I don't know why Reefer Madness wound up getting all the attention. It doens't even come close to achieving the inspired, reactionary lunacy of the superior marijuana-scare movie Marihuana. Maybe it was the title: Reefer Madness is far more catchy than the obvious Marihuana.
("What'd you name it?"
"Marihuana."
"You made a movie about marijuana and you called it Marihuana."
"What do you want? I was on a tight schedule—no time for clever. They said, 'quick, give us a title for our marijuana movie.' I gave them the first thing that popped into my head: Marihauana."
"That's another thing. Why'd you change the "J" in marijuana to an "H" for the movie title."
"What do you mean? That's how we spell it in these olden times. I told— Wait a minute. How would you know that? I never showed you the poster."
"I can see letters when you talk."
"I could'a told them to put that in the movie. I didn't know that marijuana did that to people."
"Who said anything about marijuana?")
Where was I? Oh yeah, you should watch this trailer for Marihuana. Also, check out the movie; it's a hoot.
[The trailer:]
2 comments:
Heh, I've seen this movie. The swimming scene made me laugh so hard.
Oh my God, I was laughing the whole way through this movie. I think it's infinitely more entertaining than Reefer Madness.
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