Used Cars Interrupts the President

A great scene from Used Cars where President Carter's speech is interrupted by a commercial.

[@jamesjarrettjr.5974]

I have heard you with unmistakable clarity Jimmy Carter

[@freddyt55555]

That's the greatest scene in American cinematic history.

[@nwchrista]

The funniest scene from the funniest movie I've ever seen. $24,000... That's too fucking high!!!... Kicking Carter in the face... Priceless!

[@sartainja]

😂

[@driver4011]

this is one of the best movie scenes ever done, produced. used cars a classic.

[@rambojr03]

"Yes I have heard you with clarity" 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikebockey4125]

you got that right yessir

[@douglaslally156]

Thirty-eight years later still one of the most hilarious and under-rated films ever produced.

[@elcanelito1206]

💯

[@paulbeaudry5791]

Yep you got that right 😂👍

[@dinof.8290]

50 bucks never killed anyone

[@matthewheinze1231]

1000%

[@EdgyNumber1]

"That's too fuckin' high!" 😆😆😆 That scene had me in stitches when I first saw it back in the day! 😂😂😂

[@denverprator5806]

my sainted grandfather lived in a small town that had 3 tv channels. in 1980 he visited us in phoenix, we had HBO. this was the first time he had ever seen people "cuss" on tv, he laughed so hard during this movie he kept choking from lack of air.

[@jlh4jc]

​@denverprator5806 I saw this years later when I was 19 and I thought I busted a rib laughing!

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

This was the highlight of Carter's presidency.

[@stevekloepping9634]

This is truly a comedy classic that a lot of people do not know about.

[@Alprazolam08]

It got overshadowed by "Airplane" which came out just before it.

[@nwchrista]

Truly, the funniest shit I have ever seen.

[@alanw505]

When I worked at a used car dealership as the lot boy this movie to me was a documentary.

[@ashtonsalinas6336]

My dad introduced me to this movie and I'm so glad that he did.

[@derekwischmann6123]

Absolutely! Did you hear what I said?

[@kingbee1500]

Thirty-five years ago...and I'm still crying with laughter whenever I see "Used Cars!"

[@charleybarley914]

Every time I see a group of nuns I think of Jim and his firehose

[@TrainNut85]

Now what the hell is this? Is this a 1977 Mercedes 450 SL for $24,000? THATS TOO FUCKING HIGH! *kaboooooooooom* Classic!

[@daograiders]

Then that guy was like 😦😗. 🤣🤣🤣

[@donnydomingo9962]

Even the scene the next day when he's talking to the FBI and blaming it on terrorists is funny.

[@75aces97]

They kept yelling "Ayatollah! Ayatollahs!" And the.n they drove off

[@jackkruese4258]

No nothing to do with us officer....Ha ha

[@Met-Tech]

Seriously, that was like a surprise sequel to the Marshal Lucky masterpiece

[@jeffreyvincent4420]

My favorite comedy of all time. Perfectly written, acted, and directed.

[@gatorflight74]

10 people didn't appreciate high prices getting the shit blown out of them

[@radams36]

Probably the single greatest comedy film set piece I ever, ever saw.

[@sammys70]

I love it when Roy kicks the tv screen in at the end of the scene...I didn't realize at first when i watched the movie years ago that they were destroying Roy's cars on his own car lot.

[@dw8840]

Yeah he must've had some lead in that shoe to kick in the CRT

[@mr.intensity2685]

Yeah, that's why he was so pissed off. He Nu Deal Used Cars was his brother's place across the street.

[@johnprovince5304]

Fifty bucks never killed anybody.

[@sharpasaneraser]

"Respect my ass, Food-Giant, I'm paying 20 bucks for this meal!"

[@johndavis8669]

When literally Jimmy Carter was unpopular

[@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE]

@@johndavis8669 then we got Raygun....

[@nealjackman9792]

I could watch this a thousand times and still laugh . I probably have watched it a thousand times

[@nwchrista]

I've watched this film more times than any other repeat. Brilliantly executed. Remember the scene where Rudy walks by the pinto wagon and the curly haired guy (Marshall lucky) is now banging the blond girl customer in the back of the wagon? Lol

[@nealjackman9792]

@@nwchrista How bout the kids falling out the back of the car leaving the lot

[@MajinHercule]

LOOK OUT MARSHALL LUCKY, IT'S HIGH PRICES!

[@joel8583]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nwchrista]

Take that you dirty old high prices...KABOOM! LOL

[@MajinHercule]

@@travelhog Now wait just a goddamn minute! What the hell is this?! Is that a 1977 Mercedes 450 SL, for twenty-three thousand dollars? That's too fuckin' high! *BOOM*

[@Kohntarkosz]

I love the way he says "Yes, sir!"

[@paulkersey9553]

R.I.P. David Lander (1947-2020)

[@MegaSammy70]

I die laughing every time when Carter reappears back on the tv after the commercial is over,and then Jack Warden gets up and kicks the tv screen in.

[@WSC9293]

"I have heard you with unmistakable clarity." LOL

[@sicfrynut]

WSC9293 yessir!

[@mr.intensity2685]

This movie was the highlight of the Carter presidency.

[@fredericbarclay4601]

Word. The NFL game that was jammed earlier in the movie was almost as crazy: "WTF IS THIS,RUDY!?!?!?" 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄. Superb Flick.

[@derpderp9778]

Must have been... Iranian students out to uh discredit the American way of life

[@zanethomas6865]

RIP David Landers. Great scene with all actors.

[@rivera5b]

4:16 talk about blowing the competition sky high, LOMFL 😄😄😄😄😄😁😁😁😁😁😁😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CocoKickz94]

"that's too fuuuckin high!"

[@joel8583]

I agree, yes.

[@TheBigScat]

I never get tired of watching this scene. Perfectly played by all involved!

[@artytoons]

Kurt Russell's funniest performance ever.

[@robbiestewart89]

Back in 1979 when my parents first got cable, this was one of the first movies that I watched on HBO and it just happened to air on a Friday night, so that meant I got to stay up late since I didn't have to go to school the next day. Back then, HBO didn't air R rated movies before 10 pm. Since I was still too young back then to discover women, you know what, and you know what, as in the scene where they jam a football game, I consider this scene to be the funniest scenes of the whole film.

[@sharpasaneraser]

+Robbie Stewart Similar story:one of my first T&A movies on HBO in 81' or 82'. i think if I had had the access kids have to porn today my head would've exploded a la Scanners....another great early 80's flick.

[@44excalibur]

Used Cars came out in 1980 and didn't air on cable TV until 1981.

[@montylc2001]

Has to be in the top 10 of the greatest comedy scenes.

[@knobdikker]

Best damn used car commercial ever made. Saw this around 1982 when I was in college. One night when I got home from work and was studying. Laughed so hard I nearly pissed my pants! Still laughing 40 years later!

[@PtlRG1]

Favorite movie of all time for me, I'm surprised they did no sequel, but maybe better they didn't.

[@joel8583]

Yeah, no need for a sequel. It ended perfectly!

[@mahadragon]

It's the most vulgar movie Spielberg has ever done. I don't think he wanted another one on his resume.

[@robbiestewart89]

They didn't do a sequel because the movie failed poorly at the box office when it got released in July of 1980. When it later aired on HBO, it also failed to pick up a cult following due to HBO's then policy of not airing rated R movies until after 10 pm at night, plus HBO wasn't a 24/7 operation back then the way it is now. Now, "Eddie And The Cruisers" which was rated PG was a different story. It was a box office failure when first released in 1983, but became a huge cult success after HBO aired it. Demand for the soundtrack became such that CBS, Inc (then distributor for Scotti Brothers Records) had to print more copies to meet the demand, which resulted in the sequal movie "Eddie Lives" a few years later and John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band (then a regional band from the north east) becoming household names. They would go on to release three albums under their own name for Scotti Brothers Records also.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

I'm thrilled that no sequel was made. It would never have lived up to the original.

[@nwchrista]

To this day, I've never seen a film incorporate so many gags. They hardly missed a single opportunity to slip in an extra joke within the entire masterpiece of situation comedy. From the outset, with the odometer rolling back followed by the hundred dollar bill bait with the fishing pole to reel in the sucker from across the street to the Grandpa Munster judge scene in which he yells at the counselor while slinging his gavel down on a mini guillatine on his desk saying, "counselor, one more outburst like that outta you and I'll have your balls in a sling"... Everything said was with a purpose, everything worked seamlessly into the overall plot.

[@charles77314]

This scene is golden.

[@domjubgwefer]

This movie must have been Kurt Russel's funnest project ever.

[@ericbarash6842]

Being in sales this is the best training film that I know and every new prospect for hire needs to see this during training, lol.

[@ih8kit]

Jeff (Gerrit Graham): For Christ sake Rudy, we're fucking with the President of the United States! Rudy (Kurt Russell): Hey, he fucks with us, doesn't he? The greatest movie line ever!

[@robertvaughan4915]

I first saw this film on TV when I was a kid and thought it was hilarious. I think it is among the best comdey films I ever seen. This was one of the memorable scene. They way they script it into Carter's speech on finflaction is materful.

[@carletoncandis635]

Jack Warden should have gotten 2 Oscars for playing the Fukes Bros.

[@saralemirande3504]

Absolutely 😁

[@75aces97]

He definitely gave 2 Fuchs in this movie.

[@carmann207]

I seriously cry every time I see that clip. One of the funniest scenes ever in any movie.

[@Hero_of_Legend]

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! YA GOT ME, MARSHAL! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I'd be damned if I'd stay in character like that, if I took a "real" bullet....

[@joel8583]

LMAO, No shit for sure!!

[@51actual]

I'm so full of Valium, I rattle when I walk....LOL

[@jimmashek6455]

Garrit Graham. Comedic genius.

[@17primemover]

That is just too fuckin high!

[@joeyravage4798]

That is Too. Fuckin’. High!

[@markb4848]

" I'm so full of valium I rattle when I walk ". 😁

[@gilbertogonzalezr9353]

This movie was awesome, still laughing about it after so many years!!! 🤪

[@JohnDoe-pe1em]

Best scene of all time when he sits up in his chair at home the movie theater I was in erupted like a volcano of laughter people were crying they were laughing so hard

[@johndor7890]

Absolutely epic! Saw it in the drive in with a chick and I laughed so hard I was passing gas!

[@jumpers3]

Great movie.I feel young again just watching these clips!

[@jlund72]

This is one of the funniest movies ever made.

[@indiglo1971]

John Lund is this John Lund from Corpus?

[@charlesmurphy3222]

How many people think Jimmy Carter loved this when he saw it? Hated the President. Love the man.

[@phillipmorales8886]

That movie was funny as hell, "That's too fuckin' high!' 'We blow the shit out of high prices!'

[@RShack13ford]

It's a shame this movie isn't as well known as it should be.

[@freddyt55555]

Yup, but Zemeckis did go on to have a bit success with that little movie franchise about a time-travelling car and other notable movies. Another interesting tidbit is that Steven Spielberg was executive producer on this film.

[@RobertDavis-db3fs]

"Did you hear what I said?" "I have heard you with unmistakable clarity."

[@duckwrangler]

Robert Zemeckis' best movie by a long way - even though I made about a buck and 50 cents at the box office at the time of release.

[@75aces97]

At least 50 cents of that box office came from me. 😉

[@jeffwilson6522]

Ahhh..the days when you could put a dish in your backyard and steal cable because it was all microwave technology. Dad-burn you digital signal engineers!!!

[@tvgator1]

“Listen, ‘too-tall’...if I take anymore shit from you...”-HILLARIOUS😂😂😂

[@josemercado08]

4:20 & 4:44 “YOU SON OF A BITCH!” 😅😡😤😂

[@Raceless1ELWynn]

The greatest scene ever! I’m still cracking up.

[@ozzwepay]

That's too fuckin' high!

[@robertcombs55]

I play this about once a month for friends...it is still funnier than any movie I have ever seen!

[@Jerry-fn5nx]

Funniest scene ever. Who wouldn't want to blow the shit out of high prices. Lmao😆

[@josephedric4081]

I put this right up there with Animal House, Stripes, The Blues Brothers and The Jerk. Why isn't it more popular, like those others?

[@gotherecom]

Buy this movie on DVD for $29.95? That's too f**king high! 💣📀

[@kenbear64]

I first saw this on a Saturday night in high school. The next day, I was trying so hard in church to not think about the scene where the Mercedes Benz explodes (along with Mr. Graham's comments).

[@makesumthinjump]

This is my all time favorite comedy...thanks to Saturday Night Live!

[@RobPFrank]

Did SNL reference it?

[@thomasfisher5742]

This still brings a HUGE smile to my face... just so funny how the owner is thinking what a great commercial then realizes its HIS CAR YARD

[@davidsolomon5852]

“Yessir”….I’m freaking dying 💀

[@AndrewLiss]

Hey Lenny and Squiggy!

[@joel8583]

I wonder if they invited Laverne & Shirley to the premiere.

[@donskermont]

could watch it a hundred times and still laugh out loud

[@PtlRG1]

Would love to see any outtakes, if they exist.

[@ninline2000]

PtlRG1 They made an anniversary edition DVD years later. It had a version where Kurt Russel and the director were talking about the movie as they were watching it. It was hilarious listening to them telling stuff that they did on set making the move. I actually saw the movie in the theater back in the day and laughed myself silly. Unusual for me to watch a comedy and even more so to enjoy it that much. The DVD brought back the memories. The dog Toby was a hoot.

[@wchase62]

+ninline2000 I have that on DVD and the directors and Kurt Russell can't stop laughing to do much of a description of the movie. They clearly love it.

[@CycolacFan]

Best director's commentary I've ever heard, it's as funny as the film.

[@thomastarwater6035]

Next year it’all be 40 years since Used Cars arrived on the silver screen. This fractured flicker is for anybody who has ever purchased a pre-owned set of wheels and wound up with a lemon (I’ve been there myself). Used Cars is breathtakingly hilarious but the language can be too strong for tender ears. That being said, this is my all-time favorite scene. Robert Zeneckis lost no opportunity to zing President Jiminy Carter. I love it!

[@nwchrista]

I was surprised years later to see so many big names associated with the film. Spielberg, James Cameron, and Robert Zemeckis would both become icons of the propaganda machine known as Hollywood within 10 years.

[@bdmaus4975]

Never gets old

[@jesapizza]

This my friends....is a riot.

[@victorbrunswick]

I found the filming location on Google Maps not too long ago. Roy's car dealership building is still there. However, there's an apartment complex where the New Deal Used Cars set was. Interestingly, there's an old motel that can be seen in the background of some of the shots in the movie. It's still there.

[@Electrokid03]

This country had great disdain in 1980 for President Carter following his perceived weakness on an unresolved Iran Hostage Crisis, not to mention recession and an embarrassing episode caused by brother Billy Carter over the summer. Pretty much reflects the national sympathy by this time.

[@johntg123]

I grew with two brothers Freddie and Eddie...too funny great movie from beginning to end..."why don't you see for yourself judge!?

[@wavealip8059]

Freaking hilarious one my favorites from back in the day.

[@crazyaces4042]

This would be a GREAT used car commercial now! I'd love to see that!

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

“HE’S ON THE 20!!!! HE’S ON THE 10!!!!!”

[@jamesjarrettjr.5974]

YOU THINK WE LIKE BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESIDENT...... WE RUN AN HONEST LOT HERE!!!

[@CitySkin09]

"TAKE THIS you dirty ole' high prices!!" BLAM!!!

[@alanw505]

41 years ago I worked at a used car dealership as the lot boy. I added oil to cars, washed cars, and kept the car lot in clean and working condition. This movie to us was a documentary. Ha!

[@johnmeadors9680]

This is without a doubt the best damn car commercial of all time.

[@infidelheretic8008]

"...I can do anything I want. I'm Roy L Fuchs, GODDAMMIT!!" Best goddamn comedy movie of all time. And this is the funniest scene in the whole goddamn movie!

[@nwchrista]

Just hope that came don't shit all over the lot. Lol

[@mikejohnny27]

i have heard you with unmistakable clarity

[@Sean-eo3gx]

A true classic. Seen it lots of times and still giggle like an idiot. Yes sir!

[@bozhijak]

"Hanging Judge" Harris. Nuff said. 🤣🤣

[@kennethkennair]

Gerrit Graham. 2 of the best supporting roles ever. Here and as beef in the phantom of the paradise.

[@IanDenchasy]

HOLY SHIT - I totally forgot about him in "Phantom of the Paradise!"

[@JohnDoe-pe1em]

What about doctor Detroit

[@toddmoss1689]

"You son of a bitch!!" Greatest comedy that hardly anyone knows. It's a non-stop laugh fest!!

[@knobdikker]

To this very day when I see something that's priced too high I will say, "That's too fuckin' high!"

[@sockpuppettheatre8861]

Same

[@MPB059]

4:53-5:00 MOVE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!! LET'S GO!! LMMFAO!!!!!

[@SARCASM_IS_MY_FIRST_NAME]

Best car advertising!

[@edbarns2451]

That's too f_cking high!! BOOM! LOL

[@spartanblueteam1286]

"you sonofbitch" kicks the TV

[@joel8583]

LOL!!!

[@starguy2718]

The Benz went flying. And it was done while preempting "Peanut Farmer". Love it!

[@InTheWinkOfAnEye]

They need to remake this movie with Obama as the President and Chevy Volts in the used car lot.

[@thomastarwater2989]

How about remaking this movie with Joe Biden as President in name only and there are a bunch of Toyota Prius clunkers in the lot?

[@seanhoward8025]

Any movie with Lenny and Squiggy and Tawny Kattan's friend from Batchelor Party should have been nominated for an Oscar.

[@leemunday]

Respect my ass, Food Giant.

[@crazyaces4042]

My gosh Michael and David were the GREATEST comedy acting team EVER. RIP David! I know I must've seen this movie years ago and forgot until I see this part now! Kurt Russell in his golden days too. LMAO

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

Icing on the cake when the other brother realizes it's his cars getting blown up, kicks the TV and gets electrified lol.