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I just don’t have the words to describe how awesome this movie is to folks who haven’t seen it. It’s a must-watch.
- Awesome soundtrack with
- Very many celebrity cameos (including musical performances by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, others), and some you won’t even notice until you google them
- Funny and bad things happening to Nazis
- Cops looking like fools (to be fair, that’s nearly every movie of this era)
- Folks who would today be magas looking like fools
- Late 70s/Early 80s kinda ribald humor
- Over the top car chases (see OP)
- Carrie Fisher
- An actual mission from God (in the context of the film)
- John Belushi at his best
- Dan motherfucking Aykroyd
- The Blues Brothers
- Almost bizarrely, a positive message of inclusivity and brotherly love.
sorry I forgot it wouldn’t be obvious to everyone.
What’s the movie?
LOL, sorry I forgot it wouldn’t be obvious to everyone.
Thank you for asking this question instead of ripping a fart.
How do you know they’re not multi-tasking?
That’s a fair point.
This is from the Blues Brothers movie from 1980.
Don’t forget John Candy
Fuckin’ A how could I forget John Candy? Anyone want an Orange Whip?
“This is car… uh, hey, what car are we?”
“Five. Five.”
“This is car 55… uh, we’re in a truck.”
I always wondered what an orange whip was. I’ll go google that
I’m pretty sure they just didn’t want to say Orange Julius. That was the big brand at the time, and it was amazing. Looks like they are still around, but I don’t know if they have been enshittified. https://www.orangejulius.com/en-us/
It was just a frothy orangey creamy cold drink - not icy like a slurpee or icee, just very cold and frothy. Somehow amazing.
Well an orange whip is a thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_whip
I want to say this looks like what may have been in the film during the final song scene
Well I’ve been imagining the wrong drink all these years, I’m sure you are right. (and that sounds yummy)
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With almost non stop cartoonish mayhem anarchy ignored by all characters. A superb movie!
Cops looking like fools (to be fair, that’s nearly every movie of this era)
My favorite scene from that era.
“What is it?”
“A little fly shit.”
sigh I see a Blues Brothers post, I must watch the Blues Brothers. No choice.
Such a chore isn’t it
^well it’s a beautiful movie, Bob^
I remember watching this movie when I was around 12 years old. Had never heard of it before just started watching it and loved it. It’s It has become one of my top 3 favorite movies. It also introduced me to the world of the blues and some of the best blues musicians/singers.
I remember buying the soundtrack on CD and playing it over and over again. I think I was the only pre-teen that knew of Cab Calloway and could sing “hi-de-ho” .
wow, I was a weird kid
I think I was the only pre-teen that knew of Cab Calloway and could sing “hi-de-ho” .
I thought the same thing at that age, and then my music teacher at the time was like “oh hey fun fact I played Minnie The Moocher with Callaway before he died” and busted out a picture of him with Callaway
He and I both played trumpet so I learned how to play those lines from someone who performed with the legend himself, and Ive always thought that was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done
I have never seen Blues Brothers and, to my knowledge, have never seen this clip. Somehow I still knew almost immediately that this must be from Blues Brothers.
Cultural osmosis is crazy y’all.
It was either gonna be Blues Brothers or Police Academy and I’ve seen Police Academy enough to know it wasn’t that
There’s also a scene like this in a French movie, albeit with Peugeots. I think it was one of the Taxi films.
Edit:
Found it, was Taxi 2.Indeed and it was in reference to the scene from blues brothers. I think the one from taxi was extra funny
“This mall has EVERYTHING!”
We just watched this again last night. Are you in my house?
Not at the moment
Doesn’t this scene still hold the record for the most number of cars in a car crash scene?
The original Blues Brothers claimed Most Police Cars Destroyed in a Single Scene record till it sequel deliberately destroyed just one more.
The record for Most vehicles destroyed in a film (non CGI) is 532 for Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
For your consideration.
The original ‘The Italian Job’ with Michael Caine and Benny Hill as a computer wizard.
one of the funniest movies ever
Four fried chickens and a Coke.
And some dry white toast please.
We’re on a mission from gahd!
