Who saw it in 1974? What did you think then?
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ronniehrubin — 9 years ago(May 05, 2016 03:40 PM)
desierra2003- I saw this in the movie theater as well in 1974. I'm 60 now and can tell without a doubt this is still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I can also tell you I had to walk (run) to the bathroom during the farting scene as I was laughing so hard I almost threw up my popcorn! True story! Anyway, this movie, along with Airplane, are my 2 favorite comedies of all time!
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waydekillmeyer — 9 years ago(June 03, 2016 04:44 AM)
I saw it in the theater in '74 and laughed so hard I thought I would never catch my breath. The entire theater was that way. I didn't see such another uproarious response to a movie until a few years later when Animal House came out. A true comedy classic that still makes me laugh.
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Mattfinbell — 9 years ago(June 12, 2016 06:58 PM)
I loved it
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And I know Prior & Murphy were from a different era of comedians as well, but if there really is no place for the "N" word anymore, then there really is no place for the "N" word anymore. It needs to stop being used by everyone, especially blacks.
yes it does but they continue it all the time
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dannieboy20906 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 07:51 PM)
I was a nearly less than new 21-year-old airman in language school at the Presidio of Monterey in 1976. Having heard of the controversy over the profanity and racial insensitivity, I had avoided the movie when it first came out. But I went to see it when it played on a double bill in the big theater downtown. I laughed my butt off and it has stayed funny for me ever since. No matter how many times I watch it, it is still funny. I don't remember what the other movie on the double bill was.
The whole point of the movie, its source of humor, is openly displaying all of the intolerance that looked under the surface of our society. We have progressed wonderfully since then, but as in modern Germany where it is illegal to display a swastika, even to ridicule the Nazis of WW2, we are so embarrassed at how we were that we can no longer laugh at it. We have lost something in the process of improving things and it shows at the decay in racial relations.
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coldturkey30 — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 04:41 PM)
I took my 5 year old son to see it when it came out . I had no idea it was going to be a comedy- I had NO idea other than I thought we were going to see a Western movie. BOY were we surprised, and rolled with laughter through the whole show. He's 48 now and still laughs when I bring it up. You can guess his Favorite scene ?? The campfire beans of course !!!!!
