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Episode #11: It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World


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In episode #11 we discuss one of the most star-studded, high-flying action/comedies of all time: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Interrupted from a leisurely drive through the California desert, five men bear witness to the last words of a dying criminal, revealing the location of his hidden loot. What follows is a no-holds-barred-comedic-mad-dash to see who can get to the money first and claim it as their own.


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It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Criterion


Director - Stanley Kramer


Capt. T. G. Culpepper - Spencer Tracy


J. Russell FInch - Milton Berle


Melville Crump - Sid Caesar


Benjy Benjamin - Buddy Hackett


Mrs. Marcus - Ethel Merman


Ding Bell - Mickey Rooney


Sylvester Marcus - Dick Shawn


Otto Meyer - Phil Silvers


J. Algernon Hawthorne - Terry-Thomas


Lennie Pike - Jonathan Winters


Monica Crump - Edie Adams


Emeline Marcus - Finch Dorothy Provine


Man in Car - Jack Benny


Cab Driver - Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson


Cab Driver - Peter Falk


Colonel Wilberforce - Paul Ford


Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo - Carl Reiner


2001’s Rat Race was a modern remake


The West Wing: Season 4 Episode 9 - Swiss Diplomacy


The First Lady and President Bartlet talk about Mrs. Wilberforce


The Simpsons: Season 5 Episode 11 - Homer the Vigilante


Bart tricks the driver


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