It's a shame nobody understood the secret genius of Lieutenant Steven Haulk's radio program. A guy like that could have a show on Adult Swim nowadays. I OWN NOTHING. Copyright 1987 Touchstone Pictures
I've heard that it's really difficult to intentionally write bad comedy, but they pulled it off marvelously here. And of course, Bruno Kirby delivers it flawlessly.
yeah. I actually heard that Williams had to help. because good comedy is obviously funny, and as you can see truly horrible comedy where everything falls flat is funny when played right. but what was originally done was just kind of shitty. like an unpolished comedy show. which is more annoying
Agreed. What's great about this bit is that Lt. Hauk IS indeed funny. Just... for all the wrong reasons :P . And his misplaced overconfidence in his epic fail material, combined with the bewildered looks of the other guys that he's ACTUALLY doing this shit so obliviously, just makes the whole scene work. He lays a fucking OSTRICH egg, and is clueless to the point of almost willful idiocy. And fuck me, that damn bike horn... Who else here wanted to shove that thing up Haul's ass by the end of the scene? 😆
Patrick Murphy I think they were, calling him "sir" and politely pleading with him; they weren't being brash about it. They were being honest with him and trying to save him from embarrassment, which is pretty big of them since Bruno Kirby's character is a bit of a jerk. It's not easy to tell someone that as nicely as possible, especially a higher authority.
Bruno Kirby's performance in this movie is impeccable. It is not easy to pull off that character, he does it in such a way that is so convincing you would swear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that is his true personality. Far beyond incredible.... an insanely talented actor. He was a great loss to the entertainment world.
Actually the word is Aural, relating to our sense of hearing. So aural sex would be a tongue in the ear, or a sexy soft blowing in the ear...or a hard pecker in the ear.
Jesus you have a fucked up view of history vent by the propaganda, the vietnamese were home the USA invaded them because they didnt get their way and didnt like communism so attacked Vietnam cause if they attacked russia russia would nuke the usa, the definition of cold war, a war that is fought against the allies of the country you want to diminish.the middle east is just the same, usa invades for oil and to "liberate" the middle east from communism and russia finds terrorists to fight back against the usa. So the usa funds terrorists to fight the russian funded terrorists but they join forces and ot escalates against the usa.the usa lost all claims to be an undefeated nation when they stopped doing whays right and helping in western Europe and started having hissy fits that a different country had different political views. The viatnemes were home the usa just destroyed it. Most people would have gone home but where di you go when you neighbour's corpse is slowly burning in the road or your child crys as they slowly burn or your wife gets ripped in half by the machine guns of a trigger happy helicopter gunner Edit: Dont bother wooshing me I get the joke but I can see from tour joke you dont understand what really happened and is happening
@@nondescripthandle212 um US never invaded North Vietnam. The north vietnamese were always the ones invading the South. The US was there to prop up the South Vietnamese government which was very corrupt. When they left everything fell apart because the government never thought the Americans would.
@Bunker Gamer I hope you don't think china and Russia's' brand of communism was any better in they're means and justification of said means in obtaining resources... the road to hell is paved with good intensions, just like how china's belt and road initiatives may bring the Vietnamese people back into war again to fight for their sovereignty of state and economic choice.
Oh holy cripes I forgot he was in Godfather II. And in real life he did comedy very well, it’s fantastic how he does it so badly here. It’s like the Carlton Dance: being intentionally terrible is actually very difficult.
Captain of cringe that’s the next rank up for him army officer ranks go second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, brigadier general *, major general **, Lieutenant General ***, And finally general**** Five star is only ever given during a time of war normally four is the highest you can go
Now THAT is comedic genius. I mean, French people liking food? Hilarious!! I just don’t think people understand the underlying complexity of that joke. This movie truly represented the intellectual suppression of Lieutenant Haulk perfectly!
@@macofalltrades6396 Ok so *that's* the actual joke. I was going to ask..."The punchline is 'eatie gourmet?' That's a joke?" Now it makes (slightly more) sense, "Eydie Gorme" is a pop culture reference they would all know... Wow... that's even less funny now that I get it.
I was just fixing my dad's old bicycle for him, and it has the same horn on it and it made me think of this scene. Thank you for posting, Bruno Kirby is brilliant here.
"In my heart, I know I'm funny." That line encapsulates so many mindsets. How many people have we all met that will not be told they aren't funny? That can't tell a joke or a story to save their lives, but refuse to believe otherwise? It's like they feel entitled to being funny, rather than it being something you earn in terms of a reaction from other people.
I think the best part of Lt. Hauk is that we've all known *_THAT_* guy. There's always the one person who thinks _THEY_ are the expert and no one can tell them they're wrong. They're self-deluded in the extreme and suck the life out of everything around them. And Bruno Kirby absolutely f$%^&*ing NAILED IT. No one likes *_THAT_* guy. But *_that_* guy loves the sound of their own voice.
Christopher Nasif I agree and this is a great scene from the movie. The looks on the faces of his subordinates as "Swingin' Steven Hauk completely bombs are hilarious. RIP Bruno Kirby.
Idk why, but when I hear the phrase “underrated actor,” none other than Bruno Kirby come to mind. Another one of those extremely talented supporting actors from the 1980s-early 2000 who tragically left us too soon. No joke!!! He was literally in 1 out of every 3 new movies from that time period and was always amazing in ever role. I still to this day haven’t seen many actors who could play the perfect slimeball, weasel in one film and then play either a cool, normal dude or even a stressed out “dork” or weirdos like that. He was never the “main guy or big star of the films he was in, but needless to say he was very quintessential in every part he was cast in. How has this man not had icon status considering the INSANE amount of work he did. Unfortunately, him being too good at being a supporting actor would make the lead role get all the attention. Movies lack the “Bruno Kirby” figure now more than ever and it shows!!
What's amazing about this scene is how a scene with unfunny comedy can paradoxically be so hilarious. It's probably because Bruno Kirby plays a guy who is not naturally funny, but is convinced that he is, so well.
Bruno Kirby is the most underrated actor and may he rest in peace. Remember Robin Williams was on that set! My favorite Viet Nam war movie. Subtle hilarious till the last scene hits u like a ton of bricks!
RIP Bruno Kirby even though I didn't find his humor funny as the guys pointed out. It just felt Dry like the Sahara desert. To quote the late Heath Ledger's Joker: "And I thought my jokes were bad."
Bruno Kirby was born a week and a half before my dad was born. He died a week before I started high school. It's crazy he's been gone for nearly 15 yrs.
Ended up being the funniest scene in the movie. It's the one scene I rewatch. Bruno Kirby, from the godfather part 2 to city slickers.... What a legend.
Am I the only one who thinks that this guys routine is hilarious? I was literally crying with laughter.....though admittedly not for the right reasons XD
When I was in the 82nd Airborne in 1972 we had an officer just like Haulk. When I saw "Good morning Vietnam " All those memories came back... I laughed and laughed. Now I feel sorry for the little prick.
From a Marine in Da Nang: "Captain Hauk sucks the sweat off of a dead man's balls." I have no idea what that means, sir, but it seems very negative to me.
When we were stationed in Puerto Rico in the early 60's, we had a radio DJ on the Armed Forces Radio Station on our base who was a lot like Haulk. The guy was terrible. Lucky for us the Base Commander didn't like him either and he got replaced by an Airman a lot like Adrian Cronour. Could have been Adrian for all I know. I used to hang out at the radion station at 12 years old and helped him in the booth. I even did the Jerry Lewis Telethon with him for 3 years. One of the reasons I went into radio Broadcasting in the 70's. But no one told me you starved for 10 years before making enough money to give up your day job. I didn't stick with it. Found a real career that paid good money and stuck with it.
