My favourite little detail is how two people are never able to occupy the same narrow space or doorway. Exactly like the boardgame.

a little piece of trivia - Madeline Kahn's flames line was improvised. It was so funny that the cast had a hard time keeping character. It remains one of my favorite movie quotes to this day.

I’ve read that the reason for the multiple endings is, that depending on where you saw the movie, it was released with one of the three endings. It wasn’t until the movie was released on home video that the three endings were put together in the nice package we have today.

38:10 Two reasons why 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll' was playing at the end. 1. It was playing at the start of the movie when Wadsworth, aka, the REAL Mr. Boddy first went into the mansion, creating a bookend with Mr. Green LEAVING the mansion. (Signifying the start and end of the 'game'.) 2. It's a play on shaking a pair of dice, making them rattle, and then rolling them onto a board.

I feel the multiple endings plays homage to the game because each game ends differently. This movie is a classic and has stars and comedy and mystery. Very fun movie.

Another little trivia bit-the “singing telegram girl” is Jane Wiedlin, the singer/guitarist from the Go-Go’s

To this day whenever I hear someone say ‘to cut a long story short’ I always reply ‘too late’ 😂😂😂

Leslie Ann Warren was hilarious in Victor Victoria, which is such a good movie.

Great reaction! You mention McCarthyism, and how it played into the setting for this movie. Something I noticed on a recent re-watch: at the beginning of the movie, the cook has the tv on in the kitchen as she prepares dinner, and she's actually watching the McCarthy hearings.

I LOVE this movie! First saw it on tv in the late 80s with my sister and we taped it on our vhs. As soon as it ended we’d just look at each other and say ‘again?’ ‘Again’ 😂 Must’ve seen it a dozen or so times now. The ‘I hated her sooooo much’ part was improvised and the rest of the cast lost it and it’s an iconic line now. She was a comedic genius, very much missed.

Everything Michael Mckean touches is gold. A lot of great television appearances. He appeared on Smallville in a guest role as future boss Perry White and stole the show. He even appeared in The X-files in a hilarious recurring role as a mysterious Man in Black. He's awesome.

For new years eve one year I made a Clue drinking game. "Tim Curry is sarcastic" killed us.

I just realized that the cook is Kellye Nakahara, Nurse Kellye from MASH!

I consider this movie a masterpiece of combining banter and physical humor. The stage play feel of it lends so much charm. Topped off with such a great cast, is it any wonder that it became so well regarded? No. No? No. Quotable as can be, too, of course.

Born in 1980. This is a movie that was on heavy rotation during my early childhood because we had a VHS dubbed copy from HBO or somesuch. I've been thrilled to see it getting a reappraisal in recent years because it was pretty much forgotten until recently. Amazing cast, amazing performances, and an amazing script. Just a really fun movie.

This movie has so much rewatch value too. The cast, the pacing, the camp... You'd do well to watch this at the cabin as much as you'd do well to play the board game.

Murder By Death is a similar premise/film. There is the film, The Old Dark House (1963), that is a comedy re-make of the 1932 film of the same name. The original The Old Dark House was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff. I think the original is a much better film as it evolves from having a rather dry humor into a very dire situation for all involved. I'm glad you enjoyed this, and it gets funnier with each repeated viewing.

Mr Boddy was played by Lee Ving, lead singer of Fear, and the singing telegram was Jane Wiedlin from the Go Go's

The game was called "Cluedo" in the UK (and other English speaking countries) as a play on the traditional board game "Ludo", the late 19th century game that was adapted from the game "Pachisi", developed in 6th century India.

I just recently watched this with my 12 and 15 year olds, and they loved it. 15yo said it's one of the rare movies he'd watch a second time.

I wonderful reaction,. I'm sure others will share this information, that in the cinema on release we only got one ending,and depending where and when you saw the film depended of one which ending you got. I saw the film three times but only saw two of the endings. Great to see your enjoyment.

Similar feeling? Try 1992's Noises Off with Michael Caine, John Ritter, Carol Burnett & Christopher Reeve. Also, Madeline Kahn and Tim Curry also teamed up to excellent comedic effect with Carol Burnett in 1982's Annie. Love the edit, this movie has so many great moments it must have been hard to cut so beautifully, including the plot elements and great joke reactions!

I am very happy you are reacting to this movie, Tim Curry is one of my favorite actors (One of the greatest character actors ever). In a star studded comedy, what more could someone ask for. Little bit of CLUE funny trivia, Madeline Khan's "Flames" dialogue was completely ad libbed. My friends and I actually have a back to back Audience Participation Party with Clue & The Rocky Horror Picture Show and do Audience Participation to both.

The 7th Season, 5th Episode of the tv show "Psych" was a spoof of this movie. The episode was titled "100 Clues". Three of the cast members of the movie played similar roles in the "Psych" episode, including Martin Mull, Christopher Lloyd and Leslie Ann Warren. I would also recommend you react to "Psych" once you finish "Lost". I think you'll love it.

The song at the end credits? "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Y'know, like dice.

Tim Curry has had several iconic roles, and this is one of them! Rocky Horror, of course, and IT (one version, anyway), and more... Even now that he is severely incapacitated and can barely speak, he's still performing. He played the Narrator in a recent (a few years ago) version of The Rocky Horror show. How's that for ironically iconic. Or is that iconically ironic?

So according to Google, the game was created in England during WW2, the creator sold the game to Waddingtons, who trademarked the name as Cluedo. A combination of Clue and Ludo.

31:20 Watch how Mr Green is standing there as Mr Green in this shot, and then in the next shot he removes his glasses and stands up straight seemingly trying to signal to the Chief, "Hey! Look, it's me, Mr. FBI Guy! I'm on the case, Boss!" Never noticed that before.

If you didn’t notice, the singing telegram girl was played by Jane Wiedlin, the guitarist for The Go-Go’s. Mr Body was portrayed by singer & guitarist Lee Ving from the punk band The Fear.

Clue is one of my all time favorites. Madeline Kahn and Tim Curry are national treasures. When the movie was in theatres, every showing had one of three endings. I guess for the video release they added them all together. I prefer the Wadsworth ending. Because what's more of a twist than the protagonist actually being the bad guy. Shake Rattle and Roll is playing at the end because the movie is set in the 50s and it maybe the most famous song from the decade.

It helps to realize that when this movie was released in theaters, there were 3 versions in the theater… either 1, 2 and 3 …. or A, B, C ….. so people would go back to see the other versions they had not yet seen. Great gimmick.

Cluedo is a wordplay on the board game name Ludo. "From Latin ludus (“game”) and also back-formation from words like ludology (“the study of games”) and ludonarrative (“the intersection between a video game's gameplay and narrative”)."

The singing telegram was played by Jane Wiedlin, the guitar player from the band The Go Go's. She was also in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

I’m a couple years younger than you and I grew up watching this movie. Michael McKean is known mostly for this, Spinal Tap, and Laverne and Shirley. He has had a bunch of small roles through the years, but you have to see Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, in which he is part of the ensemble cast.

'You can tell a lot about a person by what movie they know Tim Curry from.'

So a fun little detail that is really cool in hindsight, when Mr. Green thinks the cop is about to discover the bodies in the study, he reaches into his breast pocket. If we consider the third ending to be canonical, that means he was reaching either for his badge or his gun.

Madeline Kahn’s “…flames… on the side of my face…” was ad libbed.

Mr. Boddy is played by Lee Ving. Back in the day, he was the frontman for the L.A. punk band Fear.

Yes, Tim Curry is a genius. Go forth and watch some more.

Fantastic movie and one of my families favourite Christmas boardgames. We play it most years - Murder by Death is another great one to watch.

OMG I totally loved your reaction. Its the best I have seen so far. Many of the other reactors were not familiar with the game. U laughed at the best parts and actually got the Hoover joke This is one of my favorite movies. I didn’t see it in the theater where different theaters showed the different endings. I saw it on video so was presented with the endings

'Murder by Death' next? Or 'Dark and Stormy Night'? The game that's usually called Parcheesi in the US is called Ludo (Latin for 'I play') in the UK; 'Cluedo' is an allusion to that.

Love this movie. Saw it quite by chance as a kid when we got it as part of a 2-for-1 rental deal (back in the goood old days of VHS rental stores), and watched it over, and over. So many great performances and quoteable lines. "I'm not shouting. Alright I AM shouting. I'm shouting, I'm shouting. I'm shout..." "By now ... she was dead." "Flames ... on the side of my face..." "I, am, your singing telegram..BANG"

Neil you must watch Murder By Death which featured stars such as David Niven and Maggie Smith as Dick and Dora Charlesworth pun on Nick and Nora Charles, Peter Sellers as Sidney Wang aka Charlie Chan.

if you like murder mysteries with a twist at the end, try "Murder By Death," based on a Neil Simon play. Stars Eileen Brennan, Peter Falk, and Truman Capote

Two Films of a similar flow. That still stand up these days What's up doc, Ryan O'Neil and Barbara Streisand and Murder by Death with David Niven Maggie Smith and Peter Falke.

This movie takes place at a specific time. The cook was watching the McCarthy Hearings on TV while she was making dinner, the songs were Top 40 hits at that time.

I was 5 when this came out and I loved it. Didn't understand half of the humor but still loved it. I wanted to be each one of the female guests. White, Peacock and Scarlett. All of them glamorous and deadly

Since you loved this so much, I highly recommend watching Murder By Death (1976). It's very much in the same vein, a comedic murder mystery with a great cast.

When this movie was released, theaters all over the country got one of the three different endings. The music lyrics first line is...."get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans"....they were there for a dinner party. I love this film. Thank you for your reaction. You appeared to enjoy it so much.

It’s great to see someone who played the game regularly as a kid watch this for the first time. Interesting to see your perspective. (I’m about 2 minutes into the intro)

I have a poster with Clue quotes on it in various size fonts. The biggest font is the 'flames' quote.

Rock Around The Clock playing at the end probably because it was released in 1954 the year the film was set. Jane Wiedlin plays the singing telegram she was part of the Go Go's and had a huge solo hit with Rush Hour.

Every time I see this movie and I see Miss Scarlett I think of Susan Sarandon, even though it's Lesley Anne Warren.

Regarding the Cluedo name, that's what the game was originally called when it was first released in the UK (before the US version). The name is a play on the words "Clue" and the latin "Ludo" which means "I play". Fun fact, Green in the original UK version was a reverend. I guess they just made him Mr. Green for the US releases because they didn't think Americans would appreciate a possibly murderous holy man. Another little bit of trivia: the novelization of the movie featured a fourth ending that was never filmed but was scripted. In that one, Wadsworth turned out to be Mr. Boddy again, but had poisoned all the other guests and was going to make a clean break. Unfortunately for him, he jumped into the wrong car and a police dog mauled him to death

It was named Cluedo by the British creator, Anthony Pratt, as a portmanteau of the words Clue and Ludo (a basic dice-based board game). When the game was sold to Parker Bros in the US and they opted to change it to Clue for an American audience. In the UK version Mr Green is Reverend Green (too risque for a US audience to have a man of the cloth as a killer apparently) and the victim is Dr Black (who became Mr Boddy in the US version).

One of a relatively small list of movies that I can watch a hundred times and not tire of. Most films are good for 1 viewing, if that.

I was a kid when this came out, I first saw it on VHS. When the movie was at theaters it had one ending, but here’s the catch the ending was the first version in some theaters, some had the second version, and some had the actual version which is the third. When it was released on DVD, and maybe VHS, they put all three endings together showing the three versions. On DVD you can also watch with a random ending which randomly picks one of the three endings.

1. Cluedo is the original name. A British couple invented it during WWII, trying to beat the boredom of staying home most nights. 2. It’s called Cluedo because when Pachisi was brought to England, from India, it was renamed Ludo. Ludo comes from a Latin word meaning “to play”. So Cluedo refers to playing with clues. 3. It is not called Cluedo in the USA because Pachisi is called Parcheesi here. So they cut off the “do”, and left it as “Clue”. 4. Mr. Green in the US version was originally (&still is) Reverend Green in England. Parker Brothers, when they bought the rights to bring it to the US, decided that Americans would not like a minister as a possible murderer. Not “family-friendly” enough. So he is simply Mr. Green.

Lesley Ann Warren also played Cinderella. Great reaction!

Also check out "Murder by Death" (1976) which has a similar premise.

The board game was originally conceived in the UK in the 1940s as "Cluedo", a word play on the then popular game "Ludo" that was created in the 1890s (though from a much older Indian game). In North America, Ludo wasn't as well known as in Europe, so it was marketed as simply "Clue".

Leslie Ann Warren is also in Victor/Victoria, another fantastic movie.

Btw, the Singing Telegram Girl is Jane Wiedlin, the guitarist/singer from the 80s band The Go-Go's (with Belinda Carlisle). I love this movie, and it was so fun to watch your reaction . :)

One of the best comedies ever made!!!

19:05 with Tim Curry I can't help but think "Castles don't have phones, asshole!" Which is one of the audience callouts from Rocky Horror Picture Show if you're not familiar.

Great reaction! I'm glad you enjoyed it. This was one of my favourite films as a kid in the early 90's, i watched it for a few years every day from aged 12-15. I still love it now.

A piece of trivia about the dogs: After he threw the bones, Wadsworth *shortened* the chains so they couldn't reach the door.

You should now watch 'A murder by death' A parody of Clue and detective’s movies. 😀

I love Clue so much haha ☺ I was Yvette in our high school play

Whats really amazing and clever about this film is it solves the biggest problem with the "Who Did it" Genre of mystery. The alternate endings are to show that anyone could have been the murderer. Ms Scarlet, Mrs White and Cornell Mustard could have done it when teaming up with Evette the Maid. Professor Plum and Mrs Peacock could do it solo and the final ending everyone but Mr Green kills someone. This is to show that Mystery Genre both succeeds and fails in the notion that Red Hearing have to be included in order to throw off the reader or viewer so no to guess too early. What makes CLUE a memorable film is that not only is it brilliantly written it ties so many elements to the board game without being hammered into the script.

I adore this film.

there's tons of fun facts about this film, the outside shots like the drive way and driving up to the house were shot at a house that has since burned down but all the inside shots were done at a studio. Ms. Scarlet's dress was originally supposed to be red but there was an allergy issue so they changed it to green with the focus on her hair and nails bein red to represent her being a red woman (red light district woman/madame). There are missing actors in shots that Tim Curry's character is referring to if you go back and watch and pause which is cool they kept to their own script. Mr. Body is an actual character in the board game, it's just he's been called multiple things such as Mr. Black (to represent the black suit of a corpse), Mr. Body, Mr. X in some versions. There's also some improv scenes like Mrs. White's Flames moment or where Ms. Scarlet and Colonel Mustard squeezing through the counter, the dog crap scene at the beginning was also improv'd. The actors had a hard time staying in character because they're all good friends and comedians but they would for the most part after filming stay in their little bungalows, specifically Madeline Khan

"Undercover Blues" - a nice 90s comedy about family of spies.

As for Christopher Lloyd looking so young - this film was released the same year as Back to the Future :-)

He didn't unchain the dogs, he cinched up the chain.

Many great quotes from this film.

Mr. Green was also in Laverne and Shirley. He played Lenny.

I watched this movie a long time ago and it still might be my favorite movie

You know at the beginning of the movie you mentioned clues and there actually is one at the beginning before the lights go out; it's the scene where Mr. Body and Wadsworth are in view, with the painting behind them. Usually the master of the house is the one depicted there.

Loved your reaction! This is my favorite movie of all time. I could probably recite it word for word. Amazing cast and witty comedy writing. 😁

Mr Body is Lee Ving from the band Fear

Cluedo was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949. Why did the American market drop the "do" (as in doe)? A combination of the word “clue” with the latin word for “play”. The game known in the US as Parcheesi is also a well known game in Britain. However, in Britain it's called Ludo (Latin for I play).

There was/is a popular board game called "Ludo" as others have pointed out - its name derives from the Latin for "I play" and is the same source for terms such as "ludonarrative". So while I can't say for sure, that seems like a likely culprit. Good video man!

I remember it being in the theaters. And yes, depending on where you went it had a different ending. And it was a blast. I’m still a wee disappointed that didn’t start a trend.

Mrs Preacovk stayed behind when Yvette started screaming. Plum was not present when theyfound the cook dead. But Mrs White was still upstairs screaming right before we see Yvette get murdered.

You should see “ murder by death“. It’s the original “clue” movie. It’s absolutely amazing and hilarious!

The Maid is Colleen Camp, who was one of the three Playboy bunnies in Apocalypse Now.

If you watch the scene where they are running to Yvette after she screamed you can see Mrs Peacock running past them and she is not in the doorway when they were talking to Yvette . There was another series that Micheal McKean did back in the 70s and that was called Laverne and Shirley where he played the upstairs neighbour Lenny with his friend Squiggy and he was quite funny in that as well just look it up

Each ending scans too regarding who was present. They also rehearsed as a theatre group rather than a movie one. Non disclosures were signed by the cast and crew and there is a few on set interviews where they can't answer who did it but play on that lol

Good job, most people don't spot the candlestick above the doorway.

Michael Mckean was also the Witchfinder in Good Omens ;)

I love this movie. It’s one of those films you need to watch a few times to get all the jokes because of how rapid fire they are and the wit of it all is amazing

The costume designer had some fun, too - each female character is wearing the opposite color of their name Scarlett wore green, White wore black, Peacock wore gold.

You would have to see the movies at different theaters to see different versions: either A, B or C. In the local newspaper ads it would specify which theater had what. I was obsessed with it, (I was 11.) so my parents took me to see it a second time at a different theater. I never saw "what really happened" until it came out on vhs. Miss Scarlett & Yvette helped kick-start puberty. Incidentally, there are production stills of a fourth ending in which Wadsworth is responsible for everything. In the end, it's insinuated that the dogs get him before he can escape. This ending is in the 2(!) different novelizations. One of which is a large hardcover children's book (!!) They're worth quite a bit on eBay.

What a treat! One of my favorite movies ever. Glad you liked it!

My favorite movie of all time!!

Along the same lines as this movie but years earlier and also with an all-star legendary cast is the movie version of Neil Simon's hilarious murder mystery "Murder by Death". It'll leave you guessing until the end and laughing like crazy all the way through. It's filled with great one liners, an incredible cast, and so much fun. I hope you'll check it out next. You'll love it as much as this one. It's a good time.

A fun coincidence that you posted this the day after one of your competitors towards the other side of Canada did hers. Sharp of you to spot that the guests arrive in cars corresponding to their color code names. The women are all dressed opposite to their names, however. Others seem to have hit most of the trivia and recommended 'Murder by Death', so I'll recommend another all-star mystery which is less well-known today: 'The Last of Sheila', with Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, James Mason, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane. Directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim (lovers at the time), who wrote it at Ross' suggestion based on the mystery scavenger hunts Sondheim used to host in New York where Ross had been a guest. It's set on a yacht sailing between ports along the Cote d'Azur with party games at each stop that take a sinister turn, and also a film a clef for those in-the-know about Hollywood at the time. The screenplay won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.

That was hilarious. Somehow I managed to miss that when it was new. What I do remember was a British show Cludo, based on the same game. That was a half hour show. Broadcast around 1990 and if I remember correctly, presented by Chris Tarrant.