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Mother, Jugs & Speed

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20 feature instances
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Mother, Jugs & Speed	comment	A full-length exercise in seeing just how far one can go and still get a PG rating (in the words of the writers), this 1976 Black Comedy directed by Peter Yates focuses on an independent ambulance company in competition with another independent ambulance company for a contract with the City of Los Angeles. The cast includes: Bill Cosby as "Mother" Tucker, a long-time paramedic & driver known for harassing nuns and imbibing while on duty. He also keeps a revolver in his glove compartment. Raquel Welch as Jennifer, aka "Jugs"; what she is known for is rather obvious. She secretly wants to be a paramedic & driver. Harvey Keitel as Tony "Speed" Malatesta, a possibly Dirty Cop who is suspended from the force pending an investigation into selling cocaine to children, hence his nickname. His experience as an ambulance driver in Vietnam leads to being hired to fill in for an injured paramedic. Larry Hagman as John Murdoch, who attempts to rape an unconscious co-ed he and Speed are transporting. Dick Butkus as "Rodeo", a transplanted Texan. Allen Garfield as Harry "Doughnut" Fishbine, the company owner and boss of the Ragtag Bunch of Misfits. He is not above taking kickbacks so he can stay in business.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_1392fbe7	type	Drunk Driver
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_1392fbe7	comment	Drunk Driver: Mother. Probably. It's established that he drinks constantly on the job, and his job happens to be ambulance driver, although it isn't shown to impair his driving.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_1bf47ada	type	The Medic
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_1bf47ada	comment	The Medic: Speed was an ambulance driver in Vietnam.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: It's a movie that juxtaposes various comedic scenes with things like Murdoch wanting to rape an unconscious co-ed, a desperate junkie killing Leroy then herself, and a woman giving birth in Mother's ambulance then dying, though admitedly the latter two are also Played for Drama.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_23ff95fb	type	Brutal Honesty
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_23ff95fb	comment	Brutal Honesty: Mother tells it like it is, even more so when he's had a few drinks. A good example is when the woman died in the ambulance after giving birth. The next day, Jugs and Speed are pretty torn up about it, while Mother is his usual relaxed self. Jugs tries to call him out on it, but Mother drops the jokey act right away and goes stone cold.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Mother is a black man and can be quite threatening when he's drunk. His response when a junkie fatally injured his partner Leroy? Pull out a revolver he had in his glove compartment, though the junkie committed suicide before he could do anything.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Barney at the hamburger stand has this to say:
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_500ecfb7	type	The Big Guy
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_500ecfb7	comment	The Big Guy: Rodeo. It seems that he's the team's member who specializes in physical jobs/fighting when the need arises.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_5e2e55e4	type	The Casanova
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_5e2e55e4	comment	The Casanova: Murdoch, who attempts to seduce every beautiful woman he sees. And even tries to molest an unconscious co-ed.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_60b21fa3	type	The Lancer
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_60b21fa3	comment	The Lancer: Speed. While the titular three characters, Mother, Jugs, and Speed are all the three protagonists of the film, Speed's role tends to revolve around being Mother's foil due to being paired with him, and being the love interest of Jugs. Leroy, Mother's previous partner, also qualifies. Speed was in fact paired with Mother after Leroy died.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_6a3bedce	type	Modesty Bedsheet
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_6a3bedce	comment	Modesty Bedsheet: Speed and Jugs cover themselves with several bedsheets when they make love in the back of an ambulance.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_7426582d	type	Token Minority
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_7426582d	comment	Token Minority: Mother is the only person of color in his company.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_7b3ebb57	type	Buxom Beauty Standard
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_7b3ebb57	comment	Buxom Beauty Standard: Jugs, who is viewed as attractive because of her large breasts. Hell, it's the whole reason why she's nicknamed "Jugs" in the first place!
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: Mother's Chevrolet Sport Van ambulance, which is so customized that it looks more like his personal hot-rod than the work van of an ambulance company.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_8ad43dc9	type	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_8ad43dc9	comment	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Our protagonists are a flawed, quirky ramshackle group of characters.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: quite a few. For example: Murdoch wanting to rape an unconscious co-ed, a desperate junkie killing Leroy then herself, and a woman giving birth in Mother's ambulance then dying.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Mother drinks on duty, sexually harasses nuns, and behaves brazenly towards practically everybody he meets, but is overall cobsidered to have his heart in the right place.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_e91cc721	type	In the Style of
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_e91cc721	comment	In the Style of: Most reviews of the film characterize it as an attempt to replicate Robert Altman's brand of freewheeling Ensemble Cast Dramedy. Specifically, it was seen as 20th Century Fox trying to create another MAS*H, right down to it involving medical personnel and attempting a TV spinoff.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_eb251937	type	Dirty Cop
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_eb251937	comment	Dirty Cop: Speed. Maybe. He isn't nicknamed "Speed" because he is an ambulance driver (although he was an ambulance driver in Vietnam), but because he was suspended from the local sheriff's office pending an investigation into selling cocaine to children.
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Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_f604f64b	type	Dude, She's Like in a Coma
Mother, Jugs & Speed / int_f604f64b	comment	Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Murdoch climbs in with an overdosed co-ed and starts getting undressed. Speed stops him while pretty much just stopping short of quoting the trope word for word.
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