Meanwhile, on the Hitler Channel...

[oneplusme]

Spotted on one of the many Discovery channels this evening, a helpful overlaid title indicating that this is apparently "Hitler and the Nazi's Weekend".

(Of course, now I'm wondering which Nazi. Perhaps there was some kind of mythic ur-Nazi whom my history teachers somehow neglected to mention?)

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[weds]

Oh, see, you misunderstand. This evening, they're showing the somewhat beloved children's classic, Hitler and the Nazi's Weekend.

The scene with the sorting shirt is not to be missed.

[seangaffney]

It's the wackiest buddy comedy ever! Hitler and the Nazi get blackmailed into helping a Jew escape from Germany! You won't believe the funny! Check out the great scene where Hitler dresses up as a Gypsy boat salesman, it was the inspiration for all of Rob Schneider's schtick.

[weds]

Was this the 1987 remake? I was really disappointed by Gaumont's effort to appeal to the 13-18 demographic when the original was more of a Russo-Finnish Pippi Longstocking for boys.

[seangaffney]

It was the 1987, yes. I'm just far more familiar with that, as USA Up All Night used to show it constantly (it's only just recently I was able to get a copy WITHOUT Gilbert Gottfried intros), usually right after The Pink Chiquitas.

Whereas I think the original was hard to find unless you were in Europe or had a Beta VCR, at least until that Criterion Collection DVD came out.

I will agree the original had the better final chase scene - the remake adding a pie fight just made it one too many coincidences, I think.

[sabers4]

Is it wrong for me to actually WANT to watch all these synopses? :D

[oneplusme]

How come he didn't appear in Hitler vs. Stalin, eh? A terrible oversight, that.