Watching the Wheels: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[@NorbertoFontanez]

This movie came on every year for as long as I can remember, and my family and I NEVER missed it. I NEVER out grew it... matter o' fact I have it in "My Favorites" list.

[@edmccahill5005]

I worked at a local theater & it was probably 1964 when we got this picture after a long premier in downtown Detroit. We had it for at least a Month, & all that worked at our show were SICK of it....except ME! I could not get enough of those crazy car scenes! I thought Dick Shawn stole the show driving the red convertible screaming for his "" MA-MA""! Ha! Talk about a MANIAC!!! For a movie that's 60 years old it still hold's it's OWN as a real CLASSIC ___ GOD Bless the ENTIRE CAST! ( All LEGENDS!!! )___

[@martydavies7198]

Great movie. I just learned something from you and that was you said Dick Shawn was driving the red convertible. I always thought his name was Max Baer, alias Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies and his mom was Shelley Winters

[@hlynnkeith9334]

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is one of the funniest movies ever. It contains the greatest airplane stunt ever filmed.

[@N2YTA]

It's not one of the funniest, it is the funniest movie ever made!

[@hlynnkeith9334]

@@N2YTA Glad you think so. For me, Ruthless People is the funniest. And The Producers -- with Zero Mostel -- is funnier than It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. But IaMMMMW has one of the two greatest stunts ever filmed: The Beech 18 flew through the billboard! Frank Tallman flew that stunt. Only Chuck Yeager rates higher with pilots than Tallman. Tallman lost an engine flying that stunt.

[@rustandmagic]

This one and "What's up doc" and you have the evening saved

[@freeguy77]

@@hlynnkeith9334 Frank Tallman said he almost died hitting that billboard, because instead of paper the billboard was actually balsa wood, and almost tore the plane apart. He said it caused him a scary landing after going through it, unknown before that it wasn't made of cheap paper! A helicopter policeman (uncredited) who was reporting on the contestants, was the first to die of the film's many actors. Don Harvey, only 51, a veteran Western and character actor, died on April 23. 1963, over 6 months before its release, approximately 4 months after the last filming in Dec. 1962. Mickey Rooney was the last major credited actor to die on April 6, 2014, at 93. Sylvester's girlfriend and dancing partner in that awesome black bikini, Barrie Chase (then 29 when filming in the Spring-Winter '62), is the last survivor of the entire cast, celebrated her 90th birthday last Oct. 20 (2023).

[@brerrabbit9585]

I never fail to crack up every time when Sylvester gets his `62 Dodge Dart airborne!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

It is a sight.

[@Kekuahiwi]

Dick Shawn was a total madman! "I'm comin' to get you mamma"

[@mercoid]

Every moment of this movie is funny as hell, but when Sylvester gets that car airborne all the while crying about his mama, it just kills me 😂

[@kurtb8474]

@@mercoid I love it when he drives through the weeds to get on the road that Russel is on. Breaks me up every time!

[@misternewoutlook5437]

That car in mint conditon is worth a lot of money today I'll wager. But then, they all are after 60+ years.

[@wmadamzzz]

I'm an old man (75 years old) and saw It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World for the first time when I was 13 year old, at a high end theater with a big screen. It was sponsored by our church as a fundraiser but I was never sure how much money was involved. Mom and dad took me to this movie at the same time and mom said she enjoyed it, and dad said it was the stupidest movie he'd ever seen, since most of his movie money went to hunting and fishing. He was still a good guy! On a Saturday, 2+ weeks after I saw it first time, I took the bus downtown, about 12 miles from home (and I watched it twice that day.) The internet tells me the price of movie ticket in 1963 was 85 cents. Not sure that was everyone, or just adults. I seem to remember everyone liking it. As I got older, I saw it in theaters as often as possible and the summer after it was in theaters I got to see it in a drive-in. Not sure who I was with since I didn't drive yet. When the world of VHS tapes and DVDs were available yet, I've owned both many times as I got older. I was married in 1973 and my new wife thought it was funny but she didn't like it was as much I did. I like to make sure that any one I watch 161 minutes of it. Plus, being a lifetime car geek and make sure I know the name of every car on the screen. I have just one DVD now and don't think I'll be buying any others. Thanks for reading; apologies for the length.

[@N2YTA]

I saw in a movie theater at age 12!

[@glenfenderman]

I saw this movie at the age of 12 on an old black and white TV for the first time in 1974. My two older brothers, my dad and me watched it in our old farm house, and we laughed ourselves silly from beginning to end through the haze of dad's cigarette smoke. Over the years I have owned multiple copies of that movie from VHS to DVD, and I still watch it with family and friends.

[@livefree6455]

I was about 14 at the time my buddy Jim and I went to see this movie in our local theater. We sat through it 4 times and enjoyed each time as we saw things that we had missed in earlier screenings. Got in so much trouble when I wandered home about 5 hours late, but it was worth it. But, at 75 I don't consider my self an old man, more of a seasoned man of leisure. . . They will never make a movie this good again. Also, Edie Adams was and remains the most beautiful women ever, except for maybe Barbara Feldon and Diana Rigg.

[@ryancoakley2796]

Thanks mom for being an old movie buff if it wasent for her i wouldnt even kno this classic movie out!

[@beeenn649]

I think it's the funniest movie ever made. Hats off to Stanly Kramer who never made a comedy film before but was always a great director.

[@reddog-ex4dx]

This has got to be hands down THE MOST FUNNY MOVIE EVER!

[@patrickbodine1300]

...never to be replicated.

[@jaydunedin2930]

It's very funny and it's got all those big stars, but for all-time funniest I'll take the original "The In-Laws", with, coincidentally, Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, followed by the Coen Brothers' "Raising Arizona".

[@harri2626]

One of my favourite films ever. Brilliant car sequences and cameo performances.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Seems to be the popular opinion.

[@2Hearts3]

This movie is so funny, so brilliant, that I'm laughing even at your description of it. Have watched it many times, love it. May have to watch it today... Stanley Kramer's masterpiece 🏆👏🎥🌴🚓

[@MarkHenstridge]

5:09 Jim Backus was better known as the voice for a cartoon character named, Mr Magoo. Gilligan's Island had not yet aired when "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" was released.

[@joephillips4082]

Don't forget Jim Backus in the early 50s sitcom "I Married Joan." Look it up; yeah, I'm that old.

[@thomasdearment3214]

movie never fails to crack me up. The Selvester driving to moms recue scene priceless.

[@dj33036]

When I was a teenager living in Los Angeles, I watched this movie in a triple feature with Cleopatra, and Flight of the Phoenix. It was an all nighter and the sun was coming up when I left the theatre.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I bet it was. That is a epic trifecta.

[@brerrabbit9585]

And I thought the Charlton Heston double feature of 'Ben Hur' AND 'The 10 Commandments' was epic. WOW!

[@jimkoval4725]

@@brerrabbit9585 WOW!

[@lwilton]

In about 1980, at the end of the drive in Era, a drive in near me played a quadruple feature: Pete 'n Tilly Harold and Maude Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice John and Mary

[@francisspratley7212]

How fantastic! 👏🏽👁️

[@ronjones1077]

One of my all time favorite movies! As a car guy, I like it even more

[@jbj27406]

Born in 1950, these cars are very reminiscent of my formative car years. I love every one of them. On a side note, it took me a lifetime to realize that Ethel Merman was HOT!

[@duradim1]

I thought Ethel Merman looked as hot as the lady who played her daughter.

[@martinleicht5911]

Ethel Merman H🔥T ? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@jbj27406]

@@martinleicht5911 Killer body.

[@ThePalmnut2]

Her voice could belt out a note! She really did have a nice bod, too❤

[@jbj27406]

@@ThePalmnut2 Yeah, her voice was like an earthquake or hurricane, but she was shapely. That took me by surprise to some extent.

[@MrJdcrash2]

My all-time favorite film. I was born in 1966. I was about 9 or 10 when my older brother made me watch it with him. I have every format made. Posters, lobby cards and original 1966 movie trailer!! LOVE. Thanks for sharing.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching.

[@elwoodblues9613]

I knew a guy like you back when I lived near Berkeley. He had memorabilia of "Mad World" out the wazoo. Then I semi-dated a girl, I gave her a synopsis of this movie, and she crinkled her nose and said "That's funny?" Oh well, to each their own. Personally, I love the time capsule aspect. "Mad World" was filmed mostly on location, so it shows what SoCal was really like in the early 1960s. And, naturally, 6:00, where you hear Phil Silvers say "THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A CONVERTIBLE!!!"

[@johnd8892]

A very popular film in Australia. It ran for over a year in the Melbourne Plaza Cinerama theatre. When my entire family of five attended I would say I have never heard such strength of laughter at the ending with all 900 or so filling the theatre still laughing filing out and most with tears of laughter. After a year odd of mostly filling the 900 seats for three sessions a day, it went to the drive ins. My schoolmate said when his family went to the local suburban drive in session the roads were clogged for a mile with many missing out when the drive in filled up. The success of this film spurred similar comedy epics a bit later in the sixties. To Australian eyes just about all the cars looked rare and exotic.

[@blue04mx53]

also as the milquetoast father in Rebel Without a Cause.

[@pjesf]

I’ve watched this movie so many times and always notice the cars - even the ones in the background 😍

[@DennisMoore664]

No supposed to be a comedy about it - this film is a glorious example of comedy history. Pure madcap silliness.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

That does describe it.

[@jamesbabbitt737]

When i saw it in theater in the mid 60s my dad was the only one that got the "kicked the bucket" joke and only one that laughed, that spot always reminds me about my dad 😂

[@anthonyclarke5579]

"it just sailed right out there"....Thank you, my dad and I used to try out different lines on each other to start the day off. Happy days.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Sure thing.

[@CD-oq8em]

Get that fella's number..... get his number!

[@CariDLC1]

I grew up in Long Beach and many of the buildings were still there when I was in high school (20 years after the movie was made) My friends and I would reenact the scenes in the various locations. Silly, but fun! Thanks for telling me about the cars - my 84-year old mom was right on nearly every one!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Very cool.

[@landiahillfarm6590]

I think I have seen this movie 25+ times and it never gets old! @5:56 I love the most when the goofy son launches that poor Dart.

[@SSgtBaloo]

This reminds me of how whenever I watch an old movie, I have to rewind several scenes, either because I missed some key dialogue because I was paying attention to an interesting car that was in-frame at the moment, or because I was paying attention to the plot and barely noticed the interesting car that was in-frame at the moment.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I understand.

[@CarolWorth]

Me, too! 😉

[@welleffitthen]

Excellent review/movie, would love to see the deleted scenes. Of all cars here I'd take the imperial driven by Milton Berle or the Chrysler driven by Jerry Lewis.

[@ThePalmnut2]

Ha, it gets u coming or going lol😂

[@gene978]

One of my all-time favorite films growing up I was born in 62 I think I first seen this film at the age of 10 and I thought I was in heaven with all the cars. Was right up my alley. And the laughs were a great Bonus. I knew all the cars and the actors and watch this film at least 15 times and of course I bought it. Live and Let Die was another Favorite and my First James Bond Film.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I may eventually get around to doing James Bond cars as there are so many, from the iconic Astons, to the Flying AMCs, to the Lotus Submarine.

[@richardw64]

1960 here, Gene. Same goes for me. I just wrote a comment 5 mins before I saw your post.

[@donalddodson7365]

I believe the airport Buick ambulance ended up as Hartson Ambulance Service, Inc.'s Unit #77 in San Diego. Mr. Hartson bought #77 from a movie prop company circa 1972 or '73.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Interesting.

[@stevespatola763]

In my Army basic at Ft. Bliss, TX, there was a guy in my company who was a stuntman on this movie. He enjoyed the cameo appearing 3 Stooges. He was in great shape, a DI drops him for 50 push-ups, he does 50 one arms with each arm, does 100 with both arms, then does a backflip. The DI never dropped him for push-ups again.

[@Markjohnson-vw4en]

He wouldn't happn 2b one of the two guys walking down that alley when Culpepper & the 2 taxis come roaring towards him, and he steps aside with INCHES to spare?! That wz an astonishing stunt! (Prob wouldnt be allowed 2b done in today's litigious society).

[@edgabel6814]

One of the greatest comedy movies of all time. I still laugh when Sophie slips on the banana peel. And kick the bucket- so cheesy it’s hilarious.

[@jimkoval4725]

I love how they used so many different makes of cars and trucks. In the movies and tv shows back then one company usually sponsored the show so that make was usually all that was used.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

For awhile it seemed every detective on TV drove a LTD.

[@jahbad01]

@@thehopelesscarguy I think Quinn Martin owned a Ford dealership.

[@Traderjoe]

This used to be on every New Year’s Eve and me and my cousins would watch it and howl with laughter. Jonathan Winters was my favorite.

[@keouine]

This is sophisticated humor not cheesy. Ethel mermann flipping upisde down? Worthy of a New Yorker cartoon.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Banana peel, kicked the bucket, and the dance scene.

[@Johnnyred51]

I love this movie. Must have watched it at least 20 times. It has some of the best car stunt driving I have ever seen. Hilarious!

[@michaelarrowood4315]

Thanks for making sense of all the vehicles in this classic movie! It's awfully difficult to keep track of all of them by make and model. Not to mention all the comedian characters. Bless you!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@richardw64]

One of our channels used to play this at least once every xmas holiday when i was a kid. Now I have the dvd and can take a walk down memory lane anytime i want. A must see movie for a Mopar fan.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Not what I would normally think of as a Xmas movie, but it is family friendly.

[@richardw64]

@@thehopelesscarguy in Australia at xmas we have 6 weeks break and back then TV was a god and a decent babysitter with such greats as Abbott and Costello, Ma and Pa Kettle and all the war movies and cowboy movies , too. None of them were Xmas shows either.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

@@richardw64 See, now I'm gonna have to dig out some Ma and Pa Kettle.

[@francisspratley7212]

What a fantastic observation, from an unexpected angle--"It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" and all of those out of control vehicles! One of my all-time favorite movies. 🖤👏🏽

[@kennethswain6313]

A ridiculous movie but with so iconic actors. I wish I could salvage some of those gorgeous cars. Thanks!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I don't think any of the main cars survived unscathed, but I still wouldn't mind having most of, if not all of them.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

What a hilarious movie this was!!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

It had its moments.

[@neal1964]

The movie is a great snapshot of that transitional era in automotive history when cars were becoming more streamlined and boxy, but still had a lot of styling excesses. The Chrysler vehicles, in particular, reflect the waning days of Virgil Exner's over-the-top styling queues.

[@mikelugo848]

I watch this movie often just to see the cars that remind me of my childhood

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I can relate to that.

[@Markjohnson-vw4en]

Some of the rarer cars seen (besides the Imperial): Fiat Multipla (gas station scene w/Knott's & Silvers); Borgward or Simca, & Fiat 500 (background, after Culpeppers Dart is rearended @ bldg); Corvair Rampside (Silvers hitch-hiking scene); Metropolitan (stops runaway fire hydrant from hitting bystander!).

[@jimwolfe4286]

Great Video and Memories.....Thank you !

[@5610winston]

This was probably the funnies movie of the sixties.

[@moriwaki1105]

I cannot express how much I Love this Film....The Greatest of America.

[@kevincostello3856]

Reading the comments below by themselves had got me tears, especially comment about Sylvester manages to get hus car airborn!! As a kid growing up during the 70s,I watched this on PBS in Syracuse NY on Sundays. Thank you, thank you for this especially myself a 70s car collector. I even have an Imperial, although mine is a Gold 4 dr Imperial LeBaron, that 413 wedge engine under hood is no joke 350 hp and great torque. This movie always takes me back to such a better time for all of us whom lived through those great years. My all time favorite Comedy. Sorry my Imperial is a 1961 vehicle.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Sounds nice.

[@michaeldesilvio221]

The camera they used to film this movie was amazing. Big beautiful blue skies without any chem trails.

[@joeseeking3572]

"We're the ones in the Imperial and we're running last???"

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Perhaps the only agreeable thing she says. Couldn't even get around the VW.

[@-oiiio-3993]

That line has always stuck with me. There's no Merman like Ethel Merman (the only Merman I know).

[@CycolacFan]

Original script had them in a Cadillac but Chrysler had offered to supply most of the new vehicles.

[@peoriavideosltd6822]

"Mother, he's not that good of a driver!"

[@freeguy77]

It is an actual 1962 movie when filmed until near the end of 1962. Production took it into its premiere in Los Angeles on Nov. 7, 1963.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Before the concept of taking years to produce a film took hold.

[@CycolacFan]

Plus they filmed most of the car stuntwork and chases first months before the actors were on set.

[@susanschaffner4422]

I dont know anyone who thought Mad World cheesy. That's a inane description.

[@1223jamez]

Thank you!

[@NMMakster]

Hated to see the Imperial go so soon

[@thehopelesscarguy]

It didn't get much screen time did it.

[@CycolacFan]

The actual car survived for decades after as a studio service truck, they turned it into a flatbed pickup. Buddy Hackett recognised it on a backlot years later.

[@danweyant4909]

Anyone not a child of the '70s just doesn't appreciate how much this aired on TV.

[@thebrinx9632]

Thank you for the car education and the actors too! This was a great film just for the stars that were in it alone! The list of them being so long, probably would have been easier to just list who WASN'T in the film. Thanks again for this.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks, you may be right.

[@JoeSmith-pu9hi]

This channel is great. I forgot about this movie but will have to revisit it.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks, I hope you enjoy.

[@bobgreenwood1066]

Well done report. It's my favorite movie of all time.😅

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@randolph6511]

This is my favorite movie of all time.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

You are not alone.

[@MusicRider1973]

I love that this channel has so much variety. Keep up the good work, sir!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks. Variety is the spice of life.

[@breakawaymotorsports]

One of my top 3 movies and my good friend John Fields favorite. RIP John..!

[@jimcurt99]

I remember seeing this at the drive-in with my family when I was a kid- watched it every time I could find it on TV re-runs- funny funny movie

[@stevecoan2590]

The Plymouths should have been Savoys, being taxis. However, they are actually Belvederes if you look closely.

[@CycolacFan]

And judging from the interiors one had originally been red and the other blue.

[@Porsche996driver]

Hey, I’m in Long Beach right now at the Grand Prix and get to watch some of the scenes where this mad movie was filmed lol

[@danam0228]

I loved seeing this movie as a kid, and all the cars

[@Boogiebear-1965]

Wow! Hard to believe the cars in this movie were "mundane for the time." I purposely looked up this topic just because I was so fascinated with how beautiful they are/were. The car driven by Don Knotts was my favorite, probably because of that Baby Blue paint job. I was born in 1965, and I have always loved this movie.

[@Capewolf145]

I wish it was a movie theaters again it is a classic. I love it.

[@larrybruce4856]

This was a great movie and frequently available on cable TV today. Loved the cars, celebrities and action. The storyline is perfect and many of the cars are classics today. Wish i had Sylvester's '62 Dodge convertible. I recall going to Chevy and Dodge showrooms in the 60's with my dad to view the new cars on display. That was the day when cars were made out of metal, had powerful engines, rich upholstery, and a smooth, velvet, ride. Disappointed of the plastic, tin, cars of today.

[@CactusJackSlade]

Hahah... very nice perspective. Thank you for a great mini-review and automotive history tour - fantastic! 🙂

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@fourdoorglory]

Great summary of the movie.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@dennisgannon]

Wow, you know cars! Great movie. Thanks for sharing.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks for watching.

[@kenvaughan6694]

A bit of trivia: The man who was credited for orchestrating the automobile stunts in this classic movie was none other than Gary Loftin. He was perhaps best known as the mysterious truck driver in the 1971 Steven Spielberg's movie DUEL

[@tomservo5347]

Always thought the Dodge Darts (Sylvester's and Culpepper's jet black one) were sharp looking cars. My Dad told me that his very first car was a '59 Dodge Royal with swiveling front chairs. Grandpa was a an old 'Dodge Brothers' guy while my Dad was a Chevrolet/GM guy that rubbed off onto me.

[@glen1ster]

Provine: long O long I 7:01--Stan Freberg on the right

[@davidwesley2525]

Stan Freberg Provided Voices of Looney Tunes Cartoons in the 1950s. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@501rivet]

...great observation video of this classic movie. Watching it im almost too busy trying to see what cars are in it than keep up w/the plot !

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I can relate.

[@ytugtbk]

Great summation. As a car guy and film buff, especially liked your accurate identification of year/make/model of vehicles and actors.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@blue04mx53]

5:17 one of the most astounding stunts I can remember seeing at the movies. I gasped. I've read that it was flown by Frank Tallman.

[@Capewolf145]

I’m 56 years old I always love this movie it made me laugh and I am really enjoyed it

[@bill90405]

Ine scenes at the beginning are filmed in and around Palm Springs. I recognize a good bit of the Palms to Pines Highway (CA-74) in the early shots.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Is it that unchanged?

[@PleaseNThankYou]

That was done very well. 8 like no talking as i feel ok with pausing to read. Also, not only your format of the actor stats but including the " on the cutting room floor" in your review was very thoughtful and thorough.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@michaelb.42112]

What a GREAT movie !!!! It's a Mel Brooks film that came out 3 years before I was born, so I got to see Cannonball Run, instead !!! the big W.... Then in the 90's we had Scavenger Hunt...

[@thehopelesscarguy]

It did inspire many a movie.

[@johnstapler5956]

Great movie. Wonderful cast.

[@jonnyj2b]

This is a great move, one of my all-time favorites...

[@MegaSondheim]

One of my favorites movies since I was a kid!! I was hoping you would identify the silver convertible sports car that appears briefly during the final chase scene. It seems to be of a foreign model, but I don't know anything about cars. Great video. Have a fantastic day!!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

There is a silver Corvette they pass like 3 times, but I presume you are referring to the Triumph, a TR3 I believe.

[@MegaSondheim]

@@thehopelesscarguy thank you

[@jrm2fla]

I’m 63… I remember this film, especially for Duck Shawn, who I think was a highlight … along with Jonathan Winters and Buddy Hackett.

[@toonrog9957]

Gotta love the stuntmen for the car stunts and plane stunts as IMO, these stunts still hold up even today.

[@musicguy3725]

Enjoyed this, and also always check out the cars in old movies. I think it would interesting to go to that location and trying to find any signs of the crash 1957 Fairlane, and possibly find a souvenir. Maybe some nuts and bolts are still on the ground?!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I would think it has been picked clean by now, but you never know.

[@CycolacFan]

Several You Tubers have done that. There are a few more modern wrecks in the area so it’s virtually impossible to tell if anything is from the Fairlanes they wrecked - they did the stunt at least three times using remote controlled fullsize cars. They also wrecked one when the radio failed and the car hit the catering truck. The remains of the launch ramp are still there.

[@PropanePete]

I saw this movie here in Australia, loved it.

[@toejam503]

This is one of my all time favorite comedy movies along with " Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👏😊❤️ thanks for showing this

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks for watching it.

[@evanswinford7165]

Used o be on my local PBS station every New Years Eve. We'd watch it then set off fireworks afterwards. Good times.

[@hussainmohammad3429]

I am 74 years old . I watched this movie first time in Lahore, Pakistan in 1968 .I still remember the House was full and i purchased the ticket in Black( over priced) three times more then the actual price .Spend all of my pocket money but no regret the movie was worth watching .

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Awesome

[@eblackadder3]

Dorothy Provine is pronounced with a long "I", "Prov-eyne" as is her characters' name, Emeline. Algernon is pronounced as "Aljernon" Sylvester's convertible actually belongs to his girlfriend (deleted scene).

[@-oiiio-3993]

Willys is pronounced _Will - iss._

[@WhiteCamry]

"Sylvester's convertible actually belongs to his girlfriend (deleted scene)." She yells, "That's my husband's car!"

[@kypparmstrong2775]

I watched this movie several times as a kid. I think one of the original TV networks played it on New Years Eve for several years. 🤔?

[@jimsharp5044]

Everyone was driving a classic before they knew they were classics

[@dcarr4305]

My favorite of all movies. Cant count how many times i've seen it. The cast was a whos who of hollywood.

[@wa6roy]

Beautiful Dorothy Provine who was also in Who's Minding the Mint?

[@markmark2080]

I first saw it when I was in the navy in San Diego back in '66, I almost had to leave the theater from the pain in my jaws from laughing so hard...JW tearing the gas station apart almost killed me.

[@earlleeruhf3130]

The first car I owned was a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. This was in 1972. I bought it off my great aunt Alma. It had the original book in the glove box and plastic covered the back seat. I've seen the same car in 3 films. Thunder Road with Robert Mitchim Dr, No with Sean Connery and this movie driven by Jimmy Durante. Each time the car was Trashed. Each time it broke my heart. The scene in the film with the 2 officers stop to talk together I enjoy because both actors often played cops and since they look similar I'm sure it was to show the audience that they were not the same guy.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

People mistake many actors for other ones. Perhaps I am one of the worst offenders.

[@angeloavanti2538]

No. 1 movie in my top ten list. I like the longer versions with the intermission. Pisser!

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

love that film one can see the same background cars a few times, maybe the film crew drove the shoot location in them ? saw the same 61 corvair monza and 57 ford wagon more than once

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Good eye. You see that a lot in old movies. Seems like a good explanation as to why.

[@CycolacFan]

A silver Corvette appears too

[@calartian85]

Rancho Conejo airport was in Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

Those stunt drivers were amazing!

[@DF-ee8vt]

I often watch old movies and TV shows mainly to see the old cars.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Me too.

[@dh2360]

Great movie, used to own a 1962 dodge polara convertible.

[@jetsons101]

Wish I could go back in time and get the 62 Dodge Dart 440 convertible before it was driven into the ditch...........

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I wouldn't mind any of those cars.

[@BEBESSCHET-rs7ir]

One if my favourites along with: What Up Doc, The Great Race, and The Gumball Rally

[@MCW1955]

If you haven’t seen his movie, you must watch!!!! I believe it’s free on KZbin. When Spencer actually kicked the bucket, well it can’t get better than that!!!