Hands on a Hardbody

[Daichee Bell 2925]

Found my old DVD in a box.  This is still freaking hilarious.  Anyone else hang around the Dobie in the late 90's?

How many Snickers have you had? 

Hmmm..dunno.  How many breaks we had? 

[Biff Tannen 45686]

This is one of two movies I saw at Dobie.  The other being Blair Witch Project.  I don't have many fond memories of Dobie.

[TwiceHorn 31472]

Sort of an amusing sidenote on this.  When the federal courts in the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall, Tyler, Longview, mostly) became favored venues for patent infringement litigation, the presiding judge out there made a point of lending a DVD of this to the defense lawyers (inevitably big city, "tall building" lawyers, often from out of state), so they knew what they were up against.

Edited April 22, 2018 by TwiceHorn

[Spankytoes 1739]

My old roommate originated the lead character on Broadway.

/csb

[futureman 22463]

5 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

My old roommate originated the lead character on Broadway.

/csb

that story was adapted for broadway?

[Spankytoes 1739]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_on_a_Hardbody_(musical)

[futureman 22463]

well I’ll be damned

[Daichee Bell 2925]

well I’ll be damned

At one point, I think Robert Altman was going to direct a version of it as well. Crazy.


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[swTXSU 18]

I keep a copy on the bookshelf in my office.  When people ask what it was like growing up in Longview, I let them watch it.  The inevitably tell me they have never laughed as much as they have watching this documentary.

[Forty Acres 90]

I would love to watch this again. It brings back great memories.  One of y’all need to put it on YouTube or something 

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

Is this the movie where the really religious girl loses her spot because she has a momentary lapse and takes her hands off the car to pray?  

Maybe I'm crossing references but wasn't there also a tv show or series that tried to emulate this type of competition shortly thereafter?  I could have sworn that one of the episodes had farmers competing to win a tractor.

[DanRydell 799]

Such a great movie. I also saw it at Dobie back in the day.

[swTXSU 18]

2 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Is this the movie where the really religious girl loses her spot because she has a momentary lapse and takes her hands off the car to pray?  

Yes

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

Thanks.  Great movie.

Per my second statement, I"m pretty sure there was a show related to this type of contest that came on shortly thereafter the movie.  Seems as if one episode involved farmers and a tractor.  IIRC, the show got cancelled because, in some cases, those in the competition just came across as really sad.  I.E. If I don't win this tractor, we'll lose the farm.  

[Cuernavaca 254]

Truck make money. Car don't make no money.

[Daichee Bell 2925]

The only thing I can equate it to is killing your first large animal. 

[Johnny Sack 8397]

This guy was my favorite, he was so proud of the 20 ton AC unit he got from a K Mart that went out of business that he took and put on his mobile home

 

Also liked the black guy with the jheri curl from Karnak whose secret weapon was the snicker bars but said fuck it when the storm came.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

16 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Is this the movie where the really religious girl loses her spot because she has a momentary lapse and takes her hands off the car to pray?  

Maybe I'm crossing references but wasn't there also a tv show or series that tried to emulate this type of competition shortly thereafter?  I could have sworn that one of the episodes had farmers competing to win a tractor.

It was the lady below wearing the headphones

 

[bularry1 23]

I have never watched this, I'm ashamed to admit

[Chad Fuck 17682]

It may be the greatest movie of all time.  I remember seeing it, then taking half a dozen friends to see it.  Each character could've been a lead character in their own show.  So many good lines.  But the one that sticks with me, "When the lightnin' comes, I gots to go." 

[Cuernavaca 254]

1 hour ago, Johnny Sack said:

This guy was my favorite, he was so proud of the 20 ton AC unit he got from a K Mart that went out of business that he took and put on his mobile home

 

Also liked the black guy with the jheri curl from Karnak whose secret weapon was the snicker bars but said fuck it when the storm came.

I ain't need no tent. Just gimme that prairie sun.

[txbroadcaster 110]

The movie basically describes what you deal with in growing up in East Texas as far as personalities. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Truck make money. Car don't make no money.

My younger brother and I use this quote all the time. Hilarious movie. I believe I saw it at Dobie. Saw several movies there. Riding Giants was one.

[Chad Fuck 17682]

1 hour ago, txbroadcaster said:

The movie basically describes what you deal with in growing up in East Texas as far as personalities. 

100% this.  Which is why I loved it so much.

[Daichee Bell 2925]

3 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

This guy was my favorite, he was so proud of the 20 ton AC unit he got from a K Mart that went out of business that he took and put on his mobile home

 

 

We didn't know that it could get the air down to 10 below........but we found out real quick.

[Texas_Rocks 346]

Seems like I remember hearing that laws were eventually instated where breaks were mandatory to keep people from pissing and shitting all over themselves.

Urban legend?

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Never heard of this, but you can watch the first 9 minutes on Youtube:

 

[Daichee Bell 2925]

17 hours ago, Texas_Rocks said:

Seems like I remember hearing that laws were eventually instated where breaks were mandatory to keep people from pissing and shitting all over themselves.

Urban legend?

Not sure about that.  They stopped it after some contestant wandered off then killed himself, likely due to sleep deprivation. 

 

Edited April 25, 2018 by Daichee Bell

[South Austin 52507]

On ‎4‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 11:12 AM, bularry1 said:

I have never watched this, I'm ashamed to admit

I never did either, but didn't need to in order to hate East Texas.

[Chad Fuck 17682]

21 hours ago, South Austin said:

I never did either, but didn't need to in order to hate East Texas.

You really are missing out if you haven't seen this movie.

It's real human drama.

[nolongerU2horn 765]

Like The Highlander. There can be only one.

[Dr Fear 1268]

My wife lived in Nacogdoches for a while (she grew up in San Augustine) and she talks shit about Lufkin and Angelina County all the time.  I just roll my eyes.

[South Austin 52507]

18 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

You really are missing out if you haven't seen this movie.

It's real human drama.

Like The English Patient?

[dcbc 14484]

I was shown this movie during a time when my then girlfriend was trying to get me to move to east Texas.  It did not hasten my move.

 

Been here 17 years at this point and like the movie a lot more than I did back then. 

[texasdago 7573]

Kelly Clarkson was just getting her start at 8:38

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Took a girl to see a 3-D porn movie at Dobie.  

A co-worker's brother had some major role in production of Hands on a Hardbody - she would give the DVDs out like business cards.

EDIT - based on the name, he was the director.

Edited April 27, 2018 by Liquor and Poker