History YMMV / SullivansTravels

* TheWoobie: Sullivan himself becomes this in the third act when he gets robbed of all his money, tossed onto a freight car, struck with amnesia, loses his identity and thrown in a labor camp.

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* AwardSnub: The film was ignored at the Oscars.

* SignatureScene: John sitting in a theater with convicts, all laughing at a comedy.

* VindicatedByHistory: Not too many people liked the film when it first came out, and it didn't get any nominations in the {{UsefulNotes/Academy Award}}s. Now it's considered one of the classic comedies of its era.

* VindicatedByHistory: Not too many people liked the film when it first came out, and it didn't get any nominations in the {{UsefulNotes/Academy Award}}s. Now when people look back on it, they're kinder on it than before and tend to appreciate its merits.

* HilariousInHindsight: The "serious" movie Sullivan wants to make about TheGreatDepression? ''O Brother Where Art Thou?'' Nearly 60 years later, Creator/TheCoenBrothers made their own movie about TheGreatDepression called...'' Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'', though it was a deliberate {{Homage}} and ShoutOut to the Sturges film.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Not too many people liked the film when it first came out, and it didn't get any nominations in the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwards. Now when people look back on it, they're kinder on it than before and tend to appreciate its merits.

* HilariousInHindsight: The "serious" movie Sullivan wants to make about TheGreatDepression? "O Brother Where Art Thou"? Nearly 60 years later, the Coen Brothers made their own movie about TheGreatDepression called...'' Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'', though it was a deliberate {{Homage}} and ShoutOut to the Sturges film.

* HilariousInHindsight: The "serious" movie Sullivan wants to make about TheGreatDepression? "O Brother Where Art Thou"? Nearly 60 years later, the Coen Brothers made their own movie about TheGreatDepression called...Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou, though it was a deliberate {{Homage}} and ShoutOut to the Sturges film.

* AnAesop:
-->'''John L. Sullivan:''' (''telling his bosses he no longer wants to make O Brother Where Art Thou'') There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have? It isn't much, but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan.

* HilariousInHindsight: The "serious" movie Sullivan wants to make about TheGreatDepression? "O Brother Where Art Thou"? Nearly 60 years later, the Coen Brothers made their own movie about TheGreatDepression called...Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou.

* HilariousInHindsight: The "serious" movie Sullivan wants to make about TheGreatDepression? "O Brother Where Art Thou"? Nearly 60 years later, the Coen Brothers made their own movie about TheGreatDepression called...OBrotherWhereArtThou.