# Forgotten movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476 "2024-01-02T02:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/181 "2024-01-04T21:13:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve only seen it once, back in the '80s, and have never seen it playing on any channel. I think it’s a real forgotten film. I remember thinking it was hilarious. I’ve seen the original Blob (in thre theater, no less), the 1988 remake (also in a theater), andb The Stuff (on video). Have you seen these other Blob variations? **Beware the Blob** (1972) – a direct sequel to the 1958 film, with a retrieved sample from the one dumped in the Arctic wreaking havoc when it thaws after eating a fly. With Godfrey Cambridge, Cindy Williams, Shelley Berman, Burgess Meredith, and Larry Hagman (who also directed. After Dallas had its cliffhanger, they re-released this as “The film J.R. shot!”) **Blobbermouth** – (1991) – they took the original movie and recioorded new dialogue, with an animated mouth allowing the Blob to speak. A very unfunny comedy. Jay Leno provides one of the voices. Not recommended. And there are the foreign Blobs **X - The Unknown** (1956) – The Blob in British. **The H-Man** (1958) The Blob in Japanese **Caltiki, The Immortal Monster** (1959) – The Blob in Italian, though it’s set in Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/182 "2024-01-04T21:26:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I may or may not have seen the remake. If I did, I’ve forgotten it. But your post did remind me of [_The Stuff_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff) (1985). > > > In the film, a sweet and addictive alien substance becomes a popular dessert in the United States, but soon begins attacking people and turning them into zombies. This film is a satire on the American lifestyle and consumer society. Because turning them into Scotsmen who can’t play tennis had already been done ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/183 "2024-01-04T22:38:58Z")
The main thing I remember about _The Apple Dumpling Gang_ was that Tim Conway’s and Don Knotts’ characters carried top-break revolvers, and every time they drew their guns, they would fall open. Does anybody remember _[Hawmps!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawmps!)_, about the U.S. Cavalry’s experiment with camels? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/184 "2024-01-05T00:53:59Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Does anybody remember _[Hawmps!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawmps!)_, about the U.S. Cavalry’s experiment with camels?. I saw that one at the movies as part of a friend’s birthday party. All I remember is that the whole film seemed like a set-up for a crummy joke at the end:(“I walk a mile for these camels.”) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/185 "2024-01-05T01:01:54Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I hope I hope that somebody is with me on this one: > > **A Big Hand for the Little Lady**. (1966) I’m familiar with it. Like _The Sting_, a lot of setting up the con; unlike _The Sting_, it’s a lot less complicated. Good movie, and I always try to catch it when it rolls around on TCM, as it does from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/186 "2024-01-05T01:24:51Z")
I saw it in the theater and not since. The one thing that surprised me was killing off a young kid. Most movies don’t do that, having monster victims all be adults(at least on screen) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/187 "2024-01-05T01:25:02Z")
**The Kentucky Fried Movie** (1977) - An early Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker skit movie directed by John Landis. I watched it last month, primarily out of nostalgia. Man, what a waste of time. I’m not sure if I even smiled. The only good thing about it is that it is just an hour and 23 minutes long. What I really want to re-watch is **The Groove Tube** , just have to find it somewhere. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/188 "2024-01-05T01:26:17Z")
I saw it in the theater, and while it was plot deficient I rather liked it. And at least it brought back the fact that the Army really did try a camel corps. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/189 "2024-01-05T03:24:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **The Kentucky Fried Movie** (1977) - An early Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker skit movie directed by John Landis. I watched it last month, primarily out of nostalgia. Man, what a waste of time. I’m not sure if I even smiled. The only good thing about it is that it is just an hour and 23 minutes long. > > What I really want to re-watch is **The Groove Tube** , just have to find it somewhere. I remember thinking that _Kentucky Fried Movie_ was hilarious, and _The Groove Tube_ was not. Your milage may vary. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/190 "2024-01-05T03:25:38Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > **The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again** > **Gus** or > **The Prize Fighter**? I remember _Gus_. Does anyone here remember **Americathon**? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/191 "2024-01-05T03:34:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **The Kentucky Fried Movie** (1977) - An early Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker skit movie directed by John Landis. I watched it last month, primarily out of nostalgia. Man, what a waste of time. I’m not sure if I even smiled. The only good thing about it is that it is just an hour and 23 minutes long. Along the same line was **Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses?** A bawdy and ribald skit comedy movie that barely made a ripple upon first release. It did however when some edits featuring Robin Williams, who had recently hit stardom on “Mork and Mindy” resurfaced and were edited in, and the movie was re-released “featuring Robin Williams!” Well, kind of; Williams’ screen time came to two or three minutes max, he didn’t add much, and the movie faded back into obscurity. Thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/192 "2024-01-05T03:43:14Z")
I was thinking about that one right before I got to your post ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/193 "2024-01-05T03:52:41Z")
**Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses?** was a sequel to **If You Don’t Stop . . . You’ll Go Blind**. Both were collections of short sketches, mostly acting out the dirty jokes kids tell each other in junior high and high school. Robin Williams only appeared in one sketch, and he was the straight man, not the comedian. His sketch had originally wound up on the cutting room floor, but when he became famous (not sure if it was for **Mork and Mindy** or **Popeye** ), they put it back in, and re-released the film with the tagline “Robin Williams’ first movie!” The funniest part of the movie was the theme song. I wish someone would put that on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/194 "2024-01-05T12:25:06Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I remember thinking that _Kentucky Fried Movie_ was hilarious, and _The Groove Tube_ was not. Your milage may vary. I agree. I’ve got a copy of KFM, and I still find parts of it hilarious. The movie that I thought was hilarious when I first saw it, but which hasn’t aged well, is Woody Allen’s **What’s up, Tiger Lily?** ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/195 "2024-01-05T12:35:43Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > **The Kentucky Fried Movie** (1977) - An early Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker skit movie directed by John Landis. I watched it last month, primarily out of nostalgia. Man, what a waste of time. I’m not sure if I even smiled. The only good thing about it is that it is just an hour and 23 minutes long. > > > > What I really want to re-watch is **The Groove Tube** , just have to find it somewhere. > > I remember thinking that _Kentucky Fried Movie_ was hilarious, and _The Groove Tube_ was not. Your milage may vary. To be honest, I believe I’d have a similar waste-of-time response these days to **The Groove Tube** , too. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/196 "2024-01-05T15:08:49Z")
**The Groove Tube** makes **Amazon Women on the Moon** look like **Disco Beaver from Outer Space**. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/197 "2024-01-05T15:21:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Does anyone here remember **Americathon**? I do, but only because good ol Starlog magazine had an article about it. (Anything even _remotely_ sci fi got a mention, I guess this movie was set in THE FUTURE! (1998)) I never did get to see it. > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > **The Groove Tube** makes **Amazon Women on the Moon** look like **Disco Beaver from Outer Space**. I’m sorry - is that good or bad? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/198 "2024-01-05T15:36:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Does anyone here remember **Americathon**? What I remember about it was that the idea of The Beach Boys still performing in 1998 (or even 1979) was so absurd they made a joke out of it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/199 "2024-01-05T16:23:51Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > **Amazon Women on the Moon** I LOVE **Amazon Women on the Moon**. Ed Begley Jr. in _The Son of the Invisible Man_ is one of the funniest horror movie spoofs I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/200 "2024-01-05T16:27:09Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > Does anyone here remember **Americathon**? > > I do, but only because good ol Starlog magazine had an article about it. (Anything even _remotely_ sci fi got a mention, I guess this movie was set in THE FUTURE! (1998)) I never did get to see it. This is one I saw a bunch of times on cable back in the day. It should have the makings of a cult classic; John Ritter, Jay Leno, Meat Loaf, Elvis Costello, George Carlin doing the narration, and written by two of the guys from _Firesign Theater_. It wasn’t great to start with, so I don’t know if it could hold up. Might be cringeworthy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=11)