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Ted Knight steals the show...


A classic like Caddyshack is filled with comedic geniuses like Murray, Dangerfield and Chase all at their best...One person outshines them all...Ted Knight...His portrayal of Judge Smails is the best performance in Caddyshack and that's saying a lot...His mannerisms and facial expressions are priceless...His dialogue is some of the funniest of all time...The old "Billy Baroo", "Well, we're waiting" and "You'll get nothing and like it" make me laugh every time...



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Have to admit, I know him from Too Close for Comfort mostly, but he played the pompons ass to a letter in Cadyshack and really gave it that seasoned flavor. It's funny I used to work for a guy who was that "full" of himself yet was no better off than me, so that whole boating scene when he's christening his 20' POS sale boat and Dangerfield's anchor comes in and sinks it is just a smile to my face every time

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Caddyshack had an ensemble cast. Ted Knight was just one of the boys.

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"Don't you have homes?" lol

I agree, among all the comic talent, including Bill Murray, who I feel is the best comic of all time, Ted Knight is the best of the best in Caddyshack.

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You are so correct on this, sir. Ted Knight was the best in this film. Had the most iconic lines and delivered them to perfection that we're still talking about it and repeating them nearly 40 years later. This film has never lost its classic appeal, thanks largely for knight. Dangerfield and the others wouldn't have been as funny. We lost him way too soon.

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You are so correct on this, sir. Ted Knight was the best in this film. Had the most iconic lines and delivered them to perfection that we're still talking about it and repeating them nearly 40 years later. This film has never lost its classic appeal, thanks largely for knight. Dangerfield and the others wouldn't have been as funny. We lost him way too soon.

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100% agreed! One of the funniest scenes is when Noonan walks into his office (after the judge has caught him with Lacey). As Smails casually turns in his chair his leg bangs the table and his eyes get really big with pain! :D

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