But Andy is troubled by self-worth issues. Andy must join the team too, as Gus only kicks when a certain word is spoken in Serbian: 'Oyage!' By kicking a field goal with every possession, the Atoms begin an impressive winning streak. Debbie imports Gus and his owner Andy Petrovic (Gary Grimes) as a halftime attraction, but Gus is promoted to the team when it is determined that nothing in the rule books prohibits a non-human player. Through family connections, Cooper's perky secretary Debbie Kovac (Liberty Williams, aka Louise Williams) learns about Gus, a Yugoslavian mule that unerringly kicks perfect field goals. The morose Cooper makes an unwise bet: if the Atoms lose the Super Bowl, the gamblers will take possession of the team lock, stock and barrel. Club owner Hank Cooper (Edward Asner) is on the verge of losing his team over gambling debts owed to the racketeers Charles Gwynn (Harold Gould) and Cal Wilson (Dick Van Patten). With the nervous Coach Venner (Don Knotts) in charge, the players can barely perform on the field. The maladroit California Atoms haven't won a game in years. Ted Key's story is a standard come-from behind football saga, with a whimsical twist. Rams, so Gus made considerable use of his connection within the sport. The football connection was a natural: Disney executive Ron Miller had played for the L.A. McEveety and Key were united again for Gus (1976), a football-themed fantasy starring yet another unlikely animal hero with an amazing power. Key's visually-oriented humor was well suited to Disney's simple, gag-driven family comedies. He was also noted as the creator of the edgier TV cartoon fantasy Peabody's Improbable History (1959), about a dog who makes a time machine. Also contributing was the cartoonist and writer Ted Key, who was already famous as the creator of Hazel, a single-panel cartoon that ran in The Saturday Evening Post from 1943 to 1969 and eventually became a successful TV series. That comedy about a duck that lays golden eggs also established a Disney association with director Vincent McEveety, who begun working in TV a decade earlier with The Untouchables (1959). Jones also starred in the Love Bug pictures and The Million Dollar Duck (1971). Disney's most consistently used actor was Dean Jones, whose long tenure as a star of lightweight comedies for the company began with 1965's That Darn Cat!. The hits became more sporadic but the Disney studio maintained the family spirit with cute gimmick movies, often involving animals.

Especially successful were a series about a sentient, cantankerous Volkswagen called The Love Bug, (1968) and several features starring ex-child actor Kurt Russell as young men with special powers, such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969).

Although the production of animated features tapered off, live-action family comedies prospered. I'll read anything (don't make me regret that), but when it comes to judging I am not obligated to be generous if you material is poorly formatted, hard to read, or annoying in any way.After the passing of Walt Disney, his production company worked hard to keep up the respected brand of family entertainment released through Disney's Buena Vista distribution arm. Length, subject matter, style are all up to you. Swearing and offensive material rarely make me laugh. Should have couplets where a specific rhyme is hinted at, but missed.

So, I'm afraid that for this contest, judging will be based on what I find funny. In previous contests, I've worked hard to understand, interpret, and appreciate the contributions. He deserved what he got, I don't regret it a bit.īy the way, you're standing in bull ca-ca. If Jock could talk, he'd give you a clue. The instrument here, of course, is that there's a specific obvious word that you're supposed to assume, but the killer somehow just keeps getting the last word wrong. Uwatsum is gone, 'cause he knew too much.īye for now, but rest assured we'll keep in constant contact with each other. Characters keep getting killed off, and with each body, the killer leaves the note in the form of a poem. In the 1980 comedy murder-mystery movie 'Private Eyes', Tim Conway and Don Knotts played two inspectors investigating a strange death in a haunted mansion.

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