The Lost Version of Three Amigos

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[@mmyers6441]

The guy who plays El Guapo is Alfonso Arau. He was and is a popular mexican director and producer of arthouse films who obviously had a plethora of fun with his role.

[@KairuHakubi]

he absolutely killed it. His final scene is etched into my memory.

[@JeonardShadby505]

It's a sweater!

[@brettbarton1911]

Is he the same guy from romancing the stone, with his little mule

[@ets5697]

"Jefe - what is a plethora?"

[@siegel177]

I just watched it with my 13 year old. He said it was stupid and loved it. So mission accomplished. He sang my little buttercup to his mom all day.

[@nolancho]

Woooooowww that's terrible.

[@Omnibushido-]

I used to wake up early and pop this in the VCR when my parents were sleeping. This and Austin Powers. Got caught after the school called my parents because I kept quoting the movies. 20 years later and I still love my stupid comedies and quote them waaay too much, especially The Three Amigos.

[@MonkeyKingsformerroomate]

My favorite part of this movie is they allowed the villains to be funny too. They're sometimes funnier then the leads. Everyone gets moments to be funny. Jefe and El Guapo in particular are scene stealers.

[@vitorafmonteiro]

The "PLETHORA!" scenes Joe showed alone show that. El Guapo's actor (who's also a Mexican director if I'm not mistaken) is a funny guy (am I confusing him or wasn't he also the Colombian jungle bandit chief in "Romancing the Stone"?).

[@MonkeyKingsformerroomate]

@vitorafmonteiro he was in romancing the stone. I also love the one guy who is so offended at being called a scum sucking pig. Or just the way Jefe says "Yes El Guapo!" When he yells about gringos falling from the sky

[@maskon1724]

“It’s a sweater!”

[@brettbarton1911]

El guapo steals the show . " I like these guys, these are funny guys. "

[@IanDavidOnDU]

Would you say they have a plethora of funny moments?

[@brianfinlay756]

I am glad they cut out all the stuff with Miss Rene. Flugleman firing them just because they asked for more money when he was having a bad day is all the reason you need. More simple and more funny.

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

I dunno bou that

[@TomWilcox-p2o]

I mean even in the extended scene, that seems to be primarily what causes him to fire them… at least to me, I dunno.

[@chocolatestraw3971]

One of the most underrated lines was when they were first having dinner with Carmen's family, and her Mom gushed over them. "We are proud to have the Three Amigos in our home!" Right when Chevy's taco fell apart, and he said, "Do you have anything besides Mexican food?"

[@katinphilly1312]

My favorite line in the whole movie

[@bootsthecat6718]

Whenever I hear the word "Infamous" this movie comes to mind

[@williamshaw9047]

Or "plethora."

[@mmyers6441]

Right? It's like the "inconceivable" from The Princess Bride

[@owie4070]

​@williamshaw9047 yes, same 😂😂

[@natewilson111]

I occasionally tell people "You're MORE than famous; you're *infamous* "

[@nolancho]

Don't care what you think! 😊

[@wstine79]

🎶 "My little buttercup has the sweetest smile."

[@richarddallaway53]

Sweet little buttercup won’t you stay a while

[@MickeyKnox]

Come with me where moonbeams paint the sky

[@mmyers6441]

I'll say goodnight Ned

[@neil8194]

Esmile

[@MrWorf35]

[in a faint voice] My little buttercup. I looove yooouuu!

[@rodmaher194]

My dad and I worship this film! Never met anyone that saw it. I must’ve seen it first on Betamax. Then purchased the newest format version of it whenever they became available. 4K copy is what’s next! “ I like the one that’s not so smart.” “Which one is that?”

[@bl3343]

I originally saw it with my dad on HBO. "I like these guys. They are funny guys! Just kill one of them."

[@erroneous6947]

We had a Betamax too. My dad held onto that thing and his movies till the 2000’s. Great movie.

[@psilva2462]

Never met anyone who saw it? What.

[@rodmaher194]

@@psilva2462 Well never in the flesh at least. lol

[@nolancho]

Stupid comment

[@ernestoborrego5102]

Not an exaggeration, MY FAVORITE MOVIE, EVER! Thank you!

[@EddieJarnowski]

Me too. I absolutely love this movie. I still watch the vhs

[@nolancho]

Don't care 😊

[@FalseNi9e]

​@@nolanchoyes you do

[@chocolatestraw3971]

I watched this once a week in college in the early 90s. What I liked was when the bandidos first show up in town, and the Amigos remark among themselves how stereotypical they are, which is very meta, and then they break that with El Guapo having a photography hobby, being vulnerable about his age with Jefe, and truly being touched about getting a sweater for his birthday, even automatically wrapping it around his neck.

[@darrenXparker]

I was literally just thinking this morning “I need a new Hats Off video soon” and here we go! 👏🏼

[@gokaury]

Whenever any of my sisters or my mom and dad is gifted any kind of sweater, it has become imperative for us to shout "It's a sweater!" It never fails every single time.

[@fromchomleystreet]

The Seven Samurai / Magnificent Seven / Three Amigos / A Bug’s Life / Galaxy Quest narrative is The Plot That Will Not Die.

[@mmyers6441]

Rebel Moon, Tropic Thunder, Battle beyond the stars. It never dies

[@WesleyNiman]

The singing bush and invisible swordsman scene has to be one of the most random yet hilarious scenes in a movie that I've ever seen. I can't watch that scene without bursting out laughing every time 😂

[@mikepalmer1971]

😜🤪

[@brianparksdesign]

Farley Farley Farley Farley… Far-roooootz! Bang!

[@voodoochild1975az]

This film is a perfect example of all you really need for a good comedy. Good comedy writers and good comedic actors. You don't need a lot of money, extensive sets, effects.... Good writing well delivered. Martin, Short and Chase. No offense to Landis, but with that team, I am fairly certain his job was to make sure the cameras were in the right place and running.

[@BibleBreakout]

Most underrated line is walking up to the singing bush and asking: “EXCUSE ME! ARE YOU THE SINGING BUSH?!”

[@KevinBrian]

"Do you have anything besides Mexican food?" Hahahaha...one of my favorite lines and a perfect button for the video, Joe. Thank you for another gem--you...have...got it!

[@bl3343]

This movie taught me what a plethora is.

[@zimriel]

that knowledge could save your life

[@grim_lion]

'Excuse me, are you the singing bush?'

[@liveitdown]

I got this movie for 5 bucks from an Acme supermarket in like 1992. Watched it almost everyday after school.

[@BryanMc977]

El Guapo What? Are gringos falling from the sky? Ned falls to the ground Jefe Yes, El Guapo

[@arturogranados1133]

Here he is with another banger. Always look forward to your videos. Thank you.

[@sheacorduroy5565]

This movie interests me because it's one of the only movie roles for Kai Wulff, who is a personal favorite of mine in the voice-acting realm. He's got the best German accent in any English-language media and I love him for it.

[@sahmnancy]

This is one of the obscure movies my husband and I claim as our own (Zorro the Glade is another). We often quote things like the plethora exchange and the "Some people's El Guapo is shyness" bit. It's a great movie.

[@chocolatestraw3971]

I'll sometimes do Lucky's, "I have three demands," speech when someone asks me what I want.

[@catholiccontriversy]

I watched about half of this movie in 7th grade Spanish class. We stopped right when El Gwapo exposed them as just actors. Luckily I finished the movie at a sleep over that summer

[@shoesncheese]

"Three Amigos" is like modern theater of the absurd.

[@frankreads8618]

Fran Drescher as a silent film actress was pretty brilliant.

[@allright]

One of my all time favorite comedies of the 80s. I've been waiting for you to do a video on this, but you still need to do a video on the Marx brothers.

[@TheTristianNetwork]

When the channel was smaller I commented and told Hats Off Entertainment that he should do videos about the Marx Brothers. He responded and said that those were something he would get to when he gets the chance. That was years ago. Maybe he just isn't that interested in the Marx Brothers. Too bad because I love most of their movies.

[@nolancho]

Don't care what you think!

[@williamshaw9047]

"Three Amigos is one of the most original comedies of the 1980s." Based on a well-known American film from the 1960s, which was based on a well-known Japanese film from the 1950s.

[@vitorafmonteiro]

I mean, it's much farther from the original concept than "Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven" are to each other. The number of main heroes is different and there's the whole "fake hero" thing that changes the whole dynamic. If anything the Amigos films in universe seem to be way more like Magnificent Seven than "Three Amigos" is. And then we have stuff like "A Bug's Life" which is kinda "Three Amigos" via going back a bit more back to "Seven Samurai"/"The Magnificent Seven".

[@bensneb360]

I hope Sam Kinison scene is found some day, it sounds like a fun idea, very “it’s just a scratch” sounding lol

[@MichaelScarn-j9j]

They found most The deleted Scenes but the sam Kinison scene How shitty!

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

Ahhh, Ahhh., Would have been perfect

[@michaelk8860]

One of my favorite comedies of all time. SO QUOTABLE and very memorable.

[@BlackoutCreature]

The Three Amigos vs. Fran Drescher could've been a great movie in its own right, but trying to squeeze her sub-plot into the movie feels like it would've just made the whole thing too busy and taken too long to get to the point.

[@JHN12x12]

I agree that cutting Miss Renee for time & pacing turned out to be the right choice, but the opportunity to make Singing in the Rain references was probably very hard to let go. It certainly fits in really well thematically.

[@protogenxl]

Dueling cavalier isn't that also movie from "Singing in the rain"?

[@JHN12x12]

@@protogenxl yeah, that was the name of the movie they were trying to make, but Lena couldn't make the transition from silent to sound. 👍

[@versebuchanan512]

One of the first movies from my youth to give me, what i would call, a plethora of laughs.

[@HEMPHILL23]

Filmed at Old Tucson Studios. Only one solitary building has survived from the 1995 fire and it was re fabricated due to years of deterioration.

[@HEMPHILL23]

The building in question can be seen when the plane flies by before the "Mail Plane" joke...

[@jackslater8595]

I know I've commented this before, but you HAVE to do a video exploring the history of Beavis and Butthead as much like the Three stooges, they truly were icons of their time, and are simply more than meets the eye.

[@scottj.9875]

YES. Oh my God. I would LOVE to see that. People constantly call it "gross out jokes and nothing more", but it's more than that, it's a well done satire of youth culture and I would love if someone went and explored it more.

[@JimK2112]

I’d watch it the second it’s uploaded!

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

Never thought about that.... But... yeah I'll accept that..,.. peace

[@JeonardShadby505]

John Landis wasn’t much for directing helicopters or children, but the man could admittedly work wonders with comedy.

[@Boards-dont-hit-back]

That joke doesn't fly

[@kommissar.murphy]

They sent someone back in time to save the Vietnamese kids,only for them to end up trapped with.....Mark Wahlberg.!

[@mrmusickhimself]

Didn't see that joke coming, you've got to give me a HEADS UP once in a while....maybe I went too dark.

[@oz_jones]

​@@Boards-dont-hit-back dont lose your head over it

[@Reggie2000]

This joke crashed and burned. 😮

[@natdmc85]

"You want to die! With a MAN'S guuun,not a lil sissie guuun like this" 😂ned's reaction after the quick draw is one of my favorite scenes 🤣

[@Mthom95]

Chip chip chip chip chip chip NANNY 😂

[@ThreeToesofFury]

PERFECT comment.

[@jasonnewman3613]

Farley farley farley HAFFARRR

[@SirKenchalot]

2 more years of AI development and you'll probably be able to feed those scripts in and out will come the complete deleted scenes. Looking forward to it.

[@anthonyc4073]

Easily one of my top ten movies. Great doc as always, Joe!

[@SteveKi]

I still make the El Guapo toast joke at birthdays to this day. To think that's going to happen to me here pretty soon. Oh boy. Thanks for the video!

[@MickeyKnox]

you mean, you will be fo... thirtythree soon?

[@SteveKi]

@@MickeyKnox Hahah, yes. Shortly. Uhh, in a few more years.

[@zimriel]

yeah i might have sent that youtube to puerto rican and mexican coworkers when i turned, um, 33

[@aaronsellers2396]

"Me and the boys, we wanted to get you a little something."

[@NicoAnimation]

I grew up loving this movie, my family and I wore the VHS tape out from so many viewings. And while seeing all this deleted material would be cool, it was good to cut them. We get that the Amigos are rich and famous actors, we don't need to SEE so many scenes of them being rich and famous. And while the Miss Rene subplot sounds fun, cutting her completely just simplifies things. It'd feel WAY too bloated if the Amigos reach Mexico at 40min, compared to the final film's 20-min mark!

[@blacknapalm2131]

*Would you say I have a PLETHORA?*

[@justinmanser7525]

How I was teased for liking this movie when it came out, I think it went over most people's heads. It was te era of raunchy Eddie Murphy, where things would culminate in Andrew 'Dice' Clay and eventually subside back to more slap stick with the Naked Gun trilogy. There is a little known show called Vids with this hilarious Welsh guy who would give very long, verbally acrobatic descriptions on movies, there was one point where he says something like ''...back when you got stoned one Sunday afternoon and came away thinking The Three Amigos was a good movie...'', I hadn't even ever smoked a joint at the time it was released, but I do admit it helped on re-watching it a few years later....Some very clever scenes though that don't get enough credit....the shooting the singing swordsman still sits with me, and the 'I'll come back one day!',' Why?' at the end is just classic Steve Martin. Anyone seen Lonely Guy? Underrated movie.

[@abegarfield7031]

I'm familiar with both Vids and The Lonely guy. The Lonely guy is brilliant as it's typical '80s Steve Martin and Steph & Nige from Vids were kinda the original KZbinrs, before KZbin.

[@abegarfield7031]

Nigel Buckland is actually a serious poet and country singer.

[@Gappasaurus]

This film taught a generation of moviegoers what the word “plethora” meant, and to this day it’s always pronounced with a vaguely Mexican accent 😄

[@PigeonPlucker]

Remember folks... infamous is when you're MORE than famous.

[@PrincessCarmel]

I was hoping for the triple romance with the maid the spread would be "same time tonight? 9 PM?", "same time tonight? 1 AM?" "same time tonight? 1:08 AM?" or something ridiculous to show that one of them was quick in bed. Great joke as it is, though.

[@stebaer]

Some might even wonder if possibly The Donald Duck Disney cartoon with the Parrot in Spain and the Rooster in Mexico might have been a partial inspiration for this movie?

[@jrobwoo688]

For me, this was always like a live action cartoon, almost. I wish that while the actors were still alive, they would make an animated sequel.

[@OnizukaSenseSay]

So sad that lost footage is actually a thing... would have nice to see it.

[@ronmb81]

"Is it fattening?" Always gets me 😂

[@zerog2000]

Yeah all the supporting actors really make it, like Alfoso Arau, Tony Plana, & Fred Asparagus are really gems.

[@Ontonaut]

Fattenix?

[@nextgencowboy]

So, everyone, when they were a kid, had that one movie they would watch on repeat. This one was mine, even though I barely understood a great deal of it. We had a VCR that would auto rewind and replay movies, and this, Uncle Buck, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles were what I watched constantly. I'm rather thankful, though, because it taught me the definition of plethora, and by extension, cornucopia.

[@Cinnamonbuns13]

"The German says to wait here." ".....................hmmm.............yeah."

[@rhysalexander182]

Perfect as it is, I love how quickly they set up the Amigos and get them out to Mexico. One of my all time favourite comedies

[@tylerthompson1842]

You’re a man after my own heart Edit: knowing what it could’ve been the theatrical release is a masterpiece of editing

[@FTChomp9980]

I love the 3 Amigoes!

[@jeffkadlec8264]

I loved this movie as a kid. Watched it tons of times. The fact that there's even a FUNNIER VERSION is completely crazy!

[@steelydan449]

Such an underrated comedy. All three leads at their best.

[@michaelaurban4120]

I didn’t know I needed this but THANK YOU! I looooooooooove this movie so much. I hadn’t watched it in years and could still quote the heck out of it 😂! My son was impressed! And it’s soooooooo funny! I love it!

[@bloodrunsclear]

I love that in the third Saint’s Row game you can do a gang sign called ‘The Amigo’…which of course involves putting you hands on your hips, turning your head, and coughing.

[@Dabednego]

I feel like any mention of John Landis should be appended with “director and perpetrator of negligent manslaughter John Landis.”

[@notahotshot]

Do you think every director involved with productions where someone was killed, as the result of an on -screen- set accident, should be referred to in this manner? The list is quite extensive.

[@Sam-lm8gi]

Such a hugely seminal comedy.... (I also wonder if the opening musical number, where they hold that note for a ridiculously long time, influenced Weird Al Yankovic's opening musical number in Spy Hard, where he holds a note for a similarly long time, climaxing in a head explosion.)

[@theElrin]

I worked as an usher when this came out. I watched it soooo many times it became a blur… along with Stand By Me and Nothing in Common…just a wonderful blur.

[@jdraven0890]

Took a date to it, and we didn't know what to think. I think we expected a laugh a minute type of comedy and it is more subtle and ridiculous. I really appreciate it now.

[@eddiep.7559]

This movie is so great and quotable. Absolutely one of my favorites

[@grim_lion]

My dad recorded this off the TV when I was a kid, we watched it every day. It's one of the few movies where I know all the lines. As a kid, I never questioned the story, it all made sense. As an adult, I remember bits like the singing bush and summoning the invisible swordsman and I think, who's high fever dream was all this???

[@christinehorror8178]

It's a sweater! Best line..

[@carlosrvra]

Most of these scenes sound like they would make for a good bonus prologue on the DVD.

[@eddieblancher7557]

I first saw this movie on Disney Channel back in the late 90s and I have on DVD and I always love the gone to make it scene.

[@multi-voiceentertainment7013]

Hey don't forget that Larry the Cable Guy and Bill laneville movie Delta Force where the premises self is a lot like The Three Amigos.

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

I love the elements from Seven Samurai like rallying the village to defeat the enemies.

[@Calculon1712]

Seeing you go through this draft script, I still hope you take a look at the draft acript for the unfilmed Romance of the Pink Panther

[@GooseOD]

Landis also said the studio cut down a huge tracking sequence that followed the amigos through the studio as different movies were being shot. He couldn't fight them because he was in court

[@Lama-Su]

One of the Best comedies ever made, thank you for posting this.

[@WesleyNiman]

One of my all-time favorite comedies since childhood

[@iamteubing]

I cannot look at a sweater without shouting "IT'S A SWEATER!"

[@Kai0nTheMoon]

I can't say that I'm sad to not see anything involving Sam Kinison. He came from a time when performers could have a strange vocal pitch as their theme, like shouting for no reason, or talking in obscure voices like Gilbert Gottfried or Bobcat Goldthwait or even Carol Kane. It was annoying to my ears then and it would be annoying to my ears today, should that unnecessary footage ever be found.

[@andywinslow9638]

The movie is honestly hilarious as it is. I knew I was lifelong fan of the 2 Martins watching this as a kid on the Disney channel. Chevy I knew because of the Vacation series

[@manhogbear1086]

it laid the groundwork for pixar's "Bug's Life" too!

[@jcbvortex22]

I still have my ticket from the Saratoga, six theater for three amigos. It’s so faded. I don’t even know if I could read it.

[@Jared_Wignall]

It would be nice if one day we get to see the various deleted scenes of films like The Three Amigos on some big home video release one day. Thank you for the video Joe, keep up the great work and have a great weekend. Take care!

[@trailersic]

yeah it's the usual kind of cuts you can expect, if it's a plot thread that's not paid off at the end but takes up time in the beginning cut it all out so we can get on with this movie and get to the 2nd act. It lets the audience settle into these characters and their world but I guess they were worried about the audience getting restless.

[@Andrew-13579]

The original music was very good in this movie, too. It’s a very funny, colorful and entertaining movie.

[@truthedministry]

"I'll throw a rock and distract him." (proceeds to knock the guard out by throwing said rock, so he falls off the wall) LOL

[@MrJturner74]

I want a updated version with Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, and Chris Helmsworth or Chris Pratt. They all have the comedy and action chops to pull it off.

[@MrJunk78]

You should enlist Ryan to assist with those script read throughs. For no other reason than you’ll be able to force him to do Fran Drescher impersonations, and the like. 😂

[@TheMotomuras]

Went to a screening in LA years ago with John Landis in attendance. He said the funniest parts of the movie were between Alfonso Arau and Tony Plana, and that they cut a lot of those interactions out at the direction of Steve Martin. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gerardocummings]

one of the most important channels!

[@KidFresh71]

Loved the singing bush scene!

[@yondie491]

The numbers back up your claim that it wasn't a major hit, but my memories as a 10 year old says otherwise. EVERYONE on the playground was doing the Three Amigos Salute!

[@wordenentertainment1997]

Could you do a video on What About Bob? I just watched the trailer and it appears they cut some scenes out of the theatrical cut as Richard Dreyfuss's character Dr Leo Marvin hits his car and throws a car jack on the ground after getting hit with mud.

[@elijahchesterthomas5334]

Yes! Always appreciate these.

[@Bob-Savage]

“Hold up your hat…HIGHER!”

[@TheWinstonSlip]

I just watched this last week. Such a weird movie

[@socaljarhead7670]

I thought it sucked really bad when I was a kid maybe 10 years old. Still think it sucks.

[@Yezpahr]

3:30 That script was so godlike put together that I completely missed "Cocaine" at first glance and even when it was said I was like "but wait, something has to be in there or it wouldn't be written in the first place". Not even a double take made me see it.

[@mrdanforth3744]

There were a lot of wild patent medicines before they changed the drug laws. You could look up "One Night Cough Syrup" made of cocaine, morphine, cannabis, and chloroform dissolved in alcohol. I bet that stuff would stop you coughing, in fact enough of it might stop you breathing entirely.

[@DeanAitken]

My favorite comedy of all time

[@flashback7273]

Saw this in theatres when I was younger

[@christopherwaldrop5293]

The comparisons to Galaxy Quest and Tropic Thunder are why, I think, this film wasn't that successful initially. It was a brilliant idea but really ahead of its time. Although I remember when it came out and it seemed like it did well, at least among my friends and I, who all thought it was hilarious.

[@ottagol1985]

Seeing Sam scream his head off is always a good laugh for me.

[@travisbrown6598]

This film is a cult classic and Short, Martin, and Chase did a great job with the humor. Always neat to watch lost version of the films like Uncle Buck. Sad the Sam Kinison scene is lost but it would be a great scene.