The Big Bus

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Summary: Before Airplane, before Police Squad, before Naked Gun....
Review: ...there was the Big Bus!!! An all star cast and joke-a-minute hilarity that's also a time capsule of 70's starts and icons (who can forget Vic "Mel's Diner" Tayback in the bar fight scene!). The romance subplot somewhat falters but if you're a fan of the aforementioned films as well as Kentucky Fried Movie and Groove Tube, this is well worth the rather high price.

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Summary: Worth the wait to see this show again.
Review: A great comedy, would like it on DVD as colour and clarity of VHS tape is below standard. I have waited 25 years to see this movie again, it was the supporting movie to Star Wars Episode IV at the local drive-in in the mid 70's. I have searched many video catalouges and shelves trying to locate a copy of the movie and thank Amazon for having it. A keeper for the Comedy library, bent section. It deserves to be better known as I believe it was the foreruner to many spoof movies none of which are up to the calibre of this show.

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Summary: The Big Bus Unknown Legend
Review: A must have for any video library. If you like Airplane you will love "The Big Bus" a movie which all spoof films are based. This movie should be much more well known than it is. If available I would add this to my DVD collection.

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Summary: Airplane Thiefs!!!
Review: Airplane stole so many gags from this movie it isn't even funny. (No pun intended.)

What no reviewer has mentioned is that the movie is gorgeous to watch...beautifully designed and shot. Airplane, although perhaps the more consistently funny movie, seems to have tried to copy the production of The Big Bus, but it comes off as looking sadly cheap and bland. They did learn the lesson, though, that you never stop the jokes coming. The Big Bus loses one star for letting up here and there to attempt moments of drama that don't quite work. But Stockard Channing working feverishly in the kitchen, as the bus tilts to and fro on the road, gets seven stars.

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Summary: Airplane Thiefs!!!
Review: Airplane stole so many gags from this movie it isn't even funny. (No pun intended.) I love them both. What no one has mentioned is that the movie is gorgeous to watch...beautifully designed and shot. Airplane, tho perhaps a more consistently funny movie, seems to have tried to copy the production but come off as looking cheaper. They did learn the lesson tho that you never stop the jokes coming. The Big Bus loses one star for letting up here and there to attempt moments of drama that don't quite work. Stockard Channing working in the kitchen as the bus tilts to and fro on the road gets seven stars.

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Summary: Really, Really BIG!
Review: Hop on the BIG BUS! You're in for a rare treat. Joseph Balogna and Stockard Channing star in the best movie parody since "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein"! The big bus is a nuclear-powered monster of a thing, complete with bowling alley, swimming pool, and piano bar. It can change tires automatically, while still moving! It can wash itself! It can go 90mph around curves, with only minor internal chaos! The passenger list is a screwball dream-come-true! Ruth Gordon is the dirty old lady, quick on the draw with her perfectly rude remarks! Rene Auberjonois is the conflicted / doubting priest, who has a nasty streak as long as the bus! Lynn Redgrave is the celebrity on board, seducing any man she encounters. She's also got a secret score to settle! Sally Kellerman and Richard Mulligan are the battling couple, set to finalize their divorce, but unable to keep their hands off each other! Of course, let's not forget the washed-up veterinarian, the terminal guy with six months to live (which Lynn Redgrave helps him to overcome), and the narcoleptic co-driver who passes out at the wheel every few minutes! Did I mention Larry Hagman as the doctor who spends most of the movie in a parking lot, because his patient (Harold Gould) "can't be moved"? Or Ned Beatty and Howard Hesseman as technicians who must work together, but just don't get along? Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there's a bomb on board! Drop whatever you're doing and buy this right now...

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Summary: Really, Really BIG!
Review: Hop on the BIG BUS! You're in for a rare treat. Joseph Balogna and Stockard Channing star in the best movie parody since "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein"! The big bus is a nuclear-powered monster of a thing, complete with bowling alley, swimming pool, and piano bar. It can change tires automatically, while still moving! It can wash itself! It can go 90mph around curves, with only minor internal chaos! The passenger list is a screwball dream-come-true! Ruth Gordon is the dirty old lady, quick on the draw with her perfectly rude remarks! Rene Auberjonois is the conflicted / doubting priest, who has a nasty streak as long as the bus! Lynn Redgrave is the celebrity on board, seducing any man she encounters. She's also got a secret score to settle! Sally Kellerman and Richard Mulligan are the battling couple, set to finalize their divorce, but unable to keep their hands off each other! Of course, let's not forget the washed-up veterinarian, the terminal guy with six months to live (which Lynn Redgrave helps him to overcome), and the narcoleptic co-driver who passes out at the wheel every few minutes! Did I mention Larry Hagman as the doctor who spends most of the movie in a parking lot, because his patient (Harold Gould) "can't be moved"? Or Ned Beatty and Howard Hesseman as technicians who must work together, but just don't get along? Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there's a bomb on board! Drop whatever you're doing and buy this right now...

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Summary: I LIKE
Review: I LIKE VEDDY MUCH THANK YOU VEDDY MUCH, BUS NO GOOD THOUGH, TAKE MY CAB INSTEAD, CAB VEDDY GOOD PAY FOR FOOD FOR MY FAMILIES, BUS ONLY GOOD IN MOVING PICTURE SHOW THANK YOU

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Summary: It does exist!!
Review: I told you there WAS a MOVIE called THE BIG BUS, but you didn't believe me. Why? Why? Why? You laughed at me.....
You made me cry. There was a bowling alley in the bus. That was cool. Really. Cool.

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Summary: Anyone who hsn't seen this is missing out !!
Review: I've only seen this twice (and only on TV) and almost died laughing each time. A friend who works for the BBC told me it wasn't going to be repeated and I'm not sure if the video was ever released here in the UK.
It's just not possible to fault a film featuring someone being attacked by a man with a broken candle !! Larry Hagman is excellent as the doctor and he's not the only one from this film who turned up in Dallas !!
Now I've ordered it, I can't wait to introduce my friends to it !!