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Written by James M. Tate / 6/18/2025 / No comments / capucine , comedy , david niven , denise crosby , eighties , harvey korman , joanna lumley , peter sellers , pink panther , robert loggia

PETER SELLERS GHOSTING THROUGH 'TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwybwwM93KjU26nm8g2ZR3c_SkQEhPA0GIlhOmJUKZcZXTPpz8dJwW7MJ4IsUiaQVuLJ8azalcxJS5VGRF8AvGDUYRoh84kpxjW7OC2nErAWM82-4ZBVeYesbsA658riprQnEfmt2UibFSXbkkLi2knJ8fthu1J8T7Z9Xu24W1vJmue0ZNj9-bfe5iO0s9/s1370/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-22%20at%207.38.53%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwybwwM93KjU26nm8g2ZR3c_SkQEhPA0GIlhOmJUKZcZXTPpz8dJwW7MJ4IsUiaQVuLJ8azalcxJS5VGRF8AvGDUYRoh84kpxjW7OC2nErAWM82-4ZBVeYesbsA658riprQnEfmt2UibFSXbkkLi2knJ8fthu1J8T7Z9Xu24W1vJmue0ZNj9-bfe5iO0s9/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-22%20at%207.38.53%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1983 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Peter Sellers' trophy wife Lynne Frederick not only inherited all his money but was able to successfully sue the movie studio for TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER in which Sellers as Inspector Clouseau is brought back by use of deleted-scene-footage from THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN...<br><br>As the real star is Joanna Lumley, trying her best in the present-time-story searching for the infamously klutzy inspector in-between those cut/paste Clouseau moments that, particularly a scene with the otherwise hilarious Harvey Korman, are tediously overlong and painfully unfunny...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

capucine, comedy, david niven, denise crosby, eighties, harvey korman, joanna lumley, peter sellers, pink panther, robert loggia

PETER SELLERS GHOSTING THROUGH 'TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER'

Title: TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1983 Rating: **1/2 Peter Sellers' trophy wife Lynne Frederick not only inherited all his money bu...

BLAKE EDWARDS RETURNS WITH 'CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER'

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 is infamously brought back to life...<br>
<br>This was done using deleted scenes from THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN: a lousy patchwork with cameos by 
original PANTHER alumni David Niven and Capucine with a forgettable
 subplot involving Robert Loggia as a mobster...
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blake edwards, comedy, david niven, denise crosby, eighties, franchise, harvey korman, herbert lom, pink panther, robert loggia, robert wagner, ted wass

BLAKE EDWARDS RETURNS WITH 'CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER'

Title: CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1983 Rating: *** Blake Edwards held onto the Peter Sellers legacy for two entire films, beginning wi...

ELYSSA DAVALOS RIDING DISNEY'S 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos is downright gorgeous in Disney's HERBIE GOES BANANAS circa 1980</u></td></tr>
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The
 first two of Disney's Bueno Vista Herbie films, THE LOVE BUG and HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO, 
center on the little car involved in big races; the ultimate underdog 
stories wherein Herbie is the focal point...<br />
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In the third installment, 
HERBIE RIDES AGAIN, the cute lil' V-dub's merely used as a vehicle for a
 plot centering on humans while the final sequel does the same thing but in a much 
more entertaining story and better characters, including a wily Charles 
Martin-Smith (AMERICAN GRAFFITI) and his handsome buddy Stephen W. Burns as heirs to 
the love bug, picking Herbie up in South America and then being chased 
around by mobsters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas directed by both Star Trek and Disney go-to Vincent McEveety</u></td></tr>
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The good guys meet a pickpocket orphan who becomes 
Herbie's best pal, and along the way journey on a cruise ship and even 
take part in a bullfight. Meanwhile, Burns falls in love with freespirited socialite Cloris Leachman's 
daughter, the beautiful Elyssa Davalos, doing the cliché <i>girl wearing glasses with real beauty soon to unveal </i>(although she's cute either way), while Martin 
insists they run a con job, giving a little edge to the romance.<br />
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HERBIE GOES BANANAS is an enjoyable romp from beginning to end, with 
many different locations 
and sticky situations for the characters (including Harvey Korman as a 
cranky ship captain joining Leachman) and our titular bug to sneak 
out of, dodging seedy villains John Vernon, Alex Rocco and Richard Jaeckel. But they're no match for Herbie, who,
 though taking back seat a lot of the time, winds up stealing the show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Opening credits with Mexican Blanket font for HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Villainous duo John Vernon and Richard Jaekel in Herbie Goes Bananas</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Stephen W. Burns and Charles Martin Smith in Herbie Goes Bananas</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas with child actor Joaquin Garay III as Paco</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos in HERBIE GOES BANANAS with Stephen W. Burns (later died of AIDS) and Charles Martin Smith</u></td></tr>
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ELYSSA DAVALOS RIDING DISNEY'S 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

Elyssa Davalos is downright gorgeous in Disney's HERBIE GOES BANANAS circa 1980 The first two of Disney's Bueno Vista Herbie fi...

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ELYSSA DAVALOS IS GORGEOUS IN 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1980 cast: Charles Martin Smith, Elyssa Davalos rating: ***1/2</td></tr>
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The
 first two Herbie films, THE LOVE BUG and HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO, 
center on the little car involved in big races; the ultimate underdog 
stories wherein Herbie is the focal point.<br />
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In the third installment, 
HERBIE RIDES AGAIN, the cute lil' V-dub's merely used as a vehicle for a
 plot centering on humans. This sequel does the same thing but in a much 
more entertaining story with better characters, including wily geek Charles 
Martin-Smith and his buddy Stephen W. Burns as heirs to 
the love bug, picking Herbie up in South America and then being chased 
around by mobsters.<br />
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The good guys meet a pickpocket orphan who becomes 
Herbie's best pal, and along the way journey on a cruise ship and even 
take part in a bullfight. Burns falls in love with freespirited socialite Cloris Leachman's 
daughter, the beautiful Elyssa Davalos, while Martin 
insists they run a con job, giving a little edge to the romance.<br />
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HERBIE GOES BANANAS is an enjoyable romp from beginning to end, with many different locations 
and sticky situations for the characters (including Harvey Korman's cranky ship captain joining Leachman) and our titular bug to sneak 
out of. Villains John Vernon, Alex Rocco and Richard Jaeckel are both seedy 
and spooky for a Disney film, but they're no match for Herbie, who,
 though taking back seat a lot of the time, winds up stealing the show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those wistful eyes behind the usual obstructing glasses...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah yes, the inevitable lifting of the lenses, thus revealing...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That "ugly duckling" is a now a gorgeous swan...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh and how she uses this new look... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Vernon and Richard Jaeckel as the villains... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Martin Smith and Stephen Burns are the good guys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbie, manned by an endearing orphan, fights a bull</td></tr>
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action, charles martin smith, cloris leachman, comedy, disney, eighties, elyssa davalos, franchise, harvey korman, sequel

ELYSSA DAVALOS IS GORGEOUS IN 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

year: 1980 cast: Charles Martin Smith, Elyssa Davalos rating: ***1/2 The first two Herbie films, THE LOVE BUG and HERBIE GOES TO MONTE ...

Written by James M. Tate / 3/01/2012 / No comments / cartoon , children , harvey korman , sixties

THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1967 rating: ***</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"></span>Fred Flintstone, that lovable blue-collar caveman from Bedrock, becomes a spy in this feature length cartoon: Hanna Barbara’s farewell to the six season television series...<br />
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Begins with a fantastic mountainside car chase involving two goons and a suave James Bond-like spy, Rock Slag, who looks exactly like Fred. The chase results in Rock being injured...<br />
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Cut to Fred and his marble-eyed sidekick Barney taking a failed shortcut home. They wind up at the hospital where Fred’s given an assignment to replace his double: The Flintstones and Rubbles go on a European trip where Fred learns of a nefarious criminal, The Grey Goose, and his plot to blow up the world.<br />
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Loads of fun action – mostly involving those two thugs attempting to kill Fred. But when various musical numbers are thrown in… the worst concerning a hippie-dippy "progression" of children that has nothing to do with the plot or characters… what begins as a clever spoof gets derailed. But the good stuff returns with a chase through an abandoned theme park: including a nod to Orson Welles's LADY FROM SHANGHAI fun house: What would have made a great hour-long two-part episode, sans the musical interludes, winds up a flawed Flintstone journey – yet even the bad parts are creatively bizarre... it was 1966, after all.

cartoon, children, harvey korman, sixties

THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE

year: 1967 rating: *** Fred Flintstone, that lovable blue-collar caveman from Bedrock, becomes a spy in this feature length cartoon: Han...

Written by James M. Tate / 6/20/2011 / No comments / cloris leachman , comedy , harvey korman , mel brooks , mental ward , satire , seventies

MEL BROOKS STARS IN AND DIRECTS 'HIGH ANXIETY'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi775qpNfwmtOg2999bIS6psw-Rf7W7hYyd2nIx6EvAA81sxPMAWEr1IzayqBNPxlpSsXeW8pJ5YPCKluxlMOl3XCwv-QeRU_DdES3C6-p2d1y6A0JDpRZShuBnP0Z2gkibpOBw4_f9dpmkDLTYuzIr4GIvKq2Pc4PEh-d6Jl9SY3EWv1pmXmf-MQmgHaNR/s1618/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-30%20at%203.38.37%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi775qpNfwmtOg2999bIS6psw-Rf7W7hYyd2nIx6EvAA81sxPMAWEr1IzayqBNPxlpSsXeW8pJ5YPCKluxlMOl3XCwv-QeRU_DdES3C6-p2d1y6A0JDpRZShuBnP0Z2gkibpOBw4_f9dpmkDLTYuzIr4GIvKq2Pc4PEh-d6Jl9SY3EWv1pmXmf-MQmgHaNR/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-30%20at%203.38.37%20AM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: HIGH ANXIETY Year: 1977 Rating: ***</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Mel Brooks sends-up all things Hitchcock in a film that's more entertaining than funny. You can't help but to get involved in the story of a new head shrink (Brooks) of a crooked insane asylum who has an extreme fear of heights: From one situation to the next, this parody encompasses "Vertigo", "Psycho", "The Birds", "Frenzy", and all the (other) Hitch-flicks that has the main character being falsely accused of murder...</p><p></p><p>Homage-driven jabs at Alfred H's signature camera shots and dramatic musical scores are the funniest. Somewhere between "Blazing Saddles" (as the high-point) and "History of the World" (as a semi low-point), this movie has a cozy place within the Mel Brooks canon. Nothing gained, nothing lost. But you'll enjoy the ride, especially with Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman going over-the-top, on purpose, like only they can. <br /></p>

cloris leachman, comedy, harvey korman, mel brooks, mental ward, satire, seventies