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Where did everyone first see this movie at?

posted 18 years ago by grinermike
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I saw this movie at the drive-in with my girlfriend in 1977. The drive-in was cool because if your a partier,as we were , the stoner you got the better this movie got. Not that you had to be stoned to enjoy it then or now but it did add to the experience. You could hear people in other cars laughing their asses off all through the feature. In 1979 I became a theater manager of a dollar house and we packed them in with this movie for a couple of weeks. In 1981 I went to work for another theater chain ,also a dollar house, and again showed KFM and AGAIN packed people in to see it. People loved this movie at the time and ,as all the posts here show ,they still do, and it sold lots of tickets. I still have the original poster for this movie from that time and if you see it on ebay for cheap then buy it. This poster in good condition is now worth $150.00 to $200.00 depending where you see it listed for sale. People sell all kinds of posters on ebay well under their true value. What fond memories.
"Lets meet our guards"
Guard #1 Long Wang
Guard #2 Hung Well
Guard #3 Enormous Genitals!
The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in!
Moscow in flames,missles heading for Washington...film at 11.
Thats some classic stuff. Or as Larry the Cable Guy says" I don't care who you are. Thats funny right there"!
Where did you see it/ with who/ and what year?

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[–] Jan_El_Senor 11 years ago

On Cinemax or HBO in the 80s at a buddies house. I had to be 11 or 12 at the oldest. Yeah, my parents never would have let me watch it....

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[–] dsnyder1 10 years ago

The Gaylynn Theatre in Beaumont,TX.I went to it in all probability more than any other theatre in town.KFM was shown in the upstairs screen,which until two years earlier was the balcony,which from about 1970 was closed off(I'd sneak up there anyway,which worried my mother).The theatre was built in 1949 as part of Beaumont's first suburban style shopping center,it was also the last old-time showplace movie house built in town.I saw quite a few movies at the Gaylynn,& my mother bought most of my clothes at two stores located in the mall behind the theatre.In 1988,the theatre was closed,it remained vacant for the rest of the existance of the shopping center.New strip malls in more fashionable sections of town hurt the other stores,the two clothing stores went out of business shortly after the theatre closed,other stores relocated to the newer malls.In the late 1990's,nearby St.Elizabeth Hospital bought the Gaylynn Shopping Center & closed it after all leases expired.In 2003,it was demolished,today the Hospital runs an outpatient clinic with several doctor's offices in it.I still can't get used to the Gaylynn Theatre & Shopping Center not being there.

[–] kamikaze-4 10 years ago

My high school Social Studies class went to see The Lincoln Conspiracy at a multi-plex. Many students, including myself, snuck into another theater to see Cinderella 2000 and Kentucky Fried Movie. Great double bill I admit.

[–] TolerancEJ 10 years ago

"Amazon Women on the Moon" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092546) clicked with me and I started researching other sketch comedy style movies. Reading the details of Kentucky Fried Movie, I thought it would appeal to me. From a quick look in eBay, I bought and received a DVD.

I think I actually forgot I bought it. Then one day, I wasn't feeling well and stayed home from work. I saw the DVD on my shelf and thought it would cheer me up. I was laughing through the entire film.

[–] ultravio13 10 years ago

First saw it the same year it was released at a local grindhouse in Miami Beach. I'm sure it was part of a double feature. The nudity was a real eye-opener LOL. Strangely enough I really enjoyed the last segment (Eyewitness news) and seeing the film again a few days ago on hulu, I still really enjoyed it LOL. Tara Strohmeier is gorgeous.

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[–] Robbmonster 9 years ago

I first saw it in 1997 after searching for it for YEARS on VHS, and one day happened to find it. Loved it the moment I saw it.

I remember laughing for about 20 solid minutes following the 'lost drunken men' scene. It became a running joke with my brother and I. "What do you drink?" "I don't care."

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