History Film / Skidoo

* MarijuanaIsLSD: Uniquely reversed. The film's climax involves spiking the food supply of a prison with LSD as part of an escape plan. However, [[CriticalResearchFailure Groucho Marx was the only member of the cast or crew who had actually had any experience with the drug]], and he wasn't anywhere near that sequence. So, lacking any sort of direction, everyone settled for either acting ''drunk'', or [[LargeHam trying to compensate with volume]]. How they got Timothy Leary to endorse that is a mystery.

Gleason stars as retired gangster "Tough Tony" Banks ([[Music/TonyBanks no relation]]), whose old boss, a mob leader named "God" (Marx), wants him to kill imprisoned stoolpigeon George "Blue Chips" Packard (Rooney). Meanwhile, Tony's daughter Darlene (Alexandra Hay) has joined a group of hippies who are being hassled by the police, so Tony's flighty wife Flo (Creator/CarolChanning) invites them all to live at the Banks house. Tony infiltrates Packard's prison, but decides not to go through with the hit after an accidental LSD trip enlightens him. God is not happy to hear this, so he takes Darlene hostage on his luxury yacht to force Tony's hand. Flo and Darlene's hippie friends go on a rescue mission, while Tony escapes from prison by dosing the inmates, the warden (Creator/BurgessMeredith) and a visiting senator (Peter Lawford) with LSD and flying off in a balloon made of garbage. What can we say? It was TheSixties.

* CelebrityParadox: In the opening scene, Tony is wanting to watch Film/InHarmsWay on television. Not only was it an Otto Preminger film, but it also featured Burgess Meredith as a cast member.

''Skidoo'' was a 1968 comedy directed by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] in his last film appearance, alongside such other famous performers as Creator/MickeyRooney and Jackie Gleason.

Gleason stars as retired gangster "Tough Tony" Banks ([[Music/TonyBanks no relation]]), whose old boss, a mob leader named "God" (Marx), wants him to kill imprisoned stoolpigeon George "Blue Chips" Packard (Rooney). Meanwhile, Tony's daughter Darlene (Alexandra Hay) has joined a group of hippies who are being hassled by the police, so Tony's flighty wife Flo (Carol Channing) invites them all to live at the Banks house. Tony infiltrates Packard's prison, but decides not to go through with the hit after an accidental LSD trip enlightens him. God is not happy to hear this, so he takes Darlene hostage on his luxury yacht to force Tony's hand. Flo and Darlene's hippie friends go on a rescue mission, while Tony escapes from prison by dosing the inmates, the warden (Burgess Meredith) and a visiting senator (Peter Lawford) with LSD and flying off in a balloon made of garbage. What can we say? It was TheSixties.

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* CreativeClosingCredits: All the closing credits are ''sung'' by Music/HarryNilsson, even the copyright information! ("Copyright M-C-M-L-X-V-I-I-I by Sigma Productions Incorporated - your receipt's on fire...")
* CreditsGag: See above.

''Skidoo'' was a 1968 comedy directed by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] in his last film appearance, alongside such other famous performers as Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason.

Gleason stars as retired gangster "Tough Tony" Banks ([[Music/TonyBanks no relation]]), whose old boss, a mob leader named "God" (Marx), wants him to kill imprisoned stoolpigeon George "Blue Chips" Packard (Rooney). Meanwhile, Tony's daughter Darlene (Alexandra Hay) has joined a group of hippies who are being hassled by the police, so Tony's flighty wife Flo (Carol Channing) invites them all to live at the Banks house. Tony infiltrates Packard's prison, but decides not to go through with the hit after an accidental LSD trip enlightens him. God is not happy to hear this, so he takes Darlene hostage on his luxury yacht to force Tony's hand. Flo and Darlene's hippie friends go on a rescue mission, while Tony escapes from prison by dosing the inmates, the warden (Burgess Meredith) and a visiting senator (Peter Lawford) with LSD and flying off in a balloon made of garbage. What can we say? It was the 60s.

* CultureClash: The point of the film is to satirize the generation gap of the late 60s through the interaction of the hippies and the gangsters.

Gleason stars as retired gangster "Tough Tony" Banks ([[Music/TonyBanks no relation]]), whose old boss, a mob leader named "God" (Marx), wants him to kill imprisoned stoolpigeon George "Blue Chips" Packard (Rooney). Meanwhile, Tony's daughter Darlene (Alexandra Hay) has joined a group of hippies who are being hassled by the police, so Tony's flighty wife Flo (Carol Channing) invites them all to live at the Banks house. Tony infiltrates Packard's prison, but decides not to go through with the hit after an accidental LSD trip enlightens him. God is not happy to hear this, so he takes Darlene hostage on his luxury yacht to force Tony's hand. Flo and Darlene's hippie friends go on a rescue mission, while Tony escapes from prison by dosing the inmates, the warden (Burgess Meredith) and a visting senator (Peter Lawford) with LSD...

* CultureClash: The point of the film is to satirize the generation gap of the late 60s through the interaction of the hippies and the gangsters,

* MarijuanaIsLSD: Uniquely reversed. The film's climax involves spiking the food supply of a prison with LSD as part of an escape plan. However, [[CriticalResearchFailure only one member of the cast or crew had actually had any experience with the drug]] ([[spoiler:[[TheMarxBrothers Groucho Marx]]'s final film credit]]), and they weren't anywhere near that sequence. So, lacking any sort of direction, everyone settled for either acting ''drunk'', or [[LargeHam trying to compensate with volume]]. How they got Timothy Leary to endorse that is a mystery.

Gleason stars as retired gangster "Tough Tony" Banks ([[Music/TonyBanks no relation]]), whose old boss, a mob boss named "God" (Marx), wants him to kill imprisoned stoolpigeon George "Blue Chips" Packard (Rooney). Meanwhile, Tony's daughter Darlene (Alexandra Hay) has joined a group of hippies who are being hassled by the police, so Tony's flighty wife Flo (Carol Channing) invites them all to live at the Banks house. Tony infiltrates Packard's prison, but decides not to go through with the hit after an accidental LSD trip enlightens him. God is not happy to hear this, so he takes Darlene hostage on his luxury yacht to force Tony's hand. Flo and Darlene's hippie friends go on a rescue mission, while Tony escapes from prison by dosing the inmates, the warden (Burgess Meredith) and a visting senator (Peter Lawford) with LSD...

The A plot involves a mob boss named "God" (played by Marx) inducing retired gangster Tony Banks (Gleason) to kill imprisoned stoolpigeon George "Blue Chips" Packard (Rooney) by kidnapping Tony's daughter Darlene (Alexandra Hay). In the B plot, Tony's flighty wife Flo (Carol Channing) and Darlene's hippie friends go on a rescue mission to God's luxury yacht, where Darlene is being held hostage. Along the way, the CultureClash between the gangsters and the hippies is ruthlessly satirized.

* AllStarCast: As shown on the poster, the film features many famous actors playing the gangsters.

''Skidoo'' was a 1968 comedy directed by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] in his last film appearance, alongside such other famous performers as Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. The plot involves a mob boss named God kidnapping the daughter of a former gangster in order to force him out of retirement for one last job.

* FengSchwing: Frankie Avalon's character's bachelor pad.

''Skidoo'' was a 1968 comedy directed by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring Groucho Marx in his last film appearance, alongside such other famous performers as Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. The plot involves a mob boss named God kidnapping the daughter of a former gangster in order to force him out of retirement for one last job.

''Skidoo'' was a 1968 comedy directed by Otto Preminger and featuring Groucho Marx in his last film appearance, alongside such other famous performers as Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. The plot involves a mob boss named God kidnapping the daughter of a former gangster in order to force him out of retirement for one last job.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a long time, those who actually ''wanted'' to see this movie had to wait for it to turn up on Turner Classic Movies. It's since been released on DVD, though.

'''''Skidoo''''' was a 1968 comedy directed by Otto Preminger and featuring Groucho Marx in his last film appearance, alongside such other famous performers as Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. It's also a notoriously awful film, a poorly-conceived attempt to appeal to the 1960s counter-culture. The plot involves a mob boss named God kidnapping the daughter of a former gangster in order to force him out of retirement for one last job.

* OldShame: Otto Preminger was so ashamed of this movie that as soon as its theatrical run was completed, he had it taken out of circulation. The other actors probably aren't too proud of it, either.

* CriticalResearchFailure: LSD plays a role in the film's climax. Only Groucho Marx had any experience with the drug and he wasn't in that scene, so the effects of LSD are portrayed more like the effects of alcohol.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: This film was an attempt to convince 1960s audiences that older celebrities like Groucho Marx were still "with it". It failed miserably.

* WereStillReleventDammit: This film was an attempt to convince 1960s audiences that older celebrities like Groucho Marx were still "with it". It failed miserably.