It's not "comic relief" when the whole movie is a comedy. Then, it's just "comic timing" or "chops". Comic relief is an unexpected light-hearted beat, after an intense scene, typically in dramas, thrillers or horror movies. It's great being corrected by some twerp on the net, innit..? 😌 Sorry - didn't mean to be a dik...
@@MrWoodMan23 Well then all those other people also don't understand what comic relief means either, because he's right. You're definitely not using the term correctly. "Comic relief" would be if it was a serious movie and you have a character that provides brief moments of comedy throughout the film to break up the intensity. The brief comedy scenes here and there give the audience some "relief" from it being all serious. That's why it's called comic relief. Definitely not the case in Fletch. This is just a straight comedy.
@@lueysixty-six7300 You're absolutely correct. The term comic relief definitely doesn't make sense in this situation. It's when comedy is is used in certain spots to break up the seriousness a little bit. It's to give the audience brief moments of "relief", so it's not so intense throughout the entire film.
5:20 I am ABUNDANTLY appreciative that Foul Play gets a mention here...an under-rated seemingly forgotten but amazing star studded classic! I CANNOT recommend highly enough that a list of this kind be made some time soon, PLEASE Mr. Minty!
Been waiting for you to do this one, Minty. One of my absolute favorite films of the 80s and a reminder of how funny Chase could be in this era. Funny that its his favorite performance as I also think it's the best Chase performance. Sadly, didn't care for the sequel at all but would've gone to see a third Fletch movie with Chase anyway. Over the years when I've heard of possible names for the reboot, the one that I think that would absolutely kill it is Ryan Reynolds as he has similar comedic timing to Chase. Not sure what to think of Jon Hamm in the role. But HEY, it's all ball bearings these days!
Probably the best Chevy Chase film. I remember seeing it in the movie theater when I was a kid. Also, like most guys my age, I spent the next 35 years quoting it. Written by Andrew Bergman (Blazing Saddles & The In-Laws, rewritten by Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams & Sneakers) with numerous one liners by Chevy Chase and directed by Bad News Bears helmer Michael Ritchie. Fletch is pure 80s fun like Beverly Hills Cop & Karate Kid.
I may have seen an early test screening of "Confess, Fletch", but I'm not supposed to talk about it. If I had seen it, I would say that Jon Hamm was surprisingly very very funny, and the dialogue is crisp. He does pretend to be a few people along the way, but there aren't any crazy disguises or voices - it's not as silly as the original, and it's a little sexier. The plot is pretty confusing and hard to follow sometimes - it's about stolen art. Fletch finds a dead girl in the apartment he's staying at, hilarity ensues. It wasn't finished, it didn't even have closing credits. So the final version may be a little different - I thought the middle dragged a little. But Hamm is great, it's very funny, and I would recommend it. IF I had seen it, which I can't admit to publicly. But I did...
I saw it too and I like that it sticks to the book. Chevy was not exactly Fletch, though he was entertaining, and Jon Hamm is not Fletch, but the movie is good. I missed the character Inspector Flynn from the novel
I’ve always liked Chevy Chase. He’s never tried to do the typical good guy arc. He doesn’t try to redeem himself like most protagonist and it’s honest. He’s a dick in the beginning and still is at the end. Unapologetically is himself.
Bit By Bit was excellent. They also got Dan Hartman to do a song. He was just off the success of "I Can Dream About You" from Streets of Fire, and producing Living in America for James Brown from Rocky 4. The song he did for FLetch was "Get Out of Town"' and it's alright, but up to the level of "I Can Dream About You".
I loved Fletch and Fletch lives. I was always a big Chevy Chase fan as a kid. Along with the Lampoon movies and Foul Play. Also, I forget the name, the one where his character gets powers from nuclear waste.
Spooky, I've just started reading fletch. It seems weird that it's the same story but serious. Fletch is in my top 10 films of all time and Chevy was on top top form. Some of the best body comedy you will ever see.
I liked both the novel and the film. Both are good in their own way. I am glad the director convinced Gregory McDonald. That thing about the music in Top Gun was new to me though.
It may not have done as well in the box office, but Fletch Lives is fantastic. Besides, look at the barrage of blockbusters that came out in 1989, including several sequels to blockbusters. Batman, Ghostbusters 2, Lethal Weapon 2, to name a few.
ohh, maaaan! I was so in love with Geena AND Dana... Okay, I still am. Great video! ALL the scenes were great, but if I had to pick a favorite, it's the Airline mechanic scene. "C'mon, guys! It's ALL ball bearings these days!" ROFL!
One of my favorites, too many great lines to count and "Bit by Bit" by Stephanie Mills is an awesome theme song. "You fellas want to read me my rights?" "You have the right to have your balls stomped by him." "I'll waive my rights." "Cash? I'm impressed." "Saw my pimp today." "I love your body, Larry." "By the way, I charged the entire vacation to Mr. Underhill's American Express card. Want the number?"
Very well done Mr. Minty👍 Of a somewhat forgotten Chase masterpiece. If nothing else you can list it as a cult classic. Another perfect example on what could have been a disaster However with very fine production and also A + casting became instant magic.
I love this movie. I'm sure it's one of the movies I must've seen over 500 times. I used to have a vhs copy I recorded off an on demand movie channel and just kept putting the movie on the tape. I think it fit 4 times. But I'd just leave that tape on all day. It was also one that I rented a lot. MCA tapes could never copy so I never had one until I found a copy to buy on vhs. I've owned the DVD a few times, but Chevy should do an audio commentary for both movies before it's too late. The biography, unless it was his autobiography, was quite depressing. Theres a reason he is the way he is. And why the hell did he just remind me of Robin Williams. I wish there was a 3rd movie with Chevy. One that could make the 2nd one look bad. I like it. But it's true how you cant capture lightning in a bottle twice. It only happens if you have a big metal hook that goes right into the flux capacitor. I love hearing about movies like this that no one believes in until they get someone saying different. And then they turn out to be some of the best movies of all time. It's a tough call, but I couldn't pick between Fletch or Sparky. He nails both characters like no one else. And the soundtrack. I swear if there isnt a 10 hour version of Theme Of Fletch, or whatever it's called. Then there should be. Speaking of lighting in a bottle twice. Harold's various cues in the movie make that theme so much better. It's cool that the song is on the soundtrack. But I think it's all those little ones just playing away in the background throughout the movie that make it memorable, without it seeming like overkill. Just like how Axel F was done. Itd be cool if they released an entire score featuring all those other bits. I've never read the books. But I'm sure if I did. Itd be Chevy Chase narrating it. Kinda like when I read Shawshank and Morgan Freeman is there in my head reading it to me. Hey Minty. If you happened to make it this far in the comment. Would you do one big one, or one for each of all 3 Naked Gun movies? Please forgive me if you already did one. I'm not closing this window and losing this comment to look it up on this VIC-20 I'm using.
I hear that. Actually owned it on VHS and had a recorded one from Showtime or something like that. My brothers and I played it so much the bought VHS wore out. Hence the recorded one.
The 80s was a golden age of hilarious comedy movies and Chevy Chase was in most of the best ones. The only one that might make me laugh more than Fletch is Caddyshack.
It's also pretty much everybody's favorite Chevy Chase movie. The minor characters do really well. The kid who's trying to steal the care is absolutely hilarious.
I read where Tim Matheson was actually given the role of Fletch. When Chase decided to come on board, they decided to recast Matheson as they didn't want to lose him and he was, in fact, similarly built as Chase.
In 87’ at the Cal State dorms my roommate had a hand me down VHS player and we had one VHS tape we played for 4 semesters-FLETCH…some of the greatest parties the 6 of us threw had FLETCH playing in the background while the Pioneer STA-780 was pumping Salt n Pepper-lol great memories :)
This is my favorite Chevy Chase movie and one of my favorites from the 80s. I haven't seen Jon Hamm in anything except Keeping Up With the Joneses and NHL/ St. Louis Blues promos. I know he was in Mad Men, I just haven't seen any episodes.
Correction on the Nostromo hat. The one that Chevy Chase uses in Fletch was produced by The Thinking Cap Company and available for purchase. I know, because I purchased one in 1980 and still have it.
One of my all time favorites. Lots of excellent quotes that Minty could have finished his video. They would all be completely out of context, if you had seen the movie, you would love them lol
I don't know if you've seen it, but the movie Hoodwinked would be an excellent one to do a 10 things... on. The wolf in the movie is an investigative reporter that wears many disguises... wonder where they got that idea from? It's also full of great references from other movies and TV shows. I'd love to hear more about it and the Edwards brothers that worked on it. It's a Weinstein production, so it has that taint to it, but I still love rewatching it and it's sequel.
I bought that on DVD when my daughter was little and I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed it. That movie should have gotten way more attention than it did.
This movie was on heavy rotation on HBO when I was a kid. You’d turn on the TV and it was like….oh fletch guess we’re watching that again. That music score os forever in my head.
Chevy made several hilarious movies that still hold up, including Funny Farm, Seems Like Old Times, of course the original Vacation, and Christmas Vacation, Caddyshack, Foul Play and even Fletch Lives. Other decent films are Spies Like Us, and The Three Amigos. I love Chevy Chase.
You really are good at this man. Idk how you find such trivia but I love every tiny detail of many of these videos. Loved Fletch. My favorite is Seems Like Old Times where Goldie Hawn has like 7 dogs. 😂
I love Fletch! I think I have it on DVD somewhere. I think it is very underrated and is a very hard movie to follow up with, I do not think they will ever capture the magic of the first one.
Fletch Lives has some great moments too. My favorite is when he’s at a chemical plant with Phil Hartman asking his name and Fletch replies “I.R Pissed!”
The “Fletch” and “Fletch Lives” movies are what I always think of first when it comes to Chevy Chase. Of course outside of the National Lampoon series lol
Fletch is definitely one of the best comedy movies ever made. I highly recommend watching this film. Also in my opinion it's sequel is exactly on the same level as the first movie, it doesn't drop in quality even the slightest. The scene from Fletch lives with a termite and police officer is hilarious. I still remember this squeal :D or the kkk masquerade :D
I had this movie recorded on a VHS tape back in the day, and watched it plenty of times other than the vacation movies, it would be my favorite Chevy movies.
