The 1981 movie Four Seasons with Carrol Burnett and Alan Alda features a china blue 300D. It's a neat movie, and you see a lot of the car. It actually winds up sinking in a frozen lake. Of course, its owner is neurotic.

I completely forgot there was a 123 in that movie. Wasn't it a wagon? I now remember feeling that it was a crime to watch that car go under.

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There may have been a wagon but the car that stole the show was a China Blue non-turbo sedan. I don't know what car they actually in the driving scenes, but it seemed to get along quite nicely.

One of the lines was "Don't eat in the car, the crumbs will get into the seats, and they'll never come out... The value will go down by $500.00, do you want to eat a $500.00 sandwitch?" Making Alan Alda to resort to go hungry.

I knew it was a comedy when the car went down the owner says "My Mersaydees! It would have been worth twice what I payed for it three years from now!" Yeah, right!

If anyone would like to see this film, its on tonite on the WE network. It seems a nice coming of age story for a few married couples. Its called "Four Seasons"

Notice how they switch between a W116 and a W123 through the movie. If you are a true enthusiast, you'll pick it up.

"AAAAAAHHHH, MY MERCEDES!!!"(sploosh)

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So THAT's what a W116 looks like without rust.

I just wish Cox wouldent compress the video so dang much. It looks crummy with the little compression squares all over the screen.

Digital cable? A friend of mine had it and I hated how I couldn't "surf," as I had to wait about 5 seconds for each channel to form itself from chunky nothingness.

That must be some powerhouse!!! It can spin its tires AND slide around a corner!

blub, blub, blub It's secret will lay at the bottom of the lake forever...

Just rented "City of Ghosts" and there's a nice yellow/tan? 123 sedan all through the movie. Appears to be a '79 or so. It was filmed in Thailand/Cambodia and the car looks like it's from there, dash is perfect, no cracks to be seen.

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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol

What've you been smoking? That movie is complete CRAP. The only thing remotely entertaining was that fat guy's obsession with his M-B. I'm sorry those jackasses weren't strapped in when the car fell through the ice.

Yeah, I did catch the switch, but the W123 was indeed the car you saw most. That first road scene was a 450SE. As for Jim Dandy, well, there's no accounting for taste. From you posts, you sound very young. With movies it pays to broaden horizens and look at the writing. Heck, they knew enough to use a Merc! I like Alan Alda, so, its worth a look.

Oh, because I have a sense of humor, you've got to offer up a back-handed compliment. And how big of a hit was your prized flick? I seem to remember it going to HBO within just a few months of its release (i.e., that's code for it SUCKED). And when did Alan Alda last have a hit? In fact, when did he EVER have a hit? M*A*S*H* sucked after he ran off Wayne Rogers, Larry Linville, and McClean Stevenson in order to make it his own personal soapbox. I'm sorry he couldn't have actually served in Korea and MAYBE catch a piece of ordnance (HINT: that's not a compliment of his talent). Thanks and good night.

You know, you have a point about the MASH thing. I really don't care either way. I seem to not even the remember the flick when it was new... In fact, I didn't know it existed until yesterday.

I'm happy to say that I like "Four Seasons." I don't care for MASH, but I DO like some of Alda's acting "skills."

Since you're a mere pup of 25 (and were barely out of diapers when that TOAD of a movie appeared), I don't really see how you would've remembered it. If I wanted to watch a car movie, I'd watch Bullitt. If I wanted to watch a good car movie with a good plot, I'd watch To Live and Die in LA. And if I wanted to watch a truly entertaining movie with a Mercedes, I'd watch Take This Job and Shove It (no diesels, but Robert Hayes had a pretty neat 450SL), but I sure as hell wouldn't waste a minute of my precious time watching some piece of crap from Alan Alda with a neurotic lardass and his M-B.



Sad, sad, sad. Skills? It's called NEPOTISM. His daddy got him where he is.



So when's the "special" edition DVD going to be released? I mean, it's such a good movie and all.