I’ve been watching all of these old episodes and I love/prefer the original intros with the montage of the ticket counter and the concession stand or the one where they sneak up to the balcony. It really reminds me of my love for the theater, not just film.
Had Ron Howard been an established director at the time, I imagine they would have loved "Night Shift". They probably just figured "Richie Cunningham" was directing his first major film and cast his friend, The Fonz.
i use to love "Night Shift" i wont say its a great film or anything and i havent seen it in 30 something years but i use to watch it all the time on cable. i also always think its sort of funny how many films Shelley Long played a crush girl in back before she was uptight snooty Diane on Cheers. yeah prostitution is not the best thing to center a comedy around, but the nest year it worked out really well for "Risky Business" which i know is not exactly a comedy and a few years after that did really well for "Pretty Women". NO Roger, no not the dog of the week. not "Enter The Ninja". us kids of the time LOVED that film.
I felt it was worth seeing once; though not as good as _Bachelor Party._ I still think of the line from the latter, "Hi, come on in! Drugs to the right; hookers to the left" when I see couples split up to use respective restrooms on opposite sides of the room.
. I couldn't agree more !! Really strange how these guys could choose to come down on some fun, admittedly lightweight movies like this, but every once in a while they would then decide that they LOVED some other equally lightweight movies.......for instance, Home Alone 3, which Roger Ebert actually gave a thumbs up to, saying it was the BEST of ALL Home Alone movies (and if you've actually seen this one, you know just how ridiculous this is!), and Gene Siskel giving Starship Troopers a thumbs up (not a favorite of mine, but I know it does have its fans) !! LOVED these two guys, but sometimes they just BLEW IT !! .
While I liked An Officer and a Gentleman very much I truly disliked Louis Gossett, Jr.'s performance - one of the worst Oscar winners ever. Blech! But Gere and Winger are wonderful.
They gave away the key line of the movie. "I got nowhere else to go!" Funny that the guys all thought the ending was cornball, but all the women (including the extras) loved it that he showed up at her work in his dress uniform and carried her out.
An Officer And A Gentlemen is a movie as dated as something from the 1940s, despite the profanity and sexual explicitness. Reagan era pro-military propaganda at its most shameless.
Yes, it's an old fashioned melodrama and pro-military but so what? The film is well done and special because Gere doesn't just get the girl, he becomes a better person.
I’ve been watching all of these old episodes and I love/prefer the original intros with the montage of the ticket counter and the concession stand or the one where they sneak up to the balcony. It really reminds me of my love for the theater, not just film.
Night Shift is a classic. EVERY comedy is "old bits". Every single one.
" You wondering why I carry this tape recorder? " Henry shakes his head No . Comedy gold.
Night shift is a classic ,love that movie it never gets old seen it at least 10 times ,an officer and a gentleman another great 80s film
We love Night Shift. Thumbs down to both of you.
Can’t believe they didn’t like Night Shift loved it an awesome movie didn’t even mention directed by Ron Howard
Had Ron Howard been an established director at the time, I imagine they would have loved "Night Shift". They probably just figured "Richie Cunningham" was directing his first major film and cast his friend, The Fonz.
Loved the music from an Officer and a Gentleman
i use to love "Night Shift" i wont say its a great film or anything and i havent seen it in 30 something years but i use to watch it all the time on cable. i also always think its sort of funny how many films Shelley Long played a crush girl in back before she was uptight snooty Diane on Cheers.
yeah prostitution is not the best thing to center a comedy around, but the nest year it worked out really well for "Risky Business" which i know is not exactly a comedy and a few years after that did really well for "Pretty Women".
NO Roger, no not the dog of the week. not "Enter The Ninja". us kids of the time LOVED that film.
I felt it was worth seeing once; though not as good as _Bachelor Party._ I still think of the line from the latter, "Hi, come on in! Drugs to the right; hookers to the left" when I see couples split up to use respective restrooms on opposite sides of the room.
night shift was great-Keaton rules
This movie got Michael Keaton noticed.
Couldn’t agree with both of you more.
They're flat out wrong about Night Shift...a classic well made funny comedy
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I couldn't agree more !! Really strange how these guys could choose to come down on some fun, admittedly lightweight movies like this, but every once in a while they would then decide that they LOVED some other equally lightweight movies.......for instance, Home Alone 3, which Roger Ebert actually gave a thumbs up to, saying it was the BEST of ALL Home Alone movies (and if you've actually seen this one, you know just how ridiculous this is!), and Gene Siskel giving Starship Troopers a thumbs up (not a favorite of mine, but I know it does have its fans) !!
LOVED these two guys, but sometimes they just BLEW IT !!
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@@sdne1959 Yeah they did...I loved their show too though...part of my youth!
An opinion can't be wrong.
@@Nathan-gd7xq That one is
Gene is a dope..Night Shift is a classic
Love Brokers!!
"Hello, this is Chuck to remind Bill to SHUT UP"
Weren't there commercials in 1982?
Not on PBS or WTTW (Public Access TV).
@@ThatOldTV Ahhh, thank you. No wonder they were able to show longer clips of the movies back then!
Xica, Smash Palace, and An Officer and a Gentleman are all good movies. Night Shift is stupid.
I will check out Smash Palace. I liked Bruno Lawrence in The Quiet Earth from 1985.
@@drumtum I haven't seen that movie.
@@drumtum The Quiet Earth is a hidden gem
Night Shift was great!
Sometimes these guys are a little too stuck up.
Who cares if it's about prostitution?
because its about often exploited women so desperate to scrape a living - hardly anything funny about that
I totally disagree with these guys ,night shift is a classic they really don't know slap stick 80s comedy , living I another Era
While I liked An Officer and a Gentleman very much I truly disliked Louis Gossett, Jr.'s performance - one of the worst Oscar winners ever. Blech! But Gere and Winger are wonderful.
Gossett is brilliant in the movie are you kidding?!?
They gave away the key line of the movie. "I got nowhere else to go!"
Funny that the guys all thought the ending was cornball, but all the women (including the extras) loved it that he showed up at her work in his dress uniform and carried her out.
Gossett was the best thing about the movie. Why do you think he won an Oscar?
What? LGJ was awesome in that movie.
An Officer And A Gentlemen is a movie as dated as something from the 1940s, despite the profanity and sexual explicitness. Reagan era pro-military propaganda at its most shameless.
Yes, it's an old fashioned melodrama and pro-military but so what? The film is well done and special because Gere doesn't just get the girl, he becomes a better person.