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How did you come to this Board

posted 19 years ago by RichN36
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I have always been Intrested in how people come to these boards. Take this Made for TV Movie. I can remember seeing this movie years ago when it first came on TV. But alass the years had put this movie back into the Distant Memorys of Movie History.

Now to the Point I came to this board from watching the Movie Classic "Caine Munity" In that movie Jerry Parish had a small roll I Remember Jerry Parish from the Dick Van Dike TV show. while looking at the Credits I clicked on Jerry Parish and Read the Movies he was in and then I saw this Movie from my Childhood.

[–] rowan_red 19 years ago

As often happens with imdb, I went through degrees of relationships:

After watching Lord of the Rings, I mentioned that Sean Astin must be the son of John Astin and Patty Duke. After looking it up, I wanted to show my daughters who John Astin is--not exactly an easy task, for kids born during the 80's.

We scanned his filmography, and I can't believe I remembered "Evil Roy Slade", after all these years! It must have been pretty good, eh?

[–] luke_bannon 19 years ago

Well, I read a review of the film on another website, came to this page to read more about it. My parents then let me know they heard of it and that it was coming on TV that week (what a coincidence). It is truly one of the funniest films I have seen.

ThE MaStER wOuLd NoT ApPrOvE- Torgo

[–] Shut_Up_Lige 19 years ago

I was cleaning out the basement & came across a bunch of movies on VHS I recorded years ago. A lot I had replaced on DVD but ERS caught my eye so I watched it last night. I forgot how incredibly silly this movie is. BTW silly=good.

Watch 'em Abe, I seen 'em do some things!

[–] Skeeter700 19 years ago

In a review for a different movie staring Jackie Coogan, the John Astin movie "Evil Roy Slade" was mentioned as being a superior made for TV comedy. So I came here and checked it out.

[–] jonellington 19 years ago

Hard to beleive it has been 30 years since I saw this movie as a small kid, I just bought it on ebay and can't wait to see it again.

[–] oswald_wilkes 19 years ago

I saw Evil Roy Slade when I was young, and it impressed me forever. Well, I was at that "impressionable age" then...

It was brilliant. I also loved John Astin in "the Adventures of Brisco County Jr." which looks like it is going to be released on DVD soon...

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4260

Love,

Os

[–] jmcstarbug 18 years ago

My parents told me about it. They said it was a must have.

Im going on an evil roy slade hunt tomorrow =)

[–] wizmik 16 years ago

I own an original copy still with the box that I bought new about 10 years ago--I love this movie !! As a drama teacher I use this as a example of how some things just cannot become a series on TV --the students have to figure out why the networks did not pick it up in an open response question.

[–] jessicaligula 16 years ago

10 years ago when I was leaving for college my father's advice for me was to, "never trust a lonely midget."
He told me it was a line from a movie but I could never remember what it was.
So, I typed the quote in and here I am.
I think I'll surprise him with the DVD.

Lets do it! Lets be ninjas!

[–] DoctorStrangelove 16 years ago

That is the greatest story I have ever heard.

The Astronaut Farmer - 6/10

He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.

[–] cowboydesperado-1 16 years ago

saw it when it was on in '72, saw it again years later on the late show (ABC in LA) and bought the DVD today...still hilarious

'I tried to go straight, honey, but I couldn't do it! My idea of a nine-to-five job is nine guys robbin' five guys!'

'We all dream of being a child again - even the worst of us. Perhaps the worst most of all...'

[–] hammerlix 15 years ago

OK, here's how I got here... My wife, granddaughter and I went to the all you can eat Chinese buffet this evening because the little girl wanted Chinese food. When I saw the price was $14.95 per adult and $7.95 for kids, I became determined to punish the Buffet's owner for the offense of over pricing and gouging the public. The punishment I rendered on the establishment involved eating mass quanities of costly offerings such as crab legs and shrimps.
I punished that Buffet so bad, I had to roll my bloated belly into my house and passed out from food overload before 7PM. At 11:30PM, my granddaughter awoke me by shining a flashlight in my face. The little girl was captured by my wife and soon was asleep in her own bed and my wife went to bed, leaving me up wide awake. So I watched an episode of The Rifleman which I Tivoed in honor of the series 50th aniverary. After the episode ended, I was interested in one of the actors I saw on the show who looked very familure but I couldn't place him, so I came to IMDB. I looked up the actor who as it turned out was also "Chip" from My Three Sons. Then I read about the man who played Lucas McCain, the rifleman who was Chuck Connors who turned out to have played on 3 pro teams (basketball and baseball) including the Celtics and Cubs and was the first NBA player to shatter a backboard. Anyway, while reading about Chuck Connors, Claude Akins name was mentioned. I liked Claude Akins and I thought about him for a few seconds. Akins usually played a tough guy, but my favorite Akins role was that of the dishonest Police Chief Lobo in the short lived comedy TV series "The Misadventures of Chief Lobo".
For some strange and unknown reason, the sound of the title "The Misadventures of Chief Lobo" linked with a long-ago memory and brought forth the spark reaching back to the past... "What was that title? Evil somebody. I remember John Astin was in it. Evil Roy Slade... I think that was it... let me try that on the IMDB search feature and see what happens...

And so, here I am at this board and glad I came here because I also learned I can purchase Evil Roy Slade on DVD now. I am also happy because trying to remember how I got to this board and writing it all down has made me tired... so maybe I can get back to the business of sleeping.

[–] RARanieri 14 years ago

I have been a fan of John Astin for many years, and I remember this TV movie as being one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV.

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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. - Mark Twain.

[–] filmbuff-36 14 years ago

I first heard about this movie by reading a review on the Unknown Movies website. I asked my dad, who was a western fan growing up, if he had ever heard of it before. His eyes lit up with recognition saying he loved the movie and hadn't seen it years.

Plus, I think John Astin is hysterical.

[–] Woodyanders 14 years ago

I came to this board after watching the film and submitting a comment on it. It's a very funny send-up of the western genre with a terrific lead performance by John Astin.

"We're all part Shatner/And part James Dean/Part Warren Oates/And Steven McQueen"

[–] busta_seam 13 years ago

Well, I came here because I remembered an oft-used (by me) line, and I wanted to see if this was the movie it came from. In the scene in question, Evil and his gang are about to rob their final train/stagecoach (can't remember which one; I haven't seen this movie since it was on TV when I was a teenager). As a parting gift, Evil has autographed (?) some of his old wanted posters and has one of his henchmen pass them out to the rest of the gang. He gets nostalgic and realizes he really has no clue who some of the gang members are. I believe the big guy with the eye patch says something like, "Roy, it's me, Patch. Don't you remember? We..." then proceeds to describe some memorable event they both participated in. Roy pauses, looking wistful, then instructs his henchman with the posters, "......Give 'im another poster." Now comes the quote I use....the gang all pitch in and get Roy some sort of parting gift. He looks at them and, looking very gracious says, "......Boys......I'm touched. Not enough to say 'thank you' but,....I AM touched." Great stuff. I'm pretty sure it's from this movie, and I was a bit surprised to see that it was not in the "quotes" section, as it is a classic line.

"220...221 whatever it takes"

[–] grantcb 12 years ago

My aunt and uncle happen to be big fans, and they shared it with my family just yesterday after Christmas dinner. At first I was a tad uninterested, but after a couple of minutes or so I warmed up to it and was soon laughing uproariously with everyone else. It's guite honestly one of the funnier films I've seen in ages. I was surprised to learn, once visiting this page, that it was originally made for TV.

Slade to his accountant: "Where's the rest of your hat?"

[–] Magus1986 11 years ago

I was watching Dementia 13 tonight on TCM and looked up Luana Anders. I noticed that this movie was in her resume and had to stop by because I remembered really loving this movie as a kid and wanted to see if it was getting any recognition these days.

[–] andy-todd-1 10 years ago

I'm watching The Shakiest Gun in the West (Don Knotts, 1968) and saw Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi). Came on IMDB to see Pat's filmography and lo and behold, he was in Evil Roy also. I hope to come across Evil Roy sometime soon.