Two Funny Underrated Comedies,Starring One Gifted Comedian
Added 4/4/2009
Tim Conway is A gifted,and hilarious Comedian.In this DVD set,you get 2 great films that he starred in,as well as wrote the screenplay for.In"The LongShot"(1985),Tim teams up with veteran comedy actors;Harvey Korman,Jack Weston,and Ted Wass,in A hilarious film about horse racing.Four Middle class losers,get A hot tip on A horse.Only problem,they must borrow$5,000,from A"Break Your Legs"loan shark.Can they strike it rich;or will they be struck down by A crazy mob boss?It's high laughs,on and off the track,as Tim Conway reteams with "Carol Burnett Show"co-star Harvey Korman.The Second feature is the lesser known,but equally funny comedy"They Went That A Way&That A Way" from 1978.This time Tim teams up with veteran character actor,and comedian,Chuck Mccann,to play A pair of dim witted cops,who try to infiltrate A corrupt prison.All Hilarity breaks loose,as the cops,get mistaken for real cons,and must find A way to break out.Many good gags,including A wild finale,that must be seen to be believed.If you like Tim Conway,then I highly recommend this box set;4 stars.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
two fun classics
Added 6/26/2008
The Longshot
A group of four buddies (Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Jack Weston, and Ted Wass), losers, but not bad guys, get a tip on a sure thing at the track--a longshot that's guaranteed to pay off big. The only problem is that they don't have the money to bet big enough to make it worth the while of the guy who's promised to fix the race for them. So they go to the local mob boss for a loan.
Which succeeds about as well as Tim Conway's character trying to seduce the money out of a rich dame. That is to say, not at all.
It's a comedy of errors, and boy, do these guys make a lot of them. This is a low-key sort of comedy, but the four are such genial losers you can't help but like them even while you know they're going to screw up.
My kids enjoyed it, too--in fact, one came in while I was writing this and said "oh, The Longshot! That was a good movie." Proof that it doesn't have to be all about slick special effects and frantic action.
__________
They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way
Bumbling small-town deputy Dewey (Tim Conway) and his partner Wallace (Chuck McCann) are tasked by the governor for a top-secret mission known only to the three of them (Dewey, Wallace, and the governor): go undercover in a prison and try to find out where a notorious bank robber hid his loot.
Hijinks ensue. And they get wilder when the governor dies, and Dewey and Wallace decide they'll have to break out of the prison.
There are some hilarious scenes, like Dewey posing as a dentist and having a bit of trouble with the Novocain, and Dewey and Wallace posing as a Japanese translator and his wife, respectively, but the humor has a distinctly different tone than current humor. I wanted to describe it as low-key, but that's not really it. It's definitely over-the-top, but it's quieter, somehow. Oh, heck, I don't know how to describe it. If you have any ideas, pretty please let me know.
Anyway, it was different from most modern comedies, and I enjoyed it. No real themes or anything, just fun silliness--kind of like an extremely extended skit from the Carol Burnett Show.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Tim Rides again
Added 6/2/2008
Tom Conway went every way that you could think of and some you will not think of. Very good on a day to get your mind of life.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
|
Tim Conway One of the Funniest!
Added 7/19/2007
Two Very Funny Tim Conway Movies!!!
This double feature set is well worth the value! So what that films like these are not presented in widescreen.
The Longshot is the better of the two movies, though I enjoyed them both. I laughed like mad at The Longshot it was perfectly cast and written by Conway. It was a very very funny film.
They Went That-A-Way was good also, it was basically a modern day Laurel and Hardy film, made in 1978.
Check out Tim Conway in these great DVDs also, McHale's Navy - Season One and McHale's Navy: Season Two.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
|
Classic Humor
Added 8/11/2006
This is classic Tim Conway humor. If you like good old fashion clean situational humor then this is a must have. Its hard to find humor that doesn't rely purely on sexual inuendos to force a laugh. But here is the diamond in the rough. Enjoy!
8 out of 9 people found this helpful.
|
