Lee Marvin was the inspiration for Sensurround.
(Oops, wrong forum/thread.)
I’ve never seen the movie, though of course I’ve heard of it. Anyway, irrespective of that, I always thought the phrase meant “I’m gonna kick your ass”, similar to “clean your clock”. And now I must watch it to witness the awful singing you all are talking about.
^ SPARE YOURSELF! The earworm is not worth it!
Harve Presnell makes it sorta worthwhile. And you can always just hit the mute button. Besides, how can you not recommend “Horton Hits the Whorehouse?”
ETA: The actor who played Horton still has it. A few years ago he decked a burglar with one punch and a ninja yell, at age 72!
Not quite.
He sang on the TV show Rawhide.
He sang a duet with Merle Haggard in the movie Bronco Billy.
He sang a duet with Ray Charles in the movie Any Which Way You Can.
He sings the title track of the movie Gran Torino as the credits roll.
I thought that was tolerable. When he started talking to chairs, on the other hand…
Sylvester Newell.
Yes, “paint your wagon” means “use condoms.”
Only if you use latex paint. 
I still have the vinyl record sountrack I bought back when the movie came out.
Heck, if Eastwood and Marvin weren’t such good singers, they must have been better than Seberg because her song was dubbed.
My two favorite scenes are Ben and Elizabeth’s wedding night, and the scene where Parner, Ben, and Elizabeth thrash out that it’s okay to have a three way marriage.
Just one ‘l’.
My favorite is the town meeting where they discuss the economics of bringing prostitution to No Name City. Second place is Horton explaining the best things in life to his parents.
This article? But it doesn’t mention the phrase “paint your wagon”.
An interesting link, but not the one I remember. However, according to page 19 of Alan Jay Lerner: A Lyricists Letters: “Lerner and Loewe were happy to divulge the fact that the new production would recall ‘rip-roaring days of the wild and woolly West’ and announced it was to be called Paint Your Wagon. In the show’s announcement in the New York Times, columnist Sam Zolotow explained, ‘If you are mystified by the connection between the title and the hectic Western Era, hearken back to the following explanation: During the gold rush the wagons used by the pioneers carried the inscription of ‘Pike’s Peak or Bust’ least the absent-minded lost sight of the objective.’”
Bitching about Clint Eastwood singing, “I talk to the Trees…and they don’t listen to me…” simply indicates you don’t get the show. It’s the ultimate “GUYS” musical. One of the funniest, most entertaining movies I have ever seen. Do you want a better (or actual) singer singing about loving trees, or do you want Clint Eastwood? Do you want a soulful ballad singer crooning “I was born under a wandering star”, or do you want Lee Marvin in his funniest role after Cat Ballou? Rex Harrison and Richard Harris mumbled and blustered there way through their stupid moves and were lauded. I’ll take Clint and Lee any day.
No. Just…no. Harve Presnell is a man’s man, and he shows everybody how it’s done.
His album of cowboy songs isn’t as painful as some things Star Trek alumni have put out. I kind of like his versions of Don’t Fence Me In and Tumbling Tumbleweeds.