Best comedy movie trivia of 1998

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Trivia: The police car they use is marked as "K-9 - canine patrol". John Belushi's brother James was in a movie called K-9. He was meant to appear in this, but couldn't due to other commitments.

Jon Sandys

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Trivia: The first Spanish song performed by Cheech Marin, Paulie, and the parrots in the cantina is the same song sung by Antonio Banderas and his mariachis in the opening sequence of "Desperado". Cheech Marin is the cantina owner in the other film as well.

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Trivia: Dog makes a quote from Winston Churchill, and a reference is made by XXXX and Jimmy in Layer Cake. Matthew Vaugn, the producer of Lock, Stock is also the director of Layer Cake.

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Trivia: This movie was inspired by the same urban legend as another 1998 movie, Dead Man On Campus. see: http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/suicide.asp.

J I Cohen

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Trivia: As a gag on set, Bokeem Woodbine, who plays Crunch, stuffed socks into his underwear in the locker room scene before they go to the hit at the beginning of the movie.

T Poston

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Trivia: This film has a few links to Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV program. The stoned guy with the brownies is Jessie who only appears in the first 2 episodes before getting turned into a vampire and getting killed by Xander. There is a girl who is staring at a banana - this is Amber Benson who played Willow's girlfriend Tara and finally and most obviously Seth Green who plays Kenny went on to play Willow's boyfriend Oz. See this website for more: http://www.buffyguide.com/galleries/multiple/canthardly.php.

Kara

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Trivia: In Jean-Pierre's office, there's a poster written "Le cabinet de dentiste est un endroit sûr" (The dentist office is a safe place). Funny, with what is going on there.

Dr Wilson

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Trivia: At the end of the film, the witches in black robes are all wearing red-and-white striped socks. This is a nod to one of the most recognizable witches of all time, the Wicked Witch of the East in "The Wizard of Oz."

padfootrocksmysocks

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Trivia: The region 1 DVD is called 'Sweet Revenge'.

jle

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Trivia: The actors on the movie case are not in the video.These actors were from the London cast.The only person who is on the case and in the movie is Veerle Casteleyn.

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Trivia: The lead guitarist in the Jack Frost Band is the film's music composer, Trevor Rabin.

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Trivia: A CatDog bonus short, called Winslow's Documentary, was released when the film was playing in theaters. The bonus short is also added on the VHS before film starts and as a special feature on the DVD.

Matthew Johnson

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Trivia: Christopher Walken's part was only meant to be a small one but he was so entertaining when he recorded his lines that his role was expanded.

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Trivia: The pilot of the airplane in the Thanksgiving Play is Susan Sarandon's daughter, Eva Amurri Martino.

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Trivia: When Bulworth walks into the interview wearing the street clothes, the man he says "what's happening, my man" to is George Hamilton himself. Earlier Leroy thought Bulworth was George Hamilton.

Bishop73

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Trivia: In one of the flashbacks, Arnold asks Victor who his favorite Indian is. Victor responds with "Nobody." The actor who plays Arnold, Gary Farmer, played a Native American character named "Nobody" in the 1995 western film, 'Dead Man'. (00:25:26)

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