"Scavenger Hunt" (1979)

10 year old me thought this film was the shit. There’s a toilet named Montclair, something about a foxtail biker gang, and a joke about a KKK member being an “iceberg with feet”

Jerry Fujikawa's Sakamoto was sublime. Su-blime.

I was in high school and had a job as a movie theater usher when this movie was out. I must have seen the last 5 minutes of it 30 times as I was waiting for people to exit so I could clean up all their trash.

I will always remember Richard Masur running around with an ostrich at the end.

If memory serves, it's really funny. My dad took us to see this when it came out, then it came on HBO and we watched it another jillion times. Richard Benjamin and Cloris Leachman were particularly amusing. And for the gay factor, there's Roddy McDowell, James Coco, Robert Morley, and Vincent Price!

^ You need to be evaluated for dementia.

Watching this film made me lose part of my will to live that I’ve never gotten back. A friend told me, “a light went out in my soul during the toilet scene.” If you’ve seen and truly remember this movie, you know of what I speak.

I say this with authority because Scavenger Hunt was circulated among friends years ago like The Ring. I’m still living with the scars of watching it and the guilt of sending it forth.

[quote]I will always remember Richard Masur running around with an ostrich at the end.

Richard Masur was the reason I brought it up. On Gilbert Gottfried's podcast, Masur said Cloris Leachman was a brilliant performer, but that he and Richard Benjamin had to take turns restraining each other against her during the filming of "Scavenger Hunt."

I wanted some "One Day at a Time" goss — hold me, David, I'm scared! — but frustratingly the hosts don't ask him about Bonnie Franklin. It was apparently such an unpleasant experience that he went to Norman Lear and said the character of David wasn't working and he wanted to be released from a seasonlong contract. Lear offered to tweak the part, but Masur said no and offered to film two more episodes to write out David. They negotiated and Masur did four.

His other request was that David be killed on the show "so there was no chance I could ever come back." Lear refused. I really want to know why he wanted off so badly, same as Mary Louise Wilson the next year.

How Richard Mulligan had ANY career with his UGLY mug, let alone decent success in two television series, is beyond comprehension.

Presumably, r7, it was a combination of nepotism (his brother was Oscar-nominated director Robert Mulligan -- To Kill a Mockingbird) and talent (he's uproariously funny on Soap).

I remember this movie because as a 13 year old I saw it on the night of December 31, 1979. We went into the movie in the 70s and came out of the movie in the 80s.

Loved this movie as a kid. There’s a weird continuity error where Maureen Teefy (Grease 2) magically changes from funeral attire to jeans and a blouse. I first saw it on TV so assumed there was a scene deleted but it’s the same version on the bluray

"Rat Race" was the 2000s version of this same idea.

This was such an HBO staple back in the day along with "On the Right Track" and "SuperFuzz"

R7, the beauty of her block in Wichita, also is astonished that they allowed Lincoln to be president because of his famously homely appearance.

Simply astonished.

CityTV in Toronto used to show this in the afternoon at least three times a year. I'd skip school in the afternoon to watch it, (before we had a VCR). Great memories for me with this film.

Wow, I'd completely forgotten this one. I was a young teen and all I remember was that it was a lot of fun and kind of a big deal at the time.

Is it available to stream anywhere? I loved it as a kid and wouldn't mind revisiting it but I can't find it anywhere.

God, I fucking love this movie. I saw it in the theater when I was a kid and watched it on cable endlessly. Hadn't seen it in ages before it was released on Blu ray. Bought it and it's still damn funny. Stephanie Faracy is hilarious.