Danny Kaye's best

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Elgroovio — 20 years ago(April 23, 2005 10:42 AM)

Danny Kaye never equelled this film, don't you agree?
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aimsusie — 20 years ago(July 05, 2005 12:00 PM)

Personally, I think "The Court Jester" is his best movie. But this ranks right up there behind "The Court Jester".

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indiannika — 20 years ago(December 12, 2005 05:48 PM)

I couldn't possibly pick between Court Jester and this one, they're both my favorites, though I will admit this one is a little better on not re-using the same frames over again.

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xylonian-1 — 17 years ago(October 20, 2008 05:47 PM)

Has a lot of great one liners.
"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five."

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Anscules — 16 years ago(March 28, 2010 11:21 AM)

"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five."
this is a rip-off of a groucho marx line from DUCK SOUP. really the only thing different is the phrasing is "a four year old child" rather than "a child of five."
i don't have anything against this movie, but if that's one of your favorite lines, it's from 12 years earlier.
"Rampart: Squad 51."

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martinjames-muzo — 12 years ago(August 20, 2013 09:11 AM)

IMDB can be quite confusing with the signatures at the bottom, as I reckon the Duck Soup quote is just their signature. And I guess they didn't have a one-liner from this movie to give.
Done mine in italics! :
"So this is the planet Houston"

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dailyshampoo48 — 13 years ago(October 09, 2012 04:26 PM)

are you old? I had a tough time getting through this one. Danny Kaye is awesome, but his films haven't aged well. The gags in 'Kid From Brooklyn' were better

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Elgroovio — 13 years ago(October 17, 2012 10:40 AM)

Haha, I wouldn't classify myself as old, I'm 23 years of age now, and was 16 when I made that first post. My tastes are somewhat unusual, but I like to think that this is a reaction to the gradual decline in (popular) artistic talent we have witnessed in the last 20 odd years.

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dailyshampoo48 — 13 years ago(November 02, 2012 10:01 PM)

I agree, but I still don't think this is a good movie. It's very silly. I like silly, but I like clever too. That part where Vera-Ellen tapped on her toes was pretty good, though.

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davidian666 — 12 years ago(February 27, 2014 04:34 AM)

This and The Court Jester are my all time favorites. The first time I saw these films, I had tears running down my cheek from laughing so hard. Granted this movie was a bit better than the Court Jester, but both are equally funny

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greenbudgie — 10 years ago(September 12, 2015 01:20 AM)

I've just seen this film for the first time. I've never seen Danny Kaye so entertaining as he is in this one. This needs to be shown more often.

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psdhart — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 09:39 AM)

saw it to for the first time and the opera segment was hilarious
it will be on again, bbc tends to reshow the same films
potato salad?

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greenbudgie — 10 years ago(September 21, 2015 01:32 AM)

I'll be scanning the BBC2 schedules for a repeat of this film. I liked Danny Kaye's Edwin character and his "potato salad." And the park scene.

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tarot400 — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 04:00 AM)

Cant believe Edwin stood up the elegantly demure Virginia Mayo leaving her alone wearing her frilly apron waitng for him by the phone whilst he tries to fetch potato salad.

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greenbudgie — 10 years ago(October 14, 2015 01:36 AM)

I hope that Edwin eventually got his potato salad. With plenty of mayo to go with it.

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Prismark10 — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 05:02 PM)

If this is one of Kaye's best I would hate to see some of his bad films!
It's that man again!!

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louiseculmer — 10 years ago(March 08, 2016 07:31 AM)

i think this one is very amusing, but The Court Jester is my favourite.