Kelly's heroes - Oddball and his Sherman tanks

[MrScarhand18]

I LOVE THE BACKROUND MUSIC name of music playing Sherman holiday inn btw anyone knows where to get that music??? please answer quickly thank you

[Linaah91]

@MrScarhand18 I found out that the song is from Schifrin, Lalo - Sherman Holiday Inn. maybe you get it at beemp3.com ;)

[MrScarhand18]

@Linaah91 okay thanks X,)

[MrScarhand18]

@Linaah91 I GOT THE SONG YAY THANK YOU <3 ;,D

[Stevezom]

Look at how hard it is for Clint not to laugh...

[ToonandBBfan]

Oddball is one of the greatest movie characters of all time!

[TheAdam159]

I love this movie. One thing though, it feels about as 1940s as Inglorious Basterds does. It definitely feels like a product of the 1970s, when it was made

[Hiraghm]

I want a Sherman of my own :(

[HYDROCHANandMAXMAN]

I love the song

[83senem]

I love Donald Sutherland !!!!

[Hotsbean]

One person has negative waves..

[Strateg68]

@Hotsbean Maybe the person was assaulted by them Tigers, you know. :)

[lefdepord]

@Sturmmann Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves, and think of something positive for a change?

[PaulRietvoorn]

interesting, here's two types of the cool guy: the hippie and the tough guy, but both are cool

[Trashcansam123]

Oddball is such a hippy, he should be in Vietnam

[patterson9398]

1 person has negative waves!!!

[fastold]

1 person has negative waves

[bigmeuprudeboy]

'to a New Yorker like you a hero is some kind of weird sandwich'

[dramone100]

oddball is the best war movie character ever

[Giselle76502]

on disliker should knock it off with the negative waves

[planetrockford]

Holy crap it's the Albanian SAS.

[Giselle76502]

Oddball is the best

[willobi]

afganistan 2011 oh year baby.



[007LandShark]

If i ever went into the military i would join oddballs group.

[tp10488]

I love the soldier who's filling up the cups. Been that way a few times myself.

[tp10488]

Isn't that Tim Matheson, with the cigarette hanging out his mouth at 0:47? If so, that was the only appearance of him in the movie. I find that kind of odd because he had been around in TV and movies for awhile at the time and was a little more deserving than a cameo role. Of course, later he became Eric Stratton and "was damn glad to meet you!"

[tonythetiger1man]

looks like all of us at the amps meeting or better yet at the retreat ! lol

[DetroitLove4U]

Bum Bum Bum - Oddball would have made a hell of President!!!

[wuIfsheImut]

Because of oddball and the way he talked, it struck me as a Vietnam movie. Just set in WW2. Plus Shermans were tin cans on wheels. They had no real edge, except speed. Which I believe would not have mattered much in an urban enviroment.

[0ddba1l]

@wuIfsheImut Well a Sherman would be much more use in small streets than a massive tiger, and a Sherman can kill a tiger close up especially from the rear so yes the movie is right.

[GjVj]

Goddamn, I love this film. :D

[mrlee192]

this scene always cracks me the fuck up

[TheCatgirl6]

I love Eastwood's slow-burn perplexity in the face of Sutherland's goofy hippie cool, don't you?

[0ddba1l]

@TheCatgirl6 Yes they make a great team wish they had got together again.

[TheCatgirl6]

@0ddba1l Actually they did, but many years later--2000's "Space Cowboys" also starring Tommy Lee Jones and James Garner. But if you mean you wish they'd worked together again when they were both still in their young(ish) prime, me too. :)

[0ddba1l]

@TheCatgirl6 Yes I forgot that movie, but yes when they were younger would have been great.

[Avatar230594]

"this tank has been modified by our mechanical genius here moriarity" "whatever you say babe". they are completely laid back honestly they sont even wanna stand up

[trigga1uk]

did they actually have hippies in the 1940's?

[Mirdala]

@trigga1uk Well, they had Donald Sutherland.

[Breeslave]

@trigga1uk No but because you couldn't literally make fun of the Vietnam war in the 1960's when it was on and fighting you had to put it during WWII or Korea not the current war because it would be offensive to soldiers their families and the anti war group's, it's kind of silly now but thats how it was back then.

[0ddba1l]

@Breeslave It would be the same now for Iraq or AFG.

[wuIfsheImut]

@trigga1uk Nope. The closest things would have been beat nicks in the 50s, which were the precursors to the hippies. The people who started the beatnick BS started the hippie BS.

[theyorkshirewhites]

Your little insert..I like to poke on pigs..?

Not funny...just rather sick.

BTW..Awesum? try..Awesome.

[andreaprodan]

WWii Hippies, maaaan!

[pooeyegg]

the tanks used in the movie were definitely E4 Shermans (original m4a3 with up-armored 76mm gun) borrowed from the Yugoslavian Reserve Army which still used them until the late 70's.

[OddballRS]

The 17 pounder in the firefly had to turned through 90 degrees to get the breach to clear the rear of the turret and allow easier loading

[ExplodingReeces]

Gypsy Carnival!!!!

[Pourleduc]

Fireflies are M4s in BRITISH service added a 7lbs gun and the turret is modified in the back.

I'm not sure if these are even M4A3s with 76, shouldn't they have the bigger T20 turret like it is on the M4A1 (76)?

Not sure...

[tehDman]

Keep in mind that Oddball 'modified' his squads Shermans, broseph.

[IANSodaPop]

71 Pound gun... yea right, its a 17 pounder AT gun mounted on an M4 Sherman the only changes were slight mods to the turret so i can accommodate the higher caliber round and massive size of the gun its self.

[pershing22]

Sherman Firefly also saw action in American, French, germans, AND indian units.

[davvvvo]

swedish subtitles

5 stars not becuse the subs becuse i like the movie

[FalconKPD]

Aren't the shermans actually Firefly shermans?

[AdognamedOp]

No, those are M4A3's with 76'2 guns.. But oddball mentions in the movie that he's added extra barrel to make the guns looks bigger.

[FalconKPD]

I know, but I think they actually might have used firefly shermans instead of actually putting a longer barrel on.

[shilelea]

no not fireflys firflys ahd a 7 lber gun

[johnmilo117]

Firefly is a Sherman but with a bigger gun.

[FalconKPD]

Yeah.

[KellerDweller82]

Gotta love his unregulation hair and laid back attitude hell of a tanker though that guy is cool.!

[RingoChen]

lol

[Lazaro5000]

I love (among other things) Kelly's reaction to first seeing Oddball's crew and tanks; his expression says "You gotta be fuckin' kidding...."

[BossHossGT500]

I guess you are speaking from experience, you fucker

[MokomaSusi]

"Oddball is a typical american soldier,"

How many have you met personally?

[ryuhinomaru]

why dont you knock it off with them negative waves man

[cad0024]

Oddball is the soldier we wish we all could be if we were in the forces, so cool!!

[sellblock1138]

oddball is perfect for the time I think he is a hippy in the early stages or something but by definnition his not (I think)

but anyway! I love his line after this clip " this tank gets us out of trouble faster than you can get in it"

[kyokogodai]

I think it would be closer to "Bohemian"(sp) that he was. That is where a lot of the "yippie" movent originated.

[crimthann86]

this is pretty typical of american movies made in the late 60s early 70s as they may have been set in a different period but they reflected the times they were made in.. Oddball is a good example.. also like in the Movie Mash set in Korea but was definitely reflective of the early 70s even with the hair cuts etc.. This is a great fun movie..

[davvvvo]

they dont have any commander becuse they maby killd him

[Dukeoftruth]

One of the best characters in movie history. Oddball is a classic!

[IrishRhino2727]

If you think about it .... the culture & attitudes portrayed by Oddball & his crew are so out of place in a movie set in the 1940s. Who cares though? They're hilarious!!!!

[tenacitastumaka]

song called "Sherman Holday Inn"

put bso kellys hero in google, is the song number six

[joshboy1st]

what is this song called cant find it anywhere!!!!!! grrrr

[Airguncp]

are oddball and his crew a jew!!!

[countdanzigbathory]

They're not carrying the 17 pdr gun, The 17pdr was about the same as the German 88 which would be ~twice the length of the gun shown here. Plus the Americans were reluctant to adapt the 17 pdr gun anyway. There was a heavier Sherman called the Jumbo though.....

[flight701]

you sure that's the name of the song ? the turkish sounding music ?

[doctorwholordotime]

HIPPY MUSIC AWSOME!!!

[sexymalcom1970]

wine women and song hahahaha

[scarhand18]

i love the music it's called warriors on the moveyeah:,D!!!!

[jerrymail]

These M4 look weird. They have a long barrel, so i can assume it is a 76mm M1 or M1A1 gun, without muzzle brake. But it is not the T23 turret used to fit the US 76mm gun. These tanks are looking much more like British Sherman "Firefly" with 17 pdr. gun, but they are lacking the counter-weight at the rear of the turret and the muzzle brake on the gun.... I think these M4 never existed, it's a strange mix done for the movie.

[flazgo]

If you watched the movie you would know they added the extra length onto the gun as a visual effect to make the Germans think the gun is more powerful

[JJay0626]

It's filled with paint. When we fire it it makes...Pretty Pictures, scares the hell outta people.

[Elendil963]

Here I am watching a classic movie scene, and you come barking all your technical stuff that, I'm afraid to say, no one cares about. Learn about history, don't learn what cm the gun was in history...

[Panzer211]

wingdoss your awesome you know that thanks for the info So many positive waves we cant go wrong

[BARREDA1976]

For me oddball is a hippie fighting on WW2?

great are very strange combination that works!!!!!!! by the way this is a beautiful mother movie!!!!!!!!!

[LiviJones]

I love how Sgt Oddball is very laid back compared to the very serious Pvt Kelly.

[Avatar230594]

@LiviJones yeah he has paint rounds

[96fierfly]

@LiviJones sgt kelly

[HYDROCHANandMAXMAN]

Lt.



[96fierfly]

@HYDROCHANandMAXMAN no he used to be a lt. till he killed half a company of GIs when he gave orders to attack the wrong hill

[orkneyfellow]

This is so funny, original even. In the middle of a war. The way Sutherland and Eastwood play off against each other in such a surreal scenario is so good!

[Wingdoss]

Relax fellas - it's from the soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin and the track was called Sherman Holday Inn. The composer was trying for an eastern-euro gypsy feel with this track.

[Wingdoss]

You can sometimes get the soundtrack off eBay but it usually costs an arm and a leg compared to most.

[muratveli]

Does anyone know the name of that eastern song/tune?

I think it's awesome!

[Jigen7490]

@muratveli If you ever find it let me know!!!

[Hotsbean]

@Jigen7490 "Holiday Sherman Inn"

[muratveli]

@Jigen7490

I already have it as mp3. Give me ur email and I'll send it to you if you want.