Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
- Desk Sergeant
- (as Alan Hale)
Storyline
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- TriviaWhen Johnny discusses going "legit" with Lil, they happily envision all the wonderful things offered by such a lifestyle. One of the benefits was the ability to "say 'hi' to a neighbor named Fred", a tip of the hat to Fred Rogers. Michael Keaton got started in the industry by working as a stagehand on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968) when he was still living in Pittsburgh. When Rogers died in 2003, Keaton hosted Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor (2004), a memorial program on PBS dedicated to his friend and mentor.
- GoofsVermin supposedly found out that Johnny Dangerously's real last name is Kelly after Tommy gets married. However, Vermin and Johnny knew each other as kids, so Vermin would have known what his last name was already.
- Quotes
Roman Moroni: I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves.
- Crazy creditsAfter the opening credits, you see "1935" on the screen. A car in the near lane of the street drives behind it. Then, another car (in the far lane) runs into the number sitting on the road, and smashes it to pieces.
- Alternate versionsAround the time of the Columbine shootings, Comedy Central removed Danny Vermin's line (referring to his specially made 88 Magnum) "It shoots through schools.".
- ConnectionsEdited into 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996)
- SoundtracksThis Is the Life (Theme From 'Johnny Dangerously')
Written by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
[Title song played over opening title card and credits]
Lots of great gags, like Johnny advising kids to chew gum instead of smoking, Johnny's jail house striped suit, the running gag of Joe Piscapoe's character saying that certain members of his family did something to him "once... ONCE.", the running gag of Johnny's brother being unable to resist the temptation of sex, and of course, the fireworks that go off whenever Johnny gets laid.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Johnny peligroso
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,124,395
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,947,746
- Dec 25, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $17,124,395
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1