The greatest movie ever made..!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Was this the series where a lot of the guys chasing after the hero were in ice-cream trucks and getting their orders through close-circuit TVs in same? I remember being somewhat scared of the real ice-cream truck and the loud, jangling tune that it played over its tannoy speakers as a kid. I was always impressed with shows that were perceptive enough to also see through the ice-cream truck's innocent facade!But perhaps I'm conflating this with the ice-cream truck in the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." episode "The Suburban Affair". It had smoke-bomb, grenade and black-jack Popsicles but I don't think that the bad guys there (T.H.R.U.S.H. - the Technical Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity) were advanced enough for video links with HQ, only audio from what we would now call cell-phones.

The writer commented he could not remember ifBuddy overheard or witnessed something that gothim into trouble with the mob.The answer is that while minding his own business in a sauna when some mob members come in and startdiscussing a recent hit...unaware anyone else was there because of all the steam...It was interesting noticing how the actor playing Buddy visibly lost weight during the course of its one season...from all the running I suppose...

Buddy Overstreet witnesses or hears (can't remember which) some mob goings on and the syndicate boys begin chasing him to silence him. Each episode was about Buddy's on going attempts to elude the mob. It was a comedy and the show was short lived but had it's moments of hilarity. Where is it today? Who knows. It would be fun to see the few episodes again. Bruce Gordon who portrayed Frank Nitti on the Untouchables was cast once again as a mobster.

I remember this show as fun and would like to see it again in syndication (since Buddy was running from the "Syndicate"). It is also somewhat timely in light of the activities of John Gotti and his son "Junior". It was a product of a more innocent time and was amusing without being vulgar or offensive. I really miss this type of creative entertainment.