80'S GRAB BAG: Fletch (1985)

Macintosh & Maud Haven't Seen What?!

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1985’s movie is perhaps the role Chevy Chase was born to play. Imagine a man with a shoestring disguise budget, the affable charm of the mediocre white man, and an absolute disdain for everyone around him. That’s Irwin Fletcher, and Chevy is absolutely fantastic in the role. Unfortunately, Hollywood couldn’t escape the thought that they needed to make a silly comedy and not a sarcastic send-up of noir. This movie needed to let Chevy be Chevy and turn on all of his sarcastic charm. Instead, it relies a bit too much on bits, ignoring the mystery structure, and the one-liners outshine the fun of the characters. Splurge on some 49-cent fake teeth as we talk about Fletch this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Fletch Theme” from the soundtrack to the movie Fletch, written and composed by Harold Faltermeyer. Copyright 1985 Universal City Studios, Inc.; MCA Records, Inc.

Excerpts taken from the movie Fletch, copyright 1985 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt taken from “Opening Title Theme” from the soundtrack to the movie Crocodile Dundee, written and composed by Peter Best. Copyright 1986 Paramount Pictures Corporation; Best Results Pty. Ltd.