Saw this in the theatre when I was a kid. When Jimmy D kicked the bucket there was silence for a few minutes as the bucket tumbled down the slope.. then the entire theatre exploded with laughter! It rocked the joint! We laughed and laughed and laughed. And the rest of the flick was paradise! What an experience. So glad to have been there that day.
As a kid I thought it was the best movie I'd ever seen. As an oldster now I just appreciate all of it even more. There will be times when I can't see something and I'll fall right back on "I cahn't see". Great times!
R.I.P. Carey Loftin (1914-1997), Linwood G. Dunn (1904-1998), Norman Fell (1924-1998), Ernest Gold (1921-1999), Stanley Kramer (1913-2001), Milton Berle (1908-2002), Buddy Hackett (1924-2003), Edie Adams (1927-2008), Arnold Stang (1918-2009), Jonathan Winters (1925-2013), Sid Caesar (1922-2014), Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), Marvin Kaplan (1927-2016), Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) and now Carl Reiner (1922-2020). All these wonderful people were involved in a wonderful film. R.I.P. to all of these people. Most of these people lived into their 80's and 90's.
There's only a couple of the "main characters" left, but it's up to YOU to figure out who is and who isn't a main character in this wonderfully zany comedy. Barrie Chase (Sylvester's girlfriend) is 80. Marvin Kaplan (Irwin, of Ray and Irwin's Garage) is 87.
@@frogwart2298 There are 2 actors living who appeared. Barrie Chase, Sylvester's dancing girlfriend, is now 86. The other is not as highlighted as her, Nicholas Georgiade, now 87, was a detective who was at the scene of Smiler Grogan's crash site at the start of the movie. Carl Reiner was the 3rd until his sad passing, at 98, on June 29, 2020.
My favorite scene was when Dick Shawn was racing like a madman in his car to save his mother, Ethel Merman, driving all over and off the road, blubbering and wiping tears from his face, crying, "I'm coming Mama! I'm coming Mama!" As a kid when I first saw it, that scene had me in stitches. Wonderful movie.
Merman was recently shown performing a signature song from Gypsy on JFK: The Inaugural Gala; she stopped the show. Merman should have been given the opportunity to re-create her stage role in the film version opposite Natalie Wood.
Gary Clement Terrific performance by Merman but didn't an Oscar anymore than anyone else! If anything,Stanley Kramer deserved it for best director and best picture!
Very much agree as she was really funny and a really good balance for the men in the movie. Though I wouldn't want to have been caught dead in some of those car scenes with her!
That movie had more energy from beginning to end than any movie ever made. With all the craziness, laughing, stunts, building bigger and more and more - by the end of the movie I was worn out. All those comedians juxtaposed against Spencer Tracy and under all of it was a very serious message - a world gone mad for money
I cry with laughter at the garage scene , it is in itself a movie , the set -up is brilliant, the premise is brilliant, the facial expressions are brilliant. I’ve watched it so many times ....... I get as excited as a child when the scene approaches...
Arnold Stang saying, "We have to kill him!" cracks me up every time. That scene and Winters riding the girl's bicycle chasing after Phil Silvers... I'm tearing up with laughter just thinking about it.
Re-watching the movie a few days ago, I paid particular attention to the service station as it was being destroyed. You can spot many seams on the structure where it was built to come apart at those spots. It really was brilliant work they did building the set so it would completely collapse at the end of the scene.
I just love the ending where they chase the Captain to the abandoned building and the fire department try to reach them and it goes haywire I think it's hilarious 😂 and everyone is flying through the air
I was born in 1959 and I am so blessed to have been able to see all these great people on TV and silver screen. I'm glad I have a copy of this film on DVD.
I'm 5 years younger than you and I, too, got to see these people when they were alive. There will never be, in OUR lifetime, another generation like this generation of entertainers.
Ethel Merman slipping on the banana peel in the last scene remains one of the funniest moments ever filmed. I just watched the movie with my 9-year-old son to show him what true comedy is...and sadly, what it never will be again. I really love this movie and have been watching for over forty years.
A woman slipping on a banana peel is "one of the funniest moments ever filmed"? Seriously?! That says a lot about this movie and the irrational devotion to it.
In April 1967, my wife and I were driving back from a one year Navy school assignment in San Diego to Norfolk, Va and stopped in Las Vegas for a mini vacation and got to see Jimmy Durante and Edie Adams each do an act at the Sands Hotel (I believe). We enjoyed it it very much and were very glad we made that stop. I don't remember if we had seen the the "MAD" film yet, but I don't think so! Loved that film!
She became one of my heroines when I learned that her late husband, the gifted Ernie Kovacs, had left her in terrible debt due to his gambling addiction. We look at celebrities and ignore the fact that they're real people with real problems. I'd seen her singing for Muriel cigars: "Hey, big spender, spend a little time with me." That was before I knew Miss Kitty on "Gunsmoke" was a madam. Still, I didn't care for Edie Adams - the sultry, overt sexiness. Later, I learned she had to work her tail off to pay her husband's debts. My attitude changed. Just as I liked Demi Moore in "A Few Good Men," so I liked Edie Adams in "Mad World": I so appreciate the excellence of the supporting performances. She was a hottie and she was good at what she did.
My favorite comedy picture ever !!!! I remember being on vacation with my family when i was a teenager. Im 51 now. Anyhow, we all stayed in a crammed motel room and had the tv on and that movie came on. My Grandmother and i laughed through the whole thing ! We ended up waking up the rest of the family due to our laughter. My aunt especially was aggravated because of it, but we all sat up and watched all of that crazy thing and had a ball ! One of the most special memories ive had with my family. Ive had this movie on dvd for years now and i cherish it. Hilarious !!!!!
So grateful to have found this oral history of the making of the film. It was shot the year before I was born. I remember watching it on TV first with my parents in the early 70s and HOWLING with laughter. I've loved this film for most of my life & it never gets old for me.
One of my favorite pictures of all time - and I've seen HUNDREDS in my 61 years. Nothing even comes close. Thanks for the behind-the-scene documentary.
I Thought this looked familiar . I shot and edited this for MGM Home Movies. Imagine the thrill to be able to meet with these stars at their homes. They made this for the added bonus for the sale of the VHS sale of the movie. For what it's worth, Jonathan Winters had me and the folks from MGM in stitches from the moment we got to his home until we drove away several hours later.
My Mother LOVED lots of laughter. On the 2nd year anniversary of her passing April 18, 2020, in honour of her love of laughter and I in the depths of covid isolation needing a good laugh myself, I bought this brilliant movie via RUclips and sat down with a margarita hoisting a toast to my Mother for a wonderful life well lived and to the brilliance of 'It's a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD World'. I very much look forward to watching this documentary tonight sipping a home made margarita made with some fine patron: A taste I developed, only this January! in PV, MX at the El Nido deck bar (above the Los Cuatro Vientro hotel) overlooking Puerto Vallarta's Romantic Zone - at sunset. It was not lost on me I stood at the deck railing of this small bar (with expansive amazing sunset views ) where Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor hung out - both madly in love back in the early 60s during filming of the Night of the Iguana. Here's to laughter. love. margarita's and iguanas in this MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD world.
Puerto Vallarta is such a beautiful place. To anyone planning on going, look for "Tacos de Pulpo" - chopped octopus tacos, so delicious. Even street vendors sell them.
Dead in the usual sense, but in the greater sense, they will live on as long as there is a place to play this comedy that was made by the people who loved comedy and loved pure laughter.
One of my all-time favourite films. I saw it on its first UK release in the 1960s and loved it. I introduced the film to my son in the 1980s and he can still recite key lines to this day. Every character in the film was perfectly cast, with talented comedians and performers seen at the height of their powers (and some in their near final days, still on good form). As others have said, there can never be another film like this with such an array of talent who learned their trade the hard way, not like today's "I want instant stardom" people. The older I get, the more I marvel at the skillful stunts and car chases. Posthumous thanks to them all.
I've seen this movie 🎥 at least 40 or 50 times and it's still is a great movie you can't help but to laugh at all of these stunts and the characters and Stanley Kramer was a great director but he still didn't get all of the best comedy stars in his movie Oliver Hardy had refused to be in it Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance,Dick Van Dyke,Red Skeleton,Bob Hope,Bing Crosby, Imogene Coca,Elsa Lancaster and Judy Garland'were never on there Red wanted too much money 💵 but it turned out to be a great movie 🎥 anyway ♥️
I saw this movie when I was 10 years old, when it first came out. Everyone in the theater was howling, rolling in laughter. I was laughing out loud. I can't think of any other movie that affected me this way. It became the benchmark for comedy as far as I'm concerned! Comedy that makes everyone laugh...imagine that!
Hand's down this is one of the most hilarious movies I ever saw! I remember seeing this back in the 60's as a kid in the theater. This is truly an American classic. As of now I think the only living person from this movie is Carl Reiner who was the tower control person in the crazy airplane scene, Carl is 95 as of 2020.
Yes. Never have so many top-billed comedians joined together in something so singularly unfunny. So predictable. So full of stock humor and sight gags.
I remember seeing this film when it first was shown in our local theater back when it first came out in 1963. I saw it while living in Alhambra California which was a humble growing young township of the spreading Los Angeles city basin. I was 7 years old, going on 8. My brother and I would ask our parents to send us to the theater where this was showing when they wanted to send us to the theater so they could be alone. You should have heard the level of laughter in the movie theater every time this movie ran. Back in those days you would have two films back to back that would cycle all day long between each film in every theater back in those days. We often would stay to watch a film we loved at least 2 or 3 times, sometimes 4. We had no computer games and no AI type of toys to play with, so going to the movie theater was a big thing to us kids back in those days. It cost about 35 cents to get into a movie theater back then for kids, versus what it costs today. When I look at how they did this film today, it amazes me how the whole thing was done and it was absolutely hysterical to see, no matter how many times you got to see it. This will be one of my all time favorite films because of the comedy element of the time.
@@robertyglesias9673 The Garfield was the only theater in Alhambra that wasn't owned by the Edwards Family. But Edwards had the Capri, the El Rey, the Alhambra (which included the Gold Cinema) as well as the Monterey across the freeway in Monterey Park. Edwards Cinemas as it is known today got its start there.
@@robertyglesias9673 Ah! The Garfield Theater. I remember it well. Wow. It's been a long time since I've heard that name too. We lived pretty close to the theater too. Another one opened later on. As I recall it was called the El Rey theatre which was a further walk to get to and we always had to walk to the theater most of the time.
I've always loved this film. A kid from England sick from school in the late 70s, my brother and I rolled up watching this. Now my daughter age 7 is rolling up just as I did. Epic!
This movie is beyond classic. It is true magic. I remember my Dad sitting watching it in the 60's and laughing out loud. I sat and watched it last night, laughing out loud. I grew up around all the filming locations in California. It is a part of me. Those actors were one of a kind and will never be again. We had it all.
I saw this in the show when I was 9 years old with my family and had the greatest time ever. The whole theater was filled with uncontrolled laughter. My wife just saw me watching it here and said are you watching that movie again??? I just love the great comedians and the chase scenes. It was a great time to be alive. Thank you
I taped Stanley's last interview for "The Endless Story of Hollywood" hosted by Oleg Vidov. "Keep walking, no matter what, just keep walking", said Kramer at the very end of this meeting. That was so great to meet him. Thank you, Stanley, you always was out of mainstream. And you did it the best.
Some interesting trivia others might not know , Jonathon winters was open about being in a mental institution . Winters tells of being home less than 2 hrs from the hospital when Kramer called him & offered the part as a truck driver. His wife said "take it or you'll never get work again". He said that role saved him . And that he was on a natural high for yrs after. And he never lacked for worked again. J Winters paintings began as therapy. But , his paintings brought 10s of thousands of $.
I saw him on Carson one night and he told the story of a lady that came up to him at one of his painting exhibitions and said " if you were't Jonathon Winters, you could never get this kind of money for one of these paintings". He said "I looked and her and said " yes lady, but i AM Jonathon winters!"
When I worked for Hanna-Barbera, Jonathon frequently did voiceovers for the studio. At break time in the parking lot, if there was one person in front of him, (not unlike Robin Williams many years later) he was "On." And when he was recording with Mel Blanc and Lucille Bliss (Smurfette), break time frequently got us in trouble. They would be doing their downright amazing ad-lib "show" and usually, several minutes after break time was over, we'd hear Jayne Barbera, who was the studio's Production Manager, tapping on her window, telling us to get back to work. He, like Mel, knew a number of us by name, and they both frequently wandered through the studio to say "Hi!" and see what we were working on at the time. They were amazing talents, and terrific, down-to-earth folks and good friends! One of my biggest regrets was not getting Jonathon to sign my copy of his book of funny, pointed and beautifully done paintings before he died.🙂
Best comedy film, ever! I first saw it, way back in the 1970's, when I was a teenager. And I still watch it, every time it's on.This video brought back many childhood memories! :o)
Ariesram Indeed! I gave my original DVD movie to my brother and bought The Criterion Collection for myself. It contains every conceivable iteration of It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World EXCEPT the collection of the stars' interviews I remembered watching on VHS decades ago. The tape was new in the 1980s and so were the interviews. Ironically, we borrowed it from the local library, have never seen it since and have never seen it for sale in ANY format. I've given up looking for it, unless I make a bucket list someday......
A part of me keeps hoping that Capt. Culpepper gets away with the money now that he has turned to the dark side, lol. In my opinion one of the best films ever, of any genre.
Interesting bit of trivia: Barrie Chase - the woman in that black bikini dancing with Dick Shawn - was the last surviving member of the cast. She is also "famous" for her iconic line in "White Christmas" when, after Danny Kaye introduces her to Bing Crosby, she says "Mutual, I'm sure!" in that unique voice of hers. What an absolutely tremendous film this is! There are more fantastic performances, given in mostly rapid-fire snippets by this cast of comedic geniuses, than in any other picture ever made. This fast pace kept the audience on the edge of their chairs and their eyes glued to the screen. You dared not blink in fear that you would miss something hilarious!
Its very very funny today but imagine how funny this movie must of been in 1963 with all of the characters still alive and you are very familiar with all of them! Again, its 1963 and more then 2 hours of hysterical laughter!!😃🤣😅😂
The automobile and aircraft stunts in this movie should be put in a museum for future reference. Way before special effects....it was all real and crazy....
My husband’s grandfather was one of the stunt pilots in the movie. It makes it fun for my kids to watch. And yes, he was a daredevil, to put it mildly.
Still one of my all time favorite comedies....I must have watched it at least 15 times over the years. I have it on DVD....I'll watch it again with anybody who's never seen it before.
I am 75 now, and I was 18 or 19 when this awesomely fun movie came to our theatres in Houston. I took a very pretty girl to see it at the Santa Rosa theatre, and I believe I enjoyed her company even more than I enjoyed the movie. If you haven't seen this film, please take this opportunity to watch it now. It is an all-star line-up of some of the funniest people of that generation, and it's on RUclips for free!!!
Nice! Lucky you!! I am a young fella!! 71!!! Lucky to have memories like you!! I have always wanted to look up a particular girl I had a summer romance with a half century ago!!! Silly!!!??
@@vincentanguoni8938 No! Not silly at all. I tried that once, when I was 45. Turns out she was long-time married with a raft of children, and her daddy didn't like me calling at all!! Nice to hear back from you Vincent!
@@notmyworld44 a funny story for you .. On the last day of our summer I took her for a ride on my 250 Suzuki..we were going through a field of golden hay and came to a ditch...I tried to jump the ditch and oops...she broke her two front teeth at the gums on my helmet. I was supposed to take her to the airport but was afraid what her father would say and stayed until the next day. A few days later I got a call from her father... Special agent ATF...he wanted to contact my insurance company...another oops!!!! He asked if I had homeowners insurance!! Maybe she fell in my dooryard!!; He had her whole mouth fixed!!!! I learned something from that episode!!!!!
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is one of those spectacular and seminal films that leave a lifelong positive impression on anyone who ever saw it. As a high school student I went with a group of my buds downtown to the Jayhawk Theater and had a thoroughly huge experience. This movie had everything: car crashes, airplane near-disasters, car chases, pretty girls, destruction, mayhem and most of all humor. Every known great comedic actor of the day -and several not known for comedy had a heyday on screen. I saw it on TV a couple years ago and enjoyed it again, probably more than the first time I saw it back in the day. Blazing Saddles was another good one and I doubt any movies like these will ever be made again.
People like Mickey Rooney, Jack Benny, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Buster Keaton, Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers and Sid Caesar were the pioneers of comedy
@@wonderland1985 True! Bob Hope was going to appear, but he had a dispute and was not cast. Red Skelton had a conflict in doing his tv show, so he couldn't appear. Anther who were initially thought of to be in the movie was Jackie Gleason. Lucille Ball, Joan Davis (died in 1961), Martha Raye, and Imogene Coca, were suggested to be the men's female companions. Sophie Tucker and Mae West were thought of as the Ethel Merman mother-in-law character. Buster Keaton, who appeared as Jimmy the Crook, was initially thought of as the Smiler Grogan character, played by Jimmy Durante. Jack Benny, who appeared in a cameo, was thought to be the detective monitoring the group instead of Spencer Tracy. Peter Sellers demanded too much money, so the J. Algernon Hawthorne character was played by Terry-Thomas. Sadly, Joe Besser was originally offered the role of Irwin of the famous garage destruction scene, played instead by Marvin Kaplan. Besser could not get the time off from his role in The Joey Bishop Show because of objections from producers Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard. If he could have appeared, it would have been separate from, but in the same film as The Three Stooges, whom he was with for the 2 years (1956-57) for 16 shorts, after Shemp died in Nov. 1955. The actor Cliff Norton appears in the opening credits, but is nowhere in the movie.
I grew up with this film, it was made the year I was born and now my 12 year old grandson is loving it, watches it with me whenever he comes to stay. It’s timeless and always funny a true great. Bless everyone who made it happen. ❤
in 1964 me and my friend drove to palos verdes found the house they used for santa rosita state park (i knew approx where it would be because you could see catalina island in the background) we knocked on the front door a nice woman answered and we asked if we could see the BIG W she took us in the back and there it was one tree was missing but we found it you could never do that today
Up to now, I'd thought that "Santa Rosita" was really Will Rogers State Park above Santa Monica. I saw some shots in the "cinemassacre" locations video and on the below site that match it to the scene... pretty much: www.redfin.com/CA/Rancho-Palos-Verdes/5500-Palos-Verdes-Dr-S-90275/home/7740427
We took a boat trip one year back in the 60s and you could see the almost W from the sea. That trip also took you past the location of the bat cave, if I recall. Unless it was where the bat boat left from. Anyway, the boat sank the next day. We picked the right day for that tour.
Just posted here then saw this. I was on the property for a Land Surveying job in 70’s and saw the “W” We saw “Emergency” being filmed there. The spot is just west of Portuguese Bend. When we were there that was a nude beach.
Not only did I see this movie when it was new, but I enjoyed this documentary about it. It was nice to see a number of my old favorites again. Also I enjoyed hearing so much bio & professional info about these great actors. We all know that not all actors get along perfectly, but the interviewees showed a lot of grace and class. Thanks for this bit.
I saw it at the theater and was taken aback by its one big failing .........it wasn't the least bit funny ....but damn it had a lotta comics in it / rule of thumb the more comics the less likely it'll be funny
They caught lightning-in-a-bottle with this film. Thank goodness for Stanley Kramer's 'I'll Show You!' attitude because it delivered to us a timeless work of cinematic perfection.
Thanks for this upload. It's just a unique film in American Comedy. I wish Ernie Kovacs was still alive to be in this. But, look at this film. People who are not aware of comedic timing could learn a lot from this. Even though I'm not a comedian, I've learned about the timing when I deliver a joke or a story. It's all about the pause or the double take. Even a deadpan delivery can have great impact. When you are laughing at you own jokes, it never works. Anybody agree ?
The best comics seem to wonder why everyone is laughing at their tsuris (complications). Most of today's schlemiels are the first to start laughing, in case no one else does. To me, this is also the difference between Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams. I know many people loved Williams, but to me, he just tried too hard. Winters "put on" whichever role he was playing for that moment.
KutWrite when I was seventeen I worked at a drug store and part of my duties was dropping off medicine to customers homes. Jonathan Winters was one of are customers. He answered the door and put on a show for me as a mad scientist while he signed for his meds.
Very sad that out of all this Film's Great Cast of Actors; only 4 are still living. When I saw this Movie in 1963 as a very young Teen; your not thinking about people getting Old and Dying but it is something we can't avoid. Time stands still for no one. Only Film/Pictures let us see Actors/Actresses the way we remembered them and wanted them to stay forever. I can't think of an array of Actors/Comedians today that could even come close to making a Motion Picture like this again. When you can watch a Film dozens of times and you laugh just like you did the first time you saw it, then you know you have watched a great Motion Picture. R.I.P. all of you that are gone now. You made us for a few hours forget the Chaos of the Worlds Problems and made us laugh ...
Terrific words,totally agree with,you just stop short of the "They don't make them like that anymore" line so I'll do it for you😆 They really don't make them like this anymore😆 Recently bought an original Jack Davis print (US One sheet) in absolutely excellent condition of 'It's a Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World',it's absolutely beautiful framed in my living room👌
I remember that as a child! I was amazed at so many comedians and well established actors and actresses in it and working together! Was awesome! May they all be Reborn in peace and humor!
No way in hell could you get this many of today's best actors and actresses to agree to work together in one movie. Some would demand more money, no matter how much they got. And as soon as one got more, others would want to re-negotiate their contract for more. And still others would want some sort of special preferential treatment.
Oh, I'm sure. Imagine you're a young actor or your acting career was on the ropes. If your cameo was memorable, people later would be asking each other "Who WAS that, anyway?!" And this movie from the beginning was expected to be a big hit. Your cameo was free publicity.
I estimate that since seeing it in a theater, I must have seen it at least thirty times on television. So many great comedians of the time and a great production keep me going back to seeing it over and over. Most of those people are gone now but are alive on film.
R.I.P. Don Knotts (1924-2006), Moe Howard (1897-1975), Larry Fine (1902-1975), Curley Joe (1909-1993) Jerry Lewis (1926-2017), Terry Thomas (1911-1990), Dick Shawn (1923-1987) Jim Backus (1913-1989)
1) I wanted to learn to fly just so I could say to the tower, "Hey you down on the ground!! This is us up in the air!!" 2) Ethel Merman should have gotten an Academy Award for her performance.
Entertainment and art sure were... but I wouldn’t say america itself was. Between the cuban missile crisis, the kennedy assasination yet to come, the rest of the 60s, and america’s ongoing inability to treat people like people, this movie was still a much needed laugh in dark times
When I was growing up in the late '50s and early '60s, there were so many splendid comedians who didn't use sexual innuendo, didn't have to swear every fifth word, didn't have to rely on bathroom humor, in their routines. Red Skelton, Alan King, Jack Benny, Lucile Ball and also, including the wealth of entertainers this movie represented within its cast. Kramer even managed to get The Three Stooges in an airport firetruck scene. Very revealing is today's contemporary humorists. I can only count among them Don Rickles (who has passed away) and Bob Newhart (who is in his late '80s. There's hardly anyone I can name whose name could command the kind of humorous integrity comedians of that time portrayed. I don't know why Lucy and Desi weren't in it. I've heard various stories. Red Skelton and George Burns, too, would have been excellent inclusions. I assume they were contractually obligated to other films, Las Vegas shows, or other commitments. This film was a near-perfect reservoir of splendid talents.
I've always thought Bob Hope and Lucille Ball would have been great in the Ceaser/Adams rolls. I would have liked to see cameos of Fred MacMurray in the Ford roll, Bud Abbott in the Ben Blue roll, and Andy Griffith as one on the police.
@@steveellis7174: Phyllis Diller was just getting her momentum, too, at that time (1962) and would have been splendid in any one of several roles on this show. George Burns was left out, as well as Red Skelton. If I recall, Skelton was tied up with a Las Vegas contract and his Tuesday night TV show. I agree with you. There were many people left out incidentally and accidentally. Although, there are just so many people you can add to a film as this one.
@@765kvline Yes I forgot to mention I'd like to see Burns as the hardware store owner. Gleason as the mayor, Carney as the police sergeant, and Skelton shoehorned in somewhere as well. Of course you're right, there is only so many you can get in there. I'm sure not everyone was available. I never thought of Diller. Good call on her.
This was great. Fascinated with everything/everyone in this movie. This was the first movie I ever saw. Dad packed us up in the station wagon and took us to the drive in theatre in our pajamas. I fell asleep after Jimmie went over the cliff but have seen it many times since. Special, special film.
just saw this last night. I traveled all my life playing music and never watched a lot of movies until the last few years in semi retirement. (I no longer travel and perform, but just semi retired because I built a recording/video editing studio to make my youtube music vids and wound up now producing a Friday night live stream for my channel employing elements from the Gospel music vids I made over the last 20 years into a sing along for us old folks that still like to sing those old songs.) But as I was watching I realized I got not only the laughs, but the nostalgia of recognizing all those old comics that I grew up with. Sid Ceasar, Show of shows! And I won't bother to list them other than the one and only Milton Berle. Milton probably sold more TV's than all the advertising the set manufacturers put out there! But then I realized, even the younger generation, even though they won't know half if any of them, just because of how good they were, will still laugh out loud at just the variety of slap stick in this movie. Funny is just funny some times. It's a shame they won't know the comics, but I bet they will laugh anyway. I know I did!
just read your comment. I watched RUclips for many years enjoying the videos and never toured the southland until lottery winnings made that dream possible. (I no longer bother with attempting to force pandas to mate as the circus clowns that helped me produce my panda-mating magazine have all taken the gravity elevator to the gospel music on the colored radio station satellite in geosynchronous orbit above my panda-mating ritual circus tent safari good times sunrise old time nostalgia ministry thing for the last 20 years! OH, the good times to be had in such ancient profusion!) And I won't bother to list the other divergent stuff that has nothing to do with the reply to such a comment or the interview in the video or the subject of the interview or the film under discussion by said subject, but rather mention to remember that grand lady of the old days, Lucille Ball, back when television was clean and all-American, except for the advertisements for cigarettes, of course. I know what I did!
Milton Berle’s stories and accounts in this documentary are phenomenal: the bump from Ethel Merman’s purse, Mickey Rooney’s “I could make this film in two weeks,” Edie Adams’ contact lenses, Spencer Tracy’s acting advice, etc. But his single greatest moment is saying “when Sid Caesar was born, there was a star in the east ………… me.” ROFL. Also, Edie Adams’ story about Terry-Thomas walking into a pool wearing an enormous 6-foot-across hat is PRICELESS.
She was hilarious! She and Ernest Borgnine were married for a few weeks or a couple of months or something in 1964. I can't even imagine those two together. They had a bitter break-up.
Still the funniest picture ever made. I couldn't stop laughing when Jonathan Winters totally destroyed that gas station. It exceeded all my expectations for hilarity.
We watched this as a family when it first came out, and my dad laughed for three days about the scene in the gas station. It's one of my fondest memories of my dad.
Was he really? This is the truck driver? Wow. Reading the comments are usually just as entertaining and informative as watching the RUclips video. Thank you for your comment!
@@Jasper7182009 Yeah his name is in the credits as "The Truck Driver" Steven Spielberg talked about his driving skills during filming. The Duel documentary was made long after Mr Loftin had passed. Would have been great to hear him speak about his experiences and ideas driving the tanker truck in that film. There is an interesting small 1938 clip of his early stunt driving on RUclips. Type in his name and the clip should come up. So young! LOL!
In her autobiography, Ethel Merman stated that during the filming of this movie she made an off-hand comment to somebody about billing, and that remark immediately got Milton Berle's attention. He told her that it was his understanding that all the stars of the picture would receive equal billing, but Merman said, "Oh, that's just for you comics. My agent got me a better deal." With that, Berle immediately called his agent, not realizing that Merman was just having a little fun with him. The billing was equal for everyone.
LOOK!...we figured it 17 different ways, but everytime we did it, it was no good, 'cause no matter HOW we figured it, SOMEBODY didn't like the way we figured it! SO NOW, there's just ONE way to FIGURE IT! That's every man, including the old bag, FOR HIMSELF!
I remember growing up as a kid in the 70's and seeing this movie, and ever since seeing it it is easily one of my favorite all time movies...Great cast, fun story, manic energy....I was on vacation in Los Angeles some years later, and went to the park in Santa Monica, Looked for the big W which the tour guide insisted still is there , but never found it while hiking around...Beautiful Park though....
I don't know how Stanley got all of these well known comedians to get together an get along, the stunt people, he could have been a phycologist, but instead he made one if not the funniest all time movie, still holds up to this day
Try the Loved One. Johnathan plays twins in this awesome picture. Its genius. Rod Stieger and a few other great actors are in it. Stiegers character is a riot. His mother son relationship is unbelievable!
My mom and I walked out of the Chicago Loop's Cinestage Theater when it opened and mom said, "This is so low class. We take years to pull ourselves out of the gutter and here we go back into it." She didn't know I went back by myself and saw it 3 more times.
The figures that go flying off the ladder in one of the final scenes were of course, miniatures. A friend of mine who's in the movie special effects biz actually owns one of the originals and I got to hold it in my hands! What a thrill that was. Ha!
The first time I saw this was when I was a kid - maybe 8 years old. I knew, even then, the scope of this epic. It just felt really big. It is an astounding classic and it's truly funny throughout. Pure medicine!
Remember watching this classic of a film when I was a young boy with my parents who are sadly gone now ... Remember all of us roaring with laughter at the ending with the fire engine ladder scene ... I can still picture it now 😂😂😂😂 .. Brilliant film one of my all time favourites ... Brings back such wonderful memories 😊😊
I saw this brilliant film when it was first released in the UK at the Ritz Edgware. The whole cinema right from kicking the bucket scene was full of laughter. My sides have never hurt so much after seeing a film. Every year I dig out my copy on DVD and watch it. Good comedy never dies, no swearing, no nudity, just good old fashioned slap stick comedy.
+Carol Bradshaw Yeah! what a damn shame! because he was probably the biggest comedy legend working among the cast at this era.his reputation as a film artist was starting to come into bloom and full focus. his great rivals of the silent screen were to make cameos:stan laurel and harold lloyd.
+Carol Bradshaw Unfortunately those couldn't have showed up for their cameos:mr.laurel(because he wouldn't ever perform again without hardy).and mr.lloyd (because he was filthy rich and he didn't need the money).
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Saw this in the theatre when I was a kid. When Jimmy D kicked the bucket there was silence for a few minutes as the bucket tumbled down the slope.. then the entire theatre exploded with laughter! It rocked the joint! We laughed and laughed and laughed. And the rest of the flick was paradise! What an experience. So glad to have been there that day.
As a kid I thought it was the best movie I'd ever seen. As an oldster now I just appreciate all of it even more. There will be times when I can't see something and I'll fall right back on "I cahn't see". Great times!
Me to
Never forget Jimmy kicking the bucket 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤪🤭
@@timbillings3652 Yeah - I learned that phrase in the theater. I was 8 and my mom had to explain what that meant.
@@kirnpu He cahn't see. It must be an eye cold
Yea that started it all perfectly.
R.I.P. Carey Loftin (1914-1997), Linwood G. Dunn (1904-1998), Norman Fell (1924-1998), Ernest Gold (1921-1999), Stanley Kramer (1913-2001), Milton Berle (1908-2002), Buddy Hackett (1924-2003), Edie Adams (1927-2008), Arnold Stang (1918-2009), Jonathan Winters (1925-2013), Sid Caesar (1922-2014), Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), Marvin Kaplan (1927-2016), Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) and now Carl Reiner (1922-2020). All these wonderful people were involved in a wonderful film. R.I.P. to all of these people. Most of these people lived into their 80's and 90's.
There's only a couple of the "main characters" left, but it's up to YOU to figure out who is and who isn't a main character in this wonderfully zany comedy. Barrie Chase (Sylvester's girlfriend) is 80. Marvin Kaplan (Irwin, of Ray and Irwin's Garage) is 87.
Barrie Chase and Marvin Kaplan's characters weren't main characters. They were supporting characters.
BayareaGuy06 As you wish, but Marvin Kaplan was involved in the movie as much as Arnold Stang.
RIP to them
and
THANK YOU to them
ohhhwolfy ... Besides both of them and Jerry Lewis, who else is still alive?
Glad this doc was put together before many of these legends passed.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
AMEN!
The last of these legends just passed...R.I.P. Carl Reiner
I totally agree. Can’t get over how fast time flew. Now they are all gone😢
@@frogwart2298 There are 2 actors living who appeared. Barrie Chase, Sylvester's dancing girlfriend, is now 86. The other is not as highlighted as her, Nicholas Georgiade, now 87, was a detective who was at the scene of Smiler Grogan's crash site at the start of the movie. Carl Reiner was the 3rd until his sad passing, at 98, on June 29, 2020.
My favorite scene was when Dick Shawn was racing like a madman in his car to save his mother, Ethel Merman, driving all over and off the road, blubbering and wiping tears from his face, crying, "I'm coming Mama! I'm coming Mama!" As a kid when I first saw it, that scene had me in stitches. Wonderful movie.
Same here. I nearly died from laughing
He was the ultimate mama’s boy!
All while driving in the opposite direction of where she wanted him to go.
That's why you had me mama, to save you. Everytime I see this I crack up
Yep. Sylvester is a bona fide mama's boy!
Ethel Merman NEVER gets the credit she's due for this movie. Brilliant, Oscar worthy performance.
Gary Clement I agree! Ethel was great in this! She should have had a bigger movie career.
Gary Clement back then men had top billing.
Merman was recently shown performing a signature song from Gypsy on JFK: The Inaugural Gala; she stopped the show. Merman should have been given the opportunity to re-create her stage role in the film version opposite Natalie Wood.
Gary Clement Terrific performance by Merman but didn't an Oscar anymore than anyone else!
If anything,Stanley Kramer deserved it for best director and best picture!
Very much agree as she was really funny and a really good balance for the men in the movie. Though I wouldn't want to have been caught dead in some of those car scenes with her!
That movie had more energy from beginning to end than any movie ever made. With all the craziness, laughing, stunts, building bigger and more and more - by the end of the movie I was worn out. All those comedians juxtaposed against Spencer Tracy and under all of it was a very serious message - a world gone mad for money
I cry with laughter at the garage scene , it is in itself a movie , the set -up is brilliant, the premise is brilliant, the facial expressions are brilliant. I’ve watched it so many times ....... I get as excited as a child when the scene approaches...
Arnold Stang saying, "We have to kill him!" cracks me up every time. That scene and Winters riding the girl's bicycle chasing after Phil Silvers... I'm tearing up with laughter just thinking about it.
Re-watching the movie a few days ago, I paid particular attention to the service station as it was being destroyed. You can spot many seams on the structure where it was built to come apart at those spots.
It really was brilliant work they did building the set so it would completely collapse at the end of the scene.
The one and only Phil Silvers , true Genius !
The gas station crack me right up I couldn't hardly breathe laughing
I just love the ending where they chase the Captain to the abandoned building and the fire department try to reach them and it goes haywire I think it's hilarious 😂 and everyone is flying through the air
There aren't enough good actors to make a movie like this again
Dj Skalka Sad but true.😐
You're probably right(!)
nailed it
neither good directors too
There are many fine English Types who could pull it off. For the Yanks, perhaps Jim Carey, Key & Peel.
I was born in 1959 and I am so blessed to have been able to see all these great people on TV and silver screen. I'm glad I have a copy of this film on DVD.
I'm 5 years younger than you and I, too, got to see these people when they were alive. There will never be, in OUR lifetime, another generation like this generation of entertainers.
What's a DVD? I have BetaMax!
I never tire of seeing this funniest movie ever made..not one cuss word,either..clean
Actually if you listen carefully Ray in thr gas station says to Pike "you bastard" hahaha! I didn't catch that the first few hundred times though.
Ethel Merman slipping on the banana peel in the last scene remains one of the funniest moments ever filmed. I just watched the movie with my 9-year-old son to show him what true comedy is...and sadly, what it never will be again. I really love this movie and have been watching for over forty years.
A woman slipping on a banana peel is "one of the funniest moments ever filmed"? Seriously?! That says a lot about this movie and the irrational devotion to it.
@@jeffreykalb9752 It appears you never saw the fall. It was major. And what the heck do you consider funny? Bill Maher?
@@hunkydorian Bill Maher is a great comedian and humanitarian.
@@jeffreykalb9752 Indeed...
Was that really Ethel Merman, or some uncredited stunt person?
Berle:
"I'm 88 years old. I feel like a 20 year-old, but there's never one around"
Amazing delivery!
Edie Adams was a doll and was the real hidden treasure on this film.
Shame she had to do this right after her husband's death...her thoughts had to be elsewhere...she did great though.
In April 1967, my wife and I were driving back from a one year Navy school assignment in San Diego to Norfolk, Va and stopped in Las Vegas for a mini vacation and got to see Jimmy Durante and Edie Adams each do an act at the Sands Hotel (I believe). We enjoyed it it very much and were very glad we made that stop. I don't remember if we had seen the the "MAD" film yet, but I don't think so! Loved that film!
Well said,Bill..Edie looks great when this was filmed in 1991..you go girl!!👌
She became one of my heroines when I learned that her late husband, the gifted Ernie Kovacs, had left her in terrible debt due to his gambling addiction. We look at celebrities and ignore the fact that they're real people with real problems.
I'd seen her singing for Muriel cigars: "Hey, big spender, spend a little time with me." That was before I knew Miss Kitty on "Gunsmoke" was a madam. Still, I didn't care for Edie Adams - the sultry, overt sexiness. Later, I learned she had to work her tail off to pay her husband's debts. My attitude changed.
Just as I liked Demi Moore in "A Few Good Men," so I liked Edie Adams in "Mad World": I so appreciate the excellence of the supporting performances. She was a hottie and she was good at what she did.
She was so sexy in this film
Hands down the Best comedy Movie....Have seen it 6 times since 1964
It's bittersweet watching this since most of them are gone now.
It's just sweet. They came and did what they were supposed to do. Our challenge is to do what we're supposed to do.
The only one I can find that is still with us is Barrie Chase Sylvesters Girlfriend.
My favorite comedy picture ever !!!! I remember being on vacation with my family when i was a teenager. Im 51 now. Anyhow, we all stayed in a crammed motel room and had the tv on and that movie came on. My Grandmother and i laughed through the whole thing ! We ended up waking up the rest of the family due to our laughter. My aunt especially was aggravated because of it, but we all sat up and watched all of that crazy thing and had a ball ! One of the most special memories ive had with my family. Ive had this movie on dvd for years now and i cherish it. Hilarious !!!!!
So grateful to have found this oral history of the making of the film. It was shot the year before I was born. I remember watching it on TV first with my parents in the early 70s and HOWLING with laughter. I've loved this film for most of my life & it never gets old for me.
The destruction of the garage will remain a classic forever.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World would be my choice for the one film to have if stranded on a desert island. Definitely.
And a funny thing: You have Phil Silvers in this. He was involved in Gilligan's Island as a producer.
Definitely 🤣
This is so wonderful Best one ever!🤩🇺🇸
groundhog day seems more appropriate. IAMMMMW is waaaaay better than its own documentary :)
X Ruttles definitely 😂
One of my favorite pictures of all time - and I've seen HUNDREDS in my 61 years. Nothing even comes close. Thanks for the behind-the-scene documentary.
I Thought this looked familiar . I shot and edited this for MGM Home Movies. Imagine the thrill to be able to meet with these stars at their homes. They made this for the added bonus for the sale of the VHS sale of the movie. For what it's worth, Jonathan Winters had me and the folks from MGM in stitches from the moment we got to his home until we drove away several hours later.
Lucky...muther....
Lucky devil!!!!!
Great job!
One of my favorites as a kid.. I paid to see it at least 10 times.. So, to hear the back stories is rich!
My Mother LOVED lots of laughter. On the 2nd year anniversary of her passing April 18, 2020, in honour of her love of laughter and I in the depths of covid isolation needing a good laugh myself, I bought this brilliant movie via RUclips and sat down with a margarita hoisting a toast to my Mother for a wonderful life well lived and to the brilliance of 'It's a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD World'.
I very much look forward to watching this documentary tonight sipping a home made margarita made with some fine patron: A taste I developed, only this January! in PV, MX at the El Nido deck bar (above the Los Cuatro Vientro hotel) overlooking Puerto Vallarta's Romantic Zone - at sunset. It was not lost on me I stood at the deck railing of this small bar (with expansive amazing sunset views ) where Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor hung out - both madly in love back in the early 60s during filming of the Night of the Iguana.
Here's to laughter. love. margarita's and iguanas in this MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD world.
Well said.
That's what memories are made of and I"m sure she's glad, you did...Vote twice, vote often, I understand, it's not legal....
Puerto Vallarta is such a beautiful place. To anyone planning on going, look for "Tacos de Pulpo" - chopped octopus tacos, so delicious. Even street vendors sell them.
They are all dead these wonderful people but left behind is the greatest comedy film ever made.
Flashman 2 are left as of 2019. Barrie Chase as Ms. Halliburton the dancer and Carl Reiner the man at The Rancho Conjejo Tower.
@@mr.vintage4889 now carl reiner is gone so just barrie and nicholas ledt
staypress Yeah,tragic news. Rest In Peace.
Dead in the usual sense, but in the greater sense, they will live on as long as there is a place to play this comedy that was made by the people who loved comedy and loved pure laughter.
Those that have passed are together on the other side. What a movie! But even more- what a collection of talent.
One of my all-time favourite films. I saw it on its first UK release in the 1960s and loved it. I introduced the film to my son in the 1980s and he can still recite key lines to this day. Every character in the film was perfectly cast, with talented comedians and performers seen at the height of their powers (and some in their near final days, still on good form). As others have said, there can never be another film like this with such an array of talent who learned their trade the hard way, not like today's "I want instant stardom" people. The older I get, the more I marvel at the skillful stunts and car chases. Posthumous thanks to them all.
Has to be one of the greatest of all time, no doubt about it.
I've seen this movie 🎥 at least 40 or 50 times and it's still is a great movie you can't help but to laugh at all of these stunts and the characters and Stanley Kramer was a great director but he still didn't get all of the best comedy stars in his movie Oliver Hardy had refused to be in it Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance,Dick Van Dyke,Red Skeleton,Bob Hope,Bing Crosby, Imogene Coca,Elsa Lancaster and Judy Garland'were never on there Red wanted too much money 💵 but it turned out to be a great movie 🎥 anyway ♥️
???? Hardy was dead by 1957. Doubt he was offered a part.
@@farmercyst Then it's probably Stan Laurel then he had refused to do a part in the movie 🎥 without his partner he was nothing
Stan Laurel retired from screen when Oliver Hardy died. @@garycarpenter6433
Milton Berle managed to be the last interview.
@Randy HUTCHINSON His mother taught him that. If you watch the movie you can see him always trying to be the last one in the scene.
Natch.
I saw this movie when I was 10 years old, when it first came out. Everyone in the theater was howling, rolling in laughter. I was laughing out loud. I can't think of any other movie that affected me this way. It became the benchmark for comedy as far as I'm concerned! Comedy that makes everyone laugh...imagine that!
I saw this at an outdoor theater with my family and what a rich memory as well!
Hand's down this is one of the most hilarious movies I ever saw! I remember seeing this back in the 60's as a kid
in the theater. This is truly an American classic. As of now I think the only living person from this movie is Carl Reiner
who was the tower control person in the crazy airplane scene, Carl is 95 as of 2020.
I think I first saw this movie 🎥 in 72 or 73 and it's still hilarious
Now Carl Reiner has left us too. Barrie Chase is still alive.
Not any more. She was incredible, though.
This movie is in a class, all to itself.
It's a mad mad mad would the movie
agree
The best movie ever made.
Yes. Never have so many top-billed comedians joined together in something so singularly unfunny. So predictable. So full of stock humor and sight gags.
I remember seeing this film when it first was shown in our local theater back when it first came out in 1963. I saw it while living in Alhambra California which was a humble growing young township of the spreading Los Angeles city basin. I was 7 years old, going on 8. My brother and I would ask our parents to send us to the theater where this was showing when they wanted to send us to the theater so they could be alone. You should have heard the level of laughter in the movie theater every time this movie ran. Back in those days you would have two films back to back that would cycle all day long between each film in every theater back in those days. We often would stay to watch a film we loved at least 2 or 3 times, sometimes 4. We had no computer games and no AI type of toys to play with, so going to the movie theater was a big thing to us kids back in those days. It cost about 35 cents to get into a movie theater back then for kids, versus what it costs today. When I look at how they did this film today, it amazes me how the whole thing was done and it was absolutely hysterical to see, no matter how many times you got to see it. This will be one of my all time favorite films because of the comedy element of the time.
I moved to Alhambra in the early 70"s only one theater That was the Garfield Theater
@@robertyglesias9673 The Garfield was the only theater in Alhambra that wasn't owned by the Edwards Family. But Edwards had the Capri, the El Rey, the Alhambra (which included the Gold Cinema) as well as the Monterey across the freeway in Monterey Park. Edwards Cinemas as it is known today got its start there.
I thought it came out in the early 70s?
@@robertyglesias9673
Ah! The Garfield Theater. I remember it well. Wow. It's been a long time since I've heard that name too.
We lived pretty close to the theater too. Another one opened later on. As I recall it was called the El Rey theatre which was a further walk to get to and we always had to walk to the theater most of the time.
@@robertlaporte2998
Not quite. Wikipedia has it right when you look it up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Mad,_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_World
I've always loved this film. A kid from England sick from school in the late 70s, my brother and I rolled up watching this. Now my daughter age 7 is rolling up just as I did. Epic!
This movie is beyond classic. It is true magic. I remember my Dad sitting watching it in the 60's and laughing out loud. I sat and watched it last night, laughing out loud. I grew up around all the filming locations in California. It is a part of me. Those actors were one of a kind and will never be again. We had it all.
I saw this in the show when I was 9 years old with my family and had the greatest time ever. The whole theater was filled with uncontrolled laughter. My wife just saw me watching it here and said are you watching that movie again??? I just love the great comedians and the chase scenes. It was a great time to be alive. Thank you
I taped Stanley's last interview for "The Endless Story of Hollywood" hosted by Oleg Vidov. "Keep walking, no matter what, just keep walking", said Kramer at the very end of this meeting. That was so great to meet him. Thank you, Stanley, you always was out of mainstream. And you did it the best.
The funniest scenes are when Johnathon Winters goes berserk and tears down that filling station.
Yes Sir. Him and Phil Silver together. Lol
Thumbs up for calling it a filling station.
He single handedly beat up 2 wimps and destroyed a gas station. TURN ME LOOSE.
Some interesting trivia others might not know , Jonathon winters was open about being in a mental institution .
Winters tells of being home less than 2 hrs from the hospital when Kramer called him & offered the part as a truck driver.
His wife said "take it or you'll never get work again".
He said that role saved him . And that he was on a natural high for yrs after.
And he never lacked for worked again.
J Winters paintings began as therapy.
But , his paintings brought 10s of thousands of $.
What I would like to know is when Jonathan was in the hospital....did he continue doing improvisations!
I saw him on Carson one night and he told the story of a lady that came up to him at one of his painting exhibitions and said " if you were't Jonathon Winters, you could never get this kind of money for one of these paintings". He said "I looked and her and said " yes lady, but i AM Jonathon winters!"
When I worked for Hanna-Barbera, Jonathon frequently did voiceovers for the studio. At break time in the parking lot, if there was one person in front of him, (not unlike Robin Williams many years later) he was "On." And when he was recording with Mel Blanc and Lucille Bliss (Smurfette), break time frequently got us in trouble. They would be doing their downright amazing ad-lib "show" and usually, several minutes after break time was over, we'd hear Jayne Barbera, who was the studio's Production Manager, tapping on her window, telling us to get back to work. He, like Mel, knew a number of us by name, and they both frequently wandered through the studio to say "Hi!" and see what we were working on at the time. They were amazing talents, and terrific, down-to-earth folks and good friends! One of my biggest regrets was not getting Jonathon to sign my copy of his book of funny, pointed and beautifully done paintings before he died.🙂
Best comedy film, ever! I first saw it, way back in the 1970's, when I was a teenager.
And I still watch it, every time it's on.This video brought back many childhood memories! :o)
Ariesram Indeed! I gave my original DVD movie to my brother and bought The Criterion Collection for myself. It contains every conceivable iteration of It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World EXCEPT the collection of the stars' interviews I remembered watching on VHS decades ago. The tape was new in the 1980s and so were the interviews. Ironically, we borrowed it from the local library, have never seen it since and have never seen it for sale in ANY format. I've given up looking for it, unless I make a bucket list someday......
ohhhwolfy i bought mine on amazon.Dvd format
The VHS format also included a variation of the musical score during "Intermission".
Amen to that bro totally agree
A part of me keeps hoping that Capt. Culpepper gets away with the money now that he has turned to the dark side, lol.
In my opinion one of the best films ever, of any genre.
Every time I watch it!
Interesting bit of trivia: Barrie Chase - the woman in that black bikini dancing with Dick Shawn - was the last surviving member of the cast. She is also "famous" for her iconic line in "White Christmas" when, after Danny Kaye introduces her to Bing Crosby, she says "Mutual, I'm sure!" in that unique voice of hers. What an absolutely tremendous film this is! There are more fantastic performances, given in mostly rapid-fire snippets by this cast of comedic geniuses, than in any other picture ever made. This fast pace kept the audience on the edge of their chairs and their eyes glued to the screen. You dared not blink in fear that you would miss something hilarious!
The greatest comedy movie ever put on the silver screen......
Absolutely simply fantastic
Totally concur,just bought one of the original Jack Davis prints,looks terrific framed in my living room👌
One of the Best Cinerama Films Ever made as well as the greatest Comedy
Its very very funny today but imagine how funny this movie must of been in 1963 with all of the characters still alive and you are very familiar with all of them! Again, its 1963 and more then 2 hours of hysterical laughter!!😃🤣😅😂
@Dennis Mitchell Betcha they still laughed anyway.
The automobile and aircraft stunts in this movie should be put in a museum for future reference. Way before special effects....it was all real and crazy....
Nowadays when I see so-called "special effects" I know it's CGI and that takes all it's credibility away.
would not have wanted to have been in that airplane
Catch a few Harold Lloyd or Buster Keaton movies.
My husband’s grandfather was one of the stunt pilots in the movie. It makes it fun for my kids to watch. And yes, he was a daredevil, to put it mildly.
There's plenty of movies that are "known" for their car chase scenes and this is one of the best...
A time when we had REAL entertainers & movies!!!
hardlines4 right!
edit: no sarcasm.
They could never make this movie again!!!.
No..This type of film comedy could never be produced again..John.
Still one of my all time favorite comedies....I must have watched it at least 15 times over the years. I have it on DVD....I'll watch it again with anybody who's never seen it before.
I am 75 now, and I was 18 or 19 when this awesomely fun movie came to our theatres in Houston. I took a very pretty girl to see it at the Santa Rosa theatre, and I believe I enjoyed her company even more than I enjoyed the movie. If you haven't seen this film, please take this opportunity to watch it now. It is an all-star line-up of some of the funniest people of that generation, and it's on RUclips for free!!!
Hope her company was memorable!
@@markjones5285 Oh, very much, Mark. But 60 years later I can't even remember her name.
Nice! Lucky you!! I am a young fella!! 71!!! Lucky to have memories like you!! I have always wanted to look up a particular girl I had a summer romance with a half century ago!!! Silly!!!??
@@vincentanguoni8938 No! Not silly at all. I tried that once, when I was 45. Turns out she was long-time married with a raft of children, and her daddy didn't like me calling at all!! Nice to hear back from you Vincent!
@@notmyworld44 a funny story for you ..
On the last day of our summer I took her for a ride on my 250 Suzuki..we were going through a field of golden hay and came to a ditch...I tried to jump the ditch and oops...she broke her two front teeth at the gums on my helmet. I was supposed to take her to the airport but was afraid what her father would say and stayed until the next day. A few days later I got a call from her father... Special agent ATF...he wanted to contact my insurance company...another oops!!!! He asked if I had homeowners insurance!! Maybe she fell in my dooryard!!; He had her whole mouth fixed!!!! I learned something from that episode!!!!!
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is one of those spectacular and seminal films that leave a lifelong positive impression on anyone who ever saw it. As a high school student I went with a group of my buds downtown to the Jayhawk Theater and had a thoroughly huge experience. This movie had everything: car crashes, airplane near-disasters, car chases, pretty girls, destruction, mayhem and most of all humor. Every known great comedic actor of the day -and several not known for comedy had a heyday on screen. I saw it on TV a couple years ago and enjoyed it again, probably more than the first time I saw it back in the day. Blazing Saddles was another good one and I doubt any movies like these will ever be made again.
People like Mickey Rooney, Jack Benny, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Buster Keaton, Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers and Sid Caesar were the pioneers of comedy
peter mr goudas Legends.
Don’t forget the great Terry Thomas.
Stan Laurel refused a part in it as he never wanted to appear without Oliver Hardy.
@@wonderland1985 True! Bob Hope was going to appear, but he had a dispute and was not cast. Red Skelton had a conflict in doing his tv show, so he couldn't appear. Anther who were initially thought of to be in the movie was Jackie Gleason. Lucille Ball, Joan Davis (died in 1961), Martha Raye, and Imogene Coca, were suggested to be the men's female companions. Sophie Tucker and Mae West were thought of as the Ethel Merman mother-in-law character. Buster Keaton, who appeared as Jimmy the Crook, was initially thought of as the Smiler Grogan character, played by Jimmy Durante. Jack Benny, who appeared in a cameo, was thought to be the detective monitoring the group instead of Spencer Tracy. Peter Sellers demanded too much money, so the J. Algernon Hawthorne character was played by Terry-Thomas. Sadly, Joe Besser was originally offered the role of Irwin of the famous garage destruction scene, played instead by Marvin Kaplan. Besser could not get the time off from his role in The Joey Bishop Show because of objections from producers Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard. If he could have appeared, it would have been separate from, but in the same film as The Three Stooges, whom he was with for the 2 years (1956-57) for 16 shorts, after Shemp died in Nov. 1955. The actor Cliff Norton appears in the opening credits, but is nowhere in the movie.
W.C.Fields and Charlie Chaplin.
I grew up with this film, it was made the year I was born and now my 12 year old grandson is loving it, watches it with me whenever he comes to stay. It’s timeless and always funny a true great. Bless everyone who made it happen. ❤
Oh gosh, so glad RUclips recommended this to me. I just love this movie. Watched it more than a 100 times.
it was both. great slapstick and comedy adventure at the same time.
in 1964 me and my friend drove to palos verdes found the house they used for santa rosita state park (i knew approx where it would be because you could see catalina island in the background) we knocked on the front door a nice woman answered and we asked if we could see the BIG W she took us in the back and there it was one tree was missing but we found it you could never do that today
Up to now, I'd thought that "Santa Rosita" was really Will Rogers State Park above Santa Monica.
I saw some shots in the "cinemassacre" locations video and on the below site that match it to the scene... pretty much:
www.redfin.com/CA/Rancho-Palos-Verdes/5500-Palos-Verdes-Dr-S-90275/home/7740427
there was a young man who did the same and the Big W is all gone
Rip Carl Reiner
We took a boat trip one year back in the 60s and you could see the almost W from the sea. That trip also took you past the location of the bat cave, if I recall. Unless it was where the bat boat left from. Anyway, the boat sank the next day. We picked the right day for that tour.
Just posted here then saw this.
I was on the property for a Land Surveying job in 70’s and saw the “W”
We saw “Emergency” being filmed there.
The spot is just west of Portuguese Bend. When we were there that was a nude beach.
Not only did I see this movie when it was new, but I enjoyed this documentary about it. It was nice to see a number of my old favorites again. Also I enjoyed hearing so much bio & professional info about these great actors. We all know that not all actors get along perfectly, but the interviewees showed a lot of grace and class. Thanks for this bit.
I saw it at the theater and was taken aback by its one big failing .........it wasn't the least bit funny ....but damn it had a lotta comics in it / rule of thumb the more comics the less likely it'll be funny
Loved this movie! Dick Shawn was so perfect in this! The dancing was a HOOT!
I'm coming to save you momma!!
That's my favorite scene
Out baby OUT!
I thought Dick Shawn was the hit of the movie, his driving scene is why I watch to this day!!
For decades, I thought that he was Harvey Korman. I really did.
A Comedy Masterpiece Filled with Unique and Talented People We Will See This Talent Again "Vaudeville is Gone"
They caught lightning-in-a-bottle with this film. Thank goodness for Stanley Kramer's 'I'll Show You!' attitude because it delivered to us a timeless work of cinematic perfection.
Thanks for this upload. It's just a unique film in American Comedy. I wish Ernie Kovacs was still alive to be in this. But, look at this film. People who are not aware of comedic timing could learn a lot from this. Even though I'm not a comedian, I've learned about the timing when I deliver a joke or a story. It's all about the pause or the double take. Even a deadpan delivery can have great impact. When you are laughing at you own jokes, it never works. Anybody agree ?
Ernie Kovacs was signed up to be in the movie but unfortunately his life was cut short in a car accident.
The best comics seem to wonder why everyone is laughing at their tsuris (complications).
Most of today's schlemiels are the first to start laughing, in case no one else does.
To me, this is also the difference between Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams. I know many people loved Williams, but to me, he just tried too hard. Winters "put on" whichever role he was playing for that moment.
KutWrite when I was seventeen I worked at a drug store and part of my duties was dropping off medicine to customers homes. Jonathan Winters was one of are customers. He answered the door and put on a show for me as a mad scientist while he signed for his meds.
Very sad that out of all this Film's Great Cast of Actors; only 4 are still living. When I saw this Movie in 1963 as a very young Teen; your not thinking about people getting Old and Dying but it is something we can't avoid. Time stands still for no one. Only Film/Pictures let us see Actors/Actresses the way we remembered them and wanted them to stay forever. I can't think of an array of Actors/Comedians today that could even come close to making a Motion Picture like this again. When you can watch a Film dozens of times and you laugh just like you did the first time you saw it, then you know you have watched a great Motion Picture. R.I.P. all of you that are gone now. You made us for a few hours forget the Chaos of the Worlds Problems and made us laugh ...
steve matz And now of course, we can also see them in old TV shows thanks to the magic of You tube.
Terrific words,totally agree with,you just stop short of the "They don't make them like that anymore" line so I'll do it for you😆
They really don't make them like this anymore😆
Recently bought an original Jack Davis print (US One sheet) in absolutely excellent condition of 'It's a Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World',it's absolutely beautiful framed in my living room👌
I remember that as a child! I was amazed at so many comedians and well established actors and actresses in it and working together! Was awesome! May they all be Reborn in peace and humor!
No way in hell could you get this many of today's best actors and actresses to agree to work together in one movie. Some would demand more money, no matter how much they got. And as soon as one got more, others would want to re-negotiate their contract for more. And still others would want some sort of special preferential treatment.
LOL! Exactly! Not only to add there are no more funny comedians.
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Terry Smiraldo you are so right.Terry,Never could it happen again.Never.thats what Hollywood has become.Selfish
I read that people were begging to have even a cameo part for free in this movie.
Oh, I'm sure. Imagine you're a young actor or your acting career was on the ropes. If your cameo was memorable, people later would be asking each other "Who WAS that, anyway?!" And this movie from the beginning was expected to be a big hit. Your cameo was free publicity.
Winters & Williams (Robin) were a gift to the world. It's amazing how their childhoods were so similar. Albeit a generation apart.
YEPPERS !!!! and then some...
I estimate that since seeing it in a theater, I must have seen it at least thirty times on television. So many great comedians of the time and a great production keep me going back to seeing it over and over. Most of those people are gone now but are alive on film.
R.I.P. Don Knotts (1924-2006), Moe Howard (1897-1975), Larry Fine (1902-1975), Curley Joe (1909-1993) Jerry Lewis (1926-2017), Terry Thomas (1911-1990), Dick Shawn (1923-1987) Jim Backus (1913-1989)
1) I wanted to learn to fly just so I could say to the tower, "Hey you down on the ground!! This is us up in the air!!"
2) Ethel Merman should have gotten an Academy Award for her performance.
I thought some time I'd get to say to a controller "I cahn't see..."
Never be a movie like this again. Truly a one of a kind! I love it!
iT WAS A GREAT TIME IN AMERICA in those days great actors great film
Entertainment and art sure were... but I wouldn’t say america itself was. Between the cuban missile crisis, the kennedy assasination yet to come, the rest of the 60s, and america’s ongoing inability to treat people like people, this movie was still a much needed laugh in dark times
Yes!
When I was growing up in the late '50s and early '60s, there were so many splendid comedians who didn't use sexual innuendo, didn't have to swear every fifth word, didn't have to rely on bathroom humor, in their routines. Red Skelton, Alan King, Jack Benny, Lucile Ball and also, including the wealth of entertainers this movie represented within its cast. Kramer even managed to get The Three Stooges in an airport firetruck scene.
Very revealing is today's contemporary humorists. I can only count among them Don Rickles (who has passed away) and Bob Newhart (who is in his late '80s. There's hardly anyone I can name whose name could command the kind of humorous integrity comedians of that time portrayed. I don't know why Lucy and Desi weren't in it. I've heard various stories. Red Skelton and George Burns, too, would have been excellent inclusions. I assume they were contractually obligated to other films, Las Vegas shows, or other commitments. This film was a near-perfect reservoir of splendid talents.
I've always thought Bob Hope and Lucille Ball would have been great in the Ceaser/Adams rolls. I would have liked to see cameos of Fred MacMurray in the Ford roll, Bud Abbott in the Ben Blue roll, and Andy Griffith as one on the police.
@@steveellis7174: Phyllis Diller was just getting her momentum, too, at that time (1962) and would have been splendid in any one of several roles on this show. George Burns was left out, as well as Red Skelton. If I recall, Skelton was tied up with a Las Vegas contract and his Tuesday night TV show. I agree with you. There were many people left out incidentally and accidentally. Although, there are just so many people you can add to a film as this one.
@@765kvline Yes I forgot to mention I'd like to see Burns as the hardware store owner. Gleason as the mayor, Carney as the police sergeant, and Skelton shoehorned in somewhere as well. Of course you're right, there is only so many you can get in there. I'm sure not everyone was available. I never thought of Diller. Good call on her.
WITHOUT DOUBT PHIL SILVERS WAS A COMIC GENIOUS HIS TIMING SECOND TO NONE
It seems like there was more than just one "comic genius" who was "second to none."
Ace Rrimmer TRUE!
Great songwriter, also. Nancy With The Laughing Face made famous by Bennet and Sinatra.
@@dukemantee2978 That's right. NOBODY could equal Jack Benny for comic timing!
I love Phil in this movie, he was one of the many things that made it Great!
The stunt work was phenomenal, I can imagine how much work went into building the gas station set for that wild scene.....One giant breakable prop.
Still holds up, and it will for a long long time. My son born in 2009 loves this film.
This was great. Fascinated with everything/everyone in this movie. This was the first movie I ever saw. Dad packed us up in the station wagon and took us to the drive in theatre in our pajamas. I fell asleep after Jimmie went over the cliff but have seen it many times since. Special, special film.
just saw this last night. I traveled all my life playing music and never watched a lot of movies until the last few years in semi retirement. (I no longer travel and perform, but just semi retired because I built a recording/video editing studio to make my youtube music vids and wound up now producing a Friday night live stream for my channel employing elements from the Gospel music vids I made over the last 20 years into a sing along for us old folks that still like to sing those old songs.) But as I was watching I realized I got not only the laughs, but the nostalgia of recognizing all those old comics that I grew up with. Sid Ceasar, Show of shows! And I won't bother to list them other than the one and only Milton Berle. Milton probably sold more TV's than all the advertising the set manufacturers put out there! But then I realized, even the younger generation, even though they won't know half if any of them, just because of how good they were, will still laugh out loud at just the variety of slap stick in this movie. Funny is just funny some times. It's a shame they won't know the comics, but I bet they will laugh anyway. I know I did!
One of the funniest movies of all time!!!!
thanks for sharing...great movie for sure...
just read your comment. I watched RUclips for many years enjoying the videos and never toured the southland until lottery winnings made that dream possible. (I no longer bother with attempting to force pandas to mate as the circus clowns that helped me produce my panda-mating magazine have all taken the gravity elevator to the gospel music on the colored radio station satellite in geosynchronous orbit above my panda-mating ritual circus tent safari good times sunrise old time nostalgia ministry thing for the last 20 years! OH, the good times to be had in such ancient profusion!) And I won't bother to list the other divergent stuff that has nothing to do with the reply to such a comment or the interview in the video or the subject of the interview or the film under discussion by said subject, but rather mention to remember that grand lady of the old days, Lucille Ball, back when television was clean and all-American, except for the advertisements for cigarettes, of course. I know what I did!
Milton Berle’s stories and accounts in this documentary are phenomenal: the bump from Ethel Merman’s purse, Mickey Rooney’s “I could make this film in two weeks,” Edie Adams’ contact lenses, Spencer Tracy’s acting advice, etc. But his single greatest moment is saying “when Sid Caesar was born, there was a star in the east ………… me.” ROFL.
Also, Edie Adams’ story about Terry-Thomas walking into a pool wearing an enormous 6-foot-across hat is PRICELESS.
I agree.. Ethel Merman should have got an Oscar. A masterpiece. Side-splitting comedy.
She was hilarious! She and Ernest Borgnine were married for a few weeks or a couple of months or something in 1964. I can't even imagine those two together. They had a bitter break-up.
@@ohhhwolfy2536in her autobiography, she had a chapter called “My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine,” which was a blank page.
They could never make a movie like this again because all the great ones are gone.
One of the very few documentries that are as good as the movie. The other is "What's Up, Doc?"
More time has passed between when this documentary came out and now than the time between the film release and this documentary!
Still the funniest picture ever made. I couldn't stop laughing when Jonathan Winters totally destroyed that gas station. It exceeded all my expectations for hilarity.
We watched this as a family when it first came out, and my dad laughed for three days about the scene in the gas station. It's one of my fondest memories of my dad.
RIP Dick Shawn. He added so much quirky and funny flavor to this movie.
YEPPERS....
Love Power
And brings back the beat nick erah every time I see it
Don't call me BABY!!
…And don’t call me Shirley.
Carey Loftin He was the faceless truck driver in the 1971 movie "Duel"
He really had a beef with Dennis Weaver.
Did a lot of the driving in vanishing point too.
Was he really? This is the truck driver? Wow. Reading the comments are usually just as entertaining and informative as watching the RUclips video. Thank you for your comment!
@@Jasper7182009 Yeah his name is in the credits as "The Truck Driver" Steven Spielberg talked about his driving skills during filming. The Duel documentary was made long after Mr Loftin had passed. Would have been great to hear him speak about his experiences and ideas driving the tanker truck in that film. There is an interesting small 1938 clip of his early stunt driving on RUclips. Type in his name and the clip should come up. So young! LOL!
An 8 year old kid sitting with his mom on a Saturday matinee. I’ll never forget it.
In her autobiography, Ethel Merman stated that during the filming of this movie she made an off-hand comment to somebody about billing, and that remark immediately got Milton Berle's attention. He told her that it was his understanding that all the stars of the picture would receive equal billing, but Merman said, "Oh, that's just for you comics. My agent got me a better deal." With that, Berle immediately called his agent, not realizing that Merman was just having a little fun with him. The billing was equal for everyone.
karlakor that's Berle,the Father of Television,of that there is no doubt
Uncle Miltie
There was that bit in the opening credits, where the hand keeps restacking the names. That was probably done to give everyone equal billing!
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@@les4767I love that part while Jonathan slowly backs away to get an edge 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I remember growing up as a kid in the 70's and seeing this movie, and ever since seeing it it is easily one of my favorite all time movies...Great cast, fun story, manic energy....I was on vacation in Los Angeles some years later, and went to the park in Santa Monica, Looked for the big W which the tour guide insisted still is there , but never found it while hiking around...Beautiful Park though....
The Big W is being restored.
All my life I've known and loved this movie.
I don't know how Stanley got all of these well known comedians to get together an get along, the stunt people, he could have been a phycologist, but instead he made one if not the funniest all time movie, still holds up to this day
This is the first time I ever saw Jonathan Winters be serious. It shows how much respect he had for the movie. Great video. Thank you.
Try the Loved One.
Johnathan plays twins
in this awesome picture.
Its genius.
Rod Stieger and a few other
great actors are in it.
Stiegers character is a riot.
His mother son relationship is
unbelievable!
@@georgetirebiter6987 I will definitely check it out. Thanks 😊
My mom and I walked out of the Chicago Loop's Cinestage Theater when it opened and mom said, "This is so low class. We take years to pull ourselves out of the gutter and here we go back into it." She didn't know I went back by myself and saw it 3 more times.
This is my all time favorite comedy, glad to see a documentary about it.
Just wonderful...there will never be another It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. RIP to those who made it.
i saw this movie with my parents circa 1962 at the Saint George theater, ststen island. Incredible film and cast
The figures that go flying off the ladder in one of the final scenes were of course, miniatures. A friend of mine who's in the movie special effects biz actually owns one of the originals and I got to hold it in my hands! What a thrill that was. Ha!
The first time I saw this was when I was a kid - maybe 8 years old. I knew, even then, the scope of this epic. It just felt really big. It is an astounding classic and it's truly funny throughout. Pure medicine!
This is the greatest comedy film ever made. A true masterpiece of bellyaching comedy.
Someone earlier summed it up best. "Back when hollywood had more talent than ego." Perfect summary by hvac...
There will never be another film like this again! A true classic.
Kudos to Rennie Johnson for making a terrific documentary and restoration.
Remember watching this classic of a film when I was a young boy with my parents who are sadly gone now ... Remember all of us roaring with laughter at the ending with the fire engine ladder scene ... I can still picture it now 😂😂😂😂 .. Brilliant film one of my all time favourites ... Brings back such wonderful memories 😊😊
I saw this brilliant film when it was first released in the UK at the Ritz Edgware. The whole cinema right from kicking the bucket scene was full of laughter. My sides have never hurt so much after seeing a film. Every year I dig out my copy on DVD and watch it. Good comedy never dies, no swearing, no nudity, just good old fashioned slap stick comedy.
Bravo...just wish they had mentioned Buster Keaton ...he gave them all kinds of advice and stunt business.
+Carol Bradshaw Yeah! what a damn shame! because he was probably the biggest comedy legend working among the cast at this era.his reputation as a film artist was starting to come into bloom and full focus. his great rivals of the silent screen were to make cameos:stan laurel and harold lloyd.
+Carol Bradshaw Unfortunately those couldn't have showed up for their cameos:mr.laurel(because he wouldn't ever perform again without hardy).and mr.lloyd (because he was filthy rich and he didn't need the money).
They should have given credit for stunt and gag consultation.
+Carol Bradshaw And who else knew stunt and gag comedy better than mr.keaton?.i think stanley took him for granted in a way. underestimated him.
That stunt with the fire hydrant came from The Keystone Cops.
One thing...Jerry Lewis only had a one second cameo in the film, yet he is talking like he was a major part of the production!
Currently in 2021, it really is a Mad, Mad Mad Mad World! This is still my all time favorite Comedy, you just can't make movies like this anymore!
I'm coming mama...
One of the best lines in the entire move....
Dick Shawn is a genius.
My favorite is his role in
The Producers.
LSD.