Skidoo, Otto Preminger's Astounding LSD Musical Comedy, On DVD

The wait is over! Finally out on DVD is the legendary bomb Skidoo (Olive Films) -- an astounding LSD musical comedy directed by Otto Preminger, who reputedly tripped with Timothy Leary to get into the groove. Groucho Marx plays God, and Jackie Gleason plays an ex-mobster who escapes from jail by dosing the prison and flying off in a hot-air balloon. The film also includes a hallucination involving dancing trash cans, Carol Channing screeching out the title song in a Rudi Gernreich-designed admiral's outfit, as well as cameos by Mickey Rooney, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, and Peter Lawford. The final credits, which are entirely sung by Harry Nilsson while Groucho Marx sails away smoking a joint, will scare you off of drugs forever.