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1) DVD DVD Road to Utopia by Universal Studios. EXCELLENT MOVIE AND GREAT SONGS
PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE ROAD SHOWS.
JASCONS¤ 2) DVD DVD Road to Utopia by Universal Studios. Bing, Bob, and Dottie in a another fun-filled romp, this time through the frozen landscape of Alaska in the early 1900´s. Some great gags with plenty of laughs along with some quite lovely tunes. . ."Welcome to My Dream", and "Personality" being just a couple. Road to Utopia takes on everything we have seen before in the previous three Road films, and presents the gags, the songs, and the themes that make a Road film a Road film, in a fresh and original way giving forth a cornicopia of fun and playfulness that makes watching this movie a real reel pleasure.¤ 3) DVD DVD Road to Utopia by Universal Studios. Loosen every stressed out cell in your body. As the amazon product description says, one can but feel sorry for people who can´t appreciate this kind of comedy. However, I suspect these people probably (justifiably?) formed their opinions by watching "Road to singapore" or other somewhat less spirited/average films in the series, and are likely to miss out on this gem.
This one is the best of the "road" collection. You can watch this (utopia) a hundred times and still be tickled by Hope´s one-liners.¤ 4) DVD DVD Road to Utopia by Universal Studios. This road picture is my co-favorite with Zanzibar. I just think that there are more funny lines per minute in these two than any of the others.
I read where they (Paramount) held off on releasing this picture because Bing was in the running for the academy award (for his performace in "Going My Way" ... and he would eventually win) and they didn´t want to jeopardize his chances of winning.
He´s a rogue here ... that´s for sure. And Bob is his patsy ... again.
There´s a nice little song on the deck of the ship. There´s a talent contest, and the boys would lose out ... to a monkey. But it´s a nice little number. Later on Dorothy Lamour sings "Personality", and is her usual charming self ... with a nice little Betty Boop accent.
But this road picture is aided by the sly commentary of Robert Benchley, and there is little or no lull in the fun.
¤ 5) DVD DVD Road to Utopia by Universal Studios. Classic 1946 comedy "Road to Utopia", the 4th in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. After their Morocco jaunt in 1942, Crosby, Hope and Lamour spent four years making their separate successes, before rejoining to go back in time on an anachronistic Alaskan adventure in "Road to Utopia", a film that was nominated for a "Best Original Screenplay" Oscar and which is even crazier than its predecessor, with a talking fish taking over from Morocco´s comical camel, the addition of narrator Robert Benchley and an ending so outrageous it´s a wonder they managed to sneak it past the censor! The Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Huesen score includes "Put it There, Pal", "Good Time Charlie" and "Personality". Surrealism, songs, slapstick- a fantastically funny flick and an essential for fans of Hope, Crosby, Lamour or crazy comedy in general. An American classic!¤ 6) DVD DVD Road to Utopia by Universal Studios. I feel sorry for people who can´t appreciate Hope and Crosby "road" pictures. This is the fourth in the series, and has the boys masquerading as the killers Sperry and McGurk, from whom they´ve stolen the map to a gold mine, but which really belongs to Dorothy Lamour, but which... and you know it really doesn´t matter anyway. The point is they´ve got this thin plot on which to hang a series of hit-and-miss jokes, coming fast enough to make it just all right and a certain amount of time to see who gets Dorothy Lamour, while maintaining their fierce and friendly and wisecracking rivalry. They´re in the Klondike this time around, which doesn´t stop the film from working in a glimpse of Dorothy in her sarong. Along the way, animals talk, including the humorist Robert Benchley, whose thoroughly dispensable introduction and running commentary I wouldn´t dispense with for anything. This is arguably the goofiest of the road pictures. My favorite joke is when Bob is bested in fishing with Bing. Bob remarks, "My worm must have B.O." Bing comes back with "Couldn´t B.U." You may not care where you´re going, just as long as you´re with them. Put it there, pal, put it there. --Jim Gay¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 8-Jan-2009, 078325525X025192123023, 72B-F7B-F8B-F9B-FAB-30B-8 
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