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5.4/10   317 votes
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Writer:
Steve Gordon (writer)
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Release Date:
3 February 1978 (USA) more
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She had to marry him. She was too embarrassed to have him as a date.
Plot:
1951: Andy Schmidt is in his last year of college. Taking life easy and always a saucy joke on his lips... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Henry Winkler ... Andy Schmidt

Kim Darby ... Mary Crawford
Gene Saks ... Sidney Seltzer
William Daniels ... Mr. Crawford

Harold Gould ... Hector Moses
Polly Holliday ... Mrs. Crawford

Hervé Villechaize ... Milton Miller
Bill Baldwin ... Announcer in Des Moines
Anthony Battaglia ... Little Andy

Ed Begley Jr. ... Arnold - The King
Peter Brocco ... Autograph Hound
Brandon Cruz ... Sherman
Lucy Lee Flippin ... Agatha Franklen
Charles Frank ... Paul Harris
Chavo Guerrero Sr. ... Indian Joe (as Chavo Guerrero)
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Runtime:
97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At one point the entire family is watching "Your Show of Shows" (1950) starring Sid Caesar, the TV program on which director Carl Reiner first made his mark. more
Quotes:
Hector Moses: If your legs were as long as your schlong, you'd be a basketball player. more
Movie Connections:
Features "Your Show of Shows" (1950) more
Soundtrack:
GETTING TO KNOW YOU more

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9 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
What was I thinking??, 29 August 2002
Author: lopingbuzzard from Earth, Sol system

When this film hit the theaters in 1978, I saw it three times. But when I watched it again recently on video (a video that I BOUGHT), I couldn't believe that I at one time LIKED this movie. Winkler plays a totally unlikable character who never gets any better. Darby plays a dopey girl who, for reasons not addressed in this movie, falls for the obnoxious egocentric jerk.

I chuckled maybe twice during the whole movie. The rest of the time I was wondering how anyone could fall in love with someone who cares about no one on earth except themselves and how Carl Reiner got mixed up in this mess.

I was embarrassed to admit to my wife that in the late 70's I actually paid to sit through this tripe... three times! Foolish youth.

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