Johnny Dangerously: The Best Michael Keaton Movie You Never Saw!

Welcome to a rare comedy focused episode of The Best Movie You Never Saw, about a movie I loved as a kid that doesn’t super hold up forty years later, but is still kinda fun - Johnny Dangerously. A gangster comedy in the vein of Airplane, Johnny Dangerously is probably a movie a lot of younger viewers wouldn’t really get because it satirizes James Cagney gangster movies from the 30s and 40s, but if you like older movies and its star, Michael Keaton, this one is a treat.
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[@HiddenSoulsMusic]

I saw this movie once......ONCE!

[@ajg8722]

Same bro same.

[@Soloman-gc6wz]

🤣good One 😄

[@JoBloOriginals]

Once

[@gryphonlaw2138]

Yep only once.

[@Locadel2003]

Why?

[@deBebbler]

"It's an .88 Magnum. It shoots through schools." This movie is a masterpiece of groan-worthy goofiness.

[@justinmanser7525]

Before the first high school shooting....There's an old episode of Not Necessarily The News (HBO) where they joke about scanning people at the airport, ah the 80s had no idea how absurdity would transform into reality.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

@@justinmanser7525We used to sing that version of On Top of Old Smokey - On Top of the Schoolhouse. You'd probably now get expelled for that and sent to a psychiatrist

[@olaff4223]

Yeah, this bit aged like a dead fish.

[@memoriesofmychildhood7297]

You shouldn't hang me on a hook.

[@grimmin]

This and Top Secret! are way underrated.

[@bateriayvr8988]

YES!

[@bandit7519]

this one was underrated but not top secret that was a shitty movie

[@SonnyGTA]

STOP SAYING UNDERRATED!!!!!

[@SonnyGTA]

@@bandit7519because you have a shitty sense of humor

[@sawtooth808]

@@bandit7519 hey at where I work one kid brought a massager in (to use to get knots out), in the spirit of Top Secret I suggested to put a Boxing 🥊 Glove where the ball end of the massager is (those who know, _know_ 😉)

[@DeltaEcho303]

An absolute classic. I can't look at a handicapped spot and not think of Danny Vermin: "Hey, you can't park here." "Why not?" "It's for the handicapped." "I am handicapped. I'm psychotic." [Puts out a dashboard card with a cracked skull]

[@Rex-ii2yz]

I use that quote just last week with my friend.

[@cgordon3326]

We must be Brothers, because every time I see a Handicap parking sign I think the same thing.

[@DeltaEcho303]

@@cgordon3326 Darn right, you ain't no icehole.

[@Johnston212]

I tried to get that put on my birthday cake once

[@aisforapple2494]

The cliché spinning newspaper headline that reads... "IT'S FARGING WAR!" 🤣

[@michaelpenirelli9003]

I still say that every now and then.....no else gets it.

[@samuelgates5935]

Saw this in the movies and have it on DVD. "You Bastages" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The seen with the men holding their huge......is purely hysterical!!! Johnny Dangerously.........very good movie......GO SEE IT YOU BASTAGES!!!! "I'm only going to tell you......ONCE!"

[@waverlyking6045]

Farraging ice holes!!!

[@samuelgates5935]

@@waverlyking6045 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christopherwaldrop5293]

My friends and I would use Moroni's swear words even when we were alone because, as we always said, "They're better than the real thing!"

[@Locadel2003]

Michael Keaton has his couple of great comedies during the 80s and 90s, he was more than just the guy from Mr Mom, Bettlejuice or Batman. He has a lot of gems

[@gedaman]

I liked Michael Keaton in the car manufacturing business drama Gung Ho also.

[@Wargod_ARTS]

@@gedaman huh? I thought it was called, Used Cars. Or was that the Kurt Russel one? Well in any case yeah, both of those were awesome movies for their time.

[@gedaman]

@@Wargod_ARTS Used Cars was the Kurt Russel movie. Gung Ho was about a fictional Japanese car company bringing manufacturing to America for the first time and all of the troubles that came with it.

[@karltongebler4286]

Multiplicity, is very underrated.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

That's why people freaked over him being cast as Batman, because they thought he could only do comedy. Now it's ironic to think people only just know him as Batman & Beetlejuice and don't remember he did comedy.

[@danielbloomquist9810]

Piscopo really did get a bum wrap. He crushed this performance and sent it to the upper deck.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

He was a good actor, he just made bad choices, didn't have good agents, mgrs who plan or support him. Show biz is tough...

[@mattresbert]

Probably 30 years since I've thought about this film but have probably seen it over twenty times, going to watch it tonight. I love Mike

[@sovereigndayyouthkafir3943]

Bull! I grew up with this movie, and I LOVE it. "You shouldn't hang me on a coat rack, Johnny...!" FML

[@JoBloOriginals]

Once. Once.

[@davidjames579]

My father once said I'd never seen Johnny Dangerously

[@BigMob05]

Yes, I knew about this movie always saw it as a kid on HBO. LETS not forget it's movies like this one & Mr. Mom, that made people think Mr. Keaton, couldn't pull off Batman, but boy did He prove THEM wrong.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Gung Ho was good too. Shown in 2020s? Maybe not 🇯🇵 ...

[@chrisdelisle3954]

You miss the bus...we miss the bus...when's the next bus... Ante meridian...prime meridian...all the little meridians... Johnny and the Mothers are playing "Stomping At The Savoy" tonight... something like that. Love this me. One of my absolute favorite comedies of all time.

[@mjc8248]

I drove my parents insane with this movie. I watched it non stop and proceeded to quote it in inappropriate situations. I loved this movie as a kid.

[@lucyfuir6386]

I am 50 and I must have seen this movie a 100 times plus I own it on DVD. It is a classic with some of the best acting and silly jokes I have ever seen.

[@JoshWeeks]

Man, I watched this movie so. many. times. It was one of those they just replayed all the time on HBO for a few of my formative years. And then when I took a tap-dancing class when I was 10, we did a recital to "This Is The Life" and I thought it was so cool.

[@susan-7865]

Oh this movie is so funny! I have been trying to find this movie on DVD for ten years or so!

[@garrettdunyon4505]

I have it on DVD 😏

[@mjwbulich]

I have it on Blu Ray but I keep in the original DVD case because it has the Drew Struzan artwork on the cover. It's one of my pet peeves. The studios used amazing artwork for the DVD then cheap out and use some clip art crap for the Blu Ray release.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

I just got in on Amazon about a month ago. It's easy to find.

[@Tarabara]

"Did you know your last name's an adverb?" I remember seeing the "This Is The Life" music video by Weird Al when I was younger but didn't see the movie until I was older.

[@shrikeofterven6006]

Peter Boyle was a treasure. Always a good performance. Same with Victor Buono.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

PB is good in the action film, dir Walter Hill- Red Heat. Boyle was the stressed out Chicago PD Commander.

[@darrenleaguecity]

I worked this movie as a teenager doorman at Baybrook Cinema. Wore a blue polyester jacket with a clip on bow tie....Good times!

[@ericseitzler81]

"you farking icehole"!

[@adampatino5372]

Just the 1st minute of this video, ALONE, is why Bumbray is my favorite host on this channel. That intro is seriously top-notch. He's consumed enough media to know what makes something compelling to watch

[@Mrnovanova]

I remember that movie fondly. The joke about his mother (played by a senior actress) being 29 or something had my 7 yr old self in stitches.😂😂😂

[@Dr_1212]

"Once!!" 😆🤣 Happy Cinco All 😎👍

[@JoBloOriginals]

I commented on this post Once. ONCE.

[@Dr_1212]

@@JoBloOriginals 😆👍

[@TheJudgementofDog]

This and Harlem Nights are two of my favorites.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Harlem Nights is GREAT! Pinky toe!

[@derekhird6586]

1. Saw this when I was younger. 2. It totally holds up.

[@randysmith9841]

except for maybe the Schlitz Malt liquor bull scene

[@seereadnhear]

I remember when my mother rented this on VHS And it was so funny. I can remember my mother my brother and I are all laughing so hard. I can remember her laughing till this day because of the breakout scene were the one guy was pretending to be replaced and walking Johnny to the electric chair.

[@magiciangob]

I use that " this bad thing happened to me once... ONCE." joke quite often and don't think I've ever had anyone get it. Still a great gag and one of these days it'll finally get a laugh.

[@michaelsorber7859]

Johnny dangerously Is 1 of my favorite movies

[@the.IastIaugh]

Loved watching this movie as a kid too. Hilarious.

[@dennissmith5807]

saw it in the theater opening weekend. I think I had the white fish from the concession stand.

[@LukeWarm05]

I saw it in the theater at 10 years old! As we drove home my parents admitted that they probably shouldn't have taken me. They were big fans of Mr Mom and they were expecting something more like that. But I LOVED it! The fact that it had a Weird Al song was icing on the cake!

[@TonyBaseballs23]

If "never" means "over a dozen times and loved every minute of it" plus "Marilu Henner rrrrrroooowwrrrr" then I agree with the title.

[@dongeraci8599]

Been telling people about this movie for years and they still won't watch it. Glad to see it get some love.

[@retrofun41]

I saw it in the theater. Funny stuff.Great casting. Why no 4k, Why no franchise? Those Fargin Bastiges!

[@mjwbulich]

Da violated our fargin rights

[@TheOneTrueJack]

Criminal that this isn't on Blu-ray. It was one of the movies that benefitted massively from being in heavy rotation on HBO back in the day.

[@Omar-wq9dz]

A very under appreciated comedy more people should see

[@susan-7865]

I got the movie Johnny Dangerously and still have the DVD now! Taxi actors!

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Funny how actor Tony Danza didn't snag a bit part. Or Christopher Lloyd.

[@edthestraightedge8783]

I’ve been citing this movie as my favorite comedy for years. It’s charming in a way that Injustice can’t express. Thanks for putting this out!

[@SirKnight1096]

When it released, I was finishing high school and focused on preparing for MCRD San Diego the following Summer. I had no idea what Johnny Dangerously was until 1986.

[@samhainnc9416]

Loved this when I was a kid and we quoted it so much. Classic.

[@rrad8106]

You Farging Sneaky Bastich!!! My FAVORITE FAVORITE movie!!!

[@joecampbell2496]

TOP SECRET, UHF, HOT SHOTS, and this. Excellent choices to describe what comedies in the ‘80s felt like, and I loved them all! Each completely different and great in its own way, but mostly sight gags and dirty jokes for the most part. As far as maturity goes, Rob Reiner was the G.O.A.T. of comedy directors then because of two stand alone iconic films that are to this day considered mileposts and classics of comedic films: THIS IS SPINAL TAP, and the romantic comedy fairy tale THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Both are epic, and continually quoted to this day, as the entire tapestry of them has been fully sewn in the fabric of American culture. Lots come close to the best (talkin’ to You, Wes Anderson), but Reiner’s final work is unsurpassed.

[@jonw8694]

This movie was everywhere on cable back when I was a kid...so I don't know about the whole "never saw" thing. I still remember first watching the scene where the guys were shuffling around with giant testicles and finding it hilarious, but for me not as many of the jokes hit home as they did for Airplane, or even Top Secret.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

I can very easily believe people in their twenties have never heard of this. I have college aged relatives who haven't heard of Close Encounters. Unless they have a special interest in old movies, most have no interest in old stuff. It's not like when we grew up and that's what played on tv all the time. Streaming has very much limited and siloed a wider knowledge of media.

[@timwhite5562]

"Well, I've fulfilled a lot of people's predictions about me; I've become a real scumbag." 😂 One of the best lines ever delivered, and said in earnest... I've seen this movie easily a dozen times. It was on HBO all the time when I was 8-10 ish.

[@mroggie8334]

I remember liking this movie - it used to play regularly back on the old pay per view movie channels back in the early 80s.

[@TheRighttoArmBears2022]

This is one of my all time favorites, I love comedies like this and airplane

[@jaredbaratta8589]

I'm gonna watch this video once, ONCE!

[@JoBloOriginals]

Once Johnny. ONCE

[@wayhollobj36]

Thank you for this! Such an underrated movie 🍿 In a number of ways

[@upStomp]

Saw this in the theater on Christmas Eve. One of my earliest film memories.

[@pgbollwerk]

I saw it when I came out and I still quote it from time to time. Absolute classic. Keaton and Piscopo were amazing in it.

[@lolbored801]

One of my favorite movies as a kid. We used to watch it as a family all the time.

[@joey_dangerously]

An .88 Magnum. It shoots through schools...

[@drak347]

I fargin love this movie! Thanks for bringing it some love!

[@GrantDexter]

The Chinese whispers scene when he's in prison. Lol. I saw this about 40 years ago.

[@sonjaisaacs1200]

I loved this movie growing up. I finally shared it with my grown daughter this year!

[@ZUGTFO]

I saw this movie MULTIPLE TIMES ! Love it.

[@kennethlivingston9108]

I saw this in theater...& I sat thru it TWICE!

[@erasta7011]

I must have watched this movie 100 times on HBO when I was a kid, and it's still one of my favorites.

[@soulvigilante]

Saw it in the theater when I was a kid and loved it. As an adult, I watched it once. Once.

[@aguycalledbunny5186]

Quoting this movie was a young man''s hobby in the 80s.

[@brooklyntiger2806]

I saw this movie in a theater...& I sat thru it TWICE!

[@Mandrake42]

Huh! My brother and I were just talking about this movie and JoBlo does an ep on it. Good timing. I think this still holds up pretty well so long as you know what you are getting into. My brother and I still occasionally sling a "Farg you icehole" at each other. You should to one on Night Shift too if you haven't. That actually came up when my bro and I were talking as well, as they came out fairly close to each other. Night Shift is another kind of forgotten comedy that is well worth checking out. Keaton is hilarious and its also worth seeing Henry Winkler move as far away from the Fonzie persona as possible. Johnny Dangerously and Night Shift would make for a great old comedy pairing for a movie night.

[@jimtackett1196]

I saw this in the theater. Still have quotes from it cross my mind all the time.

[@pjshutout3480]

I liked this movie in the 80s, but my uncle...who did grow up watching Cagney movies...still, to this day says it's his favorite movie of all time.

[@TheOriginalCaptainTrips]

love this movie. seen it more times than I can remember.

[@innerlude]

They played this on Comedy Central a lot when I was a kid. Love this movie

[@Nobodyimportant696]

One of my all time favs. “I’m standing here with my dork in my hand”

[@timothylewis2527]

I remember that line from Heavy Metal 😂

[@msjsq1966]

My Dad and I, who were not cool with each other at the time, saw that together and laughed until we cried. It bonded us, I swear, and after that we grew closer over the years. He passed a few years later, and I still watch this movie once a year and laugh/cry with my old man. Thanks for listening. xo

[@ministerofdarkness]

Thanks for sharing. Some of my best memories are seeing movies with my dad in the 80s and 90s.

[@DrVernSFC]

I owned video store during the time this was made. I loved this as one of the best spoof films ever, along with Top Secret. Many people in the 80s had no idea it was a spoof, largely because we had no access other than broadcast TV. You couldnt find those older films on VHS until libraries started opening up in 1988-89.

[@476429]

Saw it when I was a kid in the 80s and to this day call people "Fargin iceholes."

[@douglasmcneil8413]

One of my most favorite movies ever.

[@whochecksthis]

Marvelous movie. Loved it, love rewatching it.

[@hussd21]

Truly an underrated comedy gem. My favorite line from the film: "I love him, but one of these days I'm gonna knock him on his ass." Classic

[@richardhinshaw2116]

"It's the worst July in years!"

[@dannagle2319]

I had this on VHS and used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.

[@JoybuzzerX]

Seen it so many times and love it

[@msladytsunade777]

Can't get enough of this COMEDY!!!🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johndavis5835]

I was in the Marines early mid 80s. We loved the psuedo swearing gags.

[@jasoncanby2525]

It's good that it's available to watch on streaming. I've only seen it in its entirety on cable once. ONCE!

[@robertleemeyer]

I grew up watching this movie. Showed it to my kids. It became a family favorite. So now you know who to blame if we all end up in jail!

[@allbrobower]

This movie is in my top 5 comedies of all time! I absolutely love it!!

[@numbnutz9398]

This movie had so many one-liners. 16 year old me and my friends quoted this movie continuously. Well, this and Top Secret!

[@meiketorkelson4437]

Ah yes. That headline "This is Fargin War"...

[@camerachris]

We used to watch this so much as kids we quoted so many of the lines it was our “This one time, at band camp…”

[@matthewardill4297]

Watched Johnny Dangerously back when it came out, being a kid in the 80s was a wonderful/terrifying time.

[@stealthkitchen4375]

Got to see it in the theater!!!

[@bergman6581]

This film and Sylvester Stallone Oscar were my favorite comedy films to watch back to back.

[@ssgdean1969]

I rewatched this a few months ago and it DID hold up very well!

[@masterchinese28]

The neighbors got this on VHS and that's when I saw it. I was 13 when I saw it and some of the humor went over my head. We neighbor kids spent that summer calling each other "fargin bastages."

[@Machtimus]

Never saw? You shouldn't assume things about my Johnny, my mother assumed things once....ONCE

[@JoBloOriginals]

Once Johnny. ONCE

[@OakCityGamers]

Oh. I’ve seen this! “It Shoots through schools”

[@thoughtballoons]

Old guy here....saw this movie when it came out on VHS. I still quote it to this day. It's dumb, inappropriate, and hilariously wonderful.

[@luisrizo8813]

Paul Heyman used this character as inspired for his 80s manager character.

[@paulcathcart7896]

I saw this when I was a kid at my grans house and loved it.

[@MelloMood1]

Johnny Dangerously is a very funny movie, I watched it tons of times growing up. Classic 80's Comedy!

[@williamellis1190]

I have this movie on DVD. I've always loved it.

[@SnoMoJoe1]

This is a great movie. It has some of the best quotable one-liners ever.

[@gregmize01]

we had this on VHS, loved this movie!!!!

[@randallphobia8698]

I loved this as a kid!

[@bobb6313]

Classic!

[@captcorajus]

OMG, I LOVE this movie. So many great quotes.... and yeah, Joe Piscopo absolutely steals this movie, and gets the best jokes. Marilu Henner is gorgeous, and Michael Keaton is also hilarious, but the entire cast is great.