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In episode #11 we discuss one of the most star-studded, high-flying action/comedies of all time: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Interrupted from a leisurely drive through the California desert, five men bear witness to the last words of a dying criminal, revealing the location of his hidden loot. What follows is a no-holds-barred-comedic-mad-dash to see who can get to the money first and claim it as their own.
SHOWNOTES
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Criterion
Director - Stanley Kramer
Capt. T. G. Culpepper - Spencer Tracy
J. Russell FInch - Milton Berle
Melville Crump - Sid Caesar
Benjy Benjamin - Buddy Hackett
Mrs. Marcus - Ethel Merman
Ding Bell - Mickey Rooney
Sylvester Marcus - Dick Shawn
Otto Meyer - Phil Silvers
J. Algernon Hawthorne - Terry-Thomas
Lennie Pike - Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump - Edie Adams
Emeline Marcus - Finch Dorothy Provine
Man in Car - Jack Benny
Cab Driver - Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson
Cab Driver - Peter Falk
Colonel Wilberforce - Paul Ford
Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo - Carl Reiner
2001’s Rat Race was a modern remake
The West Wing: Season 4 Episode 9 - Swiss Diplomacy
The First Lady and President Bartlet talk about Mrs. Wilberforce
The Simpsons: Season 5 Episode 11 - Homer the Vigilante
Bart tricks the driver
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Listen along as two amateur film buffs make their way through the vast Criterion Collection one title at a time, all from the comfort of the couch.
