How's your Monday going?

Swiped from the movie A Bridge Too Far.
The Son Bridge scene where Elliot Gould has a bad day, too.

[@thebritishgamerandstuff8328]

I love it when he’s just drenched in water and his cigar put out turned round and says “s***” is so funny to me and the way they’re all running to be the first across the bridge

[@patmcbride9853]

I can just picture Lloyd Bridges saying: "I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!"

[@keithx8734]

I just watched airplane😂😂

[@druunderwood5602]

I hate Mondays

[@oldgoat142]

"Ha ha, the bridge is still up!" BOOM BOOM BOOM!!! "No it ain't. See what sending out them negative ways did Moriarity!" "Hey I've been thinking nothing but positive thoughts about that damn bridge ever since we left!" "Looks like we've got to find another bridge." "And where are we going to find another bridge?" "There you go again Moriarity, more negative waves. Have a little faith baby. Have a little faith."

[@nicholasmuro1742]

That was Donald Sutherland. This was Elliott Gould. But they did serve together in M*A*S*H 😁😉

[@oldgoat142]

@@nicholasmuro1742 I know. Kelly's Heroes is my all-time favorite and MASH is right up there. My reference was to Kelly's Heroes.

[@nicholasmuro1742]

@@oldgoat142 Oddball. Gotta love a ww2 hippie.

[@0Zolrender0]

Negative Waves... not ways...

[@oldgoat142]

@@0Zolrender0 oops

[@bigbrowntau]

No wonder the music stopped. The band must have taken cover too when the explosions started. I'm just impressed they could play while running! :)

[@nomdeplume4030]

You know there is a Pionier on the far side of the bridge laughing his off!

[@Lagmaster33]

Had they been there 10 seconds earlier they would've blown up pretty magnificently so there's always a silver lining

[@USSResolute]

That's a pretty good Monday. He could have waited until they were on the bridge and THEN blown it.

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

Always look on the bright side

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

I'd have waited but then I'm a bastard

[@nicksvideospage4262]

Have you seen Bridge at Remagen. The don't always go up in smoke.

[@Asahamana]

This is something I refrence in My mind whenever something goes wrong when I was close on succeeding in it 😄 Also its just fun to Monica's and Ross' dad chomping that cigar and being surrounded by all these great actors 😄 Elliot must Have done things for The producers or they were really desperate.

[@VirginiaRican]

"Let's say you do get across the river, with your company intact, you're still in the middle of a f*cking field!" -Reuben

[@matthewdriscoll8327]

Oceans references make me smile

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

My company actually tasted fresh oxygen before they blew up the bridge... of course, they were all breathing through a hose for the next three weeks.

[@VirginiaRican]

@@MichaelLee-tt7gm hahahaha, awesome.

[@VirginiaRican]

@@MichaelLee-tt7gm I love that in the shit show that was Market Garden, this movie depicted the 101st as the comic relief.

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

@@VirginiaRican I thought it was a bit rich that the filmmakers went out of their way to depict von Runstedt and Model as the best field marshals Hitler had on offer.

[@MindfulMaterialism]

Worlds shortest movie. They landed. They ran to the bridge. It was too far. If only they landed a bit closer to the bridge and it was closer.

[@nicksvideospage4262]

"Spit take" when I read this! That's Awesome!

[@tomservo5347]

"Stay down!" "Sure!"

[@garymathena355]

German: We are SOOO sorry we could not accommodate you, but you see we had our orders. Gi; Shit.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Very sporting on the part of the Jerries to blow up the bridge BEFORE the Yanks started across it.

[@daviddalton9214]

That’s ok. We will stop by tonight.

[@LordOfLight]

Why do American soldiers always have cigars clenched between their teeth when in combat? And did it all start with Sgt. Fury? (before he became a Colonel and had two, one in each corner).

[@dlxmarks]

Elliott Gould plays Col. Robert Stout based on Col. Robert Sink, CO of the 506th PIR. Looking at the cast list, most characters have the same name as their real life counterparts regardless of rank or whether or not they were still alive when the movie was made but a few were changed. I guess they or their surviving family didn't grant permission.

[@garystefanski7227]

Funny they had no problem in band of brother. Even showing him as a glory seeker at the end.

[@smc1942]

When your day goes from, "Oh boy!!!" 🤗 to, "Awwww sh*t!!!"🤬

[@nicksvideospage4262]

Reading the book "September Hope" The American Side of a Bridge Too Far by John McManus. Page 123 talks about the blowing of Bridge #8. So, I think this video represents that one. Real life: Lt Mills and four other made it to the bridge, under fire, before it was blown. I'll give the movie makers a pass for visual effect to use a Colonel and the run for the bridge.

[@hosswindu166]

Wow, 1977 was a great year for the movies.

[@raymondyee2008]

And add “Brothers In Arms Hells Highway” to this too. SGT. Baker and his men were there too.

[@pacificostudios]

On the positive side, that bridge would never have supported a tank or even a supply truck.

[@TheTarget1980]

i always thought that myself too.

[@nicholasmuro1742]

I thought the same. Was the real Son Bridge that small, wooden, and rickety? Or was that just a mockup or an actual bridge available to be destroyed for the movie?

[@mikem6176]

Well, you’re airborne. Fly.

[@edmundgonzalez8731]

@@nicholasmuro1742 A bad mock-up. The real bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal was a more proper bridge. Today it's a very beautiful site, and visit to the City of Son is highly recommended if you get a chance.

[@nicholasmuro1742]

@@edmundgonzalez8731 Ok. Thanks. Honestly I've always wanted to travel and tour these battleground sites. Maybe when I retire and have the money. Oh well.

[@bradhobbs6196]

Happens to Americans in a movie - "Aw shit!" Happens to Russians in the Donbas - "Woot! Woot!"

[@bcarreon6409]

Some of the actors are honestly waaaaay too old or too goofy to have been their real life counterparts. But hey, Hollywood and actual History make strange bedfellows.

[@cdjhyoung]

Agreed to a certain extent. My father was a 26 year old pilot, and the oldest man in his squadron by three years. His colonel was only 21. But my wife's grandfather turned 46 while on active duty in Europe during the war. Some guys were older, especially as you start looking at senior ranks. All that said, yea, Gould is too old for this part.

[@johnhallett5846]

@@cdjhyoung Actually if he was modeled on Robert Sink then he was actually TOO YOUNG LOOKING.

[@Frankie2012channel]

True, but in WW2, they drafted EVERYONE. I see old pics of soldiers in their 40s who were in the field and they weren't senior officers either. The average age was 26 which means there were tons of guys in their 30s and 40s to offset the tens of thousands of privates in their 18-24 yr range.

[@FraserFir-sb4lk]

@@johnhallett5846 They were the same age. Robert Sink was born in 1905, he was 39 years old when these events took place. Elliot Gould was born in 1938, this movie was made in 1977. Sink was also a heavy smoker, and he died of emphysema. Technically, the only thing they got wrong here was the accent. Elliot Gould talks like a Jewish guy from Brooklyn, Robert Sink was from the small southern town of Lexington, North Carolina.

[@stuartholden2652]

That just about sums up a typical Monday!

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Actually this is more your typical Friday.

[@mort6913]

Could have been worse...they could have been on the bridge when it was blown.

[@av8r500]

That’s right! He actually stops and says “shit!”…..

[@airmobiledivision7759]

Mr. Geller sure saw some shit in the war. Can’t believe he bought a Porche after this.

[@chrisholland7367]

excellent film

[@creaturesfromelsewhere203]

Poor Trapper John.

[@MrMAC8964]

And exactly HOW were ya gonna stop that from happening ?lol

[@sammybarrios4053]

R.I.P to James Caan! Great actor. 🙏🏼❤️

[@Barnables47th]

It’s sad they cut this out when it’s on television

[@jonjon9047]

This happened on a Sunday. 17th September 1944.

[@altonbunnjr]

He would have made an easy target for a sniper standing out there at the end.

[@BOBBIEVALINTINE]

Their not running that's the Airborne Shuffle

[@BrettLloyd-z5x]

The last great classic ww2 movie

[@weksheddweller]

more like life

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

What's the name of the cigar smoking 'murican in this scene?

[@nicksvideospage4262]

Elliot Gould. Just like it says in the description.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@nicksvideospage4262 I meant the general not the actor. I now realize it was Maxwell D. Taylor

[@carsonmccorkle4936]

No, Gould is playing Col. Robert Sink, CO of the 506th para regiment of the 101st Airborne. Sink sponsored the career of a certain maj. Winters who lead Easy Company. Sink would command the unit though Normandy, Market Garden, and Bastogne. Sink would serve in Korea as well before dying in 1965.

[@AndrewMRoots]

@@carsonmccorkle4936 And turned down a promotion just to stay with the 506th as well

[@whittpond8803]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey Look at the bird on his helmet. A colonel, not a general.

[@geoffrogerson9937]

Actually, it was a Sunday.

[@TheWalterKurtz]

We hated when that happened.

[@OhNotThat]

YOU HAD ONE JOB.

[@garystefanski7227]

Only fake character in the movie.

[@notcrazy6288]

What do you mean? That's Col Robert Sink. Real person.

[@rupertsmith5815]

@@notcrazy6288he is correct he is inspired by a real person but the character is fake

[@alaguirre6518]

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[@Electricfox]

My hovercraft is full of eels!

[@cisium1184]

My nipples explode with delight!

[@mortallious1234]

Not bad and you?

[@45bang]

Ssshit

[@jeromeperlinski1062]

Ce faux est acceptable de tant de destination et ce vrai pourri et encombré. De la pression est demandée.

[@christianstahl4099]

Hätten sie mal fünf Sekunden gewartet mit der Sprengung…

[@adambaum9732]

That was really stupid, this was from "A Bridge Too Far"? I hope that this was from a cut scene that never made it into the actual movie.

[@hosswindu166]

Sorry to disappoint you, but this scene was included in the movie's final cut.

[@briancurran3622]

agreed, what a cheesy, phony scene , elliot goulds role in this movie is a joke

[@AzelfandQuilava]

Its one of the few light-hearted bits of the whole film, shush.