I watch "what NOT to do when there's a dead body" aka CLUE (1985) FIRST TIME REACTION

What a classic! Loved the board game, loved the movie! #cluethemovie #blindreaction #moviereaction
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[@williammatthews693]

"What are you afraid of? A fate worse than death?" "No just death. Isn't that enough?" The most human thing said in this film.

[@AdamFishkin]

"It's a free country, didn't you know that?" "I didn't know it was that free." "To create confusion." "It worked." "So I choose to expose myself." "Please, there are ladies present." It genuinely pisses me off that the screenplay didn't get an Oscar nomination.

[@davidmcleod5133]

There needs to be a yearly category in the Oscars called “The Oopsie Award,” where the Academy selects a film older than ten-years to be awarded recognition it was denied.

[@AdamFishkin]

No need, at least not for American films. The Library of Congress has the NFR to reward actual staying power.

[@MST3Killa]

I mean, I get it, but it is just snark. And that's fairly simple to do when you're setting yourself up. Doesn't mean it isn't entertaining or at times clever, but when this one came out the Academy still had standards. Now, today that might be different.

[@klyph]

"I'm merely a humble butler." "What exactly do you do?" "I butle, sir." :)

[@bigneon_glitter]

_"Flames. Flames? Flaaaames…on the side of my face, breathing, breathless, heaving breaths”_ All improv. Madeline Kahn was a god of comic timing.

[@Caseytify]

Alas, edited out of the short reaction.

[@captainsplifford]

Yup. She couldn't remember the line. But she was a goddamn comedic genius. And let's all give credit to Martin Mull for holding it together long enough for them to use that take.

[@Carandini]

When she was auditioning for 'Blazing Saddles', Mel Brooks asked her to lift her skirt so he could see her legs (he wanted to make sure she could pull off a Marlene Dietrich look). She wasn't sure what he wanted, so as she showed off her gams she tells Brooks 'No touching.'

[@jonathancunningham8739]

Finally a reactor that kept the singing telegram scene in that is my favourite scene random humour my favourite.

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

That was an interesting trip to the bank.

[@nancyomalley6286]

The girl is Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Go's

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@nancyomalley6286 Oh I did not know that.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@ThatJohnKillion1970 Ha you can say that again.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Don't know who might have recognized him, but the "The kingdom of heaven is at hand" guy is Howard Hessman, well known for his role as the DJ, Dr. Johnnie Fever on "WKRP in Cincinnati."

[@VBane]

He also played the teacher Charlie Moore in the first 4 seasons of Head of the Class.

[@timothymorris157]

The cast really sells the movie and makes it memorable and freaking hilarious. They all stand out and give such great performances. I love all of the actors and everything that they did to give us a classic 80’s movie especially Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, and Tim Curry. Clue is my second favorite movie from 85 after Back To The Future! #1985 #Clue 👍🏻🎥🎬

[@Caseytify]

I missed two of my favorite running gags: "to make a long story short..." "Too late!" and "That was just a {pause} Red Herring." That pun seemed to go over many folks heads.

[@IronDino]

COMMUNISM was just a Red Herring (a la, the red scare).

[@frankrossi6972]

This three-ending climax actually was only used on the home video version. When it was in theaters, each theater showed only one ending. The movie studio was paranoid about losing money off spoilers, so they tried to ensure the biggest box office possible by switching out endings, with each version in each theater labeled "A," "B," or "C," which also was a ploy to get people to attend multiple screenings.

[@Drawkcabi]

Yep. I saw it in theaters and got just the Miss Peacock ending. When it later came out on video and I saw all three I felt retroactively disappointed because I though the Miss Peacock one was the weakest of the three. However, love this movie no matter what, it's in my top 25 favorite movies of all time.

[@frankrossi6972]

@@Drawkcabi also a fan, I just find studio thinking fascinating, like how they moved "Gremlins," ostensibly a Christmas movie, up to June 1984 because they had nothing to compete with "Ghostbusters" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."

[@Drawkcabi]

@@frankrossi6972 I think one of the biggest scheduling blunders a studio made was opening Dutch, a John Hughes movie set at Thanksgiving, in the middle of summer. I think if it had come out during the holidays it might have had a better chance. Now it's this obscure film that was a box office dud and now you can't even get on Amazon instant video. Such a shame, it's the second best Thanksgiving movie there is next to another great film from John Hughes, Planes, Trains,& Automobiles.

[@williammatthews693]

Just so you know Kay, to prepare the actors for the fast-paced dialogue the filmmakers had the cast watch the 1940 Cary Grant classic comedy "His Girl Friday" where the dialogue is even faster-paced. I highly recommend you watch that one. It's actually in the Public Domain so you could watch it and upload the entire video.

[@jonathanross149]

This film has a crazy amount of talent, which makes it work, just like Knives Out many years later.

[@kateiannacone2698]

"This is America! It's a free country! Don't you know that?" "I didn't know it was THAT free!' ^my favorite

[@AubreySciFi]

Apparently there were three different cuts of the film when it played in theaters and depending on where/when you saw it you would get a different ending. Also on the DVD version you can set it to give you one of the three endings randomly. Or just show all three as was done here.

[@WoncoTheSane]

I almost forgot how loosey goosey we could get with dead bodies during 80's dinner party disasters. Though, it was very rare for there to be more than two bodies. (it was almost always one) Awesome low key/high fun reaction Kay! TY!

[@IronDino]

Hence why 'six' is serious business.

[@sandpiperr]

It kind of amazes me how long it takes reactors to realize that this isn't a crime drama or CSI. It's a comedy based on a board game that comes with the label "for ages 8 and up." It was never meant to be taken seriously!

[@Stickitupyourtwat]

My fiance and I met in line to meet Tim Curry. We quoted this movie in line. A few others joined in. I am grateful for this movie. 🖤🤍

[@DanJackson1977]

Mr. Body is played by hardcore punk rock legend Lee Ving, singer and guitarist of the LA band FEAR (apparently John Belushi's favorite band), who was doing various character acting gigs in the mid 80s, and is featured heavily in the classic 1980 punk rock documentary "The Decline of Western Civilization".

[@bpora01]

If you like mystery comedies you should try "murder by death" or "the cheap detective "

[@travisray2934]

Great movies, I'd throw in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as well

[@nancyomalley6286]

Oh, Murder by Death with the blind butler and the deaf housekeeper

[@spacedinosaur8733]

Also take a look at "Dark and Stormy Night". [examining the body] "I'd say, from the position of the knife, that he'd been stabbed." - Billy Tuesday

[@loom-bug]

I could literally say every line from this movie I could write a screen play without re-watching it that’s how much I love this movie

[@fredrodnick2881]

One of the funniest lines in this movie was something like " Why did you say no?" The other actor said, " I said no meaning yes".

[@jeremybarretta5282]

"This man's drunk dead drunk"...also if you haven't seen drop dead fred you should

[@nathan4919]

Yes Drop dead Fred

[@jffryh]

Weekend at Bernie's?

[@Greenwood4727]

TIM CURRY he is a GOD (or a devil in Legend starring a unknown actor tom.. tom.. cruise and Mia.. sara..) my fav ending is ending B. If money was no object i would have the mansion built

[@Theomite]

The problem is that the mansion interior doesn't match the matte painting exterior. The outside of the house is WAY bigger than the interior. The film explores maybe 55-60% of the entire building based on the outside shots. There was an actual mansion the interior was based on, but it burnt down about 25 years ago, but there's pics of it online.

[@Greenwood4727]

@@Theomite with enough money they will sort it out ;)

[@TeaMasterIroh]

One of my favorite comedies. ❤ I remember going to the video store (only 28 and I sound like a geezer) and picking this up.

[@kirkwells7537]

One of my favorite movies ever Mr Green is my favorite character from this movie…”I didn’t do it!”

[@davevannatta985]

The actor playing Mr. Boddy is Lee Ving the singer for the punk band Fear.

[@jonathanross149]

We also get Jane Wiedlin from The Go Go's as the singing telegram girl.

[@Josh3B]

Lee also had a role in the 80s action flick "Streets of Fire", playing Willem Dafoe's main henchman.

[@looneytoon76]

Singing telegram girl was played by Jane Wiedlin from the 80's rock band The Go-Go's

[@captainsplifford]

She was also Joan of Arc in Bill and Ted!

[@lordwalker71]

The singing telegram girl is a member of the group the go go’s

[@Stickitupyourtwat]

Jane Wiedlin. She also played Joan of Arc in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

[@TearyEyesAnderson]

The books have a extra ending, where Wadsworth poisoned everyone. And a alternate scene where Peacock was actually shot and killed by the Chief.

[@peterjackson6011]

It wasn't till I'd seen this a few times that I decided to do a deep dive into old black and white murder mysteries from Hollywood's golden age. "Ten Little Indians," a 1965 film based on an Agatha Christie story, appears to be the basis for the story in this one, as the game itself had no story. Several of its more serious moments are recreated here, and altered just enough to be funny, such as the confusion over who the host is, searching the house for the murderer, the "we'll go together" scene, and probably several that I missed. PS: 69th comment. Nice.

[@Carandini]

A much better version of that story is 'And Then There Were None' from 1945.

[@phousefilms]

@@Carandini The miniseries of "And Then There Were None"that came out a few years back on BBC was amazing!

[@creatingpulsars9979]

the humor in this film has such amazing timing it literally has a rhythm to it

[@justinsublett5880]

This movie tanked at the box office, but later became a cult classic on VHS. I remember watching this circa 1987 on either VHS or HBO. Can’t remember which. I was all of 5 years old. Lol.

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

This movie was funny as hell.. True classic 😎

[@Pugiron]

The first movie I ever bought from Amazon online video, the best ensemble comedy cast ever.

[@walkingwounded3824]

Anyone else think she'd love "A Fish Called Wanda"? Great job Kay, maybe you could put this in a poll? Thanks, :-)

[@otisroseboro5613]

Love seeing your reactions to one of my all time favorite movies

[@jonathanross149]

A true cult classic

[@michaelfitzgerald38]

This movie is awesome!

[@edwardthorne9875]

Fun fact: In the original game, the lead pipe was actually a small cylinder of lead. I remember bending it into different positions. They removed it when they realized that lead was a deadly toxic substance, which could affect the brain. This explains a lot.

[@grantkruger3689]

I like the atmosphere in the movie, and it was well acted.

[@christianhardtofind6349]

IMHO, "Murder By Death" (1976) is a much funnier version of what is essentially the same type of film. I'd recommend a watch of that one as well.

[@captainrgd1565]

Robin Hood Men in Tights

[@spacedinosaur8733]

"Me, I'm a man of action. Jungle action. Dealing with the Pekingese man-o'-war, the Rubenesque laughing cobra, the knock-kneed squirrel-cat, or the Tahungan mouse-bunny, I'm right at home then. But my jungle... is the jungle. Not the house jungle, with walls and lamps and...stuff. Here I'm the hunted, not the hunter." - Jack Tugdon - Dark and Stormy Night (2008)

[@PatrickPrejusa]

omg such an enjoyable reaction, I can't believe i just found you.

[@toodlescae]

I'd like to recommend a series of classic movies spanning 1934 - 1947 with a lead couple with amazing chemistry and witty repartee. It starts with The Thin Man in 1934 starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Also The Women from 1939. The first movie with an all female cast. No male characters are seen in the entire movie.

[@matthewcooper3877]

Love your review. Love from Perth Western Australia 😁😁

[@Greenwood4727]

This was set during the Mccarthy era. a very very odd time.. reds under the beds so and J edgar was known to illegally wiretap peoples phones for any reason

[@allisonotto]

And it was literally illegal for homosexuals to work in certain federal departments - it was actually in the law. It was considered a security risk.

[@Greenwood4727]

@@allisonotto it was a dark dark time, as if straight people were all innocent and were never a security risk..

[@Caseytify]

@@Greenwood4727 Oh, grow up. Back then gay people were desperate to keep their orientation secret. This left them vulnerable to blackmail, even if they were otherwise patriotic Americans. ... On the other hand, even though Communism was a national security threat, we had to put up with that idiot Joe McCarthy for several years. The problem was that before WW2, Stalin organized a powerful PR campaign to make the USSR seem like "just folks," which worked on a lot of people. Add to that their status as an ally during the war and the Soviet Union was well regarded for a while. The American public became aware of the Soviet threat in the late 40s, and in an excess of over-reaction thought anyone who belonged to a leftist-sympathizing was a closet Commie. Most of them were just idealistic & naive enough to take the pre-war & war PR at face value.

[@Gravydog316]

I love Clue! I was Yvette in our high school version ☺

[@1979Lawnboy]

I just watched this one today and i thought it was well done

[@SYLTales]

Here's a weird story about Leslie Anne Warren (Miss Scarlett): She was a well-known Broadway actress and singer, and for a while was considered for the part of Lois Lane in _Superman_ (1978). Anticipating that they'd have a singer in the cast, they asked Maestro John Williams to compose a piece that could be sung. They ultimately cast Margot Kidder, who couldn't sing a note, but by that time the initial score was well underway. As a consequence, in the flying sequence, Kidder spoke the lyrics as an inner dialogue. It doesn't work very well. I've seen fan edits that replace the sequence with the purely instrumental version. It works very well. _Superman_ is one of my favorite films, and for the life of me, I can't understand the choice to go with the inner monologue version.

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

She was also in a Columbo movie about 10 years before this

[@SYLTales]

@@ianfeuerhake1859 Leslie Anne Warren was huge for a while. If it wasn't Broadway, it was films or TV. She was just one of those faces you knew.

[@joshualandry3160]

All three ending where played randomly. They did that so people would realize there where multiple endings and keep coming back to see all 3. The stitched them together for the home video release.

[@CieraMatlock]

“There’s nothing illegal about any of this.” “Are you sure?” “Of course this is America” “I see.” “It’s a free country, don’t you know that?” “I didn’t know it was that free” That dialogue has got to be my favorite thing ever about this movie😂 I watched this movie in December for the first time and all I did was wish I grew up watching it, considering I’m an oldies girl and have an old soul (although I was born in 2002.) This movie had me laughing like crazy. Can you watch Annie (1982)?🥺 that’s literally my childhood and I just wanna see someone react to it.

[@tomyoung9049]

So many quick jokes in this movie. Great reaction. BTW, didn't see anyone else comment. When this movie was released to theaters. They didn't have the three way ending. Movies were sent out with an 'a,b, or c' ending. Just to add to the fun when people started talking about it to friends and could be confused on who did it.

[@75astro]

Love it.. this is my favorite movie:)

[@DawnElicia]

I fell in love with Tim curry after this movie.

[@MB2T1]

In the games, Peacock and Scarlett are a Mother & Daughter duo. Plum is also Boddy's son-in-law. The cook and Yvette are both based on White's game roles.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

10:12 Ok, Kay. PLEASE answer true: Did you think or remember to watch what happened to the key, when this happened? I didn't, my first time watching, and kicked myself later. On later re-watch I noted how clever the timing is, to misdirect the audience.

[@jaimereynolds258]

Great movie! Haven't seen it since the early 90s LOL

[@toshomni9478]

Great reactions of a movie with an interesting history. Apparently they tried to release the movie with different endings depending on where and when it was shown and there was even a fourth lost ending that has never been shown.

[@CaptainFrost32]

Not "apparently". The theaters had access to 3 different endings. The only way to see the multiple endings was repeated viewings. The newspaper listings gave movie times with A, B, or C endings. The home releases had all 3 endings and the DVD had a random ending option, so you would not know if your viewing was A, B, or C.

[@OroborusFMA]

Yvette was one of the three Playboy bunnies in Apocalypse Now.

[@fiddiehacked]

8+ well known actors & actresses at the time. Just wish Petwr Falk had been invited... All 3 endings is how I saw it in the theater, iirc on opening weekend only one ending was shown in LA, another in NY, etc... Wacky fun - kinda like the board game.

[@Josh3B]

But Falk is in my other favorite comedy whodunnit, Neil Simon's Murder by Death, along with James Coco, Peter Sellers, David Niven and more. Eileen Brennan is in both movies.

[@chrismetafora6565]

Ms. White Heaving scene was improvised. They just let her run.

[@JamesJones-zq7pc]

You'll like "History of the World Part 1" with Mel Brookes

[@cessnaace]

Before I watch your reaction. My wife and I both love this movie. Great cast! Madeline Khan is great of course (several Mel Brooks films, plus What's Up, Doc? among many others). Tim Curry great as usual. Leslie Ann Warren (Miss Scarlett) was cast a mere week before shooting, as they had originally cast Carrie Fisher in the role. She's great. She too was in a Mel Brooks film (Life Stinks). Come to think about it Christopher Lloyd was in a Brooks film as well (To Be or Not to Be).

[@Mthom95]

17:37 shortest cameo ever

[@jackiehuff7736]

This film takes place in the McCarthy Era, so the height of the red scare

[@spiderfingers86]

Great movie. Came out a little before I was born. Stars Tim Curry as Wadsworth the butler as well as a slew of other characters

[@spiderfingers86]

My local theater did this show. Unfortunately I was away and wasn't available to see it

[@charlieirvin5423]

Kay I wasn't Paying to much attention to the Movie . Just your Hair because i love it

[@charlest.velten6983]

Don't know if you have tackled these reactions yet. But the Exorcist, Saving Private Ryan, Diehard, Scarface, Jaws and Capricorn One. Stay safe and be well.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

Wow! Early upload. I guess you're doing this before work. I'm assuming you're a morning person and like to get up early. Anyway, another great reaction. Surprised more board games haven't been the inspiration for a movie, I think Uncle Wiggly would translate well into a film. You know, trying to get from Uncle Wiggily's Bungalow to Dr. Possum's House, sounds pretty good.

[@walterharris4960]

You should check out Ten Little Indians, one of the best who done its.

[@JEFFYjackass]

I didn't know it was that free lmfao

[@Drawkcabi]

If you like this type of comedy I highly recommend the movies Oscar and Noises Off. They both have that fast paced fast talking comedy and stage play feel. Best Regards!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Wholehearted agreement. Each of those is terrific frantic comedy.

[@Caseytify]

Noises Off is especially good. Excellent timing.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

1:57 indeed they sure are.

[@laurab68707]

Just a fun, silly movie. Not meant to be serious. Such great jokes and one liners. I really loved it when I saw it back when it came out.

[@ephennell4ever]

You might want to check out three other 'Comedy-crossovers': Murder By Death Oscar The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight The 1st is a Comedy-Mystery like _"Clue"_ but you'll likely have a problem posting a reaction to it, as the cast of characters (representing a variety of popular fictional detectives) is the source of the comedy-lines, by way of having the various accents and cultural stereotypes 'hyped-up'. For instance, Detective Charlie Chan's accent is layered-on *very* thickly, so others are constantly either mistaking what he's saying or asking him to repeat what he just said. Or having old Mrs. Marple behaving like a super-stereotype of an old lady. It actually all works comedically, as it's done (in most cases) so 'naturally' that you don't realize for a second or two what just happened, and a lot of the time either other characters jump on (metaphorically) the offender or the person immediately offers up an embarrassed apology. _"Oscar"_ and _"The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight"_ are Comedy-Mafia/Crime movies. In _"Oscar"_ Sylvester Stallone does an impressive job of portraying a 'Mafia don' who is trying to 'go straight' - not very successfully - while also managing to put on a seriously good job delivering some eye-watering comedy! In TGTCSS they managed to combine some side-splitting slapstick comedy with a Mafia/Crime drama ... and boy does it work! My personal favorite of them is _"Oscar"_ ... at least partially because you don't expect a 'Master Of Comedy' level of performance from Stallone - but that's what you get! His delivery, his timing ... a couple times just his blank stare! ... he does it all so well, there are times I have to pause the movie until I can get my laughter/giggles under control enough so that I can focus on the screen again! *Enjoy!*

[@gggooding]

The board game is unofficially based on Agatha Christie's play Mousetrap...and additional elements of the film, Clue, draw from the play - don't wanna say what 'cause Spoilers! The play is fantastic and arguably the OG whodunnit.

[@DavidB-2268]

You should check out Murder By Death.

[@jappperon7012]

this movie was planned to have each of the endings sent to different theaters with the goal of confusion and debate. check out Wizard of speed and time, its a fun quirky movie/short made by a special effect god. Mike Jitlov

[@preble316]

If you enjoy movies like these with some slap stick, and I've seen your Three Stoogies reactions, I think you'd really enjoy the comedy film Brain Donors (1992).

[@LLentium]

A singing telegram? Well... I mean, someone had to do it.

[@CaptainFrost32]

80's movie with singing telegram? Ferris Bueler's Day Off, if she dares.

[@marcosgurrola1421]

🎶I am your sing telegram 🎶 BOOM!

[@krisa990]

Hello Kay,personally Im not so much into series and cartoons,and things like that,but I do hope you can do more reactions on marx brothers movies, clips like that,and movies in general too,not the least comedies,as you seems to have a great sense of humour..and it comes across in the reactions...

[@hollywood3695]

The DVD has the option to play movie theater mode where the ending is random. or all-in-one like the VHS

[@kateiannacone2698]

"Why you gotta act so sus?" Because it wouldn't be as funny if they were good at this lol

[@Trilaan]

A great movie, a total throwback to the screwball comedies of the 1930s/40s.

[@LtSarai]

If you liked this you should watch Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Invite-Only Casual Dinner Party/Gala for Friends Potluck (searchable as "Poe Party"). It uses a lot of elements from this movie but is a short web-series here on youtube by Shipwreck Comedy. (The cast also had a Clue script reading in a livestream once and that was a fucking HOOT)

[@Paul.PlaysGames]

G'day Kay how are ya ? I've played clue this movie takes that to a whole new level anyway keeep on truckin 🛻

[@stevewright9779]

If you like films with humour in then you should check out Big Trouble in Little China, quite possibly the greatest slice of 80's awesomeness! :D

[@classicslover]

What are you doing up so late? It's almost four AM here...which means it's...okay...earlier there. But it's still late! (Did you watch Elvis movies before you got around to uploading ;) I'll have to watch this, your latest reaction after I've had some sleep! So "I'll be back" (Quoting an Elvis song from the movie SPINOUT...NOT quoting your former governor.)

[@etthelost]

If you liked this one I definitely recommend "Oscar" with Sylvester Stallone. Great underrated comedy. Also recommend "fatal instinct".

[@pantlessreactions]

Would love to see sometime react to "The Voices" with Ryan Reynolds

[@zzhadeszz4400]

hi Kayreacts if you love old gangster movies like clue, i would recommend sylvester stallone in a gangster movie comedy called oscar it's very funny.

[@ryanwhite-hx7vj]

You might enjoy Mr Mom with Michael Keaton

[@charlieirvin5423]

this was Interesting

[@DaveVampireSlayer]

I KNEW IT!!! MR GREEN THE HALL THE REVOLVER I WIN!!!!!

[@kerrychristensen7204]

👍👍

[@deckofcards87]

KZbin seems to really like this movie

[@mylordshinobi1381]

So Kay Have You Seen The 1996 Movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

[@abdulalhazred6363]

If you liked this I would recommend 1991's Oscar