Talk:It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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What in the world?!?

Clearly, somebody has to report a bug on this one, but I'm unclear on what happened. I tried to move it (to the lower case title), but after KQ, I guess? DanKeshet

Thank you for your help, everyone. Modemac

"3iyZiyA7iMwg5rhxP0Dcc9oTnj8qD1jm1Sfv4" is used as a unique separator string in intermediate page parsing steps. How it got into a page title, I'm not sure.

Ah! Compare the wiki source and HTML of this revision of Buster Keaton.

Here's my bug report. --Brion 14:14 Aug 27, 2002 (PDT)

Sorry, right after moving that (and before finishing up deleting and explaining) I caught sight of the time--late for class. Brion, you got it exactly right--it was caused by the nowiki tags. --KQ 17:18 Aug 27, 2002 (PDT)

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Dispute Cinerama. The Region 2 DVD credits say "filmed in Ultra Panavision", although I guess this may have been compatible with one-strip Cinerama equipment.

• Problem solved - filmed in Ultra Panavision, projected in Cinerama (and the first to do so, as well!). --Girolamo Savonarola July 1, 2005 16:29 (UTC)

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Didn't a Simpsons episode involve finding a treasure under a T-shaped palm, with a W configuration showing up in the background? 142.177.124.178 03:30, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

• Yes. This is mentioned under influences. 199.224.81.132 16:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

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Wasn't DeForest Kelley also in that movie? I think I remember him in that scene dancing in a bar when his mother tries to phone him for help (but he ignores the phone first). Der Eberswalder 00:26, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

There's no bar dancing scene in this movie. You must be confusing this with a scene where Sylvester Marcus (Dick Shawn) is dancing at his bachelor pad with his girlfriend (Madlyn Rhue). —Quicksilver^{T @} 07:35, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

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I'm not disputing the talent of the cast, but isn't "fabulous comedians" a slightly biased description (it's not in the context of a quote)? Surely there are people out there who don't find the cast fabulous. "Talented" might be more appropriate, or even "Successful comedians" is better, because it can't be disputed as subjective.

Contents 1 Neutral POV 2 Versions? 3 Criticism/Reception? 4 Sequel

[edit] Neutral POV

I don't know about you, but it just doesn't really show a neutral point of view to me. This is wny I put up the neutrality sign. My arguments are that- 1)QUOTE-"Most of the humor is not especially sophisticated, consisting mainly of very noisy slapstick gags"

It doesn't sound very neutral to me. It depends on the person if 

it is sophisticated or not.

2)QUOTE-"The film had a wonderful title theme song with music by Ernest Gold and lyrics by Mack David. They also wrote for the film "You Satisfy My Soul" and "Thirty-One Flavors."

It depends on the person, again.

3)QUOTE-"Phil Silvers, one of the greatest comedians of all time and player of Otto Meyer..."

Also depends on the person

I hope this helps69.22.224.249 06:52, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• End of spoilers tag missing.

[edit] Versions?

Could someone elaborate on why the 182 minute version was not issued on DVD? a lot of people, including myself, are pissed off at MGM for not releasing this version on DVD. In the details of the different versions, it says that because of the nature of the "restored" footage, this version was not released on DVD. Somebody please explain this. Surely the "restored" sequences could be digitally cleaned up and possibly even color corrected (using similar technology to that used to colorize black and white images) to match the rest of the film.

[edit] Criticism/Reception?

I'm thinking a section about the reception the film received from critics and fans (when it premiered) would be appropriate. Sundevilesq 00:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sequel

It's great to know that a sequel to this movie is finally going to be made! I have always enjoyed this movie---it features almost all its comedians it prime form---and I can't wait. Just hope it won't be anything like "Rat Race"! ---- Posted by JS —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 164.58.96.126 (talk) 21:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC).