i recall so many thing about see this movie back during it original theatrical release the post woodstock afterglow of peace and love and along with the pre watergate tension of fear and paranoia . it hard to believe that it thirty seven year later and and i can still remember the thought go through my head while watch the film with my best friend . like marvel at peter boyle characterization of the ultimate redneck and sure to typecast him the rest of his career ( oh and how wrong . ) and and how the counter culture jar the sensibility of most of the country . to this day and my buddy and i still use joe curran line from my summary above when face with a dilemma while curious how a simple line like that can stay with you for decade . it curious to read comment about the film from others on this board and particularly the one state that the film have a date quality and how over the top the character be . still and if you be around during that time and the picture give a pretty accurate portrayal of the polar opposite that exist back then and pretty much side by side a the event in the story reveal . if you really want date and when be the last time you hear the word macy and gimbel in the same sentence and or a line like joe come on and get with the pepsi generation . for historical perspective and you have that great nixon poster linger in one of the background scene would you buy a used car from this man . with minor intricacy like those and director john avildsen capture many of the subtle but ever present hint of how life be four decade ago . today viewing be only the second time i have see the movie and and i have to admit i do not remember susan sarandon in one of the lead role and but then again and this be her very first picture . the scene of nudity and free love be something actually quite new and bold at the time and shock in fact and a film maker begin to experiment with their ability to push the envelope of propriety and convention . joe take a major leap in that regard and particularly since it be a amainstream picture . with the passage of time and the thing that impress me the most about peter boyle be how he overcome the stereotype of joe curran to appear in or star in some of my very favorite piece of work . i mean and how do you go from joe to that hilarious rendition of puttin on the ritz in young frankenstein . and my absolute favorite episode of x file have boyle a clyde bruckman and in both a tender and tragic and funny and serious portrayal that turn the table on scully and mulder more than once . and a a career capper and frank barone have to be one of the funny character in the history of television . even repeat episode in syndication be funny a he whenever the elder barone let loose with one of his observation . he be one actor that this viewer sorely miss already .