his younger sister was in my class. He even appears in the movie a few times- most notably as the student who watches Mitch and Chris drug Kent and just says "Hey." and keeps walking like it's nothing out of the ordinary.

[@tj112286]

I'm glad you did this one! I completely forgot about this until this episode. I remember seeing this on HBO in the 90s and never knew the name of this movie. Thank you so much for reintroducing this to everyone. 😁😁😁

[@GoodBadFlicks]

My pleasure :)

[@mrdaniel911]

"Brain donors" is one of my favorites, too!! Thank you for giving it a mention.

[@KimboSheil]

I first saw this movie 30 years ago when I was 8 and I still love it. The duck falling off the float near the end still cracks me up.

[@lerm2866]

Kellerman was pushing 50 during the Moving Violations shoot; she looked great in that outfit!

[@allright]

Hey Cecil, let me tell you about a cute little movie called "Dangerous Curves", it's probably one of the most 80's "80's movies" I've ever seen, the opening sequence alone is a sight to behold, it's also got a pretty well know cast in it, I highly recommend you do an episode on it, if you've never seen it before it's on tubi and Plex, but definitely do not forget about Invasion USA.

[@leyenda6149]

Just gotta pause to say Cecil has a cool-ass name.

[@boskostoybox]

I love Invasion USA.

[@myrnalaboy2840]

R.I.P. Sally Kellerman Ned Eisenberg, Robert Conrad, Wendie Jo Sperber, & Nedra Volz

[@nickrustyson8124]

The 1976 Moving Violation would make a good episode too

[@SakuraGraffiti]

I remember loving this movie as a kid and always wondered how I'd feel about it if I was to see it again today.

[@ebbderelict]

We recorded this off of Super Channel way back when, and I remember watching it several times as a kid. I'm wondering the same thing as you. :D

[@neojay80]

I forked out 30$ for the bluray, don't regret it at all. Had a VHS copy too.

[@SPASTICSTONER]

I remember seeing this movie in the six grade. With my whole class (Instead of a boring literature class, for some reason), it was freaking hilarious! Now I have to rewatch it! You give some other greater commendations that they will check out ASAP. Thank you for your awesome content, it is always an informative mix of nostalgia, great trivia titbits, and a reminder that movies can be extremely fun and not preachy. I'm swamped with work, but every time we have a video out, a short break is in order to recharge myself, and keep on going. with a smile :)

[@DarkMetalSpider]

this was absolutely a hilarious movie, even still now, funny asf🤭😂😂 love it, love it, LOVE IT!!

[@CybershamanX]

This was a favorite of my friends and I when we were teens. Rented it in the 80s on VHS. One of my favorite little parts was when Murray starts flipping the switches on the tech's control board at the place with the antigravity machine. I think? It's been a loooong while since I saw this. Might be time for a rewatch! Good times! 😎

[@williamduhamel7726]

This movie and Honky Tonk freeway were so underrated. It’s funny that Michael J. Fox was cast but turned it down for Back to the Future because Wendy Jo Sperber was Marty’s Sister in the franchise.

[@FleaMarketFalcon]

Great video! John Murray was funny and charismatic in this. Surprised he didn't start in more movies.

[@amstel5468]

GoodBadFlicks, making Mondays feel like Fridays since 2012 😚

[@katsuro76e]

I love brain donors! My favorite line. “Lillian! Lazlo! My two favorite Ls!”

[@Wulfpack1]

I used to have this movie on a VHS along with Rocky4. Ive grew up with this one so Im too biased to see the flaws. I didnt even know Dana was actually played by Bill Murrays brother until now. A great classic in my eyes. PS: DOC Williams was the best character IMO

[@Wulfpack1]

@Dennis McConnell I know. I didnt pik up on it until now but now all i see is Bill. Too bad for John. He was charismatic and likeable. I love how Halik progressively looses his shit throughout the movie.

[@Wulfpack1]

@Dennis McConnell Yes! Ha Ha.

[@Shentazam]

I loved the Fred Willard sequence.

[@starkparker16]

I miss those goofy comedies. Keep up the great work.

[@Ta2dwitetrash]

"Blood flows red on the highway" crosses my mind a lot more than I thought it would 30 some odd years ago.

[@Guh_roomer_Gravedigger]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I don't know how much i would like it today , so i'll just keep it where it belongs in the past, as a happy childhood memory.

[@TimelordPrime]

I liked this movie and remembered it from my Childhood. I just re-watched it several weeks ago and it still makes me laugh.

[@Heavymetalpunk]

Moving violations was always funny to me. Very underrated and under appreciated

[@EricBinford]

I saw this at the Drive-In with Night Patrol (another insane comedy) These were both great and it was a great time!

[@brandonmcintyre652]

this one was funny as all get out, watched this more times than I could count in the 80s

[@boskostoybox]

Brian Donors is such an underrated comedy

[@Belgand]

The most perfect possible line reading on "shenanigans".

[@djkangal]

CECIL. It is SO COOL to hear somebody mention "Brain Donors"! It's one of my personal all-time favorites as well! Please do a show on it!

[@kri249]

You know what? I thought I'd check out this video in the event that I may have actually scene it. And sure enough I have. I saw this on TV late one night in the 90s and could never remember the name. There are some scenes I still remember to this day. Looks like it's worth a rewatch. Thanks Cecil for the video and jogging my memory.

[@dongeraci8599]

I loved Shawn Murray in One Crazy Summer and his genius STARRING role in God Bless America.

[@davidwaring6815]

Love the scene when the two Cops destroy the Chief's car.

[@TerryParr]

OMG thank you for talking about this movie. I really loved it as a kid... as I remember, it played all the time on cable. I watched it a few years ago... It was still entertaining. I was surprised on how much I still remembered from it.

[@welcometothemovies9157]

I'll admit I find a lot of good movies from watching your channel

[@GoodBadFlicks]

That makes me happy!

[@welcometothemovies9157]

@@GoodBadFlicks oh of course. Hey if possible in future, could I interview for my podcast. I like to interview fellow KZbin content especially ones I subscribe to. The name of the show is my page. I do lot of movie content but like to get KZbin content as well And no time limit if yes. It's whenever you have the time and such

[@Elboroto]

I saw this movie as a kid, in Spanish, but couldn’t remember any specific details to be able find the movie. Many good memories were unlocked. Thanks. You are a good man

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@Dagasm]

In the 80s I had taped this off a movie channel and must have watched it 20 times before it got recorded over with Garfield in Paradise. The beginning until about when he tosses the apple out of his truck was still on it.

[@christophermirkovich7290]

This is just one of those movies that was on heavy rotation on HBO back in the 80s we loved it

[@Riac007]

This is the most important video ever uploaded to KZbin

[@alleahsasseville]

I remember seeing this on tv and thinking this was so funny an so entertaining!! I really wished John would have made another movie as this character (reminds me a lot of Steve Guttenberg as Mahoney) he just had so much charisma or a moving violations pt 2. 😃

[@welcometothemovies9157]

Like he says on the video, people just thought he was too much like Bill.

[@Darkdaej]

I know I'm not on the Patreon, but one goofy comedy I'd love an "Exploring" about is Short Circuit. Those two films were my childhood.

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

What if this machine goes and melts down a bus load of nuns, how'd you like to write the headline on that one? "Errm Nun soup" 😂 I adore that film, Johnny 5 rocks

[@Darkdaej]

@@billyrattlesticks6949 "Disassemble...dead??" *flees* "NO DISASSEMBLE!!"

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

@@Darkdaej 🤣🤣🤣

[@Phoenixguyver]

Props for the Brain Donors mention. That is one of the best wacky comedies ever. I'd love to see you do a vid on that one.

[@powerbad696]

GREAT job on the video GB Flicks.Your attention to detail is good.I don't believe I've seen this film.I remember seeing Bachelor Party and Police Academy at the cinema,Police Academy had me laughing more and harder. LOL. Wish they'd do an update Police Academy comedy,we need the laughs. Keep up the GOOD work.

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

Haha just watched Brain Donors and yes It was a great madcap film.

[@charlesdavis4887]

Always loved this movie. The first time I saw it on cable in the '80's, I knew John Murray had to be related to Bill somehow eventually finding out how several years later. It seems that being his brother hurt his career in a way.

[@Logan5]

Hijinks AND shenanigans? Throw in some tomfoolery and I'm there. I love Brain Donors, too. I'm glad you gave it a solid endorsement. It took me back to my favorite Marx Brothers/Abbott and Costello stuff.

[@Heavymetalpunk]

I can't believe someone else besides me loved Brain Donors. I sat in the theater and literally fell out of my seat laughing during the end ballet scenes

[@BigKingSwing]

I feel like the lost benefit of John Murray is having a discount Bill Murray you don't need to call a hotline to pitch scripts to.

[@charliefromstarkvillemissi1852]

The bowling gag in the opening scene used to just kill me as a kid.

[@noneed4me2n7]

Oh yeah I remember this one. I think it played a lot on early cable. The seen with the lady getting the oil change I’ll never forget.

[@penbucket]

Thrilled you see this exploration since I watched this countless times as a kid. I thought it was the funniest movie ever. Thanks for another great mini doc.

[@DeniseFaraday]

I love Bachelor Party. It's one of my favorite underrated comedies of the 80s. I've recorded it on multiple VHSs before I got DVD and BR versions of the film. I love Moving Violations as well. It was a great comedy. I gotta rewatch it again sometime. Thanks for the review!

[@zwallyzool1974]

I love this movie. It was the quintessential cable movie. One of my 3 favorite cable movies. Moving Violations, Midnight Maddness, and Foolin Around.

[@Deathmetallad]

I love this movie. It was one I saw when I was a kid and watched it dozens of times. Thank you for this video.

[@RavenHouseMystery]

Now, that's how you finish a video, with a bowling ball ball-shot to the balls. Great job on the video, Cecil. I have vague memories of this film, more like certain scenes, so I may have not seen this film in its entirety. Clara Peller was a national treasure at the time. I heard that when she did the first Wendy's commercial, she yelled her "Where's the beef?" line because she was hard of hearing. I should give this film a proper watch.

[@ikecarr5989]

Watching this video reminds me going across this in the comedy section of my local video store. Never rented it. And this vid makes me miss it so much that I can't drive over to it,and pick it up for a watch.

[@karldammann]

Did he mention Pat Profit wrote on the Star Wars Holiday Special?

[@brigurugi]

Finally... Stacy Keach's brother deserves cred

[@myronstanley4305]

Thanks for covering this cable staple. Loved it when I was a kid, but tried to watching it via streaming and stopped watching 15 minutes in. I've decided my memory of the film was better than the real thing so I'll just leave it there.

[@UlshaRS]

I still remember the "lube up the back end and get it out on the highway as fast as it will go" and the following "ok, now what" scene 😅

[@MegaMagicdog]

I can think of a great movie my dad and I enjoyed: "Paramedics". It was for paramedics what Police Academy was for cops.

[@apenutz987]

I loved that movie as a kid. I would watch it whenever I could

[@maxhill9254]

Interesting as always, thanks for proving the background info to these particular movies.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

My pleasure!

[@HarrIock]

Why didn't Harold Ramis get John Murray for Ghostbusters 3 if Bill never wanted to do it? He is just younger Bill.

[@JoeDredd2012]

I haven't seen this flick since I was a kid I wouldn't mind revisiting it again sometime? Another fantastic job on the the latest installment Cecil.

[@big3ye378]

Thanks GBF! Special requests: After Hours and 3'oclock High

[@jokerz7936]

I always loved this film.

[@SchizoMelody]

You can't blame the guy for being reminiscent of Bill Murray! That's his big brother and probably his lifelong hero/idol.

[@gen77c]

I loved this movie growing up!... I still do actually, I think it's time for a rewatch...

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

Never seen this one Cecil, will have to try and find it somewhere and give it a watch, I noticed 2 stars from one of my personal favourite early 80's slasher films (The Burning) are in this, Brian backer and Ned Eisenberg, it will be different seeing them both in comedic roles instead of being hunted by a sadistic burns victim with a pair of garden shears lol :)

[@michaelpassaro8823]

Way underrated this movie is still great.

[@chrissawyer1484]

I remember that coffin sequence! I still laugh hard at that.

[@mattchew6426]

Well done, Cecil!!! Keep up the great work...

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

3:20 his best role was jessie james in the long riders.

[@scottyoshihara2458]

I now have to watch this movie. Thanks Good Bad Flicks.

[@Dc-alpha]

If it's late 70- early 90's goofy comedy it's likely 20x better then what we get today. If it's the first two PA movies, Caddyshack, stripes etc it might even be 100x.

[@KimboSheil]

I’m not a movie snob or anything but I can’t stand most comedies from the last decade. I grew up on 80s comedies (Police Academy, Vacation, Revenge of the Nerds, etc). They really don’t make movies like this anymore.

[@lerm2866]

These 80’s pics didn’t try to be anything but funny no serious subplots no social messaging ect. plus they’re are not “anti woman” as many younger people claim; the female characters are almost always more intelligent/pro-active than the men(think Wendy Williams in Porkys)

[@Dc-alpha]

@@lerm2866 No, they often did have social messaging. Serious sub plots rarer but it did happen. It's just well written satire, designed to serve/impel the story as opposed to badly written and essentially being the only story. Caddyshack is pretty anti capitalist (Ty), and anti upper class (Dangerfield and the judge). Police Academy pretty much relies on actual diversity and inclusion as it's entire premise. It just happens to include very obvious diversity of thought (about half the cops/cadets are right wing, half left) as well as race, sex, orientation etc. Spaceballs, anti fascist, Stripes, anti war, list goes on. It's a testament to good writing though, you don't consciously notice it or accept it, except you do. It works so much better when not shoved in your face it's not even funny. The acceptance of the other because together we can make wonderful things happen learned from Police Academy will stay with you always, the flaccid attempt at the same message in ghostbusters 2016 will also, with the opposite affect than intended.

[@bkjbearcat78]

Speaking of goofy comedies. I’d love an Exploring on Up the Academy. Not necessarily the movie itself, but Mad Magazine, magazine founder William Gaines and actor Ron Leibman’s overreaction to how bad it was. I saw it and was thinking that I saw better. And I saw worst.

[@pdzombie1906]

I love this comedy, I don't know why it hasn't got a cult status.... Thanx, Cecil!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks for watching!

[@nmavrantzas]

Another great entry in the always interesting and informative GBF series :D Thank you, Cecil!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

My pleasure!

[@MikeB12800]

I loved this movie as a kid!! Just like Leslie Easterbrook, I had the biggest crush in the woman cop!!

[@themachine8277]

I always thought this movie was called 'Traffic School ' until I refound it decades later. Do a video on another 80s classic in the same vein -'Fast Food'.

[@chainlink2459]

"Casting directors felt he was just too similar to his older brother." Me: Oh come on, it can't be _that-_ *_cue a clip of John Murray acting and sounding exactly like Bill_* Great work as always.

[@jancukasu]

13:29 I *knew* you'd use this scene as outro 🤣

[@rudys.4380]

I remember watching this movie all the time on HBO back when I was probably too young to be watching it.

[@joshuafrohm921]

This is my favorite channel on KZbin I love your videos

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you so much!

[@leyenda6149]

I saw this in the theater with my older brother when I was 9. I still remember my brother somehow convincing my parents that it was ok to see this cuz it was "like Police Academy". Not exactly sure how that got us the green light but hey

[@shallendor]

This was such a fun and entertaining movie with a great cast!

[@lrfarias]

Man! I love this movie! Thank you soooo much.

[@theronmitchell3073]

Yes I grew up with this movie

[@Jaykilljoy-tt9tt]

Great movie. One of my favorite comedies, easily. Seen this movie several times like. Not as much as Summer school or Serial mom, but I've stilled watched it several times. Got my brother to watch it with me [Got him to watch The case of the Scorpion's tail, CHUD, and Class of 1984 with me as well.] and he liked it. I say it's a damn near perfect film. I watched Meatballs in 2020 for my Summer marathon and it was great. Look forward to watching it again in upcoming summers. I also watched Summer of Sam and Falling down. Great movies. I was impressed with how good they were. Moving violations is criminally underrated.

[@daddyhavoc3931]

Dude, you are so awesome!!! I loved this movie as a kid

[@unluckytourist]

As I was watching the beginning of the video, during the brief clips, I noticed the lead actor and thought some studio executive must have told the production "get me a Bill Murray type". Turns out it's his brother.

[@fingersmcoy]

thank you for mentioning brain donors. i would have never heard of it. easily in the top five comedies of all time imo. easily

[@231mac]

I felt the same as other people, because it seemed like John Murray was actually _trying_ to mimic Bill. I thought he was doing it to cash in.