Peter Sellers was fantastic as Clouseau. I hope you're going to watch the next two. Return of the Pink Panther The Pink Panther Strikes Again. All the main characters reprise their roles.
Peter Sellers stars together with Herbert Lom (his boss) and Alec Guinness in the classic black comedy The Ladykillers (1957) . Its a great film that deserves a reaction.
Sellers & Guinness also star in the mystery/comedy Murder by Death. It's a bit of a Clue type movie and in my opinion better. Also, I recommend doing a reaction to The Great Race. It was also directed by Blake Edwards and the music also by Henry Mancini. It stars Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, & Natalie Wood. It's also a bit slap-sticky and makes fun/over-the-top of good guy vs. bad guy.
@@3dbadboy1 I love "The Great Race"!!! It had nearly every genre. Comedy, Mystery, Suspense, and Drama. Another one you left out is "The Ladykillers" (Alec Guiness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom...)
Clouseau hires Kato to test him and keep him sharp. The Kato fights are the best parts of these movies.😂 Do the movies in order. The next two are hilarious.
This movie came out before the Green Hornet TV series aired. So the Kato in this movie was probably inspired more by the Green Hornet comics and old movie serials.
There was another one called Inspector Clouseau (1968) with Alan Arkin as Clouseau. It was so so. Gotta go on to my personal favorite of the series - Return of the Pink Panther (1975). Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus really hits his stride in the next ones!
The Alan Arkin movie happened because Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards got into a nasty, drawn out pissing contest about who was responsible for the previous films’ success. Sellers thought it was because audiences showed up to see him, Edwards because he at least co-wrote and directed what Sellers did. So they both went off in a snit and the studio tried to make a Clouseau film without either of them. It was only when both Sellers and Edwards were experiencing downward slumps in their careers in the mid ‘70s that they were lured back for “Return of the Pink Panther” and the subsequent films but they were at each other’s throats every step of the way. It got to the point where Sellers and Edwards told the studio they had to choose one of them as they couldn’t stand to work with each other any more and the studio chose Sellers. Sellers wrote a script called “Romance of the Pink Panther” that was going to be a triumph and proof that he didn’t need Blake Edwards to make a Pink Panther film but Sellers died before it got made. The studio then went back to Edwards who attempted two additional films in the series, one where Sellers was in the film using old outtakes from the previous films (Edwards came up with a plausible reason for this, but it doesn’t quite hang together) and one that attempted a reboot before reboots were a thing that would have started a new series of films with a new clumsy detective character, but nobody liked that one very much. And that wasn’t even the end of the saga. 🙄
Great reaction you guys ...I hope that you'll do the next Peter Sellers/Pink Panther film, 'Return Of The Pink Panther' (1975). Many of the favorite characters are back, Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers), Cato (Burt Kwok) Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Hubert Lom), his assistant Francois (André Maranne) with even Sir Charles Litton/The Phantom returning (this time played by Academy Award winning actor Christopher Plummer - because the original actor David Niven was busy filming another film at the time and was unable to return....he does return in later Pink Panther films though) and featuring Catherine Schell as Miss Lady Claudine Litton (she is an entirely new character and not Clouseau's ex-wife, Simone, which was played by actress Capucine, who also was unavailable at the time of filming. She would also return later on in other Pink Panther sequels)...'Return Of The Pink Panther' is even funnier than the first two films, definitely worth watching...😆😆😆
which George Martin, the future Beatles producer, was in charge of for comedy records. the Beatles met him and thought if he worked with the Goons, he was an alright guy for them.
You had it right, the only reason they wanted Clouseau on the case was because they figured he was such an idiot that he'd NEVER figure it out. Little do they know the powers that be that seem to watch over that man.
Screenplay by William Peter Blatty -- who wrote THE EXORCIST. He was known as a comedy writer in Hollywood! Check out his film THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (1980) which he considers a sequel to THE EXORCIST. It's intentionally hilarious and unique.
The pink panther movies were a huge part of my childhood, they came out when my dad was a kid and he showed me and my family, and he’s usually fall on the floor laughing 😂
The movie franchise known as "The PInk Panther" films started with the previous entry, with that as its title, named after a pink diamond the story revolved around (and was the origin of the cartoon character as well). It was originally intended to be the start of a film series about "The Phantom", Sir Charles Litton (David Niven). A minor character in it was Inspector Clouseau, played by Peter Sellers. As production of the first film progressed, it was seen how funny Sellers was, and his role was thus expanded to be roughly equal to Litton. After that film, the "Phantom"-based franchise idea was abandoned, and producer Blake Edwards, who had also acquired the film rights to a stage play "A Shot in the Dark" starring Walter Matthau, decided to re-work that story to be about Sellers' Clouseau instead. There was thus nothing in this second film about the Pink Panther, cartoon or diamond. It did, however, introduce supporting characters Dreyfus and Kato (later re-spelled "Cato" after the Green Hornet complained). In later films Dreyfus's madness would be taken to even greater heights, as you will see. And Cato would continue the surprise "training exercises". The very next chapter, though, would go "sideways". In 1968, Sellers was unwilling to do another Clouseau film, so the role was re-cast with Alan Arkin in the film _Inspector Clouseau._ None of the supporting characters returned either, nor, again, was "the Pink Panther" mentioned. This seemed to be the end of the line for the Clouseau franchise. By the early 1970s, however, Sellers' film career was in general decline. But he happened upon the story _Being There,_ which he felt was the perfect vehicle for him, seeing it as even "autobiographical". There was just one problem: with Sellers fame fading, he no longer had the clout to get the film version produced. Thus, Sellers was determined to revive his status as a bona fide star. This undertaking began with the revival of Clouseau, going back to the character's roots with the Pink Panther diamond and cartoon character, plus "The Phantom" Sir Charles Litton and his wife (presumanly the former Madame Clouseau), played now by Christopher Plummer and Catherine Schell, in _The Return of the Pink Panther,_ which ALSO brought back Dreyfus and Cato, played by the same actors as before. The film actually did once again give a fairly prominent role to the Charles Litton character. The film's success led to more Clouseau films with "Pink Panther" in the title, but no mention of the diamond or the Littons (so that "the Pink Panther" came to refer to nothing but Clouseau himself), but again WITH Dreyfus and Cato, as well as Sellers' participation in other films such as Neil Simon's _Murder by Death_ and _The Prisoner of Zenda_ (featuring a dual role for Sellers); he even appeared on _The Muppet Show_ on television. With the ongoing success of Sellers' "Pink Panther" films and others, Sellers finally regained the clout to star in _Being There,_ released in 1979 to critical acclaim hailing Sellers' performance, which Sellers lived just long to enough to see, before he died having validated himself as an epic comedian for the ages.
I liked “Return” because of the strong ensemble cast and the mix of story elements, rather like the first film. I assume Edwards constructed it this way so he’d have something to fall back on in case Sellers decided to not show up for work for a couple weeks, as was his habit at the time. Christopher Plummer would have made a dandy James Bond if he wanted to. 😊 Sellers was at his best when he had others to bounce off but the rest of the movies tended to rely on scenes of him in a room doing wacky things, which is fun and all but I prefer “Shot in the Dark” where he has people like George Sanders to play with.
You guys are awesome. Love the positive energy . Anytime I need to hear some laughter I’ll throw you on and enjoy the ride. Your laughter is contagious. Keep it up 👍
God I love this movie. One of my absolute favorites. So many brilliant jokes and such hilarious dialogue. The "my watch has stopped bit" kills me every damn time.
Saw this in a theater 60 years ago. I'd love it if you did the whole series. Note that you never really find out who did the murders. Point of interest, in real life, the actor Burt Kwouk who plays Kato has an English accent and a highly educated manner of speech. He sounds like Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
The guy that was playing Clouseau's serious assistant (LaJoy) is also in Victor/Victoria. He plays the same kind of straight guy and he's hilarious. Victor/Victoria is a really funny movie all around.
It's funny that you guys mention the layout of the opening scene. It has always reminded me of the format for Rear Window by Alfread Hitchcock. I think you guys would REALLY get into it. For me, it's always been the peak of Hitchcock's career.
@@EPShockley I used to have one of those Mattel Air guns. Although, I didn't use it to blow "Captain Stubbings'" Hairpiece off! Absolutely loved "The Party."
@@EPShockley Another movie, one of my top 10, is "Mr. Hulot's Holiday." John Lithgow gave an interview one time, and said he and a friend were in the theatre watching one of the funniest movies he ever saw, but nobody else was laughing, which made the two of them laugh even more! It was "Mr. Hulot's Holiday."
Peter sellers was such an amazing character actor. Few people could convincingly play multiple roles in a film, and he did it several times with Kubrick. And this movie was the pickup in the comedy with the characters. And yes, the boss comes back later. 😂
The director, Blake Edwards was a student of Bruce Lee. The later was famous at the time for playing Kato in "The Green Hornet" TV series, so the character Cato in this film is both an homage and a inside joke about Bruce.
That was fun , I think you guys had a good time too. I cant wait for your reaction to, The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN , released in 76, lots of Cato capers and Chief Inspector Dreyfus just about loses his mind......there is one or two before this one that are good also but this one is my favorite
"He's developing a twitch." Yes. It lasts for several movies. Watch all the movies with Peter Sellers. But my favorite is "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," the fifth in the series, but fourth with Sellers. One of the funniest movies I've seen (up there with "Airplane," "Blazing Saddles," and "Holy Grail."
I loved both your reactions to this movie can't wait for both of you watch my favourite movies return of the pink panther and the pink panther strikes again there the next two movies ❤😂😅😊
"LOOK at this goosebumps!" 😅 "Maria Gambrelli is INNOCENT......of murder." Possibly the funniest movie ever made. 7:04 The police can do a paraffin test to see if there are gun-powder burns on her arms and sleeves to see if she fired the pistol or not! 13:13 100,000 hot dogs? 😁
Having established the three central characters, the following movies have variations on these themes, a few new bits, some very famous actors in supporting roles, and a good deal of crime to solve. I can't predict WHICH scenes will make you split your sides laughing, but you will! Didn't know you started this series, now I have to backtrack for the gorilla car chase!
I LOVE this film. Absolutely hilarious and so many famous UK actors from the sixties and seventies. Oh how I miss those times. We were actually happy then and had life to look forward to.
Bertk Kwouk (Kato) was much loved in the UK. He died in 2016 at the age of 85. Herbert Lom played a cop on the verge of a nervous breakdown in these films so well - perhaps his stint as a psychiatrist in TV series The Human Jungle gave him an insight into mental imbalance.
In many ways THIS is the 1st "Proper" Clouseau film as first one he was more a support character,here he's the lead for first time...this probably IS the best (for much as I love the 70s ones,they are just Clouseau hijinks linked by nominal plot)🎩
Wonderful series! I watched them a few years after they came out. Peter Sellers was a genius. After these movies, you could check him out as an Indian man in “The Party”.
This is the best written of the Clouseau series. The most insane one is "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". This script was written by William Peter Blatty, who at the time was a comedy writer, but he would eventually become best known for his novel and screenplay of the horror classic, "The Exorcist".
“One hundred thousand francs.” The franc was the currency used by France at the time of the film coming out. The currency continued until France started using the euro in 2002.
I Think 🤔 That That Is In A Later "Pink Panther" Movie 📽️🎟️🎟️🎟️🍿🍿🍿🍫🍫🍫🥤🥤🥤 That My Father 🧑🏻 Took Me 🤓 And My Sister 👩🏻 Way Back In 1976! I Think 🤔 That I Remember Everyone In The Movie Theaters 📽️ Was Laughing 🐶😁😅😂🤣Their Heads Off , Including Me!🤓 ( Great Memories From The 1970's! ) 'The Pink Panther Strikes Again' Released On December 15, 1976. One Of The Funniest Movies I Ever Saw! Rest In Peace Peter Sellers. Rest In Peace Mr. Henry Columbus Clark, Jr. ( My Father 🧑🏻)
The screenplay for "A Shot In The Dark" was written by William Peter Blatty, author of the novel and the screenplay of the original "The Exorcist". Consider reacting to "The Ninth Configuration" written, directed and produced by Blatty which while it does not reference the original film, has a story arc of the astronaut character from the party who was told by Regan: "You're going to die up there." Fr. Dyer had also done a number on him then by asking "What is space." "I don't know." "Well, you should." A unique film, it addresses serious questions contained in an envelope of outward farce. It is the second installment in Blatty's Faith Trilogy, the third being "Legion" which became "Exorcist III". React to the reshot theatrical release on that but then view the restored director's cut afterwards. The endings of those two and the book all differ. As for the questions you both had after your reaction to "The Exorcist", while of course the book/audiobook by Blatty fills in the gaps, if they would have been able to restore the original director's cut fully, that would have helped as well. Missing are two early scenes in which the mother & daughter tour D.C. notably Arlington Cemetery & JFK's grave, Regan questions death and the mother as an atheist can't provide an adequate answer. Also missing early on is a preliminary doctor's visit after early symptoms so it is not so an abrupt transition. The key to the film is Fr. Karras' loss of faith and his fear of trusting in God again, hence he is willing to accept paranormal phenomena by the girl such as telepathy and telekinesis as being in the realm of possibility but constantly pushes aside the possibility of authentic demonic possession because if satanic spiritual forces exist then he would have to consider again that God exists as well - and he is deathly afraid of doing that and having his hopes dashed again. Consider listening to the audiobook reading of the novel by Blatty himself on UA-cam. Also not able to be restored from the film's ending is all of the conversation between the detective Kinderman and Fr. Dyer, the 'Casablanca Ending', which arcs into Legion/Exorcist III.
For "Return of the Pink Panther", Peter Sellers was to begin filming, but couldn't get into the character, so he went on vacation. Without telling the director, Blake Edwards. Everyone was held up until he returned. Edwards was ready to kill him! Peter said I ran into this bellman at the hotel while on vacation, and he had the worst accent! I couldn't understand anything he said. Edwards loved the story, and after a few test scenes, it became Peter Sellers' defining role. In the first two movies, the Inspector played a clueless type, but it changed in 1975 to what is the iconic Inspector Clouseau character! Please watch "Return of the Pink Panther" soon! By the way, the dog scene you are looking for is in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" 1976.
I LOVE how much you guys are enjoying these movies. What i appreciate the most is that you not only enjoy the physical gags and jokes, but you also appreciate the jokes in the story and the jokes in the dialogue and character developments. You guys are intelligent watchers. Bu that i mean you watch the story, see the intricacies, and appreciate the way it all unfolds. I crack up watching you guys laughing at it all! My favorite Pink Panther was the movie "The Return of the Pink Panther." The reason is all the crazy hilarious "disguises" the Inspector employed. To me the story is solid, the jokes hilarious, and the gags overthetop riotous. Everything about that film to me was perfect! But i love all the Pink Panthers that Sellers starred in while he was alive. Those produced after his death, including "the greatest hits movie" just didn't live up to the series. But i LOVE these movies. So funny!!!
You ain't seen nuthin', yet! THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975) is just plain pee-your-pants Hilarious. Skip the 1968 Clouseau film, it didn't even have Peter Sellers in it. Brit Ekland and Peter Sellers also starred in AFTER THE FOX (1966) filmed on location in Italy, and Sellers plays the title character in that comedy heist film.
A Shot In The Dark was written by William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist. "The Ninth Configuration" by Blatty is a combination of the two genres and well with a reaction. It also contains a story arc of the astronaut character from the party.
One of my favorite comedies of all time. Peter Sellers was a comedic genius.
Let's not forget Herbert Lom!
Peter Sellers was fantastic as Clouseau. I hope you're going to watch the next two.
Return of the Pink Panther
The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
All the main characters reprise their roles.
And “revenge of the pink panther”
Lol....i forgot how funny this movie was. brings back memories 😂
Clouseau hired Kato to attack him in order to keep his skills sharp. You need to see the other films! 🤣
Thus was the 2nd pink panther movie and Cam & Zay saw the first one. Kato was not in the First Pink Panther movie.
Peter Sellers stars together with Herbert Lom (his boss) and Alec Guinness in the classic black comedy The Ladykillers (1957) . Its a great film that deserves a reaction.
Yeah I’m sure they would enjoy watching that. Very funny and charming.
I found it incredibly sinister film also. One of the greatest films ever made IMO. Great choice !
@@lukebarton5075 I found it pretty sinister also. Genius writing and performances.
Sellers & Guinness also star in the mystery/comedy Murder by Death. It's a bit of a Clue type movie and in my opinion better.
Also, I recommend doing a reaction to The Great Race. It was also directed by Blake Edwards and the music also by Henry Mancini. It stars Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, & Natalie Wood. It's also a bit slap-sticky and makes fun/over-the-top of good guy vs. bad guy.
@@3dbadboy1 I love "The Great Race"!!! It had nearly every genre. Comedy, Mystery, Suspense, and Drama.
Another one you left out is "The Ladykillers" (Alec Guiness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom...)
Clouseau hires Kato to test him and keep him sharp. The Kato fights are the best parts of these movies.😂 Do the movies in order. The next two are hilarious.
Kato was the Green Hornets chaffeur. Bruce Lee played him in the 60's series. This movie came out in the 60's, no doubt they were playing with it.
This movie came out before the Green Hornet TV series aired. So the Kato in this movie was probably inspired more by the Green Hornet comics and old movie serials.
Also seen getting his ass kicked in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood"
@@jhilal2385 "Let me just say, nobody kicked Bruce's ass. It was a friendly contest. He barely touched him."
There was another one called Inspector Clouseau (1968) with Alan Arkin as Clouseau. It was so so. Gotta go on to my personal favorite of the series - Return of the Pink Panther (1975). Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus really hits his stride in the next ones!
There is no Clouseau without Sellers
The Alan Arkin movie happened because Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards got into a nasty, drawn out pissing contest about who was responsible for the previous films’ success. Sellers thought it was because audiences showed up to see him, Edwards because he at least co-wrote and directed what Sellers did. So they both went off in a snit and the studio tried to make a Clouseau film without either of them. It was only when both Sellers and Edwards were experiencing downward slumps in their careers in the mid ‘70s that they were lured back for “Return of the Pink Panther” and the subsequent films but they were at each other’s throats every step of the way. It got to the point where Sellers and Edwards told the studio they had to choose one of them as they couldn’t stand to work with each other any more and the studio chose Sellers. Sellers wrote a script called “Romance of the Pink Panther” that was going to be a triumph and proof that he didn’t need Blake Edwards to make a Pink Panther film but Sellers died before it got made. The studio then went back to Edwards who attempted two additional films in the series, one where Sellers was in the film using old outtakes from the previous films (Edwards came up with a plausible reason for this, but it doesn’t quite hang together) and one that attempted a reboot before reboots were a thing that would have started a new series of films with a new clumsy detective character, but nobody liked that one very much. And that wasn’t even the end of the saga. 🙄
Great reaction you guys ...I hope that you'll do the next Peter Sellers/Pink Panther film, 'Return Of The Pink Panther' (1975). Many of the favorite characters are back, Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers), Cato (Burt Kwok) Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Hubert Lom), his assistant Francois (André Maranne) with even Sir Charles Litton/The Phantom returning (this time played by Academy Award winning actor Christopher Plummer - because the original actor David Niven was busy filming another film at the time and was unable to return....he does return in later Pink Panther films though) and featuring Catherine Schell as Miss Lady Claudine Litton (she is an entirely new character and not Clouseau's ex-wife, Simone, which was played by actress Capucine, who also was unavailable at the time of filming. She would also return later on in other Pink Panther sequels)...'Return Of The Pink Panther' is even funnier than the first two films, definitely worth watching...😆😆😆
The Mouse That Roared (1959) is another earlier Peter Sellers movie worth watching.
Really good movie that gets overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove.
The next 3 films are GOLD.
Return of the Pink Panther
Pink Panther Strikes Again
Revenge of the Pink Panther
My favorite is
"The Pink Panther Strike's Again"!
So many hilarious moments!!!
Best one by far
Herbert Lom's Chief Inspector Dreyfus gets driven more and more insane as the series goes on 😂
Keep going with the Pink Panther films they get funnier with each one.
The man who wrote this also wrote The Exorcist. CRAZY.
You might remember Peter Sellers from his THREE roles in "Doctor Strangelove." He was in a highly influential British comedy troupe The Goon Squad.
which George Martin, the future Beatles producer, was in charge of for comedy records. the Beatles met him and thought if he worked with the Goons, he was an alright guy for them.
They were called "The Goons", no squad in their name.
Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Seacum.
@@ronald-xs7sp Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry SECOMBE and Michael Bentine.
@@nicksykes4575 Thanks!
You had it right, the only reason they wanted Clouseau on the case was because they figured he was such an idiot that he'd NEVER figure it out. Little do they know the powers that be that seem to watch over that man.
The sequels get wackier and funnier as it goes along. It has a flow to it. Pink panther strikes again has many gags in it.
Screenplay by William Peter Blatty -- who wrote THE EXORCIST. He was known as a comedy writer in Hollywood! Check out his film THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (1980) which he considers a sequel to THE EXORCIST. It's intentionally hilarious and unique.
Exorcist III, written and directed by him too, also has some really funny dialog. The guy really had a gift for comedy.
Yes, definitely view "The Ninth Configuration" by Blatty as well, think of it as The Exorcist meets A Shot In The Dark.
@@user-jb8qq9fk6m Perfect comparison.
The pink panther movies were a huge part of my childhood, they came out when my dad was a kid and he showed me and my family, and he’s usually fall on the floor laughing 😂
In many ways, the franchise gets better with each film.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! Who ARE you guys? Awesome classic choice, kudos to you!
I hope you do Sellers' THE PARTY later on, it is amazing!
Num num. Party num num.
@@sebswede9005 Oh you got me pardnar!
Oh god, your back on the Pink Panthers, now you gotta see Return of the Pink Panther.
The movie franchise known as "The PInk Panther" films started with the previous entry, with that as its title, named after a pink diamond the story revolved around (and was the origin of the cartoon character as well). It was originally intended to be the start of a film series about "The Phantom", Sir Charles Litton (David Niven). A minor character in it was Inspector Clouseau, played by Peter Sellers. As production of the first film progressed, it was seen how funny Sellers was, and his role was thus expanded to be roughly equal to Litton. After that film, the "Phantom"-based franchise idea was abandoned, and producer Blake Edwards, who had also acquired the film rights to a stage play "A Shot in the Dark" starring Walter Matthau, decided to re-work that story to be about Sellers' Clouseau instead. There was thus nothing in this second film about the Pink Panther, cartoon or diamond. It did, however, introduce supporting characters Dreyfus and Kato (later re-spelled "Cato" after the Green Hornet complained). In later films Dreyfus's madness would be taken to even greater heights, as you will see. And Cato would continue the surprise "training exercises".
The very next chapter, though, would go "sideways". In 1968, Sellers was unwilling to do another Clouseau film, so the role was re-cast with Alan Arkin in the film _Inspector Clouseau._ None of the supporting characters returned either, nor, again, was "the Pink Panther" mentioned. This seemed to be the end of the line for the Clouseau franchise.
By the early 1970s, however, Sellers' film career was in general decline. But he happened upon the story _Being There,_ which he felt was the perfect vehicle for him, seeing it as even "autobiographical". There was just one problem: with Sellers fame fading, he no longer had the clout to get the film version produced.
Thus, Sellers was determined to revive his status as a bona fide star. This undertaking began with the revival of Clouseau, going back to the character's roots with the Pink Panther diamond and cartoon character, plus "The Phantom" Sir Charles Litton and his wife (presumanly the former Madame Clouseau), played now by Christopher Plummer and Catherine Schell, in _The Return of the Pink Panther,_ which ALSO brought back Dreyfus and Cato, played by the same actors as before. The film actually did once again give a fairly prominent role to the Charles Litton character. The film's success led to more Clouseau films with "Pink Panther" in the title, but no mention of the diamond or the Littons (so that "the Pink Panther" came to refer to nothing but Clouseau himself), but again WITH Dreyfus and Cato, as well as Sellers' participation in other films such as Neil Simon's _Murder by Death_ and _The Prisoner of Zenda_ (featuring a dual role for Sellers); he even appeared on _The Muppet Show_ on television. With the ongoing success of Sellers' "Pink Panther" films and others, Sellers finally regained the clout to star in _Being There,_ released in 1979 to critical acclaim hailing Sellers' performance, which Sellers lived just long to enough to see, before he died having validated himself as an epic comedian for the ages.
Thanks guys. I'd forgotten what a genius Peter Sellars was
Great job guys! You two would love “THE GREAT RACE” 1965 Blake Edwards film with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Peter Faulk and Natalie Wood! Slapstick!
YES! , and "IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD. MAD WORLD" Two of the greats. 💯👍👍
Best include Victor Victoria as well.
This is one of the funniest movies ever made.
The Return of the Pink Panther is my favorite.
Please put mystery comedy "The Kid Detective" in your queue. Overlooked great comedy.
No it isn't. It's good. Not better.
@@larindanomikos I figured my strong verbiage would draw ire! I should have changed it.
Touché.
I liked “Return” because of the strong ensemble cast and the mix of story elements, rather like the first film. I assume Edwards constructed it this way so he’d have something to fall back on in case Sellers decided to not show up for work for a couple weeks, as was his habit at the time. Christopher Plummer would have made a dandy James Bond if he wanted to. 😊 Sellers was at his best when he had others to bounce off but the rest of the movies tended to rely on scenes of him in a room doing wacky things, which is fun and all but I prefer “Shot in the Dark” where he has people like George Sanders to play with.
This was flipping hilarious. Haven’t seen this movie in such a long time. It was great seeing it through your new eyes too!
You guys are awesome. Love the positive energy . Anytime I need to hear some laughter I’ll throw you on and enjoy the ride. Your laughter is contagious. Keep it up 👍
Inspired choice, gentlemen!
The ones with Peter Selars actually get funnier as you go along
God I love this movie. One of my absolute favorites. So many brilliant jokes and such hilarious dialogue. The "my watch has stopped bit" kills me every damn time.
Is so great to see the current generation reacting so well to the classics!
Saw this in a theater 60 years ago. I'd love it if you did the whole series.
Note that you never really find out who did the murders.
Point of interest, in real life, the actor Burt Kwouk who plays Kato has an English accent and a highly educated manner of speech. He sounds like Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
Shit Your Pants Laughing
Peter Sellers at his Best
THE PARTY.
Two Words: BIRDIE NUM-NUMS!!
The guy that was playing Clouseau's serious assistant (LaJoy) is also in Victor/Victoria. He plays the same kind of straight guy and he's hilarious. Victor/Victoria is a really funny movie all around.
Julia Andrews and James Garner too!
@@krissiep1317 Leslie Ann Warren was priceless in it. So funny.
Cockroach!
It's funny that you guys mention the layout of the opening scene. It has always reminded me of the format for Rear Window by Alfread Hitchcock. I think you guys would REALLY get into it. For me, it's always been the peak of Hitchcock's career.
"100,000 francs, you know, for the groceries," refers to the French unit of currency and the cost of the groceries, not 100,000 hot dogs.
I'd never thought of hot dogs & French money before!
You've GOT to do The Party next.
So glad you are enjoying Peter Sellars, et al!
You HAVE to watch him in Blake Edwards’, “The Party”!
😁😉😆
Enjoy!
Birdy Num-Num!
@@markmorningstar5374 Bang! Howdy par-ten-er! 😁
@@EPShockley I used to have one of those Mattel Air guns. Although, I didn't use it to blow "Captain Stubbings'" Hairpiece off!
Absolutely loved "The Party."
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Another movie, one of my top 10, is "Mr. Hulot's Holiday."
John Lithgow gave an interview one time, and said he and a friend were in the theatre watching one of the funniest movies he ever saw, but nobody else was laughing, which made the two of them laugh even more! It was "Mr. Hulot's Holiday."
@@markmorningstar5374 A favorite of my father’s.
Peter sellers was such an amazing character actor. Few people could convincingly play multiple roles in a film, and he did it several times with Kubrick.
And this movie was the pickup in the comedy with the characters. And yes, the boss comes back later. 😂
The director, Blake Edwards was a student of Bruce Lee. The later was famous at the time for playing Kato in "The Green Hornet" TV series, so the character Cato in this film is both an homage and a inside joke about Bruce.
That was fun , I think you guys had a good time too. I cant wait for your reaction to, The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN , released in 76, lots of Cato capers and Chief Inspector Dreyfus just about loses his mind......there is one or two before this one that are good also but this one is my favorite
Return Of The Pink Panther (1975) comes before that one...and Strikes Again is a direct sequel to it. Both are hilarious in my opinion 😆😆😆
@@MLJ7956 thanks for your comment, PPSA is my favorite of all of them, so many great scenes and comedy bits and of course thats my opinion,
"He's developing a twitch." Yes. It lasts for several movies.
Watch all the movies with Peter Sellers. But my favorite is "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," the fifth in the series, but fourth with Sellers. One of the funniest movies I've seen (up there with "Airplane," "Blazing Saddles," and "Holy Grail."
Love these movies! How do other actors stay straight faced when Peter Sellers is on set with them?
Sometimes they don't. (See Catherine Schell in Return of the Pink Panther.)
I loved both your reactions to this movie can't wait for both of you watch my favourite movies return of the pink panther and the pink panther strikes again there the next two movies ❤😂😅😊
"LOOK at this goosebumps!" 😅 "Maria Gambrelli is INNOCENT......of murder." Possibly the funniest movie ever made. 7:04 The police can do a paraffin test to see if there are gun-powder burns on her arms and sleeves to see if she fired the pistol or not! 13:13 100,000 hot dogs? 😁
I'm so glad you two watched this!
I’m so glad you guys did this one! May I suggest “The Party” (1968?). Also with Sellers and Edwards. Thank you!
Yes. The party is my favorite Peter Sellers movie. The bathroom scene...it doesn't get funnier than that.
Birdie num nums?
Strange trivia: the main girl shot her boyfriend in real life.
Having established the three central characters, the following movies have variations on these themes, a few new bits, some very famous actors in supporting roles, and a good deal of crime to solve. I can't predict WHICH scenes will make you split your sides laughing, but you will!
Didn't know you started this series, now I have to backtrack for the gorilla car chase!
Cam "He didn't get anybody arrested"...he got himself arrested a bunch of times! lol
Swear to God guys each one gets better than the last. Dreyfus is a great character
Clouseau epitomized the eleventh commandment: thou shalt never give up.
I Love your reactions to this classic!! I was 12 yrs old when I saw this the 1st time in '69. I loved Kato lol
I LOVE this film. Absolutely hilarious and so many famous UK actors from the sixties and seventies. Oh how I miss those times. We were actually happy then and had life to look forward to.
Mary Poppins- one of the best!
Peter Sellers real-life personality was very interesting lol.
Guys, let's not forget the beautiful Elke Sommer. She deserves a mention on so many levels.
Bertk Kwouk (Kato) was much loved in the UK. He died in 2016 at the age of 85. Herbert Lom played a cop on the verge of a nervous breakdown in these films so well - perhaps his stint as a psychiatrist in TV series The Human Jungle gave him an insight into mental imbalance.
Yeah, boys, you should watch “the pink Panther strikes again” Next
The BEST "Panther"! ( am 65, saw it in theater early 1960s)
The Pink Panther series is hilarious
This movie is great, it is one of my favorites, and the best Pink Panther movie they ever did.
never cared for peter sellers,but i like him in this one.he reminds me of GET SMART
Herbert Lom stoled every scene he was in including the next three Pink Panther movies and this was his first comedic role.
In many ways THIS is the 1st "Proper" Clouseau film as first one he was more a support character,here he's the lead for first time...this probably IS the best (for much as I love the 70s ones,they are just Clouseau hijinks linked by nominal plot)🎩
Wonderful series! I watched them a few years after they came out. Peter Sellers was a genius. After these movies, you could check him out as an Indian man in “The Party”.
This one is great. The next 2 are my favorites.
You two would love
Buster Keaton
This is the best written of the Clouseau series. The most insane one is "The Pink Panther Strikes Again".
This script was written by William Peter Blatty, who at the time was a comedy writer, but he would eventually become best known for his novel and screenplay of the horror classic, "The Exorcist".
I'm pretty sure George Sanders (Monsieur Baloon) kept a pebble in his shoe to keep himself from laughing 😂
YES!!!!!!
Now continue the films!
Peter Sellers is a comic genius
The Mini, which is seen at various points in the film, is actually Peter Sellers's own car.
If you haven't already done it, you should do Murder by Death.
“One hundred thousand francs.”
The franc was the currency used by France at the time of the film coming out. The currency continued until France started using the euro in 2002.
I never saw this one before! I love that era though. The 1960s! Well you two made me laugh. That was fun. Another great reaction, Guys! 😂
You also have to check out After the Fox.
I knew you two would like this movie. You're going to love the next two.
The curved cue stick is an homage to WC Fields who famously used to play with one.
“Does your dog bite?”
I Think 🤔 That That Is In A Later "Pink Panther" Movie 📽️🎟️🎟️🎟️🍿🍿🍿🍫🍫🍫🥤🥤🥤 That My Father 🧑🏻 Took Me 🤓 And My Sister 👩🏻 Way Back In 1976! I Think 🤔 That I Remember Everyone In The Movie Theaters 📽️ Was Laughing 🐶😁😅😂🤣Their Heads Off , Including Me!🤓
( Great Memories From The 1970's! )
'The Pink Panther Strikes Again' Released On December 15, 1976.
One Of The Funniest Movies I Ever Saw!
Rest In Peace Peter Sellers.
Rest In Peace Mr. Henry Columbus Clark, Jr. ( My Father 🧑🏻)
Why they ever thought that Steve Martin could equal Peter Sellers, I do not know. Love these.
There is no Clouseau without Sellers
I never tried to uhderstand, i just emjoyed the humor
I’m so happy to see y’all enjoying a movie that I laughed so hard at 57 years ago.
I freaking love this movie.
The screenplay for "A Shot In The Dark" was written by William Peter Blatty, author of the novel and the screenplay of the original "The Exorcist". Consider reacting to "The Ninth Configuration" written, directed and produced by Blatty which while it does not reference the original film, has a story arc of the astronaut character from the party who was told by Regan: "You're going to die up there." Fr. Dyer had also done a number on him then by asking "What is space." "I don't know." "Well, you should." A unique film, it addresses serious questions contained in an envelope of outward farce.
It is the second installment in Blatty's Faith Trilogy, the third being "Legion" which became "Exorcist III". React to the reshot theatrical release on that but then view the restored director's cut afterwards. The endings of those two and the book all differ.
As for the questions you both had after your reaction to "The Exorcist", while of course the book/audiobook by Blatty fills in the gaps, if they would have been able to restore the original director's cut fully, that would have helped as well. Missing are two early scenes in which the mother & daughter tour D.C. notably Arlington Cemetery & JFK's grave, Regan questions death and the mother as an atheist can't provide an adequate answer. Also missing early on is a preliminary doctor's visit after early symptoms so it is not so an abrupt transition. The key to the film is Fr. Karras' loss of faith and his fear of trusting in God again, hence he is willing to accept paranormal phenomena by the girl such as telepathy and telekinesis as being in the realm of possibility but constantly pushes aside the possibility of authentic demonic possession because if satanic spiritual forces exist then he would have to consider again that God exists as well - and he is deathly afraid of doing that and having his hopes dashed again. Consider listening to the audiobook reading of the novel by Blatty himself on UA-cam. Also not able to be restored from the film's ending is all of the conversation between the detective Kinderman and Fr. Dyer, the 'Casablanca Ending', which arcs into Legion/Exorcist III.
I remember going to drive in theaters and Pink Panther cartoon always cheered me up!!👍🏼
There is a time for laughing, and a time for not laughing, and this is not one of them. From another Pink Panther movie.
most underrated piece of the Pink Pantherverse
Great reaction!
These films are classic comedy gold!
They only get better from here
Revenge of the Pink Panther is the best one!
I’ve been saying “rit of fealous jage” for 50+ years! And so did my mom!!!
They went to the acme store
Gotta watch It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. 1963.
That one was hilarious too 🤣🤣🤣
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That is also one that I have only seen one UA-camr do a reaction to (Ashleigh Burton).
@@88wildcat she’s funny!
Great you guys watched and enjoyed one of my father’s favorite movies …
For "Return of the Pink Panther", Peter Sellers was to begin filming, but couldn't get into the character, so he went on vacation. Without telling the director, Blake Edwards. Everyone was held up until he returned. Edwards was ready to kill him! Peter said I ran into this bellman at the hotel while on vacation, and he had the worst accent! I couldn't understand anything he said. Edwards loved the story, and after a few test scenes, it became Peter Sellers' defining role.
In the first two movies, the Inspector played a clueless type, but it changed in 1975 to what is the iconic Inspector Clouseau character!
Please watch "Return of the Pink Panther" soon!
By the way, the dog scene you are looking for is in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" 1976.
You guys need to watch "Condorman" (1981)! Similar comedy and my favorite live-action Disney movie!
The actor who played Condorman was the Phantom of The Phantom of the Opera with Sarah Brightman. Beautiful soundtrack.
Michael Crawford.
I LOVE how much you guys are enjoying these movies. What i appreciate the most is that you not only enjoy the physical gags and jokes, but you also appreciate the jokes in the story and the jokes in the dialogue and character developments. You guys are intelligent watchers. Bu that i mean you watch the story, see the intricacies, and appreciate the way it all unfolds. I crack up watching you guys laughing at it all! My favorite Pink Panther was the movie "The Return of the Pink Panther." The reason is all the crazy hilarious "disguises" the Inspector employed. To me the story is solid, the jokes hilarious, and the gags overthetop riotous. Everything about that film to me was perfect! But i love all the Pink Panthers that Sellers starred in while he was alive. Those produced after his death, including "the greatest hits movie" just didn't live up to the series. But i LOVE these movies. So funny!!!
Please watch Return of the Pink Panther from 1975. It is even crazier / funnier ! xx
You ain't seen nuthin', yet! THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975) is just plain pee-your-pants Hilarious. Skip the 1968 Clouseau film, it didn't even have Peter Sellers in it. Brit Ekland and Peter Sellers also starred in AFTER THE FOX (1966) filmed on location in Italy, and Sellers plays the title character in that comedy heist film.
A Shot In The Dark was written by William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist. "The Ninth Configuration" by Blatty is a combination of the two genres and well with a reaction. It also contains a story arc of the astronaut character from the party.