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The phrase "Road to Dushanbe" is uttered several times throughout the movie. The 1985 film Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase, is an homage to the films Hope makes a cameo as himself in one scene.In the 1981 Mel Brooks film History of the World, Part I, on escaping from the Romans, Brooks and co-star Gregory Hines parody the series' "We're off on the road to." signature song by singing "We're off on the road to Judea, we certainly do get around.".The Apepisode of The Danny Thomas Show, titled "The Road to Lebanon," featured Bing Crosby scouting locations in Beirut for a new Road picture without Bob Hope.

The 1944 Famous Studios Popeye cartoon "We're On Our Way to Rio" is a parody of these films.

*Worldwide theatrical rental Homages and other influence Later, when Hope was a regular Oscar host, he incorporated his " Oscar bait" whines into his monologues there. In reality, Hope never won any Oscar for his work, although he did receive honorary Oscars. Hope would then blame his overacting on his attempt to win an Oscar. Hope would also break the fourth wall continuously to over-act, often with an upbraiding from Crosby. Hope's character usually would have a nickname with which he would be referred to throughout the film, as in Road to Morocco, when he was called "Turkey", and Road to Zanzibar, in which he was called "Fearless".Ĭrosby credited writer Barney Dean with standing off-camera and continuously coming up with jokes. Crosby would almost always get the girl, with the exceptions being in Road to Utopia and Road to Rio (although hypnosis was involved in the latter case).

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When confronted by the villain, Hope and Crosby would use a "patty cake" routine before throwing punches, though this would sometimes not work, as in Road to Morocco: "That gag sure gets around, huh?" "Yeah, right back to US!" The only film in the series in which the routine was not used was in Road to Utopia.īoth characters would usually promise to not allow women to interfere with their plans, and both would immediately see a woman and forget that promise. Another common set-piece in the films is a monologue by Crosby "telling it like it is" to the Dorothy Lamour character, only to fall into traditional Crosby-singing-a-ballad an example from The Road to Rio (1947) features the Crosby character analyzing the true love-encounters of a (fictional) film scene, followed by his singing " But Beautiful" ( Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke). Hope and Crosby would usually play some form of confidence men trying to make a lot of money, with Bing coming up with the ideas and Bob usually doing most of the dirty work. Now's the time to go out and get the popcorn." There are also frequent instances in which Bob Hope breaks the fourth wall to address the audience directly, such as in Road to Bali, in which he says, "'s gonna sing, folks. ( November 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īeginning with Road to Singapore the films also included in-joke references to other Hollywood actors and jabs at Paramount Pictures, the studio that released all the films except for The Road to Hong Kong. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research. In the 1980s, Eric Idle wanted to make a film called The Road to Mars, but became so frustrated by executive meddling at Hollywood studios that he wrote it as a novel instead. , except for the last film, which was instead called Vägen till Hong Kong (a direct translation of the English title). In Sweden, the first film was given the title Två glada sjömän går iland ( Two Jolly Sailors Go Ashore), and the subsequent films in the series were given titles beginning with Två glada sjömän.

The United States Navy also commissioned Hope and Crosby to produce the 1945 short film Road to Home. In 1947, Astor Pictures released a compilation film of several of Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects called The Road to Hollywood to evoke the series.

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movie was planned, titled Road to the Fountain of Youth, but Crosby died that year of a heart attack.

Road to the Fountain of Youth (canceled)Įach film is not simply a comedy, but a satire of some of the popular film genres of the day, including jungle, Arabian nights, Alaskan adventure and high seas.

The minimal plot often took a back seat to gags, which appeared improvised but were usually scripted. The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music. They are also often referred to as the " Road" pictures or the " Road" series. is a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.