The Soldiers Explain Their Reasons for Enlisting | Stripes (1981)

[@j.dragon651]

"Lighten up Francis", priceless.

[@jwil4905]

Still use it on the wife to this day.

[@gregory46236]

I still use that at work. Classic

[@jennymacallan9071]

Yep. I use it all the time.

[@jdhrap]

Using this since I walked out of the theater after watching this movie.

[@joeheid4757]

Yep. Still use it today.

[@texmetzger]

Ramis's body language and facial expressions are priceless

[@The2ndFirst]

He's great at what he does. Low budget comedy relies on the basics and he does it well. He's got a sense of comedic timing. Largely, he's the straight guy that's in on the joke.

[@Greg-d1g]

Haha yes they are !!

[@Greg-d1g]

Yep ,funny as hell

[@Ace-tu2is]

Right, when John Candy's character is explaining his reasons for joining the Army. Comedic gold.

[@zacharyjohnson6453]

I feel like you picked that one up from John Belushi in Animal House

[@wcg19891]

What I like about the lighten up Francis line is that the Sergeant was telling him he had absolutely no fear of this idiot and neither should the other guys.

[@The2ndFirst]

It's true. We had one of these talks when I went to basic. I was actually housed in one of those buildings they used in the film for my reception time. It wasn't conducted like this one, but, this is true to the basic training experience. The Drill will under no circumstances make you understand that you are level 1

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

No poo Sherlock? Are you sure? LOL!!!

[@waltysalamander]

@@DonnyHooterHootBlackout!

[@DS-od1kb]

I had a guy on here who replied to one of my comments implying that he was going to knock me unconscious. I told him to go play with his Xbox and haven't heard from him since.

[@peternighswander9629]

@@DS-od1kbBrilliantly played

[@MIAMI305LIVE]

“If we ever get in real heavy combat?, I’ll be right behind you guys” Lmfao 😊

[@huss03]

...About half a mile behind to be precise

[@yam83]

Waaaaaay behind!

[@therealaustinpowers1967]

Funny how nobody really got it.

[@craigedwards2940]

About 100 miles behind. 🙂

[@joeldre424]

Way back there 😂

[@murrayalexander4807]

Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Judge Reinhold, Warren Oates, John Larroquette, Timothy Busfield, Bill Paxton, Sean Young, P.J.Soles.

[@urbanurchin5930]

.....P J Soles was SOOOO hot when she got the "Aunt Jemimah" treatment ! !

[@murrayalexander4807]

@@urbanurchin5930 "Mom. Dad. I'm home!"

[@BozJustBad]

And Conrad Dunn as Francis “Psycho” Soyer

[@murrayalexander4807]

"Lighten up, Francis!"

[@wades9327]

Yes, those are actors.

[@red5llaw]

Ahhh Harold Ramis R.I.P. Great Writer, Director and Funnyman.

[@baseballman4958]

Great scene and the writing was epic. Can’t decide whose was best, they were all great.

[@billyhassett2728]

Ramis, Candy and Uncle Hulka! Classic. Miss those guys.

[@ronaldredmond3308]

" You're all in this together. One of these days one of these guys will save your life one day. " " Then again maybe one of us won't. " 😂😂😂

[@Eric_M_]

Bill Murray laughing for real as Warren Oates responds to being called The Big Toe, is great!

[@charlescameron6017]

I just realized how much Francis psycho Sawyer is channeling Robert De Niro and Taxi Driver here!

[@traceywoodward1354]

Lighten up francis

[@LesterMoore]

Psycho never laughed or applauded. He just looked on like he was thinking. "Yeah. I can hide away real good within this group of Bozos. What a bunch of losers! The Sarge is kinda dodgy too."

[@jjgreen5206]

Not really. He’s just a garden variety, selfish psychopath:) kinda like you Charles

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

DeNiro committed to the part so much so That he's still following politicians around New York. Soyer just collected his check and went home.

[@greggseager4632]

Harold Ramis' reactions are perfection. Completely supportive and mocking at the same time!

[@wexwuthor1776]

"Behind you every step of the way..." while the bullets are flying. 😂

[@reubenfevrier2349]

How many great actors in this scene.

[@specialed8156]

All of them

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Could you imagine being Harvey @2:15 being recruited not for his acting skill but for looking like a doofus? I wouldn't be able to handle the blow to my ego if that's all they wanted from me.

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@80s_Boombox_Collector I'm sure the paycheck would have you crying all the way to the bank.

[@philochristos]

You can tell how much time has gone by between this scene and the barber shop scene by how much John Candy's hair has grown. It's been about a month.

[@joeldavis8851]

Bill Murray.... Chicks dig me because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's usually something unusual. 😆

[@itguru2037]

😆

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

Ziskey: “Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.” Hulka: [Wait, what?]🤨

[@The2ndFirst]

I've used this line a lot.

[@frozentundra7446]

Yep, my father told me...

[@Esotereclectic]

Sgt. Hulka: "Damn hippie....!"

[@MarvelousLXVII]

If we ever get into heavy combat, I want you to know I'm going to be right behind you.

[@gruppettovelo]

Haha, yeah...WAY behind you.😁

[@Shanetangybits]

Youll need to be directly behind 15 people.

[@briangenarelli568]

During combat the safest place would be “behind” Ox.

[@frozentundra7446]

...Every step of the way!

[@alih9179]

Lighten up Francis lol

[@jond1965]

Every time John candy mentions pizza in this scene I cry laughing. Classic Candy

[@wastedproductions45]

I honestly love how he takes shots at himself when it comes to his weight, really shows he knows and just doesn't care

[@jonathanmorrison2225]

Man Candy is one of the greatest of all time. planes Trains Automobiles also The Great Outdoors!!!!

[@nycava0520]

I miss John Candy!! 😢

[@sammylacks4937]

Me too You might notice he has a weight problem. His Dr.said he swallowed a lot of aggression, along with lots of pizza and beer.

[@patrickmclaughlin61]

I would have loved to have had him as my uncle buck.

[@spaceace4387]

We all do

[@joeldre424]

Me too... 😂

[@marks.3303]

Harold Ramis didn't have the best lines (he co-wrote the film but gave the best lines to others). He did have some great reactions though, especially to John Candy.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

I never noticed this, but the actor playing Francis is definitely sending up Travis Bickle In Taxi Driver

[@peternighswander9629]

Even has the same haircut

[@119Agent]

John Diehl is a really under rated actor. He was great in Dark Winds if you haven’t seen it.

[@Esotereclectic]

He was great as the hooker-killer in "Angel" (1984), which is on here in its entirety.

[@Kabulkid]

"Our newest and bestest buddy and big toe, Sgt. Hulka"😂

[@The2ndFirst]

It's fucking hilarious. You should hear that movie being played for a bunch of soldiers on deployment.

[@j.dragon651]

When someone would walk into the machine shop division and ask where the supervisor was I would reply, "Blown up sir!" Got em almost every time!

[@thebadradio5340]

Ziskey`s motivation and performance are so mindbogglingly ace, twisted!

[@colin8696908]

Everyone go's quite when Zitsky say's he'll be right behind them every step of the way. Mad respect to him.

[@Jay-vr9ir]

I like the sergeant and the look on his face .The look of what kind of idiots , have I ended up with here?

[@Esotereclectic]

He probably wanted one last good platoon before he retired...and ended up with *this* lot!

[@robertisham5279]

Honestly I liked the army uniforms back then. Better than what we have today.

[@The2ndFirst]

Olive Drab is a very good cammo scheme.

[@billybupkis3688]

Had my reception station in these barracks in early 84. This scene really happens during basic.

[@didsomebodysaydmt8193]

One of the many movies we watched, stayed after it ended and watched it again. Then went to see it again the next weekend,lol.

[@lastcommodore2071]

"Any of you homos ..." That was the last time I heard a line like that in any movie. 😝

[@pmcclaren1]

Because 'homos' is truthful, letting effeminite males know they are on the road to hell because of their perversion. Now they parade their perversion while on the highway to hell.

[@typetersen8809]

Police Academy. Similar vintage.

[@dcpunisher4781]

You forget the 90's? "Entertainment" has only been infected with the Woke contagion for the past 20 years.

[@MrMelmott]

Also used in the movie “Boston Strangler “

[@289cobra9]

Couldn't say that in a movie. Lefties would have a meltdown.

[@joseaamorosalicea6783]

The sarge was great!

[@The2ndFirst]

I will tell you Warren Oates played a more accurate DS than I've seen in most movies. He's the one that keeps the movie from being a Pauley Shore movie. Other than R Lee Ermy, he was an accurate DS. His kind died out of the Army about 1995.

[@pretorious700]

Brilliant writing.

[@3dprintingbybluebeard381]

I was at Ft. Knox just before they started filming back in 1979 D-19-4

[@The2ndFirst]

I was there in 92. D2-46. It didn't change much.

[@Shane661]

Hulka is basically me, when I make assistant manager at Walmart.

[@jwil4905]

Dream big, buddy.

[@porridge57]

You will be the big toe.

[@tmwk__]

That’s nothing to be proud about…

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

uncle walmart⁉️®™️🤣🤣

[@The2ndFirst]

Does that mean we can take the rest of the day off?

[@GTX1123]

"they shoulda' called you DORK"😂😂😂

[@Oof-DahReviews-bf4hv]

Great underrated comedy. Just remember guys, if we ever get into real heavy combat, I'll be right behind you guys...

[@BiffTannenBTTF]

One of my top 3 comedies of all time. I got to go to a wedding recently at the house where they filmed the German hotel scene.

[@timbrown8038]

That's why my buddies in my car club call me the "Cruiser".

[@davidreynolds4684]

I'm so glad they came out with the extended version. I've seen this show well over 100 times. It ran on cable non stop when it came out. It ran for decades. The scene where Hulka says it's come to his attention that several members of this platoon left base wo proper authorization" has driven me nuts for decades. There was no scene where anyone left the base. Then the extended version came out and showed one of the funniest scenes in the entire movie where Murray and Ramis hitch a ride with the airborne troop do a jump and get captured by Colombian rebels. Ramis is high from taking a bunch of micro dot reinholds character gave him for motion sickness. The whole thing made sense after that. The behind the scenes stuff is crazy. Anything went with reitman. Everybody darn near lost their jobs. They interviewed the key players fir the anniversary and Murray agreed to do it under specific conditions. A certain day date and time at madam ?s Bae and where house in Bangkok tialand in a specific booth with only one interviewer and one cameraman. And the only light allowed was 1 black light. Very bizarre.

[@tncavscout]

Filmed at Ft. Knox. Did my basic there in 1984! Ran some of the same courses they did! Ft. Knox will always be a home to me!

[@markstoneburner]

Were the old barracks still there? I had basic there in 76 and initially we were put in old WW2 barracks that were drafty and cold as hell. Didn't stay there long before being moved to newer barracks.

[@The2ndFirst]

1992 here brother! I know that log dude racked himself on. I know that shopette they show in one of the opening scenes. I was allowed to buy brasso, hygene and vitamin C drops.

[@echo-cb9st]

I remember watching this in the mid 80s and laughing cause NOT ONE of them had a decent reason for joining the army...

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

You think movies like this and Police Academy are comedy movies. Then you see which of your friends go in and hear the stories they tell. You realize how spot on much of this is.

[@OG-Ghost33]

You would be surprised how realistic that is. I joined in 2007 believing the type who joined had to be the best and brightest etc Don’t get me wrong good people but most of them are not there for service of their country at all. The best one I can remember is when being asked why did you join? And btw they do actually do this in basic training. The best one was this guy who said he was a goat farmer all his life and he just sick of looking at all those damn goats. That was literally his reason for joining

[@OG-Ghost33]

I typed this before I even read the comment above mine

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

@@OG-Ghost33 just goes to show how true it all is

[@bradjames6748]

"Okay Mister pushups"

[@danmcn61]

This scene was actually filmed inside a receiving barracks in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

[@markstoneburner]

Looks right. Maybe the one I was in, in 76. No insulation, drafty and cold as heck. Old WW2 shacks the new barracks were concrete.

[@danmcn61]

@@markstoneburner Yep. Remember the room with all the flags?

[@billybupkis3688]

spent 10 days in these barracks before going to Disney Barracks for basic.

[@rcschmidt668]

THE best military comedy of all time!

[@tbonemaloneknowsitall]

The facial reactions when Ox is speaking are priceless ....

[@tbonemaloneknowsitall]

Francis - one of the best monologues of all time ... should have gotten best supporting actor.

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

We'll never have movies like this ever again❗️ sad, very very sad‼️®™️

[@SWog617]

Of course we will. They've run out of ideas in Hollywood, so it's just a matter of time before they remake THIS movie.

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

REMAKES suck.....‼️®™️😡😡

[@SWog617]

@@roryvonbrutt7302 Agreed.

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

Being a union projectionist IATSE local 230 Denver, Colorado from 1977 to 1985 I've operated (projected) hundreds and hundreds of movies during those years... the golden years have passed us by‼️®™️ 😢😢 Hollywood is nothing but a bunch of lazy woke pathetic grooming disgusting pandering egotists❗️ I also did union stage hand work obviously being in the IATSE

[@Clara-ph7my]

@@SWog617 A remake of this movie, would be as successful as a remake of Airplane!

[@RThomasBehnke]

This movie was so delightful.

[@ZetaReticuli_]

My brother and I always laughed at that bit about the draft. "You mean there was one?" LOL

[@JK-pu8jt]

Hilarious absurdist line.

[@MichaelFiden]

I liked Warren Oates in the kid blue movie... He's was a legend to me. This was another favorite of mine, I was army...

[@GroovyShelly]

John Candy and Warren Oates were the heart of this one, making it more than just another 80s post-Animal House comedy

[@joedian1399]

Yes warrens laugh at the end of this clip is perfect

[@Scorch1028]

The actor Francis "Psycho", actually played a psycho in Death Warrant (1990).

[@cindithomas7440]

I went to boot camp in 1982 and i can confirm you get assigned pushups for talking lol

[@patrickdenehan6460]

Was the army in stripes or is it different in real life

[@cindithomas7440]

@@patrickdenehan6460 some things are accurate but most of that would never happen. The first thing is how long the 2 main character's hair was. I got push ups for talking several times a day. I was probably doing 300 push-ups a day at 50 each infraction

[@elizadawne3896]

I went in 02 and you would get pushups just for breathing 😆

[@cindithomas7440]

@@elizadawne3896 I think they just want to watch you do pushups

[@The2ndFirst]

As it came to pass they couldn't beat you up anymore, they figured out that low crawling around the barracks was a good idea It taught us "Infantry moving techniques."

[@RobertBalto]

I like this movie, but the idea that there would be a "sharing session" run by the drill sergeant is completely absurd hahaha

[@philochristos]

We had something similar to that when I was in Navy bootcamp. Our CC didn't call on individuals like that, so nobody HAD to speak, but he did ask us why we joined, and we were all sitting on the floor around him. Different people offered their reasons.

[@RobertBalto]

@@philochristos I appreciate the insight. What do you reckon would've happened if someone was as much of a smart-ass as Bill Murray's character here?

[@philochristos]

@@RobertBalto It's hard to even imagine. I suspect he would've been put in his place, though.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

Hence the humor!

[@Dillon41689]

Uhh, we had this exact sharing session during Basic after an angry pt session from a drill Sergeant....... This sharing session is how we understood where everyone was coming from and how we started working together. It was exactly like this

[@guardianangel138]

this brillant classic scene. priceless. thanks so much for posting. brings back great memories. son there aint no draft. there was one???

[@pontifixmax]

"I rarely wear underwear, but when I do, its usually something unusual."

[@peternighswander9629]

Warren Oates is absolute gold in this.

[@ParaMeds-v9i]

Then again, maybe one of us won’t.

[@garystone3476]

Great movie but there are some very un-basic training haircuts there. JS

[@tc556guy]

I didn't hear any fire guard roster being announced, either.

[@ManuelHernandez-fb9vf]

I love this fucken movie It Is one of the Best movies I ve ever seen

[@greggergen9104]

I very much doubt they sat around and talked to their Sergeant. In Air Force Basic Training Squadron, we never talked to the drill instructors.

[@markstoneburner]

Typically in the army during that period drill instructors did a lot of yelling. It wasn't a conversation.

[@urbanurchin5930]

The only time I remember having a "conversation" with the T.I. in Air Force Basic was the drill where you are learning how to report to an officer in the office. ( the salute, the language, the posture, etc. ) The seargent was seated - and was playing the roll of the officer I was reporting to. He tried to make me lose my serious composure by calling me Wimpy ( after the Popeye character ) and was asking if I liked hamburgers - if my girlfriend liked hamburgers - If my momma was a hamburger, and on and on - trying to crack me up.....I did a pretty good job and mostly held it together.....but started laughing my ass off when I left !

[@craigalbrechtson5364]

I'm pretty sure, that's Bill Paxton on the bunk on the left. I read he was an extra on the film.

[@captzoom1778]

I love this movie great reminder

[@temperedglass1130]

You just made the list .... I knew Jericho ripped it off from somewhere.

[@jonathanmorrison2225]

I was fortunate enough to stay two nights in the barracks where this was filmed at Fort Knox.

[@tbonemaloneknowsitall]

I was born in the early 70's -- spend most of the rest of my life quoting these 6 minutes ....

[@wayno2750]

I swear that Francis dude looks exactly like Winona Ryder

[@Andrew8126]

You just made the list😂.

[@DutchVai]

Shhhhh....pipe down Wayne, he'll kill ya' dont'cha know !!

[@j.dragon651]

Made me laugh. She looked best as a cartoon in scanners darkly.

[@marcdewey1242]

Just leave his stuff alone and don't touch him.

[@wayno2750]

@@marcdewey1242 I’ll touch that count alright 😅

[@eclecticx]

There are very few movies hilariously perfect. Ramis was involved with two. Stripes and Caddyshack. IMPRESSIVE.

[@johnsharkey2948]

Miss Ya..John Candy,Harrod Ramis..

[@ussexeter4601]

And Warren Oates.

[@RoachDogg_JR]

"You might have noticed...I've got a slight weight problem." "Noooooo! Noooooooo!" True bros

[@Freweing]

2:34 DYSTOPIA REFERENCE IM SLUDGE METAL PILLED CRUST PUNK MAXXING

[@CliffClover]

There is Stripes and then there is Full Metal Jacket. One had committed actors willing to shave their heads and here is toe in the water.

[@The2ndFirst]

Can you not figure out they are different movies doing different things?

[@hilmarschraft1678]

This happens in every army

[@yallaboybrookwell4420]

It’s called an ‘ice breaker’ in the British army. Of course the recruits wouldn’t be as familiar with the training staff (as I’m sure they wouldn’t be with in the US military either)

[@418cjpaul]

so real....

[@michaeltaylor8835]

so much talent there

[@DixieBanjo]

I bet this entire scene was improved

[@sdsmt99]

I always thought the original was good enough.

[@captainanon6849]

@@sdsmt99 lmao smartass

[@flyboy152]

I believe the word you are looking for is “improvised.”

[@RPMcMurphy1975]

"As you mighta' noticed, i got a slight weight problem." "No!!....no way....no!!" "Yeah, yeah....I do"

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

The unreplaceable….Warren Oates.

[@armybeef68]

Yep, we did the same exact thing in 2003, but we were sitting on blankets that covered the kill zone.

[@sillyone52062]

The drill sergeant wears a 1st Cav patch on his right sleeve, indicating a combat tour with that unit. If the soldier has performed multiple combat tours with more than one unit, he can pick which patch he wants to wear.

[@The2ndFirst]

1CD is a choice. All your unis are fucked up because the sun fades out the uni past the patch. There's only one bigger patch in the Army. 2ID.

[@kiddetroit8403]

Lee Harvey when you stole that cow and your friends tried to make it with the cow I want to party with you cowboy😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@chrissachse6207]

Great movie

[@alptigin5438]

"Son, there ain't no draft no more." Better times...

[@bmwr9tracer668]

There was one?

[@LLOOYYYDD]

*LEE HARVEY........You are a MAD MAN....When you stole that cow? And your friend tried to make it with the cow? I wanna party with you cowboy...... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣*

[@mikewilson920]

This is a great movie.

[@SK-qc6fb]

All those weirdos in the platoon is exactly what it was like back in that time! I remember getting to Germany, they had a Battalion Formation, class A uniforms and it looked like a Beetle Baily Cartoon. The fat guy with the uniform too tight, tall skinny, uniform too short, etc, etc, etc!

[@wr6392]

31 and 37 year old Army recruits....

[@billblackledge2679]

Kids looked older back then.

[@Bertiesghost]

Murray was 33 in Ghostbusters so can’t be far off

[@duncanbick6732]

Is that not one of the comments in the first scenes of the film? Ramis says they’re too old.

[@schaferhundschmidt1798]

We had 2 42 year olds in my BT platoon. (I was 23 at the time, and still oder than most.) 42 was the cutoff age for Army National Guard recruits.

[@The2ndFirst]

We had a 31 year old Poly Sci grad in our basic. The DS saw him right away. It didn't end well for "Pugsley"

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Bill Murray in the real world army would hold the record for peeled potatoes, ditch digging and pushups.

[@TheRooster007]

Big Toe, lol😂

[@tb4251]

Best movie ever

[@LuisHernandez-hw7dj]

I was so close to joining the army after high school but got cold feet. BUT, if the army was anything like Stripes, I would have instantly joined.

[@kiddetroit8403]

Okay Mr push-ups😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@jamescayen4622]

Very good movie

[@marlalepp9037]

I miss Candy

[@tube517]

Ramis is gold in this scene

[@Bierdaddy1]

Arrrrmyyyy training, sir!

[@4catsnow]

Basic at Ft Jackson in "67...no one would ever mistake it for Oxford....

[@plasteckfly]

Bill Murray has a face only a mother could love…

[@bmwr9tracer668]

He has a face made for radio