Roll, Freddy, Roll!

This movie had my husband and I "rolling" on the floor in laughter. I have been searching for years for "Roll Freddy Roll". This the the first time I have even seen it come up on a website, THANK YOU. Now to get Disney to bring it out on DVD or even VHS would make me very happy.Tim is one of my favorite actors and everyone should see this hilarious film. We were newly married when we watched this on TV and I have never forgotten it. I have searched the web over and over and was beginning to think I had the wrong title, I knew that Tim Conway was the main actor so continued to search. I will be using this site to search for movies that I would love to buy. Please stress that this movie needs to be brought back for my children and my grandchildren to see. Come on Disney, bring it back!

Even when I first saw "Roll, Freddy, Roll" as an 11-year-old fan of anything starring Tim Conway, something puzzled me. Sure, I enjoyed Tim as always. And the climax where he's rolling through the streets like "Bullitt" on roller skates is amazing. But I just couldn't figure out the ex-wife and kid. I mean, Freddy's rival for his son's attention is a car dealer during an oil crisis ... while Freddy designs mainframe computers before anyone even knows what they are! So it's pretty obvious who the cool dad really is. If the ex and the kid are really that shallow, we need a sequel to set things straight - one where Freddy's a billionaire with a half-dozen IPOs under his belt, preferably roller blading with his third trophy wife.

This is a funny movie about a man trying to get his son's approval. He decides to get in the Guinness Book of records by wearing roller skates longer than anyone. He ends up being a pall bearer on roller skates and whipping out of control down a parking ramp--all silly fun that's a perfect vehicle for Conway type physical humor and a good movie for kids to watch.

I remember seeing "Roll, Freddy, Roll" when it first aired on December 17, 1974; I had just begun junior high school in Lansing, Michigan.

Seeing this film again would bring back many great memories; unfortunately, the last time I saw "Roll, Freddy, Roll" was in 1987 when an independent station here in Detroit ran it. Naturally, the station cut the film in order to fit the time slot (without commercials, "Roll, Freddy, Roll" ran about an hour and 40 minutes).

I discovered Disney now owns "Roll, Freddy, Roll;" in mid-1995 they purchased ABC, whose former ABC Circle Films division produced the film (ABC Circle Films was later responsible for "Moonlighting").

In unity there is strength, and the more requests Disney receives about "Roll, Freddy, Roll," the quicker they'll dig into their vaults, unearth it, and put it on DVD!

(Postscript, May 12, 2020: I discovered about five years ago *MGM* now owns the rights to "Roll, Freddy, Roll." It's part of an ABC Films portfolio MGM distributes for all media including such other ABC Circle Films made-for-TV movies as "Can Ellen Be Saved?" and "The Day After," as well as such ABC Motion Pictures theatrical films as "Silkwood." So all I can suggest now is to try contacting MGM and/or Universal Studios Home Entertainment, who now distributes all MGM product - with the exception of the pre-June 1986 MGM films, which are owned by Warner Bros. - on DVD. If either or both companies are hounded enough, then hopefully they'll put "Freddy" on DVD.)

My Mom has been talking about this movie for years! I remember watching this in the TV room in the basement of our house in Wilton, CT. My Mom was laughing so hard her stomach was shaking and tears were rolling off her face. I was four years old and I remember crystal clear. She asked me to run upstairs to fetch a box of Kleenex for her. The only part of the movie I remember is Tim Conway rolling down a hilly road, I think out of control.

If there is any way to get this on DVD it would be the best gift I could get her so she too could see if it really was that funny or if she is nuts!!

Can anyone let me know if this is available on DVD? I have looked around for it but come up empty