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things I noticed now that I'm older

posted 20 years ago by burning_empire_of_illusion
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I just bought this on DVD after not seeing it for years. When the nurse sticks him with the needle and he screams out "I did it, I stole the Limberg baby, I am Josef Mengele." I almost died laughing.

That is a pretty serious statement for such a light-hearted movie.

For those who don't know: Charles Limberg was the first man to fly over the English channel in an aircraft, and his baby was stolen in the middle of the night. There is much contraversy over the kidnapping. Josef Mengele was the Nazi "Angel of Death" who was responsible for the medical experiments on prisoners in the death camps.

Eddie and Jake are hilarious together. I don't know why they switched Eddie for that old guy in the future movies.

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[–] strattonr 20 years ago

OK, first of all, it is Charles Lindbergh (not Limberg). He wasn't the first person to fly over the English Channel, he was the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris.

Get your facts straight.

[–] burning_empire_of_illusion 20 years ago

ok sorry 'bout that. Thanks for the correction, try not to be such a jackas$ troll next time.

***In life there are only 3 rules. Worship Jim Henson, listen to heavy metal, and get laid***

[–] strattonr 20 years ago

Only if you promise to not be such a dumba$$.

[–] WndrMick 20 years ago

Girls, girls, you're both pretty. :D

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[–] gothor 16 years ago

Yeah, I'd hit it.

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[–] tekno_maker18 15 years ago

Wow you really are a jack@$$

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[–] Westaz316 15 years ago

Yeah, guy. Don't take it so personally. Get a life already if you have nothing better to do with your time than correct other's misspelling names and so.

[–] micro506 19 years ago

Yeah, burning, he's right. If you can't get your facts straight, don't bother posting.

[–] SevenKal-ElGuiry 19 years ago

who is vern? are we vern? or is someone else vern. he's all way talking to someone named vern.

Seven

[–] isnam7 19 years ago

Give the guy a break. He (or she) just wanted to comment on the movie. Don't be so critical. I happen to know yall didn't make 100%'s in history class. Safe Assumption...

"The Groundhog came out and witnessed a homicide!"- David Letterman

"So there is now no condemnation awaiting those who belong to Christ Jesus" Romans 8:1

[–] franchise_ak 19 years ago

does the groundhog live in detroit or the Sea of New Orleans?

[–] damiensyde 19 years ago

Vern...

The mysterious, faceless "buddy" that Ernest is always bugging or intruding upon. The movies were great, but the commercials are ESSENTIAL Ernest.

And, yeah, go easy on people.

[–] DorkKnight1987 19 years ago

Well oddly enough, the Eddie that they used for this one ended up being in the other Ernest movies, just as different characters.

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[–] spidysense97-1 16 years ago

Nice observation, i looked in on that a few years ago after wondering who Josef Mengele was. I unfortunately knew who Lindberg was.

If there was one thing i always found weird about this movie, it was the fact that Ernest nor Nurse St. Cloud tried to get that Krader guy arrested for CLEARLY trying to shoot Ernest 3 times! All that happened was they apparently went to court and confessed to tricking the old indian into signing the lease to the land, therefore, Camp Kickakee was reopened. I would've seriously added the fact that the evil prick with the rifle tried to kill an unarmed man. Even if the guy and his crew didn't deserve what they got, they still had no right to try and shoot anyone. I would've sued him and his company for fraud, and got him slapped with an attempted murder charge. I know it was just a silly movie, but that guy in real life would've gotten a lot more than what he walked away with.

"Imagination is the Figment"

[–] Testament31904 15 years ago

I like burning_empire_of_illusion's version better, fiction or not...jerks.

[–] justbennett 15 years ago

I'm glad they remade this movie and named it Avatar. Hmmmm.

[–] indecentactions 14 years ago

Avatar could only wish it was as re-watchable as this.

[–] novastar_6 14 years ago

When I was a kid, I didn't know anything about either thing so I thought Josef Mengele WAS the man who kidnapped the Lindburgh baby, LOL!