Mother, Jugs & Speed

Mother, Jugs & Speed - (1976) - Peter Yates

Yeah probably never would have seen this if it weren't for my dad. This movie came out the year he graduated high school so it was something he liked kind of when he was my age. He realllllly likes to share those things with us which sometimes is good, sometimes not so good. This movie was somewhere in between.

Um, the whole setting of this movie was interesting to me. I never knew that there used to be like different ambulance companies (maybe there still is? anyone know?). That just seems really bizarre to me. So this movie is kind of about two independent ambulance companies competing to be the one big company for L.A. So when there's trouble they have to try to get to the scene before the other company if they want to make the big bucks- but it's funny sometimes they don't want certain jobs once they get there- they're like shit I don't want to do this one, yuck. So you're wondering about the title- those are characters' names. "Mother" is Bill Cosby- this is a really different role for him, he's young and you just don't hear "fuck" or any dirty words from his mouth nowadays. Speed is another guy who works for the company and Jugs is the dispatch secretary. She receives the calls about where they need to go and I'm guessing you can tell by her "name" that she is sexually harassed a lot (which actually made me sick) and she hates the guys but really also just wants to be one of them. She wants to be a driver, but it's the 70s sooo that's not gonna happen (but eventually it does).

So yeah, it's a funny movie, but I don't know that I would recommend it. Didn't hate it, didn't love it so you be the judge. If it sounds fun to you, go for it. If not, you're not missing out in life.