Birds Do It

Name: Birds Do It
Genre: Comedy, Family
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 4.6
Cast: Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell

1966
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

4.6/10

145

YOUR RATING

Comedy Family

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IMDb RATING

4.6/10

145

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The cab driver is played by Frank Nastasi, who was the puppeteer who did White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie on The Soupy Sales Show (1976).

Goofs
During the end sequence, at multiple times, you can see the wires and harness.

Quotes
Prof. Wald: [to Melvin who has floated to the ceiling] Melvin, you certainly got high in this party.

Connections
Featured in Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)

Soundtracks
Birds Do It
Written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller

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Review

Featured review

Tame Soupy Sales vehicle

One of my sci-fi/horror/fantasy reviews written 50 years ago: Directed by Andrew Marton; Produced by Stanley Colbert for Ivan Tors Films, released by Columbia Pictures. Screenplay by Art Arthur and Arnie Kogen, from Leonard Kaufman's story; Photography by Howard Winner; Edited by Erwin Dumbrille; Music by Samuel Matlovsky. Starring Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell, Beverly Adams, Edward Andrews and guest star: Flipper!

Soup's only feature film is filled with fine slapstick comedy, but its overly silly mise-en-scene reduces it to a child's level. He is a janitor employed at a top-secret government installation, who is accidentally exposed to a secret radiation bombardment that renders him not only lighter than air but also irresistible to women. To Soupy's credit there are moments of inspired way-out gags, before the film finally deteriorates into a protracted running along the water reel.

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