Aunt Jemima Treatment!
I found snaps from that scene in 5 seconds googling “P.J. Soles” with “safe search” off and going to Images.
I agree, P.J. Soles is kewt.
John Laroquette, anticipating Dan Fielding…
And I, too, recall it’s “BLOWED UP”
I agree with the OP, there is some massive loss of momentum after the BT part of the movie. It’s almost like they realized at that point they did not have yet enough movie to make a whole feature, but neither did they have the budget and time to really place the misfits in a worthwhile adventure.
“We’ve got some naked animals in here we don’t want you to see.”
That’s the only funny part I can remember from the last 30 minutes.
While I agree the last 30 minutes were a big drop in quality, there were a few isolated funny scenes. The Czech border guards with Joe Flaherty were a riot. John Candy remained funny.
I love the poker game.
“Let’s see what you’ve got… Go on, bluff me!”
“How much should I bet?”
If it were me, I’d bet all of it. But that’s me, Mister Vegas."
“Come on, it’s Czechoslovakia! It’s like going into Wisconsin!”
The reaction of the border guards when they see the pistols: “Chicago! Bang bang!”
The scene where the Russians flip up the tarp on the back of the truck to see all those guns aimed at them - and then the boys just fold. “Here you go! Hand them up there, boys!”
And of course the ‘where are they now’ vignette at the end is great. So it’s all worth watching if you haven’t seen it before, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the first half of the movie.
“Sgt. Hulka - our bestest buddy, and big toe.”
“You’re a lean, mean, fighting machine!”
I agree with the OP. A lot of comedies seem to have this problem, the first half is funny they they get into some tacked on plot like in Office Space when they launch their heist.