Birds Do It

1966
1h 28m

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4.6/10

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IMDb RATING

4.6/10

160

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Trivia
The cab driver is played by Frank Nastasi, who was the puppeteer who did White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie on The Soupy Sales Show (1976).

Goofs
During the end sequence, at multiple times, you can see the wires and harness.

Quotes
Prof. Wald: [to Melvin who has floated to the ceiling] Melvin, you certainly got high in this party.

Connections
Featured in Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)

Soundtracks
Birds Do It
Written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller

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Featured review

1/10

If you paid to see it, you should have demanded your money back!

Soupy Sales plays a janitor at NASA who is, inexplicably, important to the space program. Much of what follows are little skits tossed together to make a story.

"Birds Do It" came out when I was only two years old, so there wasn't much chance of me going to see it in theaters...which is good, as the film would have no double made me stupider! And, if anyone had gone to see it, they really should have demanded their money back, as it was really THAT awful.

The film starts off with a HUGE problem...it has Soupy Sales in the lead and Mr. Sales simply didn't have the sorts of talents that would work in the lead. His comedy was extremely lowbrow, one-note and is the sort of thing that even Three Stooges or Pee Wee Herman fans might find beneath them! Add to that horrible writing, as the comedy in this film just never works. Painful, unfunny and a chore to finish!

By the way, I only watched the film to see Dean Martin and boy was I disappointed, as he is only VERY briefly in the film...playing a guy who is out golfing.