Expert: Popcorn Guy - 6/15/2005

Question
Cat Ballou question.
Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye play two troubadours in Cat
Ballou. At the end of the film they sing (I paraphrase here --
don't remember the lyrics exactly):
“The cat escaped,
Just where she went was a mystery.
She vanished down into history,
And her legend grew.”
When they get to the end of the second line, they do a double
take, looking quickly off screen, then back at the camera. I
distinctly remember seeing this. But when I recently took out a
tape of Cat Ballou from the library, they were singing the song
from atop a wagon/stage coach, and never did the double take.
Does any one else out there remember them looking quickly off
screen, or am I nuts?

Lonely Are The Brave question.
Walter Matthau chases Kirk Douglas into the mountains in this
movie. Matthau is in a Jeep, Douglas on a horse. The Jeep takes
a pretty good beating.
When I first saw the film (1970) I remember the Jeep breaking
down and Matthau saying the transaxle was broken.
But, when I recently took the film out from the library, the Jeep
never broke down. In fact, Matthau drove a Jeep to the accident
scene at the film's climax -- supposedly the same Jeep. So, did I
remember the broken transaxle from a different (but similar)
movie, or am I (again) just crazy?
P.S. -- I'm sending this to multiple experts -- hope that's OK

Answer
Hi, Andy...

First off... no problem with the multiple experts thing... my ego is not burnt... and, hey, as long as you get your answer...

Now... as to the questions... no, I've never seen the look offscreen from Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye... and, yes, I seem to remember the Jeep breaking down in "Lonely..." but I do not remember the "transaxle" line... been forever since I've seen it, though....

Hope this helps,

PCG