"It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Mad Wrld" 8 pm on TCM What a cast. The bit parts are at least as interesting.

[dameatball]

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Many that are listed as bit players had long careers. Saw this in our one screen theater as a kid. Best popcorn in town.

[at140]

1. I have the DVD, and it is slapstick but

amazing collection of well known comedians and it is great fun to watch.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This was one of only two movies I ever saw at a drive in

I saw it as a kid with my extended family somewhere in New Jersey, parents, aunt, uncle and cousins. I only remember the very beginning, think I fell asleep. Thanks for the heads up!

[earthshine]

3. Recently saw it on Amazon prime video. The video quality was outstanding!

I've seen it several times over the years on broadcast TV.

The Amazon streaming version was impressively high-def.

The movie is outrageously funny.

[Brother Buzz]

4. When Jimmy Durante kicked the bucket we knew we were in for some real entertainment

[pangaia]

5. Jonathan Winters tearing apart the gas station is a classic !!

[AJT]

6. Mama....I'm coming Mama........your baby boy is coming....

[mindfulNJ]

12. SYLVESTER!!!!

Ethel Merman is hysterically funny in this! Classic.

[Thunderbeast]

7. Still Searching....

[PSPS]

11. I think only one of those palms still stands today at the estate where that scene was filmed.

I stand corrected. Nothing is left except stumps according to this (starts at about 8:00)

[mindfulNJ]

13. The big doubleya

[Awsi Dooger]

16. There is a tribute Big W at a course in Hawaii

I see it January every year during a PGA tour stop. Inspired by the movie:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-who-what-when-why-and-how

[brooklynite]

8. Never cared for it...

It has a great cast, but few had a chance to express their unique comic styles.

[Stuart G]

9. I remember seeing it in the 60s,..and I laughed and enjoyed it..nt

[a kennedy]

10. We have dinner and a movie at my B-I-L's almost every month.....this was our pick for

Thanksgiving, November month. Loved it as a kid cried harder as an adult watching it this past Thanksgiving.

[SeattleVet]

14. There are several versions of this classic...

some are MUCH longer.

Saw it on a big screen a few months ago, and it is still one of the funniest collection of fast-paced bits you can imagine. There's a LOT going on in the background, and a lot of the really big-name cameo cast is not even credited.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. One of my favorites

Great to see it earn a mention

I love extremely over the top humor or extremely subtle. The midrange sitcom-type humor does nothing for me.

[spanone]

17. watching as I type

[lanlady]

18. one of the greatest comedy movies of all time

the big dub-a-yah, I tell ya!

Ethel Merman, Terry Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, the 3 Stooges, Spencer Tracy... and even Jack Benny. The list goes on and on. There was never a greater collection of comedic talent before or since.

[lilactime]

19. I saw it as a kid too!

[JudyM]

20. Locking.

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