The ending really confused me. Where was the Charming's father at the end? Was she just pretending to like Catus Jack to trick him? It all seemed rather abrupt way to end this early Arnold western masterpience. Also, does anyone think Nervous Elk sounds exactly like Roger the alien from the American Dad cartoon?
shareThat's because the voice of the alien is based on an impersonation of Paul Lynde, who plays Nervous Elk in this movie.
His distinct voice was often impersonated back in the 70's and 80's when Paul Lynde was the most popular actor/personality on Hollywood Squares. He usually sat in the center square and made rather indelicate double-entredre remarks to questions.
No, the actor who played Nervous Elk, (Paul Lynde), died in 1982. He did however do the voice of Templeton the rat in Charlotte's Web.
The Villain was Paul Lynde's last film.
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yes, not a coincidence, because Roger's voice is based on an impression of Paul Lynde, the actor who played Nervous Elk. Many cartoon actors use bad (or good) impressions of famous people as characters, notably, Brain, from Pinky and the Brain, which was based on an impression of Orsen Wells.
sharei agree that the ending to this left you wondering what was going on. im not sure where they could have gone from there, but it was a very abrupt ending that didnt really conclude the movie. I like this movie (especially seeing Arnie in that funny suit), but have never really liked or maybe just not understood the last scene
shareAs a friend pointed out, this being bnasically whate Needham described as a "live action Road Runner cartoon", and considering that Mel Tillis (who is in the last scenes) has made his stutter a trademark, it's amazing they didn't end it with a "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!"
shareRegarding the ending... When Charming first saw Hanndsome, she thought of him as a good looking and muscular man. She wanted him to make a move, but he wasn't interested at all. It's easy to see that Charming gets bored of Handsome during the movie and that she wants a bad boy.
When charming asks "Ah, exactly *what* are your intentions?" in the ending scene, Handome says "To see that justice is done!" and Cactus Jack says "Blow his head off! Steal the money! ... And then I'm gonna ravish you!". I guess that's what did it for her ;)
I agree it ended rather suddenly and I sat there wondering what happened to all the characters, then I realized it didn't matter. It was all in fun to begin with.
The whole movie was supposed to be just a bunch of sight gags and humorous innuendos. So I reckon the director didn't see any need for a REAL ending. Why not yuck it up with some craziness?
I got the impression the ending was a play on the antics of Daffy Duck. In the cartoons he would sometimes bounce around like that. They must have shot numerous takes of that to get it right.
Man, I would love to see the bloopers and outtakes for this movie, I bet they would be a riot
Charming was just horny. Arnold wouldn't give her any, and Cactus Jack would. That's why she went with him. She just had cock on her mind.
Weird that Arnold banged that frumpy, old, ugly nanny, yet didn't want nothing to do with a 30-something Ann Margaret
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I'd like to know what happened as well after the ending. There really wasn't any resolution to the story after Cactus Jack goes on a jumping rampage after he was kissed by Charming.
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