I am confused by all of these sexual jokes in this 1970 G-rated Don Knotts movie _How to Frame a Figg_

[Chris Tsao]

Is this G-rated Don Knotts movie from 1970 _How to Frame a Figg_ a
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.

Do you know precisely how riske (sp.?) a G-rated movie from the 1970s
and 1960s can get?

"Is that all you two ever do? Eat flaps and you wave?" "Uh-huh." "Well
I hope you're on the pill."

Upon a waitress who keeps spilling things on Don Knotts and has now
just spilled a drink on his crotch. "Uh Ema Letha, I think this is one
I'd better handle myself." (he precedes to wipe his crotch up and down
with a napkin).

"Get that girl in here. The one with the big McGuffies."

Old man: (to a woman with perky breasts) Don't flash those [breasts]
at me dearie, nothing's connected up anymore.

If my memory serves me, I found this clip of the movie whilst looking
for one of my favorite character actors Edward Andrews. Basically the
movie is as funny as this from start to finish. I put it in my Netflix
queue, it said "Long wait" so I bought it online.

[Chris Tsao]

Post by Chris Tsao
I put it in my Netflix
queue, it said "Long wait" so I bought it online.

I just checked again, now there's no wait, last week it went from
being available to "Long wait" to Very long wait." It's from 1971, not
1970.

[Madara0806]

Post by Chris Tsao
Is this G-rated Don Knotts movie from 1970 _How to Frame a Figg_ a
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.
Do you know precisely how riske (sp.?) a G-rated movie from the 1970s
and 1960s can get?
"Is that all you two ever do? Eat flaps and you wave?" "Uh-huh." "Well
I hope you're on the pill."
Upon a waitress who keeps spilling things on Don Knotts and has now
just spilled a drink on his crotch. "Uh Ema Letha, I think this is one
I'd better handle myself." (he precedes to wipe his crotch up and down
with a napkin).
"Get that girl in here. The one with the big McGuffies."
Old man: (to a woman with perky breasts) Don't flash those [breasts]
at me dearie, nothing's connected up anymore.
http://youtu.be/K4qsovM2Irg
If my memory serves me, I found this clip of the movie whilst looking
for one of my favorite character actors Edward Andrews. Basically the
movie is as funny as this from start to finish. I put it in my Netflix
queue, it said "Long wait" so I bought it online.

I have this on VHS. I should watch it.

[Scaly Lizard]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:32:40 -0800 (PST), Chris Tsao

Post by Chris Tsao
Is this G-rated Don Knotts movie from 1970 _How to Frame a Figg_ a
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.
Do you know precisely how riske (sp.?) a G-rated movie from the 1970s
and 1960s can get?

The times dictate the mores. Take a look around cinema in the
years just prior to this film. In 1968 the lid came off the censor's
tightly screwed jar and nude breasts and bush became the norm
not the exception. I've got the Hollywood yearbooks from the
late 1960s and the difference between the 1968 book (1967
films) and the following years's edition is striking.

The 1969 edition has stills of naked women, the 1968 one is
very tame by comparison. That this trend seeped down to
G-ratings within a couple years is not surprising me at all.

By 1971, it would be surprising if a couple raters were *not*
consuming a joint on their lunchbreak. Even the staid ones
by then must have rationalized: "It doesn't have bush so it's
got to be a G."

Post by Chris Tsao
"Is that all you two ever do? Eat flaps and you wave?" "Uh-huh." "Well
I hope you're on the pill."
Upon a waitress who keeps spilling things on Don Knotts and has now
just spilled a drink on his crotch. "Uh Ema Letha, I think this is one
I'd better handle myself." (he precedes to wipe his crotch up and down
with a napkin).
"Get that girl in here. The one with the big McGuffies."
Old man: (to a woman with perky breasts) Don't flash those [breasts]
at me dearie, nothing's connected up anymore.

These all sound like the same thing i have noticed in G movies
of the past decade. There are some jokes which are inserted
to make parents laugh, so they're not bored when the kids drag
them out to the newest heavily advertised animated feature.

There is some dialog in Shrek movies where i was shocked
that made the cut in a G, and others have thin allusions to
sex, notably Hoodwinked and Princess Protection Program.

Although Hoodwinked is PG, it was primarily aimed at the
under-13 audience, same as Who Framed Roger Rabbit
which has Jessica Rabbit virtually spilling out of her wardrobe
and is still, after 23 years, the standard example of animated
smoldering sexuality.

Post by Chris Tsao
http://youtu.be/K4qsovM2Irg
If my memory serves me, I found this clip of the movie whilst looking
for one of my favorite character actors Edward Andrews. Basically the
movie is as funny as this from start to finish. I put it in my Netflix
queue, it said "Long wait" so I bought it online.

Thank you for bringing the film up. I've seen most of the Knotts
comedies but unsure if i've caught this one. Will see it out.

SL

[nick]

Post by Chris Tsao
Is this G-rated Don Knotts movie from 1970 _How to Frame a Figg_ a
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.

Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey were both rated G as
well, and neither of those, especially PotA, would get that rating
today. At the other end, Midnight Cowboy got an X-rating but by
present ratings standards, it'd be a fairly mild R. A lot of PG (or
GP, rather) films from the seventies had nudity, but you'll never see
nudity in a PG rated film today; you hardly ever even see it in R
rated movies. Standards change without a lot of consistency

[moviePig]

Post by Chris Tsao
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.

Planet of the Apes and 2001:  A Space Odyssey were both rated G as
well, and neither of those, especially PotA, would get that rating
today.  At the other end, Midnight Cowboy got an X-rating but by
present ratings standards, it'd be a fairly mild R.  A lot of PG (or
GP, rather) films from the seventies had nudity, but you'll never see
nudity in a PG rated film today; you hardly ever even see it in R
rated movies.  Standards change without a lot of consistency

Wait a minute. 2001:ASO ? The only non-G force is Poole's
death ...which half the audience scarcely realized had happened.
Unless, of course, you're thinking the stargate sequence might remind
all the 10-year-olds of their last acid drop...

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[Scaly Lizard]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:38:56 -0800 (PST), moviePig

Post by moviePig

Post by Chris Tsao
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.

Planet of the Apes and 2001:  A Space Odyssey were both rated G as
well, and neither of those, especially PotA, would get that rating
today.  At the other end, Midnight Cowboy got an X-rating but by
present ratings standards, it'd be a fairly mild R.  A lot of PG (or
GP, rather) films from the seventies had nudity, but you'll never see
nudity in a PG rated film today; you hardly ever even see it in R
rated movies.  Standards change without a lot of consistency

Yes, i've noticed that too. Used to be that when you saw an R
in a little square on the poster, you knew There Will Be Boob.
Don't know when "gratuitous" became a dirty word.

Post by moviePig
Wait a minute. 2001:ASO ? The only non-G force is Poole's
death ...which half the audience scarcely realized had happened.
Unless, of course, you're thinking the stargate sequence might remind
all the 10-year-olds of their last acid drop...

Naked angry apes. At least in Planet Of The Apes, they had
the decency to dress themselves.

SL

[nick]

On Mar 4, 7:24 am, Scaly Lizard

Post by Scaly Lizard
On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:38:56 -0800 (PST), moviePig

Post by Chris Tsao
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.

Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey were both rated G as
well, and neither of those, especially PotA, would get that rating
today. At the other end, Midnight Cowboy got an X-rating but by
present ratings standards, it'd be a fairly mild R. A lot of PG (or
GP, rather) films from the seventies had nudity, but you'll never see
nudity in a PG rated film today; you hardly ever even see it in R
rated movies. Standards change without a lot of consistency

Yes, i've noticed that too.  Used to be that when you saw an R
in a little square on the poster, you knew There Will Be Boob.  
Don't know when "gratuitous" became a dirty word.  

Wait a minute.  2001:ASO ?  The only non-G force is Poole's
death ...which half the audience scarcely realized had happened.
Unless, of course, you're thinking the stargate sequence might remind
all the 10-year-olds of their last acid drop...

Naked angry apes.  At least in Planet Of The Apes, they had
the decency to dress themselves.  
SL

Yeah, but at times the astronauts in Planet of the Apes didn't.

The naked angry apes in 2001 is what I think would trigger a PG today,
and if it was a new release, the producers would throw in some line
like "we have to shut that fucking computer down!" to trigger a
PG-13. There's no way they'd want that G rating.

[moviePig]

Post by nick
On Mar 4, 7:24 am, Scaly Lizard

Post by Scaly Lizard
On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:38:56 -0800 (PST), moviePig

Post by Chris Tsao
children's movie, or it was for adults, but it got a G rating? Also,
the criminals don't get arrested at the end because they flee to
Brazil.

Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey were both rated G as
well, and neither of those, especially PotA, would get that rating
today. At the other end, Midnight Cowboy got an X-rating but by
present ratings standards, it'd be a fairly mild R. A lot of PG (or
GP, rather) films from the seventies had nudity, but you'll never see
nudity in a PG rated film today; you hardly ever even see it in R
rated movies. Standards change without a lot of consistency

Yes, i've noticed that too.  Used to be that when you saw an R
in a little square on the poster, you knew There Will Be Boob.  
Don't know when "gratuitous" became a dirty word.  

Wait a minute.  2001:ASO ?  The only non-G force is Poole's
death ...which half the audience scarcely realized had happened.
Unless, of course, you're thinking the stargate sequence might remind
all the 10-year-olds of their last acid drop...

Naked angry apes.  At least in Planet Of The Apes, they had
the decency to dress themselves.  
SL

Yeah, but at times the astronauts in Planet of the Apes didn't.
The naked angry apes in 2001 is what I think would trigger a PG today,
and if it was a new release, the producers would throw in some line
like "we have to shut that fucking computer down!" to trigger a
PG-13.  There's no way they'd want that G rating.

They wouldn't want it, but they'd need a non-dialogue way to escape
it ...as everyone in 2001:ASO was supposed to talk like HAL, and
computers, though they cause much swearing, never themselves indulge.
Moreover, without ape boobies I'm not sure nudity would've served,
either. I guess the screaming and hitting with the new toy might've
sufficed, though... although again not far removed from the average 6-
year-old's day at recess...

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[Michael O'Connor]

Wait a minute.  2001:ASO ?  The only non-G force is Poole's
death ...which half the audience scarcely realized had happened.
Unless, of course, you're thinking the stargate sequence might remind
all the 10-year-olds of their last acid drop...

There is the scene with the tribe of apes beating the other tribe to
death with bones. Also, HAL killed the other three Astronauts in
their suspended animation.

2001 would today be a PG movie, maybe PG-13, POTA would likely be
PG-13.

I was curious about the MPAA rating of Don Knotts late 60's comedy
"The Love God?", in which he was a guy who owned a magazine about bird
watching and was duped into transforming it into an adult magazine. I
went to IMDB and it was rated PG-13, which is odd, since PG-13 did not
come along until the mid 80's. I was not aware they were applying
PG-13 to earlier movies.

[nick]

Post by Michael O'Connor

Wait a minute.  2001:ASO ?  The only non-G force is Poole's
death ...which half the audience scarcely realized had happened.
Unless, of course, you're thinking the stargate sequence might remind
all the 10-year-olds of their last acid drop...

There is the scene with the tribe of apes beating the other tribe to
death with bones.  Also, HAL killed the other three Astronauts in
their suspended animation.
2001 would today be a PG movie, maybe PG-13, POTA would likely be
PG-13.
I was curious about the MPAA rating of Don Knotts late 60's comedy
"The Love God?", in which he was a guy who owned a magazine about bird
watching and was duped into transforming it into an adult magazine.  I
went to IMDB and it was rated PG-13, which is odd, since PG-13 did not
come along until the mid 80's.  I was not aware they were applying
PG-13 to earlier movies.

If a picture gets resubmitted to the MPAA, and iirc The Love God was
pretty much out of circulation for a long stretch.

Psycho is rated R which odd but maybe even by modern standards the
shower sequence is considered restrictive material.