Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Captain Chaos RIP - So long Dom Deluise! Cannonball Run Hero

While I know that this doesn't qualify as true Automotive, Racing or HPDE content, I feel that we need to dip the Scuderia flag to honor Dom and his devotion to the crazy, stupid car movies that kept my early adolescence interesting.   

How can you top a movie that showcased exotic cars (Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr in a Ferrari 308), silly jacked-up Hawaiian-Tropic pick-ups, Jaws (from Moonraker), tricked out Ambulances, and a military-spec Chrysler Imperial?

 While the Cannonball movies were  largely a showcase for Burt Reynolds,  Dom and his Captain Chaos provided an honest barometer for the level of stupid humor that these movies contained.  Captain Chaos RIP! 


2 comments:

Chris Janc said...

Some of the best outtakes ever.

thehounder said...

Nothings says consummate professional like Dom Deluise!