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There are actually a few documentaries here on YT about the East German Women who participated in the Olympics doped to the gills. They are worth watching, but depressing AF. These days, most of those GDR athletes are suffering from all sorts of health problems.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 While that's true, and steroid use is still rampant in sports, it was exacerbated by the Communist travel restrictions. So basically the only women from the East on TV were a politician's wife, who was older than dirt, or a roided out athlete. Leading to the unfair assumption that people to the east were ugly.
I'm surprised History of the World Part 1 hasnt shown up yet. Classic IDGAF Brooks. However, I'm also a giant Zuckers fan as well so totally stoked to see this one!
"Willow" is a great Val Kilmer movie. It's an 80's Fantasy flick done by Lucas Films and Ron Howard. Magic, sword fighting, the movie has like everything.
19:54 This is parodying a popular film at the time, "The Blue Lagoon," about two young castaways. It is considered the film that launched Brooke Shields' acting career.
They threw that in as well you are right, but it was based on making fun of Elvis movies that were so stupid, they would just make anything with him in it, no matter how stupid it was.
Skeet Surfin is a parody of several Beach Boys songs mashed together, and absolute genius. Val Kilmer is a reverse Leslie Neilson. He started with comedy (a Naked Gun style film) and ended with non-comedy roles.
After having watched this movie a couple dozen times over the past 30 years, this movie still makes me laugh till my cheeks hurt. Val Kilmer was amazing in Real Genius, which is a teen age comedy.
You missed my favourite gag! The scene where the camera is zoomed in on a German solidier waving military trucks through and then the camera zooms out and you see that the trucks are just going round in circles. Gets me every time. Still a great reaction tho, glad you enjoyed it
Since you recognized Peter Cushing from Star Wars: The casting of his face they took to make that magnified eye prosthetic was later used to help create digital Tarkin in Rogue One.
This is my favorite movie of all time; I'd consider it right up there with "Airplane!" comedy-wise! Both of them are so rewatchable; I've seen each dozens of times and I still catch jokes on each rewatch that I'd missed before!
Since you love these goofy comedies so much. Consider Hot Shots and National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon. Spoofs on Top Gun and Lethal Weapon respectively.
I like you, man. Top Secret is one of my favorite comedy films (and, yeah, I like it even more than Airplane). The film seems to just now be getting the credit it deserves. It was very much a forgotten film - but it deserves to be a classic.
@@MandleRoss The unique scene was the Swedish Book Shoppe scene and he is right. It is the most remarkable scene put in a movie...ever. Also pretty hilarious is his comment about the fighting over the radio stations in the truck. What a great fight it was and I was like...wait about 3 seconds and there was another one of his belly buster laughs as they get into the underwater saloon fight. The guy really rips his laughs...great stuff!
Love your stuff man, by far the best reactioneer! True romance (written by Tarantino) Leon the professional (pure quality) Memento (amazing head melter) Think you would really love all these movies bud 👊
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. its another off the wall humor film. it uses actual film footage from "The 36th Chamber" ...not the Wutang music, a kung fu flick. also, another Val Kilmer film that kicks ass is "Willow" starring Warwick Davis and Kilmer. its an action/adventure/comedy/drama. Kilmer plays a drifter with exceptional fighting skills. Davis plays an Elfling type wanna be wizard. both characters are trying to save a baby. its a fun film
This is one of my all time favorite comedies. Fantastic pick. The first time I saw this movie, since you asked, was 7 years ago when I was 22 living at an all-girls college with my gf. And yes it was every bit as nice as your imaginations can fathom, no joke. My gf was a film major and since I apparently knew more about film than her and half her teachers with no formal education I would sometimes sit in classes to pass time when I wasn't working. No one cared that I wasn't supposed to stay for more than 3 days, let alone 3 years. I was just allowed to go where I wanted. After sitting in on one of my gf's classes with some of our friend's as well we used the projector to watch Top Secret which was the first time I saw it, on a bigass 20 foot screen. -If you were curious, because it was an all-girls arts school, yes, half of the students were lesbians. I've never seen so many lol, but I made a lot of friends there, some real ride or die homies.
Loved this reaction. It's my favorite comedy. I know I watched it over 300 times since it came out in my early teens. You caught a lot for a first watch- there are so many funny details in each scene.
This is definitely one of the best comedies nobody talks about. I think the sight gags are way funnier and more clever than normal jokes. The giant phone and fake boots get me all the time. Theres something about an unexpected visual gag that just works for me.
These gags are great because after all Film is a visual medium so the possibilities should be used. Also it seems the 1941 classic " Hellzapoppin' " has inspired a lot of filmmakers. :)
I shared this movie with a good friend/co-worker almost 30 years ago. She loved the movie and we both agreed that Val Kilmer looked REALLY good in those jeans. Really, really good. And yes, we are still friends. She's fabulous and an entrepreneur as well. When I watch you watching these videos I think what fun it would be to have someone to watch with. I think you are a fabulous watch companion during these times!
This is my favorite ZAZ movie of all time. And when you said that Val Kilmer had the dance moves, I wanted to tell you that he had the pipes too, as he actually sang in each of his singing scenes.
Glad to see Top Secret is getting more and more love, it flopped at the time, yet I think it's their best one! A gag every five seconds it feels like. Favourite one? Maybe the giant telephone... or the dreaming your back at school again doing exams (urgh, they're the worst) ... and finally the 'romantic scene, camera pans over to fireplace' gag - both of them. I don't know why but that just cracks me up each time. Great reaction! Made me grin all over again, and thank you that chap who asked for it!
Saw this with my family at the drive-in with Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters was perfect but we didn’t know what Top Secret was but as soon as it started, it had us rolling. Perfect movie night. Love seeing it again through new eyes. Thanks!
Top Secret! Is one of the most underrated comedy films of all time and I am glad you did a reaction to it. I would love to see you react to another great comedy film... What’s Up, Doc? (1972) 🎥🥕
"I love when someone says something smart and enlightening and then just does the opposite of that". Then you would've loved it when I was 11 and my brother was 12 and we were walking along a sidewalk while he was telling me what I should do, if a dog was chasing me. Him: "Don't run! It'll make the dog run after you. Instead, stand still and relax completely. That's what they said on TV". Less than 10 minutes later, 2 dogs came around the corner ahead of us and ran straight towards us (yes, seriously. Never happened to me before or after this). I froze at first from 'shock', but once they came closer and I noticed they didn't actually seem threatening or aggressive in any way, I relaxed and just continued to stand still. My brother however immediately turned to run in the opposite direction and both dogs ran past me and after him, LOL. Well, not 'after him', I guess. They were just running that way and that happened to be the direction said brother was running as well, but still. It's the nr. 1 biggest "do as I say, not as I do" experience of my life xP.
The German waiter says "gay kocken offen yom" which is actually a Yiddish phrase that means "go shit in the ocean." Also, the Hotel "Gey Schlüffen" means the Hotel Go To Sleep.
You'd love Mel Brooks "Dracula: Dead and Loving it." Fantastic comedy spoofing dracula. Leslie Nielson from Naked Gun plays Dracula. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was good. Also the breakout role for Michelle Monighan, and she shows her *ahem*.
Dude, this movie is a classic! One of my favorite comedies of all time. (Love the Zucker Brothers's classics) I'm so glad you recorded a react of it. And by the way, i'm really enjoying your channel. A big hug from Brazil.
Val Kilmer can sing, and he impressed director Oliver Stone for not just looking like Jim Morrison but sung like him in The Doors biography film. The 20:00 mark where the lady was telling her escape to an island with a boy called Nigel was a parody of the film the Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins.
Definitely check out 'Kiss Kiis Bang Bang' it's the movie that brought RDJ back on the map and probably gave him his Iron Man deal. Also it's a funny as hell crime comedy.
It's hilarious they put Omar Shariff through all that grief (didn't mean to rhyme) He was so well known as an exotic, romantic lead in every movie he had made before this. The dude was so smooth, he conned his way into getting a free hotel room to live in in Paris for years, pretty much until he died. When the hotel owner found out that Omar Shariff was getting a room, he went downstairs and said, "Mr. Shariff will never have to pay for a room here." Then Shariff moved into a room and never left, except to do small roles in things. :)
I saw this movie at a local premier a week before it was released theatrically. My brother won tickets from a radio station. I knew it was the same guys that made Airplane and expected funny, but was still blown away.
The man who kept getting pranked by the souvenirs, novelties, and party tricks was Omar Sharif. When Top Secret was filmed, Omar Sharif was a respected, award winning actor. Part of the humor was that it was Omar Sharif just being in this film. Also, in 1984, Germany was still East Germany (communist) and West Germany (NOT communist). The Berlin wall was still a thing.
Dude I totally feel you about liking this movie more than Airplane! I love Airplane but Top Secret is like, compelling?? And also original as hell I love it
I've only heard of this movie, but never watched it. I only vaguely remember the ballet scene. absurd is definitely the best way to describe this one. Tucker & Dale vs Evil is another slightly outrageous yet hilarious movie
LMAO yeah from the time I first saw this movie waybackwhen, I remembered the 'Deja Vu have we not met?' joke . This film had so many epic sight and dialogue gags but yeah that one and the Big Phone were among the best 😆.
Funny story about the balet scene. My music teacher in high-school told me about a time they did a ballet and they do wear something to cover thier "situations". He told him to cut the top off an old nerf football and scoop out the insides. Well he made his a little too big and it looked very similar to that scene. Lol
Top Secret was my favourite film for years. I love this movie. My dad showed it to me after we watched Airplane! when I was 10 or 11. Warped my sense of humour ever since.
The joke with the car that blew up was a Ford Pinto. He had a issue with the gas tank not being protected well enough in a rear-end collison. So that's why it exploded when it was barely touched.
The other awesome relevant scene I didn't see shown here was the Ford Pinto. The Pinto was notorious for blowing up or catching fire when struck from behind in an accident. Thus, the German halftrack slams on the brakes in an attempt to avoid it and barely dings the bumper and blows up. That was the best relevant 1984 gag in the movie.
It's amazing they were able to get Omar Sharif to appear in such a comedy. This is Doctor Zhivago, Che Guevara and Captain Nemo as well as appearing and starring in many a costume drama, or adventure or bible movie. I'm 60 so I'm familiar with his work for decades and when I saw Top Secret in the theaters when it was release (I was already a huge fan of Kentucky Friend Movie and Airplane), seeing Sherif crushed into a cube was sheer bliss. To many of today's younger audiences seeing this on television, I'm afraid Omar Sherif is an unknown. By the way, the German commander that boarded Nick Rivers' train at the start of this movie is played by the actor who played Dim in A Clockwork Orange. As the voices are so different from one another, it took my decades to make the connection. Also, the actors who play the blind gag salesman in the alley and Hillary, the female lead, both are in this movie one or two years after appearing in the Royal Shakespeare Company's eight and a half hour hit The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby that can currently be found on DVD and is a powerhouse of great acting. the airplane pilot at the very end of the movie was also from this production.
The younger generation won't understand the truck tapping the back of the Ford Pinto. But at the time this movie was made, everyone knew what that joke was all about.
This is without a doubt the funniest movie ever made. And sadly very underrated! I can't even remember the first time I saw it, it's one of those films we had on VHS since I was a kid. It's just as funny every time, although some of the jokes I only got when I was older 😂
I watched so many of these when I was too young to understand the references, jokes, and double entendres. I love thinking back and comparing how I processed / justified them
Quite a few let's watchers from a similar generation to you have also said that they rate Top Secret over Airplane. I'm so glad it's getting such kudos amongst the younger generation as it deserves it.
The book store scene is the reason Grand Moff Tarkin looked so good in 'Rogue One'. Apparently they still had that mask Peter Cushing has on as the book seller stored somewhere with a very good imprint of his face. They scanned that and used it to CG his face in 'Rogue One'. Deciding which Abrahams, Zucker and Zucker movie is better than the other is something I think is a waste of time. You put one in and go along for the ride. You can only decide, which style you want right now.
The thing that makes this film different from the others is the number of different genres it spoofs. Elvis movies, Spy movies, War movies. There is even the Blue Lagoon sequence, the Western bar fight and it even references the Wizard of Oz.
This movie came out in 1984 and I graduated in 1986 so for the last two years of high school this movie was responsible for 90% of me and my friends inside jokes. This is definitely the best of the genre.
The year this came out, one of my friends showed up at a Halloween party in the funniest costume ever - as one of the male ballet dancers from Top Secret!
To me, the all time greatest scene in any movie is that book store scene. I believe the book store was called the Swedish book store because when we hear English played backward, there is often the silly remark that is sounds Swedish or something. I think they ran from there. Imagine doing this scene. The two stars are at the top of the pole waiting for the dog to go to the food bowl as their cue. They then have to move backward through the store such that it looks relatively normal when played in reverse. All the while they are speaking their lines normally but sequentially in reverse...the last line of the scene first then backward to the first line. The 'translations' are not exact since they changed some of the dialogue but kept the scene. And, Val Kilmer had to catch two books while not really looking and make the catch look like a natural motion then handing them back to Peter Cushing. Incredible scene.
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Dude, you have excellent movie taste. Also History of the World Part I, when you get around to it.
FYI, Val kilmer does his own dancing and singing in this movie.. (and yes, the cow-joke is one of the funniest ever)
And it was his first role too.
The underwater bar brawl is world class. Imagine filming that. Must have taken ages.
I lose it every time, when I see the barkeep dry the glasses and the counter UNDERWATER!!... 😅🤭🤣🤣🤣
It was so original, but nowadays every movie has a wild west saloon brawl in a riverbed.
Real Genius is another great Val Kilmer movie from that time.
For the popcorn scene alone!
This is god. Stop touching yourself
“Can you drive a spike through a board with your penis?”
“Not from here.”
“A girl has to have standards.”
@@jimtatro6550 that is my first favorite part. Lol. Such a good line.
Love that one! One of my favorite 80s movies!
Kudos for pointing out that "Batman Forever" connection, where Michael Gough & Val Kilmer played together again :D
29:31 - *“Wow, this is the most unique fighting scene I have ever seen.”*
_Top Secret:_ Hold my under-water beer…
"I know a little German, he's sitting over there!"
Cant wait for A Fish Called Wanda!
This is a masterpiece.
I’ve probably seen this movie 50x in my life and it never really gets old.
It’s legitimately perfectly stupid.
The backwards library skit and the underwater fight are two amazing jokes that just keep going forever. It's pure 8 year old humor and we love it.
Ha! I like "I've been here 20 minutes already"!
The joke about the East German women's team comes from back in the 80s they were known roid heads and finally got caught. They were ridiculously huge.
There are actually a few documentaries here on YT about the East German Women who participated in the Olympics doped to the gills.
They are worth watching, but depressing AF.
These days, most of those GDR athletes are suffering from all sorts of health problems.
The funny thing is the west german olympics team did the same. And yet it was only a scandal because East Germany.
@@thrakkorzog75002 i think one athlete got a sex change because of the steroids
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 While that's true, and steroid use is still rampant in sports, it was exacerbated by the Communist travel restrictions. So basically the only women from the East on TV were a politician's wife, who was older than dirt, or a roided out athlete. Leading to the unfair assumption that people to the east were ugly.
and today men can legally compete in woman's league by simply declaring that they are women....
Over the years, I've seen many movie props that I would love to own. The "Find Him And Kill Him" stamp started the list, and remains in first place.
Val sung all his own songs too - such a wonderfully wacky movie. The scene in the bookstore filmed entirely in reverse was genius!
I'm surprised History of the World Part 1 hasnt shown up yet. Classic IDGAF Brooks.
However, I'm also a giant Zuckers fan as well so totally stoked to see this one!
History of the World has a black guy in it.
Apparently that's important.
Time to watch "Loaded Weapon 1" with Samuel L Jackson and Emilio Estevez!
He might do Lethal Weapon or This, he will get it mixed up and if he does, it’s ok with me!
Loaded Weapon 1 is underated!
"Willow" is a great Val Kilmer movie. It's an 80's Fantasy flick done by Lucas Films and Ron Howard. Magic, sword fighting, the movie has like everything.
@@Jason_Van_Stone if you have disney+ it's on there if you want to rewatch it.
Dude thank you so much for watching this!!! You are awesome!!!
Should do a review on a movie like this called Hot Shots, was made in 91, & stars Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer & many more stars.
And also Hot Shots 2 😁
Oh yes,just loved him in Robin Hood Men in Tights! Brilliant!
19:54 This is parodying a popular film at the time, "The Blue Lagoon," about two young castaways. It is considered the film that launched Brooke Shields' acting career.
They threw that in as well you are right, but it was based on making fun of Elvis movies that were so stupid, they would just make anything with him in it, no matter how stupid it was.
@@ClearAdventure *nod I was referring to that particular timestamp
@@jean-paulaudette9246 For sure, bro.
Finally Top Secret, you are going to love that one man
This is an underated gem, top 10 on my list. Absolute classic. Brings back memories of my grandpa. Its made by the same people who made airplane.
Skeet Surfin is a parody of several Beach Boys songs mashed together, and absolute genius. Val Kilmer is a reverse Leslie Neilson. He started with comedy (a Naked Gun style film) and ended with non-comedy roles.
Val Kilmer was so so good playing Jim Morrison in the movie The Doors.
Yeah! He really was. Even though the film itself takes a hell lot of liberties that aren't really accurate but that't the problem with any biopic.
After having watched this movie a couple dozen times over the past 30 years, this movie still makes me laugh till my cheeks hurt.
Val Kilmer was amazing in Real Genius, which is a teen age comedy.
The moment when you realize that its been 30 frekkn years...
You missed my favourite gag! The scene where the camera is zoomed in on a German solidier waving military trucks through and then the camera zooms out and you see that the trucks are just going round in circles. Gets me every time. Still a great reaction tho, glad you enjoyed it
You should check out Johnny Dangerously, starring Michael Keaton
Yes!
Farggin ice-hole!
My dad only did that once, ONCE!
@@aaronroberts7720 Lose the "only".
Since you recognized Peter Cushing from Star Wars: The casting of his face they took to make that magnified eye prosthetic was later used to help create digital Tarkin in Rogue One.
REAL GENIUS is also a really good Val Kilmer comedy...he was basically the Ryan Reynolds of the 80s.
The old man in the book store scene was all filmed in reverse to create that effect.
Twin Peaks had this backwards effect in the older TV series Twin Peaks.
This is my favorite movie of all time; I'd consider it right up there with "Airplane!" comedy-wise! Both of them are so rewatchable; I've seen each dozens of times and I still catch jokes on each rewatch that I'd missed before!
You'll never look at a cow the same way again after watching this movie.
Hot Shots 😊
Since you love these goofy comedies so much. Consider Hot Shots and National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon. Spoofs on Top Gun and Lethal Weapon respectively.
I like you, man. Top Secret is one of my favorite comedy films (and, yeah, I like it even more than Airplane). The film seems to just now be getting the credit it deserves. It was very much a forgotten film - but it deserves to be a classic.
“That was the most unique scene I have ever seen”
Oh I can’t wait for the water fight.
I think he was talking about the underwater fight but the editing of the video messed up the timing a fraction.
@@MandleRoss The unique scene was the Swedish Book Shoppe scene and he is right. It is the most remarkable scene put in a movie...ever. Also pretty hilarious is his comment about the fighting over the radio stations in the truck. What a great fight it was and I was like...wait about 3 seconds and there was another one of his belly buster laughs as they get into the underwater saloon fight. The guy really rips his laughs...great stuff!
Love your stuff man, by far the best reactioneer!
True romance (written by Tarantino)
Leon the professional (pure quality)
Memento (amazing head melter)
Think you would really love all these movies bud 👊
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. its another off the wall humor film. it uses actual film footage from "The 36th Chamber" ...not the Wutang music, a kung fu flick. also, another Val Kilmer film that kicks ass is "Willow" starring Warwick Davis and Kilmer. its an action/adventure/comedy/drama. Kilmer plays a drifter with exceptional fighting skills. Davis plays an Elfling type wanna be wizard. both characters are trying to save a baby. its a fun film
I still say the intro credits are about the funniest ever made.
This is one of my all time favorite comedies. Fantastic pick. The first time I saw this movie, since you asked, was 7 years ago when I was 22 living at an all-girls college with my gf. And yes it was every bit as nice as your imaginations can fathom, no joke. My gf was a film major and since I apparently knew more about film than her and half her teachers with no formal education I would sometimes sit in classes to pass time when I wasn't working. No one cared that I wasn't supposed to stay for more than 3 days, let alone 3 years. I was just allowed to go where I wanted. After sitting in on one of my gf's classes with some of our friend's as well we used the projector to watch Top Secret which was the first time I saw it, on a bigass 20 foot screen.
-If you were curious, because it was an all-girls arts school, yes, half of the students were lesbians. I've never seen so many lol, but I made a lot of friends there, some real ride or die homies.
The great late Peter Cushing by the way made a cameo in that movie. He was playing the librarian with misshapen eye that speaks backwards.
Loved this reaction. It's my favorite comedy. I know I watched it over 300 times since it came out in my early teens. You caught a lot for a first watch- there are so many funny details in each scene.
This is definitely one of the best comedies nobody talks about. I think the sight gags are way funnier and more clever than normal jokes. The giant phone and fake boots get me all the time. Theres something about an unexpected visual gag that just works for me.
These gags are great because after all Film is a visual medium so the possibilities should be used. Also it seems the 1941 classic " Hellzapoppin' " has inspired a lot of filmmakers. :)
I shared this movie with a good friend/co-worker almost 30 years ago. She loved the movie and we both agreed that Val Kilmer looked REALLY good in those jeans. Really, really good. And yes, we are still friends. She's fabulous and an entrepreneur as well. When I watch you watching these videos I think what fun it would be to have someone to watch with. I think you are a fabulous watch companion during these times!
This is my favorite ZAZ movie of all time. And when you said that Val Kilmer had the dance moves, I wanted to tell you that he had the pipes too, as he actually sang in each of his singing scenes.
Val Kilmer is one of my fav actors.
I think was his first film:
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Heat
Tombstone
Oh snap. I forgot!
@@marlonthemarvellous How?!!?
@@lukash.p.6631 Lol i dunno. Got no excuses. 🙏
Only just noticed that you gave me a shoutout for this. Props to you for remembering! :D
Glad to see Top Secret is getting more and more love, it flopped at the time, yet I think it's their best one! A gag every five seconds it feels like. Favourite one? Maybe the giant telephone... or the dreaming your back at school again doing exams (urgh, they're the worst) ... and finally the 'romantic scene, camera pans over to fireplace' gag - both of them. I don't know why but that just cracks me up each time. Great reaction! Made me grin all over again, and thank you that chap who asked for it!
Saw this with my family at the drive-in with Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters was perfect but we didn’t know what Top Secret was but as soon as it started, it had us rolling. Perfect movie night. Love seeing it again through new eyes. Thanks!
Top Secret! Is one of the most underrated comedy films of all time and I am glad you did a reaction to it.
I would love to see you react to another great comedy film...
What’s Up, Doc? (1972) 🎥🥕
You’re damn right lol
I've seen this movies so many times that I can do the lines. Loooove ridiculous movies.
"I love when someone says something smart and enlightening and then just does the opposite of that".
Then you would've loved it when I was 11 and my brother was 12 and we were walking along a sidewalk while he was telling me what I should do, if a dog was chasing me.
Him: "Don't run! It'll make the dog run after you. Instead, stand still and relax completely. That's what they said on TV".
Less than 10 minutes later, 2 dogs came around the corner ahead of us and ran straight towards us (yes, seriously. Never happened to me before or after this). I froze at first from 'shock', but once they came closer and I noticed they didn't actually seem threatening or aggressive in any way, I relaxed and just continued to stand still.
My brother however immediately turned to run in the opposite direction and both dogs ran past me and after him, LOL. Well, not 'after him', I guess. They were just running that way and that happened to be the direction said brother was running as well, but still. It's the nr. 1 biggest "do as I say, not as I do" experience of my life xP.
The German waiter says "gay kocken offen yom" which is actually a Yiddish phrase that means "go shit in the ocean." Also, the Hotel "Gey Schlüffen" means the Hotel Go To Sleep.
Such fun to see again. All I remember about it were the cows, Chocolate Mousse and Latrine!!
You'd love Mel Brooks "Dracula: Dead and Loving it." Fantastic comedy spoofing dracula. Leslie Nielson from Naked Gun plays Dracula.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was good. Also the breakout role for Michelle Monighan, and she shows her *ahem*.
The background singers are Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
Nice! Thanks for that!
That isn't correct. ZAZ are the soldiers that catch Nick in the prop room.
The funniest part is the guy grabbing the tree out the window of the train lmao
Dude, this movie is a classic! One of my favorite comedies of all time. (Love the Zucker Brothers's classics) I'm so glad you recorded a react of it. And by the way, i'm really enjoying your channel. A big hug from Brazil.
Val Kilmer can sing, and he impressed director Oliver Stone for not just looking like Jim Morrison but sung like him in The Doors biography film.
The 20:00 mark where the lady was telling her escape to an island with a boy called Nigel was a parody of the film the Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins.
Haha yes thank you!!!
Definitely check out 'Kiss Kiis Bang Bang' it's the movie that brought RDJ back on the map and probably gave him his Iron Man deal. Also it's a funny as hell crime comedy.
My man here straight up been covering damn near my whole childhood great selection
"This guy went to Hogwarts or something."
Or something more like it. Val did all the singing for his character!
Im so happy you noticed the Batman Forever coincidence hahahahaha.
It's hilarious they put Omar Shariff through all that grief (didn't mean to rhyme) He was so well known as an exotic, romantic lead in every movie he had made before this. The dude was so smooth, he conned his way into getting a free hotel room to live in in Paris for years, pretty much until he died. When the hotel owner found out that Omar Shariff was getting a room, he went downstairs and said, "Mr. Shariff will never have to pay for a room here." Then Shariff moved into a room and never left, except to do small roles in things. :)
thanks for reviewing this, I didn't even know it existed! now I'm gonna have to go find it and watch it!
I saw this movie at a local premier a week before it was released theatrically. My brother won tickets from a radio station. I knew it was the same guys that made Airplane and expected funny, but was still blown away.
cmon i need to see that it is the best comedy ever,hurry up and watch :)
Recommend these films and miniseries:
Zulu(1964)
Zulu Dawn(1979)
Shaka Zulu(1986)
28:53 great homage, the motorcycle jumping scene, in The Great Escape starring the late cool Steve McQueen.
The man who kept getting pranked by the souvenirs, novelties, and party tricks was Omar Sharif. When Top Secret was filmed, Omar Sharif was a respected, award winning actor. Part of the humor was that it was Omar Sharif just being in this film.
Also, in 1984, Germany was still East Germany (communist) and West Germany (NOT communist). The Berlin wall was still a thing.
TopSecret is a spoof on all the old silly Elvis movies they pumped out, and how he could get out of problems just by singing.
Best bit of that part for me is that they got the actual backup singers for elvis to do their thing in the concert scene.
They should have called this film 24 jokes a second.
Lmao Hell Yeah! Was So Hard To Edit. Like This Movie Literally Had A Joke Like Every 30 Seconds
One thing about Airplane vs Top Secret is that Airplane has a lot of references in their gags as well (like "Jim never has a second cup at home")
Dude I totally feel you about liking this movie more than Airplane! I love Airplane but Top Secret is like, compelling?? And also original as hell I love it
I've only heard of this movie, but never watched it. I only vaguely remember the ballet scene. absurd is definitely the best way to describe this one. Tucker & Dale vs Evil is another slightly outrageous yet hilarious movie
LMAO yeah from the time I first saw this movie waybackwhen, I remembered the 'Deja Vu have we not met?' joke . This film had so many epic sight and dialogue gags but yeah that one and the Big Phone were among the best 😆.
Funny story about the balet scene. My music teacher in high-school told me about a time they did a ballet and they do wear something to cover thier "situations". He told him to cut the top off an old nerf football and scoop out the insides. Well he made his a little too big and it looked very similar to that scene. Lol
Top Secret was my favourite film for years. I love this movie. My dad showed it to me after we watched Airplane! when I was 10 or 11. Warped my sense of humour ever since.
This is one of my favorite comedies of all time. I never get tired of it
The joke with the car that blew up was a Ford Pinto. He had a issue with the gas tank not being protected well enough in a rear-end collison. So that's why it exploded when it was barely touched.
The other awesome relevant scene I didn't see shown here was the Ford Pinto. The Pinto was notorious for blowing up or catching fire when struck from behind in an accident. Thus, the German halftrack slams on the brakes in an attempt to avoid it and barely dings the bumper and blows up. That was the best relevant 1984 gag in the movie.
It's amazing they were able to get Omar Sharif to appear in such a comedy. This is Doctor Zhivago, Che Guevara and Captain Nemo as well as appearing and starring in many a costume drama, or adventure or bible movie. I'm 60 so I'm familiar with his work for decades and when I saw Top Secret in the theaters when it was release (I was already a huge fan of Kentucky Friend Movie and Airplane), seeing Sherif crushed into a cube was sheer bliss. To many of today's younger audiences seeing this on television, I'm afraid Omar Sherif is an unknown.
By the way, the German commander that boarded Nick Rivers' train at the start of this movie is played by the actor who played Dim in A Clockwork Orange. As the voices are so different from one another, it took my decades to make the connection.
Also, the actors who play the blind gag salesman in the alley and Hillary, the female lead, both are in this movie one or two years after appearing in the Royal Shakespeare Company's eight and a half hour hit The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby that can currently be found on DVD and is a powerhouse of great acting. the airplane pilot at the very end of the movie was also from this production.
The younger generation won't understand the truck tapping the back of the Ford Pinto. But at the time this movie was made, everyone knew what that joke was all about.
First time I saw this was at a theater on Times Square in a double feature. When it originally came out.
I always say this movie has best underwater bar fight ever
My favorite part of this whole movie is the nightmare sequence when he thinks he's back in high school all over again.
The reverse scene is awesome. 😂
This is without a doubt the funniest movie ever made. And sadly very underrated!
I can't even remember the first time I saw it, it's one of those films we had on VHS since I was a kid. It's just as funny every time, although some of the jokes I only got when I was older 😂
Top Secret is one of my favorite Comedies! Val Kilmer rocks this!
Larry Bird wasn't yet a legend when Top Secret came out. lol
I watched so many of these when I was too young to understand the references, jokes, and double entendres. I love thinking back and comparing how I processed / justified them
I've seen that movie a bunch of times. No one like the first but man, always laughts assured 😂😂😂 A true piece of art !!
Our late Val Kilmer started out loving Elvis. A perfect start to his movie career.
Quite a few let's watchers from a similar generation to you have also said that they rate Top Secret over Airplane. I'm so glad it's getting such kudos amongst the younger generation as it deserves it.
The book store scene is the reason Grand Moff Tarkin looked so good in 'Rogue One'. Apparently they still had that mask Peter Cushing has on as the book seller stored somewhere with a very good imprint of his face. They scanned that and used it to CG his face in 'Rogue One'.
Deciding which Abrahams, Zucker and Zucker movie is better than the other is something I think is a waste of time. You put one in and go along for the ride. You can only decide, which style you want right now.
The thing that makes this film different from the others is the number of different genres it spoofs. Elvis movies, Spy movies, War movies. There is even the Blue Lagoon sequence, the Western bar fight and it even references the Wizard of Oz.
In the book store scene with the big eye dude. It was all filmed then put in the movie in reverse. Genius
This movie came out in 1984 and I graduated in 1986 so for the last two years of high school this movie was responsible for 90% of me and my friends inside jokes. This is definitely the best of the genre.
Same experience here
(86 & 90% lmao)
Same experience here
(86 & 90% lmao)
The year this came out, one of my friends showed up at a Halloween party in the funniest costume ever - as one of the male ballet dancers from Top Secret!
Finally I cant wait :)
To me, the all time greatest scene in any movie is that book store scene. I believe the book store was called the Swedish book store because when we hear English played backward, there is often the silly remark that is sounds Swedish or something. I think they ran from there. Imagine doing this scene. The two stars are at the top of the pole waiting for the dog to go to the food bowl as their cue. They then have to move backward through the store such that it looks relatively normal when played in reverse. All the while they are speaking their lines normally but sequentially in reverse...the last line of the scene first then backward to the first line. The 'translations' are not exact since they changed some of the dialogue but kept the scene. And, Val Kilmer had to catch two books while not really looking and make the catch look like a natural motion then handing them back to Peter Cushing. Incredible scene.