I'm Watching "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World" on AMC Now,...

[MarianJack]

...and I'm thinking about the plot.

A group of greedy idiots goes looking for a fortune under a big W. Everybody comes up empty, in the hospital and quite possibly in jail.

Sounds like a metephor and cautionary tale for our times now, doesn't it?

[TheMightyFavog]

1. What a great movie. So many comedy geniuses in one film.

But one question about your anaylisis: Who does Ethel Merman's character represent?

[MarianJack]

2. Good Question!

Either kkkarl rove because shes a bully or ann the man because everything out of her mouth is pure venom!

[TheMightyFavog]

7. AGHHHHH!!!! Pass the industrial strength Braino, please!!!!

I need to erase the mental image of Rove dressed as Ethel merman's character out of my mind!

[TheMightyFavog]

8. Lessee

Milton Berle = Bush (Failed Buisnessman)
Ethel Merman = KKKarl
Sid Caeser = Cheney
Ray and Irwin (the Gas Station attendants who get their gas station destroyed by Jonathan Winters) = The working class
The British Colonel = Blair

Who would the other cast members represent?

[MarianJack]

9. I'll Try A Few!

Spencer Tracy = powell (supposed integrity but willing to sell his ass)

Dorothy Provine = laura if Berle is **

Dick Shawn = Robert Novak

Phil Silvers = harvey pitt (remember that horse's ass?)

Mickey Rooney & Buddy Hackett = scotty & ari

[all.of.me]

3. i love that movie! it's the original Rat Race.

[MarianJack]

5. A Perfect Combination,...

...great comics with one of the greatest actors who ever lived!

[proud patriot]

4. LMAO

I hadn't thought of that :rofl: I love that movie

[MarianJack]

6. One of My Favorites!

Among the many lines that ALWAYS make me laugh is

Controller: "Whos flying the plane?"

Mickey Rooney (looking at a befuddled Buddy Hackett): "NOBODYS FLYING THE PLANE!"

[greeneyedpookie]

10. A Movie Legend

A lot of comical geniuses in that one.

GEP

:bounce:

[MarianJack]

13. Even The Three Stooges...

...for about 3 seconds!

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

11. ah, you are right...

Let's hope all the neocons do end up empty, in the hospital & of course IN JAIL!

[MarianJack]

12. In Jail and...

..."married" to the most amorous "big" man around!