# Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767 "2017-05-03T09:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/61 "2017-05-03T20:28:22Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I love the Dick Shawn (and his **bored/dancing** girlfriend) bits too. You left out “stoned.” :o ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/62 "2017-05-03T20:46:56Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I got it without looking at the spoiler, though it shouldn’t even have taken that long. > > Never would have thought there was a connection! :smack: Talented family, with three very different talents. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/63 "2017-05-03T21:06:42Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > IIRC, Kovacs died in an automobile accident. Otherwise, you’re correct in all of the above. 🙂 Aw geez, you’re right. I was mixing Kovacs up with George Reeves. Don’t ask me how. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/64 "2017-05-03T22:10:04Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I was never sure if that was supposed to be hospital clothes, because theirs were damaged during the final scene, but you are most likely correct. No, he’s most definitely correct. It’s pretty obvious. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/65 "2017-05-03T22:52:44Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > No, he’s most definitely correct. It’s pretty obvious. Yeah, but Ethel Merman deserved a lot more than just slipping on a banana peel. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/66 "2017-05-03T23:19:15Z")
I liked Scavenger Hunt better than the remake Rat Race. It had quite a few familiar faces in it too. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/67 "2017-05-03T23:49:04Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > [The Great Race](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/?ref_=nv_sr_1) has a cast full of familiar faces, though only the leads were what you would call 1st tier stars. > [Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059797/?ref_=nv_sr_1) has a great cast, but I never found it particularly funny. > [Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064688/?ref_=nv_sr_2)had a slightly weaker cast and was even less funny. > [Around the World in 80 Days](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048960/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast) was the very definition of star-studded, but there is little reason to watch it other than seeing all those stars from yesteryear together in one not quite mediocre movie. > … There seems to be a theme… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/68 "2017-05-04T00:07:35Z")
I don’t think \*\*\*Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines \*\*\*was ever supposed to be a knee-slapping yuk-fest. It was more of an action–adventure piece with rollicking comedic overtones. Plus, it had vintage aircraft and luscious Sarah Miles in period costume. Life doesn’t get much better than that! Sarah Miles, mmmmmmmmmmm! :o Vintage aircraft, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o :o :o ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/69 "2017-05-04T00:39:57Z")
[Them - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them)! Look sharp among the extras–Leonard Nimoy & Bill Shatner were both in that film,. along with some very talented actors. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/70 "2017-05-04T00:40:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I don’t think \*\*\*Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines \*\*\*was ever supposed to be a knee-slapping yuk-fest. It was more of an action–adventure piece with rollicking comedic overtones. Also the only film to feature both Gert (Goldfinger) Frobe and Benny Hill. If only those two had decided to team up for the rest of their careers. They would have made cinematic history! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/71 "2017-05-04T01:23:16Z")
James Rolfe went to the filming locations of Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and even tried to find “The Big W” location. [This video is well worth the watch and I won’t spoil the ending.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kB8v8bwEpg) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/72 "2017-05-04T01:55:26Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Also the only film to feature both Gert (Goldfinger) Frobe and Benny Hill. Not true. Both were in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. I gather Frobe was know mostly as a comic actor; _Goldfinger_ was quite a departure from his usual roles. And I’ll stand up for _Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies_; Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are in it with the very stiffest of upper lips. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/73 "2017-05-04T01:58:48Z")
…and then there’s _Love Actually_, with Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Martin Freeman, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, et al. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/74 "2017-05-04T02:05:09Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > [Them - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them)! > > Look sharp among the extras–Leonard Nimoy & Bill Shatner were both in that film… So was Fess Parker, aka Davey Crockett AND Daniel Boone! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/75 "2017-05-04T12:32:21Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > I tried subjecting my kids about 2 years ago, when they were 11 and 9. They lasted about 10 minutes, yet loved **Rat Race** about 6 months ago. Maybe worth another shot now? I’m trying to remember how old my kids were when we watched it, although they’re five years apart in age, so maybe the boy was seven and the girl was twelve? I do know the boy’s other favorite movie at that time was _Duel_. He watched it _every day_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/76 "2017-05-04T12:42:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And I’ll stand up for _Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies_; Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are in it with the very stiffest of upper lips. Outside of _Goldfinger_ I remember him most as a generic German in WWII movies like _The Longest Day_, _Is Paris Burning?_ and _Triple Cross_. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/77 "2017-05-04T12:45:44Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > IAMMMMW… I recall another was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To the Forum. Those were the first two movies my dad ever took me to. We’d have a “Guy’s Day” and go to a movie and get banana splits afterward, and feel bad for my mom who was home allll alone (enjoying the quiet, no doubt). IAMMMMW was my introduction to what makes comedy work. At the beginning when _[name redacted, but not really a spoiler]_ dies, his foot knocks over a pail, and the camera follows it down a hill. The other characters say… nothing. I whispered to my dad “They forgot to say ‘He kicked the bucket’!” His reply: “It’s funnier this way.” I pondered that for years… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767/78 "2017-05-04T13:16:55Z")
Ooo, _The Cannonball Run_. Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom De Luise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Jackie Chan, Jamie Farr, Peter Fonda, Jack Elam, Bert Convy, Mel Tillis, Bianca Jagger and Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder. All it lacked was being a good movie. The sequel had Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner, Telly Sevalas and Sid Caesar as well. ---
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The Outsiders [http://ourgoldenage.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/GAC\_TheOutsiders.jpg](http://ourgoldenage.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/GAC_TheOutsiders.jpg) The Expendables franchise [![](https://bkhemphill.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/the-expendables-3.jpg) ](https://bkhemphill.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/the-expendables-3.jpg) ---
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> [@Mahaloth](#): > > James Rolfe went to the filming locations of Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and even tried to find “The Big W” location. > > [This video is well worth the watch and I won’t spoil the ending.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kB8v8bwEpg) Good video! Anyone notice what the cat is doing when the narrator turns to look behind him and says "That’s it! . . . " [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/785767.md?page=5)