Spies Like Us -- "That was a Russian wristwatch"

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Spies Like Us -- "That was a Russian wristwatch"

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Күн бұрын

One of my favorite scenes from Spies Like Us movie with Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd and mentioned to me time and again when I tell people we sell Russian watches. So, I finally got around to posting it on KZfaq, since I thought it would be a bit much on our own site. Yes, this is a blatant attempt to associate this funny scene with my website. I guess they may yank it down at some point. Until then... enjoy!

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@metallicarchaea1820 Жыл бұрын

As a Cold War history lover, wristwatch enthusiast, and comedy enjoyer, this scene lives in my head rent-free...

@cchavezjr7 11 ай бұрын

same here haha

@contactohn7982 Жыл бұрын

Russian agent: "If you don't cooperate, I vill cut off a finger" Chevy: "Yours or mine?" Bwahahaha! Best line ever!

@WizardOfWhoopee 7 жыл бұрын

This was right after Belushi died. It was supposed to be John's next movie. Chevy stepped in, nailed it.

@rebeccaalonso8264 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but Bill Murray was cast as Venkman and pulled it off and nailed it. Brilliant job.

@shonmoody1706 3 жыл бұрын

So was Ghostbusters. He was suppose to play Bill Murrays part. Although you probably already knew that lol. I like Murray's in it. He only became annoying in the second one. I never liked the sequel. The court scene was the only scene I enjoyed.

@negativeindustrial 3 жыл бұрын

You’re thinking of Ghostbusters. This was not “right after Belushi died”

@HighSpeedNoDrag 3 жыл бұрын

Amen and RIP Belushi, John

@The-GreenHornet 3 жыл бұрын

That would have ruined this movie. I don't get why people thought John Belushi was funny. More like obnoxious and loud, that's it.

@Spookssga 2 жыл бұрын

He’s right about one thing, they walked right into enemy hands 🤣

@tomfrankiewicz7951 3 жыл бұрын

Aykroyd and Chase. Comedy gold. Love this movie

@johncarroll5087 2 жыл бұрын

Chase, in his prime, always delivered. I just can't see Belushi in that role as great as he was. And Ackroyd has always played a fantastic knowledgeable straight guy

@harcomou8395 9 ай бұрын

Aykroyd

@kimward5746 Жыл бұрын

the KGB's "80's American outfits" are on point! 1:33

@kpk33x 3 жыл бұрын

Austin Millbarge and Louis Winthorpe III both knew a great deal about wristwatches...almost like they are related!

@zachhoward9099 2 жыл бұрын

Austin’s his cousin🤣

@mh295zerbernak 8 жыл бұрын

great movie very underrated

@MichaelBradley1967 6 жыл бұрын

*_Criminally_* underrated. A lot of Chevy's movies are, but he has such a different brand of humor than the other SNL alums of that era. Nothing But Trouble is one of my favorite movies as well as this one.

@jfloresmac 4 жыл бұрын

I dont let critics tell me what I like

@setpunks13 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember seeing this as a little kid and laughing my ass off at the part where Akroyd is trying to convince him to go to the bathroom.

@StormLaker 3 жыл бұрын

This movie was so great......my dad and I went to go see it TWICE in the theater, haha.

@jeffw1267 7 жыл бұрын

The two Russian spies were great. In fact all the parts in this movie, even the little ones, were memorable. That is why this movie was amazing.

@jamesharrington4752 4 жыл бұрын

great movie indeed!

@HighSpeedNoDrag 3 жыл бұрын

I mean they even laugh in Russian which is not depicted in this clip.

@Kenzie769 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt, remember even the drive in agents for the ace tomato co. Sam rammi and bb king

@charlessentenat1250 2 жыл бұрын

What about the watches though?

@DrLeroyGreen 4 жыл бұрын

This movie happened to succinctly sum the cold war basics of Afghanistan just as "Trading Places" did at explaining the commodities market. Most Akroyd flics you're not going to get out of without learning some cool historical data. Silly, but smart movies.

@aerystargaryenii2565 Жыл бұрын

The ending always has me cracking up. Such simple but effective humor.

@ducatista695 Жыл бұрын

I love how they just took a Timex watch and put a sticker on it with таймекс.

@realtimecartravel 11 жыл бұрын

He says:(in Russian) "Chem men'sche znayesch - tem lootsche" meaning "Knowing less you sleep best"

@crazykellywfo4240 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You I've been wonderin what that meant. I wanna learn sum Russian.

@jfloresmac 4 жыл бұрын

Russian is english spoken backwards

@dabunnyrabbit2620 4 жыл бұрын

@@jfloresmac 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@fjb4932 3 жыл бұрын

@@crazykellywfo4240 wonderin wanna sum learn english, first ... (no harm, i write the same way, on purpose...)

@realtimecartravel 3 жыл бұрын

@Andy Hutton Austin is making a reference to a famous Russian proverb: "men'she znayesh' luchshe spish' " that rhymes in Russian. It literally means "the less you know the better you sleep", but this one doesn't rhyme. So "Knowing less you sleep best" fits the scene nicer :)

@DAIadvisor Жыл бұрын

Fact the watch says "ТАЙМЕКС" with a letter N instead if Й, made me laugh out loud. Never noticed it before.

@andrewmeece2064 2 жыл бұрын

That jeep runs like a clock! So quiet

@nathanieladams7624 3 ай бұрын

Probably a AMC 258 4.2L I6. Great torque engine.

@kefmdksalw 7 жыл бұрын

TANMEKC : ) ТАЙМЕКС - Timex in russian fonetic

@christianmartinez3182 24 күн бұрын

I love how they look back at the jeep. Gold.

@Spider_7_7 3 жыл бұрын

“What are you, my mother?”

@joelellis7035 3 жыл бұрын

Hats off to the "Russian spies". They had to run around the camera when out of frame to appear again in front of Ackroyd and Chase.

@jameswilkinson6678 2 жыл бұрын

You don't think they just edited together different takes?

@joelellis7035 2 жыл бұрын

@@jameswilkinson6678 it was one take. You can see that.

@florinivan6907 Жыл бұрын

In fairness its not that hard to run a short distance for two guys who look to be about 30 and reasonably slim. Granted it would have taken several takes until they got the right one but still. If it had been two overweight guys or someone pushing 60 then that would be impressive.

@bernsdums6243 Жыл бұрын

Plot twist: they actually ran around the mountains in the background

@alphanerd7221 Жыл бұрын

@@florinivan6907 Yeah but they not only have to run. they have to do it quietly without kicking up enough dust to effect the shot.

@mustang6172 6 жыл бұрын

Ever notice how Pakistan looks nothing like Utah?

@neilkurzman4907 3 жыл бұрын

Back then, nobody noticed.

@JayLim-bn9fh 3 жыл бұрын

Is it pakistan?

@kevinloesch7568 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, you behave Austin Powers.

@skymaster4743 Жыл бұрын

Actually some areas of Sindh province look like this but in the movie this is supposed to be the FATA tribal area bordering Afghanistan and that area is mountainous. In all fairness, such detail would make no difference to a common American audience.

@MargaretLeber 3 жыл бұрын

"After Austin and Emmett are picked up in the Jeep by the two Russian agents and stop in the desert, Austin discovers that they are not their legitimate contacts by the digital LCD wristwatch one of the agents is wearing. Austin tells Emmett that the agent is wearing "a Russian copy of a 1969 Timex digital". Timex was not producing an LCD digital watch in 1969. In fact, nobody was. Digital LCD watches were not introduced until 1972, and Timex did not produce one for many years after that."

@fjb4932 3 жыл бұрын

M Leber ( if that IS your real name ) Knowledge like that could save your life, Or get you killed. Well done ...

@leszekandhisrandomstuff.9228 3 жыл бұрын

However in 1972, the correct ignition timing was 3 degrees before top dead center.

@contactohn7982 Жыл бұрын

There were LCD watches invented by Nicola Tesla. Dont be a party pooper. Duh.

@MargaretLeber Жыл бұрын

@@contactohn7982 Tesla died in 1943. Or did he... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/md11hJmX25fHkqM.html

@contactohn7982 Жыл бұрын

@@leszekandhisrandomstuff.9228 Had to crank start that watch man.

@dabunnyrabbit2620 4 жыл бұрын

"FEET HAT!!!"

@Quantum-1157 2 жыл бұрын

It’s 2022 and who is watching this classic cold war themed comedy after Russia just invaded Ukraine and threatened us and NATO with nukes?

@joshdenton611 2 жыл бұрын

reminds me of DOT clocks and the trucking industry

@drpapa26 10 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, this scene always made me chuckle because the camera angle makes it look like Dan Akroyd has a goatee :)

@JamesPoli 12 жыл бұрын

I wish we could get the 20 seconds after this clip ends....I have always wanted to know what Ackroyd says to the KGB that makes them bust up laughing before they attempt their getaway

@HighSpeedNoDrag 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and they make the mistake and Laugh in Russian Dialect.

@coldsake07 2 жыл бұрын

he says "the less you know the better"

@contactohn7982 Жыл бұрын

*Im glad Im not sick*

@Robi2009 Жыл бұрын

Always wondered how the HELL the Russians managed to go in front of them 😳

@12feettall6 Жыл бұрын

its all magnets

@alphanerd7221 Жыл бұрын

@@12feettall6 Magnets? it's all ball bearings these days.

@12feettall6 Жыл бұрын

@@alphanerd7221 🤭

@joseluismalagagranda4785 3 жыл бұрын

They realized it was a Russian copy because the Russian quality was so good, haha.

@Trig242 15 жыл бұрын

love this scene! "I gotta whiz?"

@Spookssga 3 жыл бұрын

Dam these KGB are fast.

@stephenoneill2844 Жыл бұрын

I was 8 back then lol, God I'm getting old.

@vigo894 10 жыл бұрын

Translation= The less you know, the better.

@Plattencautious745 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't those two guys from the interrogation scene from the highway patrol cabin scene

@Kenzie769 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@DavidKalnbach-vm3xc 2 ай бұрын

😳...'special🌿branch'..??...😆

@alphanerd7221 Жыл бұрын

I thought this was clever when I was a kid but it's not like an American spy wouldn't buy a local wrist watch.

@jonathanrivlin6248 Жыл бұрын

Hat! Foot!

@codefeenix 3 жыл бұрын

closed captions are wrong, guy says "can we stop i gotta take a leak" captions say BUY THIS WATCH AT SHADY RUSSIAN GRU/KGB CYBER INTEL SUPER LEGIT LINK!

@tvdinner325 Жыл бұрын

The 2 women in this movie are beautiful.

@mickey_mouse_watch 8 жыл бұрын

ТАЙМЕКС Ha ha ha!

@jasonb2702 7 жыл бұрын

watch!

@tropicwave1 7 жыл бұрын

What time is it? I've got to take a wiz?

@KandiKlover 9 жыл бұрын

Ah fuck lol

@LesterMoore Жыл бұрын

Oh oh!😱

@FranciscoSilva-bv9qq 3 жыл бұрын

Real talk theyve mustvd been terrible russian spies by wearing a russian wrist watch. Not exactly blending in.

@cryptnotic 13 жыл бұрын

Very cool late cold war movie.

@HighSpeedNoDrag 3 жыл бұрын

I miss the Cold War I Swear.

@RichardNixonsHippieRemoval 7 ай бұрын

You know what is said about this kind of video. The less you know, the better. Dah, yah, yah, yah...😐

@American-Motors-Corporation 2 жыл бұрын

You can't get the real watch simply because that watch doesn't exist Timex never made a digital watch in 1969

@DP-hy4vh 2 жыл бұрын

It likely a movie mistake. It was probably supposed to be 1979 and Ackroyd accidentally said 1969. The director probably didn't want to reshoot the scene over a minor slip up that 99 percent of viewers would never research.

@American-Motors-Corporation 2 жыл бұрын

@@DP-hy4vh nope

@russiantimes 15 жыл бұрын

cool thanks for posting :-)

@salvatrucha3629 2 жыл бұрын

Chem men'she znaesh', tem loocheh !!!!

@swskitso 3 жыл бұрын

1 shot gag many dont catch.

@tchevrier Жыл бұрын

seriously???? Who here wouldn't just go off the back of the jeep?

@ens8502 2 ай бұрын

TANMEKC 🤣😂

@ThunderAppeal 14 жыл бұрын

@SummertmeBrews Indeed, dont forget to take in to account that they arent noticed in broad daylight in an empty desert right up until they come in to the view of the camera frame.

@surenotejas3163 2 жыл бұрын

Chem men'she znaesh tem loocheh The less you know the better

@juniorsoprano7339 3 жыл бұрын

1:32 Mother Russia

@stevo091 Жыл бұрын

Fk Russia full of Pedofiles and Baby Rapist's 😡😡😡😡😡😡 Putin is an evil Russian dictator Fascist Bstrd cunt.

@user-rt2zq4jv8x 2 жыл бұрын

I am russian. Leave in Russia hall my life - never ever saw watchs like this.

@glennquagmire7696 9 жыл бұрын

FEET!

@richardengels2307 3 жыл бұрын

love the tintin reference

@ciderfan823 3 жыл бұрын

What reference is that? I'm not familiar with Tintin.

@richardengels2307 3 жыл бұрын

@@ciderfan823 Tintin is a Belgian comic, one of the best imho. the first image is exactly like the cover of "land of the black gold" www.google.com/search?q=tintin+land+of+black+gold&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiY_JD2zMbvAhVFpBoKHXh4AyEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=tintin+land+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgQIABATMgQIABATMgQIABATMgQIABATOgIIADoECAAQQzoECAAQHjoICAAQCBAeEBNQnk1YuHRgiIABaAJwAHgAgAFeiAH_A5IBATiYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=5PdZYJj6BcXIavjwjYgC&bih=765&biw=1434&rlz=1C1GCEA_enNL879NL881&safe=off

@vigo894 13 жыл бұрын

@daphnestory= In Soviet Russia, time tells you. He he he.

@kelleymanning1137 4 жыл бұрын

Shut up. Russia sucks.

@jfloresmac 4 жыл бұрын

Russia's economy is 1/10th of the US'

@alphanerd7221 Жыл бұрын

@@jfloresmac That's American comedy.

@contactohn7982 Жыл бұрын

@@alphanerd7221 Your comment is one tenth funny.

@antoniost2 15 жыл бұрын

that watch is not on the site linked to in the video

@jamesfrank3213 3 жыл бұрын

You'd think the Russians would be better at tradecraft to know to only be wearing American apparel...

@zombiedodge1426 2 жыл бұрын

There's an apocryphal story from the Cold War about how otherwise convincing forged documents from the KGB could be spotted by the poor quality Soviet staples rusting.

@jamesfrank3213 2 жыл бұрын

@@zombiedodge1426 it's attention to detail that makes the difference

@alphanerd7221 Жыл бұрын

But they are attempting to impersonate American spies who are supposed to know tradecraft so wouldn't they want to wear a watch that fit in with the locals?

@bula312kingdoms Жыл бұрын

It would me more obvious if they write timex on russi...wait

@shaybloodmoon141 7 жыл бұрын

1985 LOL

@HighSpeedNoDrag 3 жыл бұрын

Take me Back

@bubbaguy4411 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry folks, you will NEVER be able to get that watch...because it never existed. Timex didn't even prototype digital watches until the LATE 1970's and wouldn't have them on the market until the early 1980's. This was simply a movie prop.