Easily the best part of the film. He's a total hoot.
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Quite unfunny - just as everybody else.
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"You look like 180 pounds of condemned veal."
"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."

He just got better and better as he got older. He could play any role and was hysterical as Dr Irv. I also loved Toddy and of course Harold Hill, but one of my absolute favorites was Michael Finnegan in "finnegan begin again". Funny, touching and real. Tough movie to find, but well worth it.
I think I laughed the loudest in SOB when he said " if he doesn't remember me, mention his first clap"

He's spectacular in this movie. Just his general attitude, the way he carries himself, the things he says - funny,funny, funny.
"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."

He is very good and very funny as the doctor in a film full of wonderful and hilarious performances. He delivered his sardonic dialogue in a matter-of-fact tone, never pushing it or let in on the fact that he is being funny.

Favorite line in the movie & Preston's reaction & laugh just add to the festivities.

Preston's laugh after that line made it funnier and it sounded unscripted.
"It's like I'm talking to my Aunt Sylvia here!"

"What if he CATCHES something?!?"..
so funny, this film!

Robert Preston gives my favorite performance in this moviemy favorite part is the Viking funeral.Robert Preston was in the Gary Cooper version of Beau Geste which also has a viking funeral as a plot deviceI have never heard it that is where the idea came from for SOB.
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I dug the movie overall, but Preston's Dr Finegarten was the reason I HAD to buy it on iTunes. He was, unequivocably, my FAVE character in this. Webber was also great, and Holden was likeable enough but Preston..the cat's jammies. "Would it damage your amateur standing if I had you use a sterile syringe?" Haaa!

Obviously Blake burned a lot of bridges with this one, but more power to him! This is the cinematic equivalent of "You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again." And Robert Preston was charming and hilarious in this and in "Victor/Victoria." I must say, though, that his "head helmet" in both films was a bit of a distraction.

Given that this was Blake Edwards' savaging Hollywood (at least, as much as could while being financed by a major studio) it's no surprise there were no nominations.
It's great to watch Preston in this and 'Victor/Victoria'he looks like he's having such a good time
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Webber's character was more the whore with the heart of gold type of character, rather than a stuffy autmoaton, what most people associate his image with. His character in this movie was, underneath the Hollywood trappings, a decent guy.the beautiful thing about the trifecta of characters who rescue Felix's body is that they are probably the only genuine people in the movie. Culley accets the fact that he is a drunken skirt chaser and Robert Preston admits to being a quack. In recognizing their flaws, they are one up on most of the castm who are oblivious to their own failings.

wtf? Webber always plays a horse's a$$ (Dirty Dozen, Big Bounce, etc.)
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This movie wasn't all I'd hoped it would be, but Robert Preston was by far the brightest star in this movie. No one can deliver a witty one-liner like Preston! His performance was definitely the most memorable!
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In a film full of terrific performances Preston stole the show. Unfortunately the Academy usually frowns on giving nominations to comedies - especially a comedy like this that poked fun at Hollywood and the business in general. There wasn't a chance in hell this film would get nominated for anything unless it was a huge success but, alas, the film bombed probably due to being released in the summer of 81 instead of the fall when classy movies like this should be released.

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Definitely a truly class act. It's a shame Preston and Edwards only worked together on this and Victor/Victoria as they worked enormously well together. Preston sure has a way with those one-liners!

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Mulligan - way talented
Preston - ditto, with tons o'charisma
however, material in SOB was too weak to be considered oscar-worthy.

Yep, I thought for certain Preston or even Richard Mulligan would receive nominations.