RIP Warren Oates (July 5, 1928 - April 3, 1982), aged 53 RIP Harold Ramis (November 21, 1944 - February 24, 2014), aged 69 RIP Ivan Reitman (October 27, 1946 - February 12, 2022), aged 75 RIP John Candy (October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994), aged 43 You will be remembered as legends.

This movie never gets old. It's a classic.

To all of you comparing the movie to your days in the military… Thank You for your service. You have my admiration.

I love how everyone gets a complete buzz cut except the two stars of the movie LOL

I miss the 80's! Some great years!

Army brat here my father was a drill Sargent. We were raised as recuits. I remember my mother told him once these are your children not your recruits. I miss him everday.

"Soldier, I've noticed you're always last." "I'm pacing myself, SGT" Describes my time in the military perfectly!

“Hey, we’re walkin’” 😂

The most annoying thing is, once you learn to march in step, you do that skip thing to get in step, and you keep doing it the rest of your life.

I love how all the recruits look 30+ years old

I loved the way the hair shaving was "optional." Only poor John "Ox" Candy had a regulation haircut.

I still remember watching this movie in the theater in '81 and how we young impressionable kids loved to quote from it afterwards.

I was a caddy in 1981 when this came out, so Murray was ALREADY our God. We used "that's a fact, Jack," a lot.

RIP John Candy and Harold Ramis

One of the greatest comedies ever filmed.

I love this movie, but it made basic training seem so much more laid back and fun than it actually is. When I went through basic in 1990, I was like: Why isn't this like Stripes? This sucks.

Love, love, love this movie! Saw it 4 years before I joined in 1985. What's made it better since is that a lot of this stuff really kind of happens in the military. Also, my old unit's patch is in this scene at 0:46. Its the one to the left of the door top middle, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2 ACR) The others are: left 3rd ACR, right 194th Armored Brigade, and bottom middle 11th ACR.

Id say that Hulka was mighty laid back acting for a drill instructor.

Warren Oates is a fantastic actor. His piece in Blue Thunder is just brilliant acting.

0:48 John Candy sitting there like he owns the place. God, I miss him.

Having gone to Fort Knox for basic training and training in the barracks they lived in, it was a great feeling of nostalgia knowing they filmed it there. Just a shame all those buildings have since been torn down.

Candy's face when he gets hit with the duffle bag. 🤣

John Candy. As in every movie. Was priceless

Just the cast itself was gold

My Brother was in The Navy. They shave every recruit as bald as an Eagle. RIP Harold Ramis. RIP John Candy.

Elmo (Judge Reinhold) is out of step the whole time 😆😆😆

Wow,,, 1981 where have the years gone!!!

This movie was originally supposed to be "Cheech & Chong Go To The Army", but Chong didn't like not having the creative control and they backed out. Instead we got Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, and the rest of these guys and it was still hilarious!!

I had a big bunch of people to watch this movie with me on my 23rd birthday and we all laughed and laughed. Sure it’s unrealistic but that’s part of the fun. I would have been honored to be on the set of this classic. According to Judge Reinhold all of the actors in “the platoon” were told stories by Warren Oates about working with him on The Wild Bunch and I would have considered it an honor among those fine men who got to hear those stories. Warren Oates in spite of his tough exterior really seemed like an awesome dude RIP.

These comedians make me laugh even when I’m in very bad mood. I will hear me laughing with them in heaven.

I loved this movie so much back in 81'. I joined the Army a few weeks later. 😀 It wasn't anything like the movie. 😧

Dang 1981..... I remember going to the theater to see this one. That was 1981? Damn time flies .

I love how it ends with Do Wah Diddy Diddy as the cadance. It worked out so well the Sgt was totally cool with it. It would have been great if they did the entire song.

This was filmed at Ft. Knox in 81. I went through Ft. Knox and watched this movie in 82.

I went through Army basic at 35 years old.Its the best thing I ever did it reinvigorated with a can do attitude.It changed me for the better.

The older i get the more i realize how unique Bill Murray was/is. The ultimate relatable und likable guy from next door, could be your older brother or beloved fun uncle but in this cases with enormous screen presence and star power. You just want to watch him doing no matter what and wait for that famous smirk.

1978 I was in this same room during reception prior to basic osut training for most 19delta at fort knox ky.

R.I.P. Warren Oates, John Candy, And Harold Ramis!

I was an Officer of the Crown (Civilian) embedded in an Australian Army Unit and the Company Sergeant Major called Me Out for a Parade of Three of his soldiers. I was his example of a Good Haircut. Told his Three Soldiers to disappear from his sight until they too had Good Haircuts.

I am so happy I have purchased some these good old movies on my iPhone and I will watch them with my son when he is older!And I I feel a lot better now seen every minute of this movie!👍😁😉😀😃😄🙂😊

Took my Army boot camp 51 years ago. As long as you did a halve descent job nobody really broke your balls much. Ten weeks after boot camp was in nice warm sunny Viet Nam.

I love these wacky early 80s comedies. Stripes, Caddyshack, Blues Brothers, and Fletch are the funniest. And, can't forget Trading places

Bill Murray's facial expression in the thumbnail 3:07 sums up how everybody feels on their first day at boot camp

Hulka was not a bad guy. He seemed like he really care about his recruits. He is also more old school. Does not believed in going easy. Going easy does not prepare you for the rigors of like. He actually respected him at the end of the movie.

4:43 John Candys Face Priceless!

Who else really misses John Candy? He made so many smile. He died at 43. 😢

I heard the same speech in 1971 except your answer was "Yes Drill Sargent". The whites were Olive Drab Green. We sang lots of songs but not that one. Ours were not as nice. my barracks looked exactly like those, old WW 2 leftovers. Cold in the winter, hot in the summer. Windows open all the time. Memories!

I joined in March of 1981 - one of the best decisions I ever made.

LOL, the look on Psycho's face at 1:01 :)

I enlisted in the Army during my senior year of high school and left for basic training on June 16th. I was an M1A1 gunner (19K) and at the time the U.S. Army Armor center was at Ft. Knox where this was filmed. I got off the bus where they did. While standing at attention the weed (what our drill sergeants called us) next to me fainted and landed face first onto the pavement. Then we met our drill sergeants in the same room we did. I spent my first night in a one of those old white barracks. I ran the same obstacle course that John Candy goes off into the woods several times and when BM is trying to sneak away that was my tank motor pool. Basic and AIT was 16 weeks of fun for a kid like me. Like summer camp with weapons and really grumpy counselors. So many good memories. Now, all these years later I'm a licensed drone operator who's been accepted by the Ukrainians to come and teach new operators how to fly drones. Time to go make some more memories. Slava Ukraini! Update: The Ukrainian government isn't letting foreigners teach at the drone academies. So, I've applied to join the International Legion. My fingers are crossed. When I enlisted the USSR was always swinging their nuclear peckers around. I've always wanted to kill some Russians. God willing, I'll get my chance. I'll be sure to post a special message from Ukraine just for Colin, the BF2, CoD, I mean EOD puke.

Man I wish I could go back to those days 😪

"You're a BUM, and you'll always be a BUM!" Too funny... It's so true that when strangers judge us, too often we feel the need to prove them wrong...

Watched this on VHS with the whole family back in the 80's

This is the most realistic basic training/boot camp movie EVER. This is my word. And as such is beyond contestation.

In 1979 we sang “Tiny Bubbles” while marching. It’s surprisingly marchable.

I love Elmo sitting behind Winger trying not to bust out laughing. .

Bill Murray's best movie. This is where I saw Bill for the first time. As an Englishman, I was totally in awe of this uniquely confident, cocky performer.

Sooo many rising stars in this classic! Back when movies were great and comedy could be clean!

I still bust a gut when Sgt. Hulka called John Winger "Mr. Push-Ups" in the movie!

You can tell who was the biggest star by their haircut. Biggest names got less cut.

Ramis got a trim while everyone else gets a brush cut

Pure GOLD of a movie

I LOVE THE CHARACTER FRANCIS!!!! U THE MAN!!!!

I completely forgot that Night Court's Dan Fielding and Miami Vice's Zito was in this movie. And Stripes preceded both of those shows by three years.

Saw this when it came out, I was 15 years old.....still one of the best ever.....

Ah the time when you could say things that annoyed other people and everyone laughed in the end

God Bless Warren Oates, if you haven't seen Two Lane Blacktop...he's phenomenal in it. The Wild Bunch, Race with the Devil...brilliant performer

Loved this movie. Never get tired of watching it 😊😊

Bill Murray -- the original Private Joker.

Corporal Briggs was a real soldier. We met him at reception station.

"Are either of you two homosexuals?" "No, but we are willing to learn" 😂😂😂

I'll never forget that first haircut the barbers had a lot of jokes they asked one recruit a black kid with a huge Afro how much hair he wanted to keep he answered "all of it" the barber took his time very carefully cut the Guy's hair when he was done he very carefully lifted the whole Afro off the recruit's head an d laid the whole head of hair in the recruit's lap he said he wanted to keep al his hair and he did. In the end his head was cleanly shorn it's a good memory.

I went to OSUT at Fort Knox in 1991 and it was crazy being in the same exact area that this movie was filmed at. The barber shop, the small PX shopette, and the phone booths were exactly the same.

The late '70s to the late '90s were the golden era of modern movies. They haven't been good since then, and they were excellent before then but an older style.

"Hey, we're walkin'!"

Timeless classic

I miss John Candy

Warren Oats was one of The Wild Bunch. That alone makes him a legend. He was the type of fantastic actor that simply doesn't exist any longer.

Funny note, director Ivan Reitman didn't tell the cast that real Army barbers would do their haircuts so their reactions of disbelief are genuine. Because they were top billed, Murray and Ramis avoided being buzzed.

Gen Barnecke he owes me money😂😂😂

I love how judge Reinhold is the only one that doesn’t know his left from his right

I’ve seen this movie countless times since I was a kid and I always forget Judge Reinhold was in it. 🤷🏽‍♂️

With this cast, it had to be great.

I was 12 when this movie came out. My dad was a Vietnam vet and wasn’t too keen on it. It was my favorite movie. 6 years later I joined the Army and went to basic training at Ft Knox, where stripes was filmed. Sat in that very room day one.

I was in this very room for 19K OSUT basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky in October of 1992, a little over 10 years after this filming. We'd just arrived by bus, from Louisville, at about 4 in the morning. This was the "what the hell have I gotten myself into?" moment.

I remember I had to get refitted for my dress uniform because I lost more weight then I wanted. I went from a 36 to a 34 almost a 32. The tailor said “You’re back.” I said yes ma’am, my body seems to think I need to loose more weight. We talked about it and we agreed to stop at 34.” I went in at 205 came out 189. (Started at, before boot, 230)

Sgt. Hulka was easily respected, right off the bat. Yes, it's a comedy, but no way would I have disrespected Hulka, like Winger does.

Actually quite a few comedians in that room. What a great cast.

Brings back memories, not of the movie, but of showing up to Fort McClellan, Alabama for Army basic training. I was surprised to learn that Army haircuts weren't free, I had to pay $2 to get my hair lopped off.

I never got that kind of welcome from a drill sergeant at basic training in Ft.Benning GA in 1995

My Dad took me to see this when it came out. Started Boot Camp in San Diego, CA 09/14/86. Good times.

3:11 John Candy walking out with his shaved hair in his hands always slays me😂

We need a lot more fun like this today in this WORK movie, TV time.

2:51 I didn't know Colin Kaepernick was in Stripes!

3:44 always makes me laugh out loud, every time 😂

"Lighten up, Francis!"

This and Private Benjamin were classic army comedies I love to this day! 💙

And this comic platoon is still better than the entire Russian army...

Only Bill Murray and Harold Ramis are allowed to keep their hair? Not in real life they wouldn't! I'm guessing is actors they refused to let their heads be shaved but in real life they wouldn't have a choice in the army.

If anyone is interested especially the opening things were filmed in Louisville Kentucky which is where I live.