Review of Skidoo (1968) by Private U — 30 May 2008
This is a really strange movie that no one remembers. Try naming five people you know who have seen this movie. After reading about it on IMDb, I became curious. I mean, if it wasn't for Groucho, I don't know if I would have even considered this movie.
Unfortunately, it was unavailable on VHS or DVD. But I knew I would see it one day. And that day finally came when I typed "Skidoo, Groucho" into the search engine on YouTube. I was shocked.
There it was. I watched it. It was a really interesting movie. I mean what other movies have Jackie Gleason and Groucho Marx on acid, or Carol Channing doing a striptease. However, it is not top 250 material.
But I saw this movie, because I love movies with an all-star cast. And what an all-star cast indeed: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Cesar Romero, George Raft, Burgess Meredith, Peter Lawford, Arnold Stang, Frank Gorshin, Slim Pickens, and of course, Groucho Marx.
If you ever get the chance to see this movie, watch it. It's a strange movie, and you will finish it thinking "Huh?" But it is an interesting movie, and it is fairly enjoyable.
This review of Skidoo (1968) was written by Private U on 30 May 2008.
Skidoo has generally received mixed reviews.
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