It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; Kick the Bucket; Widescreen

Full scene when Jimmy Durante kicks the bucket. Widescreen version, 2.76:1 aspect ratio.
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[@tomoconnor7451]

The level of talent in this scene is mind blowing.

[@vincentp.locollo3343]

MOVIE STILL HOLDS UP 50 + YEARS!!

[@oldrocker74]

Happy 55th in 2018!

[@Juliaflo]

@@oldrocker74 Simply improves with age.

[@freeguy77]

Vincent, it will hold up for eternity because of its great acting, and maybe most of all it encapsulated the (near) end of the best decade the U.S. ever enjoyed: July 1953 [end of the Korean War] - Nov. 22, 1963 [coup d'etat, pre-Vietnam]

[@vincentp.locollo3343]

SO TRUE!!

[@reneastle8447]

No doubt about it. It's one of my favourite movies of all time.

[@thecursor1]

This is basically the Avengers of 60s comedy. I mean this is like the greatest cast ever assembled.

[@999carpet]

yep it is .. great movie

[@gamingawesomeness222]

"Everyone who's ever been funny is in it" With the exception of Don Rickles and Dean Martin, *they weren't kidding*.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

If you want to be technical, The Avengers is the It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world of Comic Book Movies.

[@kentclark6420]

@@mainstreetsaint36 I thought he was talking about Mr. Steed and Mrs. Peel.

[@robertbrown8362]

The cast in Yellow beard written by the late Graham Chapman is pretty amazing aswell

[@maryannschlegel7249]

There will never be another cast like this one

[@kencole52000]

Still one of the funniest movies ever.

[@drmodestoesq]

Yup...Like The Blues Brothers with all those old Bluesmen and Blueswomen. They're gone but not forgotten.

[@elliottg.1954]

Not unless they come back from the dead 🏌‍♀

[@markmiller3308]

Only the Cannonball Run I and II compare in terms of legendary casting.

[@smljohnstone]

God as a comedy Film this has everything the Cast were absolutely brilliant , I will never stop laughing at the Garage wrecking

[@moonytheloony6516]

“That guy is dead.” Classic

[@reneastle8447]

"You better believe it."

[@realmkeeper7770]

I remember watching this movie with my grandma and she has since then passed. despite it being years since watching it I always remember this scene :)

[@hebneh]

"He just went...sailing right out there!"

[@mrfantastic407]

I think the funniest part of this is when Benjy claps his hat back on his head real quick after it turns out Grogan's not dead.

[@argabriel8250]

🤣🤣🤣 LMAO EVERY time I see that part!

[@doctorbohr1585]

He went sailing right out there!

[@999carpet]

one of the best movies ever ... period

[@28mark]

100% with you

[@nonovyerbusiness9517]

I absolutely love this movie. I first saw it in the original CINERAMA format on a gigantic wrap-around curved screen. Have all of the wonderful comedians in this movie passed on? I dare say this movie cemented their immortality.

[@joel8583]

Wow, you sure are lucky!!!

[@DP-hy4vh]

The only people left from this movie is Barrie Chase (Sylvester's bikini wearing, dancing girlfriend) and the little Mexican kid that told Phil Silvers to drive his car into the creek.

[@IngefromGraz]

Nonov Yerbusiness nn

[@alvexok5523]

Jimmy Durante died in the 1970s, Phil Silvers died in the 1980s, and Jackpark9727 mentioned above the others' deaths.

[@joestewart8914]

I also was fortunate to see a few films in Cinerama. A Cinerama screen could be found in several big cities; the one I remember was the Warner Theater in Pittsburgh. The screen had a red curtain over it that followed the screen's curvature. That huge curtain must have weighed a ton.

[@TralfazConstruction]

The tableau of the principal actors, Jonathan Winters, Sid Ceasar, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett and Milton Berle looking at the bucket which Jimmy Durante kicked down the hill is priceless. I linger over that moment each time I watch this movie. Also I will watch Buddy Hackett looking around when Jimmy Durante is talking about "the bulls"; that gets me every time.

[@craigoffutt7641]

I liked when Durante talks about the bulls being everywhere. Buddy Hacket is looking around like he expects to see them

[@johnbanks2812]

Perhaps the greatest comedy of all time, with the greatest cast of comedians ever assembled.

[@freeguy77]

"Watch out for the bulls! Lousy, stinkin' bulls are everywhere! Bulls all over the place!" --'Smiler Grogan' Love that gag about cops. Watch Buddy Hackett ("Benjy") at 3:15 when Smiler wakes back up, and Benjy has to abruptly go from mourning the dead man, with his cap over his heart, to alive, and he has to put his hat back on! Very funny bit!

[@freeguy77]

Jimmy Durante did not 'kick the bucket' himself. That foot was from a stunt man who did the deed. One of the many facts that later came out on this fantastically funny and legendary comedy film classic! The premiere showing was at the brand new Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles at its own opening after completion, making it a double premiere, on Nov. 7, 1963.

[@Franskie266]

Guy falls over a cliff and can't move, u think ur hurt real bad, is he kiddin' lol I luv tht old man

[@docmalthus]

I saw this when it came out as a 10 year old. Even then I noticed the Brew 102 can behind Durante's head.

[@billthehat6973]

same! I still watch it every time it comes on.

[@chrisb3976]

I wonder if Hal Needham took inspiration from this movie in making Cannonball Run. Both movies were geniusly casted and from beginning to end hilarious.

[@vanlkester5815]

If you want an example of fantastic acting just look at Milton Berle's face, starting about 2:57. His reaction/expressions to what Smiler is saying is top notch. Just fantastic.

[@vanlkester5815]

And by the way, you see that sort of acting all through this movie. Blink and you can miss it.

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

Is that Milton? I know he was Louie the Lilac from Batman

[@railcar123]

Norman Fell comes down to check ".........YEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPP!"

[@richardsantalone9380]

And then he says "Culpepper's gonna scream!" :D

[@themoviemaniac8416]

Milton Berle's best characterization ever, Ethel Merman deserved an award, whoever thought of teaming Micky & Buddy together, well they deserved their paycheck.

[@michaelbauers8800]

"Is he kidding?" - lol

[@gregoryknight9893]

That guy is dead, you better believe it! Yeah, but if he jumps up again im gettin the hell outta here! Classic!!!!

[@franklinwilliams8852]

That's $2,503,688.74 in today's money - 12-31-2018

[@mrkeno1000]

In 1964 we drove down to Palos Verdes to find the Big W. WE did it was in the backyard of a house that was transformed into Rosita Beach State park. The woman of the house took us in back to see it 3 of the 4 trees were still there but the 350K wasnt. Different world then

[@brandonallen3289]

For the 60's this was a pretty star studded cast. Unheard of at the time. Classic.

[@Richard-b5r9v]

Every conceivable Comedian was in this movie. Epic

[@HeinerG]

It's a wonderfull Movie!

[@billbright1755]

Considering how he sailed out there he’s in pretty good condition. Totaled his car but he was thrown free of the crash. Good old Smiler cashed in his chips. But left a treasure map to those onlookers.

[@Goatboysminion]

So sad...so funny.

[@Dragon-qe8qp]

The funniest movie I ever saw.

[@justoutofframemoviereviews656]

If you just...SMILE.

[@billbright1755]

That guy said the bulls were everywhere. Then he just sorta drifted off.

[@keithleeuwen877]

GREAT !

[@panowa8319]

I remember as a kid watching the movie when it came on the CBS network back in the 1970s as the Friday or Saturday night feature with Morton Stevens introduction "So Old, So Young".

[@tompurnell4545]

car in ciff sail away As That Clap

[@AMJLBCA773]

Please say it don't make any difference aunt bell!

[@patricksmith4992]

Say it dont make any difference aunt belle !!!

[@Ash-lg1ig]

where can i watch the full movie of this?

[@DEthe5150]

Check your local listings on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Or check the movie out at your local library or something.

[@davidrussellhamrick1828]

That guy's dead.

[@sophiascreativitystudies9181]

No one can beat manav the javed jaffrey

[@albertnash888]

Stanley Kramer cast Jimmy Durante as the crook who dies in the first scene because he felt the actor’s face could be both funny and tragic at the same time.

[@saurabhdhabeknight]

Dhamaal.

[@videocreationsbyjohnrenzi]

Thanks for pointing out the connection, Bruce.

[@Leofiora]

Es increible la cantidad de basura y desperdicios que hay al costado de una ruta de EEUU en 1963, esta bien documentado quienes son los culpables de la polucion y el calentamiento global

[@DustyBalz]

Watched this movie a thousand times and it still makes me laugh my ass off. Best ever

[@billthehat6973]

seriously! Same here...still makes me laugh to the point of sides hurting. a comic masterpiece.

[@mt3311]

I watched that movie two times a year, for 30 years, then that kicking the bucket thing hit me. I saw that it dawned on me, and I laughed so hard. I love this scene, and this movie.

[@jerseyinthephilippines1283]

Buddy Hackett says after this when he's climbing back up the mountain. "If I have to climb anymore of this I'm gonna be laying down there wit em".

[@terrysmiraldo3501]

At 1:05 - Sid Caesar asks, "Do you think you're hurt.....real bad?" Jimmy Durante looks around and responds, "Is...he...kiddin?"One of the funniest moments ever in motion pictures.

[@NickDanger0001]

Durante must have had fun with this.

[@minns5515]

😂😂😂

[@freeguy77]

Terry, and there's more where that came from! I'm so glad Stanley Kramer decided to make ONE comedy film--and this is it! I think this film gave the world more fun and enjoyment than all his other great drama pieces combined!

[@jerseyinthephilippines1283]

Thats why I came here. That is so funny. Jimmy Durante Ah cha cha cha cha cha!

[@billthehat6973]

and, the way Buddy Hacket starts looking around when Durante says "...watch out for the bulls!" Absolute genius from beginning to end.

[@joyunicycle]

That bucket gag still kills me (no pun intended)

[@alvexok5523]

Yeah, and it wouldn't have been as funny if someone then said "he kicked the bucket", that would've hurt the gag. Especially if they said it and then laughed like an idiot, like you'd get in a lesser comedy.

[@travismaxwell9115]

Non taken

[@_Peremalfait]

@@alvexok5523 You're so right. And the scene is made funnier because it's drawn out as they all watch the bucket roll down the hill.

[@alvexok5523]

@@_Peremalfait, that's right, that was funny. Also, don't you agree that in films, a joke automatically becomes less funny when the person who told it laughs at it right afterwards? Think of the best comedians, Groucho Marx never laughed at his own jokes. He never made them seem too forced either, something else which ruins movie jokes.

[@_Peremalfait]

@@alvexok5523 Yes, you're right. Film makers of today should study Mad Mad World. These comics were the best.

[@ohhhwolfy2536]

Keeping in mind that he's dying, I love how Durante looks right into the camera and emphasizes "Big Dubya" - SEVERAL TIMES - so the viewers won't forget it! Hilarious!

[@johnny5tunes]

“Is he kiddin”😂😂😂 One of my all time favourite movies.👍

[@blackholeentry3489]

Yup!

[@brotherlylovestudios]

Buddy Hackett’s facial expressions are the best in this scene!

[@dabigdikdangler]

Nooooo at the end in the park when he smiles at Spencer Tracy lol

[@12classics39]

The way he literally looks around when Durante says “lousy stinkin’ bulls are everywhere!”

[@_Peremalfait]

This is one of those special movies I remember loving as a kid, and still do. So many legendary comedians in one film. And the cameos, here's the great Jimmy Durante in his one scene. How many top comedians today would do that? Jerry Lewis without even a speaking part. Jack Benny, with only a few lines. My favorite cameo, the three stooges as firemen. We only see them for a minute, waiting to go into action, but we know how that's gonna turn out. We don't even need to see it to laugh about it.

[@thommysides4616]

Exactly!!!

[@Aviral-oh1vq]

Legends say that bucket is still rollin down the hill

[@npxmnpxm]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, prices in 2020 are 742.47% higher than average prices since 1963. The U.S. dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 3.81% per year during this period, causing the real value of a dollar to decrease. In other words, $350,000 in 1963 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,948,658.50 in 2020.

[@jurgostuff]

How about in 1948 terms?

[@carolstearns3683]

Now Russell be careful remember your condition! Ethel says "ahhhh" and waves him away, hilarious! My husband and I still do that to this day, bahahaha!

[@freeguy77]

Carol, "the only condition he has is financial!" --paraphrasing Mrs. Marcus comeback to Russell Finch (Milton Berle)

[@stevep3954]

Love it!!! So many littleness bits on this movie make it a riot

[@daisyq3418]

Carol : 😆😆😆😆

[@diananutt1517]

Ethel could make being a complete shrew entertaining. And boy, was she in great shape or what! 😜

[@davidmcaninch4714]

AUNT BELLE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA TELL ME IT DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AUNT BELLE!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA SAY IT!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA TELL ME IT DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!

[@bellerain381]

It don’t make any difference!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

@@bellerain381 *dies, kicks bucket*

[@josephdawson9494]

This is the peak of humor and you cant change my mind

[@MaxGretinski]

This was the scene that set it all up. After that it was over three hours of nonstop action, and nonstop comedy. Plus, Grogan rattles off what would be a great epitaph: "Good old Smiler: everybody's friend."

[@jefdarcy]

I have to say though when I first watched this, I laughed out loud and I was totally expecting the rest of the movie to be full of this type of jokes, because we're so used to them from films like Airplane, The Naked Gun, etc. But that wasn't the case at all. Not that the rest of the movie was bad, but IMHO it wasn't THAT great either, and much too long.

[@alvexok5523]

The gag was even funnier because no one then said "he kicked the bucket", like you would've expected someone to say.

[@videocreationsbyjohnrenzi]

You're right! I didn't notice that but clearly funnier - "subtle".

[@12classics39]

If that gag were in a Marvel film today, someone definitely would’ve said it aloud. That’s the genius of this film. They don’t bash you over the head with it.

[@MarklovesAngels]

@@12classics39 That's because Marvel films are aimed at the intelligence level of 8-year olds. Seriously, they are. Which is okay. But after a point, it's really annoying and insulting.

[@footofjuniper8212]

He just went sailing right out there.

[@berndtrautmann7351]

Hallo wie kann ich den Film auf deutsch umstellen

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

So did the bucket

[@mainstreetsaint36]

He must have been doing over 80!

[@ianbrown4680]

"That guy's dead...you better believe it°" lol

[@riproar11]

@Tender (with the added hand gestures)

[@shenickpop1694]

I love love love this scene. Makes me laugh, every time: "Is he kiddin'?" Hysterical!

[@12classics39]

Yeah Caesar asked a pretty dumb question there! LOL

[@shenickpop1694]

Mine, too. I bust up, every time I see it.

[@Nick-ty9us]

You also laugh, because Jimmy had one funny nose

[@noahjohnson9863]

i believe it alright but if he jumps again like he did before ,i'm gonna get the hell outta here

[@Zephyrs_and_Syzygies]

The best scene from the greatest movie ever made. Thank you for sharing; it really put a smile in my day.

[@threeone6012]

Greatest 1960s comedy ever made. No close second.

[@1912fld]

Still one of my all time favorite movies. I lived near Long Beach back in the 1970s and 80s and would go past all the places where they filmed the movie...Long Beach Blvd. and Ocean Blvd. Great memories. No cursing either.

[@okamijubei]

Is the Big W still there or they formed differently or something?

[@ernesthill4017]

I'm dying to know. Are the "W" palm trees still there, or were they just a temporary movie prop?

[@atwaterkent911]

"That guy is dead. You better believe it !!!" pure genius.

[@gamingwithjohn9249]

Yep

[@DEthe5150]

Well, I believe it alright. But if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell outta here!

[@diananutt1517]

How could Jimmy keep from laughin' at these lines?!!

[@blackholeentry3489]

The Wabbit kicked the bucket, the wabbit kicked the bucket!

[@robertmeyer5438]

l always wondered where the phrase "kicked the bucket" came from LOL.

[@Watchvide0]

“Are we near Oregon?” “That’s 700 Miles from here!”

[@KingOfHockeyNow]

Trivia: Jimmy Durante didn’t actually kick the bucket, they brought in a stuntman to film it. I know because somewhere else here on KZbin the stuntman tells the story of how they hired him to do it.

[@roquefortfiles]

That's just an insert shot. Jimmy would do the comedy and wrap.

[@randallmiller8238]

Love it! Walk down da' street like a kinga'

[@spencergrubb5153]

I was born 35 years after this came out. Still one of my favorite movies

[@MOV1983]

Funniest movie I ever saw! A time when comedians made people laugh without having to use profanity and vulgarity.

[@videocreationsbyjohnrenzi]

Agree. Another great comedian that never used profanity was Red Skelton.

[@thomasboushier2972]

@@videocreationsbyjohnrenzi Jack Benny, too...

[@isabelbeckerman9226]

Bless Jimmy Durante's heart. I can't think of a funny guy who can outdo this cameo part so exquisitely yet hysterically than the gruff himself. He even brandished his timing perfectly by kicking the bucket that went sailing deep into the rugged bottom of the cliff. Now that's what I call inspiring. RIP Jimmy :'-) and tell Mrs. Calabash I say hey.

[@richardw64]

Probably the greatest comedy, ever.

[@tomservo5347]

I always laughed at Benjy looking around "for da bulls!". LOL "If he jumps up one more time like that I'm getting the hell outta here!"

[@Juliaflo]

You know that this year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of James Francis Durante, right?

[@videocreationsbyjohnrenzi]

Juliaflo No, I didn’t realize that! Thanks for pointing it out. He was a class act on how loyal he was to his partners. Read about him.

[@richardsantalone9380]

Yes, that's absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out Juliaflo. Jimmy Durante was born on February 10, 1893. He died of pneumonia on January 29, 1980, twelve days before his 87th birthday. He was forced to retire from performing in 1972 due to a stroke which left him wheelchair bound for the rest of his life.

[@johnnandy3293]

One of the best ensemble movies ever. All the performance's are so good and Spencer Tracy gives it a touch of class.

[@oldtimer794]

No doubt. A who's who of every contemporary comedian living at the time. My buddy and I saw it four times at the theater when it came out. Still as funny as when it came out. Just wondering, is the big W still in that park in Santa Rosita?

[@blockmasterscott]

Buddy Hackett looking around for the bulls. ROFL!!!!!!!!!

[@freeguy77]

Smiler Grogan warned them: "Watch out for the bulls! Lousy, stinkin' bulls are EVERYWHERE! Bulls all over the place!" Jimmy made the most of his short time on film, and he got a large credit at the start to make up for his short time.

[@SaxonC]

Too bad Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance weren’t in this movie! One of my favorite movies! True genius!

[@joeychiarolanza6310]

Micky Rooney whataya lookin at me for pal ,all I got is this sweater

[@timski9063]

If you haven't seen this movie then you are missing out in life.! Very funny.

[@dabigdikdangler]

I dig it for how everybody talks, especially Durante's "Aunt Belle I didn't mean to do it!", Phil Silvers' condescending asshole tone and Jonathan Winters' "HOLY MACKEREL!"s

[@therealtoxicbeast2267]

Smiler Grogan. RIP. Everyone’s friend. Except the Bulls.

[@JoeDoakes1015]

Lousy stinkin' bulls are everywhere!

[@mp-wq2su]

Just slap your hands together and say, "he just went sssssailing"😯

[@billthehat6973]

probably one of the finest comedic scenes ever conceived in American cinema. Every one of those actors is a comedic genius in their own right....like the comedy dream team....and the movie is full of this talent. Terry Thomas, Phil Silvers, Jim Bacchus , Buster Keaton to name just a few more.

[@Sigma0283]

"That guy's dead. You better believe it." "He just sailed out there!" "Is he kiddin'?"

[@mickeyhodge817]

A dynamite cast and movie.

[@leafyutube]

He kicked the bucket...literally.

[@hebneh]

At the age of 9, in 1963, I gradually "got" this joke and was pleased that I understood it.

[@Groucho-tg1tx]

The last 5 seconds is priceless

[@MIKERUPTION]

I believe it, all right. But if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell outta here. 😂🤣

[@Martin9476]

He just went SAILING out there!! He said that a dozen times. Also no blood after that accident? Never mind this was the start of the great adventure for those motorists. Comedy gold.

[@JonsCopyright]

That guy is dead, and you better believe it

[@carolstearns3683]

Watch out for the bulls, lousy stinkin bulls and Buddy looks behind him and around in case they are creeping up, bahahahaha!

[@michaelandrematrhews9972]

😂😂😂😂😂 Lol. Love Buddy's expression

[@billthehat6973]

agreed! I must have seen this move 50 times and every time I watch it, I see something that I didn't notice before and Buddy looking around I never noticed before. The movie is, for all intents and purpose, flawless. Maybe they should have put a copy of it on the voyager spacecraft...its just that good.

[@johnterwilliger164]

You move me I'll break up in little pieces. Have to remember that line when I go.😂😂😂😂😂

[@freeguy77]

John, only if you drive through a guardrail and over the cliff! :)

[@briankreezan9500]

300 and 50 Gees Just how much would that be today?

[@chrisgonz9963]

One of the greatest if not greatest comedy movie of all time

[@moviemaniac9034]

Huh, he literally kicked the bucket.

[@interstategar]

That plane C.S and his wife rents that's slow and flimsy and the pilot giving the ok sign as cars pass him below. One of my fav scenes.

[@vincentp.locollo3343]

never be another like this!!!

[@brano13177]

"That guy's dead; ya better believe it."

[@DEthe5150]

"Well, I believe it alright. But if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell outta here!"

[@thebob2751]

It's under the big dubba ya

[@herbertrossman2275]

This movie is one of the greatest comedies from the 1960s it also has an all star cast and one of the funniest movies from the twentieth century