Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Limerculer
A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Invaderbank
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Michael_Elliott
Thank You Mask Man (1971)* 1/2 (out of 4)Lenny Bruce co-wrote, co-directed and does all the vocal work for this seven minute animation movie that is a spoof of The Lone Ranger. When this was first released it was highly controversial because this is basically a spoof of homosexuality and there are a lot of jokes aimed at them. Well, watching this film today you can't help but think that the only reason this was controversial is because of Bruce. I mean, if you know anything about the comedian then you know about his legal troubles dealing with his act so I'm going to guess that this short was attacked simply because of his name being on it more than anything else. As far as the film goes, I really didn't like it because it simply wasn't funny. I'm not sure what the point of this thing was but without a single laugh the film is pretty much dead in the water. At just seven minutes it moves along pretty quick and the animation is nice but that's about it.
ultramatt2000-1
Usually most (controversial) cartoons are done in Hollywood and they are made by such as Disney, Warner Brothers, MGM, Universal and Paramount and the make fun of Japanese and black people. This one is an independent film and it makes fun of homosexuals. This short subject is the earliest form of "Stanimation" (basically it is a cartoon, in which the soundtrack is nothing but a stand-up comedy act) before Comedy Central's "Shorties watching Shorties". If I am making a Top 11 list of controversial cartoons, this would be number one. The rest will be all Hollywood-made. Be surprised who made this cartoon. Could you guess? Jeff Hale. Now what's he known for, apart from playing Auggie Ben Doggie in "Hardware Wars" (1977)? Give up? He is known for doing the Ringmaster segments, the Typewriter guy skits and the Pinball Machine sequences from "Sesame Street". I bet you are all surprised now by the time you are done reading this comment.Bottom line: Not suitable for children.Not rated: but a PG-13 would do fine due to all the language and sexual references going on.
dmorris001
I first saw this Lenny Bruce skit on video when I was in college(20 years ago)....Actually never thought I'd see it again, but I was fortunate to get my hands on a VHS copy! Lenny was a pure genius and the Lone Ranger skit is so damn funny...Just thinking about the idea of the Lone Ranger being gay is enough to make you laugh..LOL.Too bad that people in the 60's were so uptight....They had the "Leave it to Beaver" family mentality....So of course, they couldn't accept outlandish humor like this! If Lenny were around doing comedy TODAY, he'd be a big hit!You can find this gem at the END of the Lenny Bruce Performance Film, which is hard, but not impossible to find.... Amazon.com has several sellers offering it as well.I think I better transfer this to DVD...just in case the VHS tape breaks!!
Lepre-WG
This short video must be viewed with a grain of salt. You must also view it with the understanding of the times. The Lone Ranger (spoof) makes a huge issue about why he never sticks around after helping the town. He doesn't want to stick around for his "Thank you, Masked Man". Then he finally does, and we see an immediate change in attitude. Then the truth comes out! You must watch this over and over again, to understand everything the people say, as with Lenny Bruce...he's a fast talker. Quite ingenious. A must see. A classic of it's own. I would say, most people that rented the "Performance Film" never saw this cartoon, because it was after the credits.
