Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks ...
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Title: Skidoo (1968)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jackie Gleason | ... | Tony Banks | |
| Carol Channing | ... | Flo | |
| Frankie Avalon | ... | Angie | |
| Fred Clark | ... | A Tower Guard | |
| Michael Constantine | ... | Leech | |
| Frank Gorshin | ... | The Man | |
| John Phillip Law | ... | Stash | |
| Peter Lawford | ... | The Senator | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | The Warden | |
| George Raft | ... | The Skipper | |
| Cesar Romero | ... | Hechy | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | 'Blue Chips' Packard | |
| Groucho Marx | ... | 'God' | |
| Arnold Stang | ... | Harry | |
| Doro Merande | ... | The Mayor | |
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Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht. Written by Alex Barylski <asbarylski@msn.com>
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man wearing glasses | channel surfing | motor boat | some scenes in black and white | sleeping with a blindfold |Taglines:
It takes two to skidoo.Genres:
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19 December 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Skidoo - Ein Happening in Love See more »Company Credits
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Tony Banks: That's right... and no hippie is gonna make it with my daughter.
Darlene: Daddy, he wasn't going to... I'm not sure *he* even knows what he wants.
Tony Banks: What is he, a faggot?
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(uncredited)
Written by 'Joseph B. Geoghegan"
Sung by a hippie girl
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Towards the end, when George Raft marries Frankie Avalon and Donyale Luna, Raft's wedding-service manual is clearly seen as "The Death of God". See more »Quotes
Harry: Tony, it looks like one of them hippies!Tony Banks: That's right... and no hippie is gonna make it with my daughter.
Darlene: Daddy, he wasn't going to... I'm not sure *he* even knows what he wants.
Tony Banks: What is he, a faggot?
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Crazy Credits
The film begins with a cartoon figure in striped prison clothing dancing across the film's title and Otto Preminger's credit on the main characters' TV set. The channel is switched by Jackie Gleason before any other names are revealed. See more »Soundtracks
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye(uncredited)
Written by 'Joseph B. Geoghegan"
Sung by a hippie girl
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It took me years to find a copy of this, and I can tell you in all sincerity that it's worth whatever it takes to see it, not once, but as often as you can. If it shows up at a local film festival, make sure you see every showing. If it's shown once, make sure you cajole, bribe, or threaten every friend you've got to come along. Because otherwise you're going to spend the next year in a walking trance, stopping perfect strangers and trying to describe this...THING... you saw, where Groucho Marx and Frankie Avalon and John Philip Law...no, you've GOT to LISTEN to me!
Read all the other comments, read anything you can find on this monstrosity, and you'll still be only half-prepared for what you're going to see. The only two other films I can think of that so exceeded even their own outrageous hype were Blood Freak and Godmonster of Indian Flats. But, hey, those were low-budget obscurities. Skidoo was a HUGE production - and, unfortunately, I can't imagine this is EVER going to be released on DVD, VHS, CD, cassette, or eight-track, because I can't imagine the Preminger estate wanting any trace of Skidoo to surface ever again.
Carol Channing in bra and tights. Groucho Marx on a wood screw. Dancing garbage cans. Sure, sure, sure. You've heard the stories. But, lordie, there's sooooo much more....