Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.
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- GoofsWhen Woody (Scott McGinnis) is in bed with Mandy (Eleanor Mondale), they get interrupted by her father, Mayor Brady (Ken Olfson) and his little dog, causing Woody to hide under the bed, where the dog finds him. When the scene starts, Woody's face, neck, and chest are covered with Mandy's red lipstick kisses. When they hear the mayor coming, the scene changes and Woody sits up in bed to get dressed, at which point the lipstick kisses are in different places on his face. Then, he hides under the bed and tries to fend off the dog, at which point, closeups of Woody's face show that the lipstick kisses have changed again. Apparently, the three setups - in bed under the covers, sitting up and getting dressed, and hiding under the bed - were shot at three different times, with Scott McGinnis getting a new set of lipstick kisses for each.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Animal World (1956)
- SoundtracksDuelin' Banjos
Written by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
Published by Combine Music Corp./BMI (1955)
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I saw this a couple of times years ago, and just saw it again today. Even though it's over twenty years old, it holds up. This zany comedy had me laughing from scene two and kept me laughing all the way to the ending. Odd Jobs concerns a group of college friends who hope to make some extra money during their summer vacation. The boys try a variety of occupations from selling vacuum cleaners to waiting tables to working for a moving company. All these guys are a scream and get a chance to show off bits of their stand-up routines, but the clear winner in this outing is the late Leo Burmester (aka Burmeister) as Wylie the truck driver. He steals every scene he's in with his crazy over-the-top yet oddly believable performance. Corny, yes. But laugh out loud funny — all the way. Every performance, not just Wiley, was over the top, but in a good way. Scene after scene is filled with weirdo characters you won't soon forget. The chemistry between Wylie and Max (Paul Reiser) in their buddy movie sequences is perfect. Body by Jake was a little annoying with his Curly Howard laugh, but still good. And there is the Cabrizzi Moving Company whose sign looks like the label on a two dollar bottle of wine. Remember, Cabrizzi rhymes with sleazy. This is one of my own off-the-wall favorites along with Million Dollar Mystery. That one too didn't make any sense but we just went along to watch the comedians strut some of their best bits. These movies do what they're supposed to do: Entertain.
- albrechtcm
- Jul 20, 2013
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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