Phalanx
01-11-2007, 06:41 PM
I was just watching some tv, and that old cartoon "wacky racers" came on, yknow the one starring cartoons from a few various shows, including penelope pitstop, proffesor dastardly and mutley, all in different cars that did crazy kinda stuff? More or less like that "great space race" thing they did, minus the space setting, but I think this one came first.
I can see why I would've liked it as a kid...
Anyways, watching it made me think of a fairly old film I saw quite some time ago.
It was about a big car race competition, that drivers from allover the world entered. The race took place in various settings around the world too. I remember it was a comedy, it was in colour...probably from the mid 60's to 70's I would say...The main character was one of the racers, and I am pretty sure he picked up a chick along the way who rode the rest of the race with him?
It was pretty funny, with over the top characters, and dirty kinda tricks...one more thing I seem to recall is a car, or someone falling in a lake or river in part of it, and I'm sure that one of the settings, or perhaps the finishline, was in Paris?
While I'm talking about OLD stuff...just to throw another one in I've wondered about for a while - I remember a movie, that (I think) had pirate scenes, and some arabian nights type settings too. I remember nothing of the plot. It was a comedy that may have had some musical elements, and all I can tell you is that I remember at one point some dude was after the main character, or one of the main characters, and they went into a ?tent? full of chicks, and dressed in a robe/silky type getup as a woman in order to get away, at which point one of the "bad" guys took a liking to them? Kinda reminded me of some abbot and costello type shit, but I don't think it was them.
Thats really all I can remember....
There ya go, two whacky oldskool films I wouldn't mind seeing again at some point. Any suggestions what they might be?
I can see why I would've liked it as a kid...
Anyways, watching it made me think of a fairly old film I saw quite some time ago.
It was about a big car race competition, that drivers from allover the world entered. The race took place in various settings around the world too. I remember it was a comedy, it was in colour...probably from the mid 60's to 70's I would say...The main character was one of the racers, and I am pretty sure he picked up a chick along the way who rode the rest of the race with him?
It was pretty funny, with over the top characters, and dirty kinda tricks...one more thing I seem to recall is a car, or someone falling in a lake or river in part of it, and I'm sure that one of the settings, or perhaps the finishline, was in Paris?
While I'm talking about OLD stuff...just to throw another one in I've wondered about for a while - I remember a movie, that (I think) had pirate scenes, and some arabian nights type settings too. I remember nothing of the plot. It was a comedy that may have had some musical elements, and all I can tell you is that I remember at one point some dude was after the main character, or one of the main characters, and they went into a ?tent? full of chicks, and dressed in a robe/silky type getup as a woman in order to get away, at which point one of the "bad" guys took a liking to them? Kinda reminded me of some abbot and costello type shit, but I don't think it was them.
Thats really all I can remember....
There ya go, two whacky oldskool films I wouldn't mind seeing again at some point. Any suggestions what they might be?