Pardon My Blooper

This is one of my top five favorite movies to watch. The movie is based on the blooper books and albums that Kermit Schafer made. One thing about this movie is that most of the bloopers are re-created, not the actual bloopers themselves, but they are so funny, you won't care. Most of these bloopers have so many swear words, suggestive dialogue and nudity that if the movie was shown on a local broadcast tv station , most of the movie might have to have a "bleep" over most of the words in the bloopers, and editing out some of the bloopers, making the movie shorter. The "porno movies shown on a tv station" blooper could never be shown on a local or basic cable tv station without being heavily censored. When I first saw this movie, I laughed so hard I couldn't catch my breath! The bloopers are ones you might not see on those Dick Clark produced "Bloopers" tv specials. The video is probably out of print now, but hopefully someone will release it again onto video or DVD.

I saw this movie in a theater in the fall of 1974. It was the first R-rated movie I ever saw! The movie was advertised in TV, radio and newspapers as being released for a week to qualify for the Oscars as a documentary (the critic who reviewed it for the L.A. Times had a big issue with that, but still gave the film a lukewarm review). All the classic "bloopers" (Uncle Don, sports and news reporters, even Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds") are here...all packaged into a feature film. The other reviewer is right...you won't see any of this on TV...not without the bleeper button and the editor's scissors!! Lots of nudity and profanity...the commercial announcer said "you'll laugh for hours!" Indeed...I can still remember scenes from this movie 36 years later!! One would think it'd be out on video/DVD but it doesn't seem to be...one would think with the "blooper" series of the 1980s and the reality series of the last few years it'd be available...maybe it's a legal issue...??!! Get it resolved and give us the bloopers!! As Kermit Schafer said, "To forgive is human, to err is divine!!"

Having just read Kermit Schafer's book "Best of Bloopers", when I stumbled on to this, his movie of those bloopers, on Amazon Prime Video, I knew I had to check it out! Most of those bloopers seemed to be staged for the movie, judging by the one they played from "The Ed Sullivan Show" in which the voice from that show doesn't really sound like Ed! However, when presenting portions of Orson Welles radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds", that's indeed the actual voice and content of Welles you hear. Most of the bloopers are not suitable for family viewing or hearing so be warned! So, yes, I thought Pardon My Blooper was hilarious!

Pardon My Blooper Review 1974. Compilation of real, historic and true bloopers throughout the recorded era. Bloopers. Kermit Schafer.

This should work for just about everyone: "guaranteed to give you 60 minutes of mental illness on Friday." More authentic and genuine than Candid Camera or Punk'd. Better than Reddit or TikTok compilations. Try it with the captions on - they were well coded. Humpy the Camel does not appear. Sure to bring some hoots and howls. Ape-tastic: 4; Black Monolith with Apes: 0; Conelrad Alert: 1; Human Alert: TALKIE; Indian Head Test Pattern: 2; Monkeys at a Typewriter: 6; Poop Show: 0; Propeller Cap: 2.

00:55:30 "Ben Casey performs delicate brain surgery on a deranged killer, in another exciting thriller, guaranteed to give you 60 minutes of mental illness on Friday."

Monetization? We don't need no monetization. Keep Central City currency free.

Kermit Schafer's million-selling "Pardon My Blooper" albums are still a laugh-riot. But as I've slowly learned thru the decades, the albums in many cases were reenactments, and not from bona fide sources. In the present film, the classic "President Hoobert Heever" foul-up was from an original radio broadcast, as was Uncle Don's infamous fiasco. But the Buffalo Bob Smith blooper had the original recording utilized, but with a color film of a man and boy lip-synching to it. Similarly, a radio tape of the famous "purple people eater" goof had stock footage of a record player superimposed over it.

In short, it's virtually impossible to distinguish what's genuine and what's not. Can't say much for the movie's theme song, either.