I mainly listen to the Rose Royce tracks from the album, "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next To You", and "I'm Going Down". I don't think I've ever really sat down and listened to the entire album.

I've yet to see Car Wash

RipHer2Shreds said:

See it! See it! It's a fun,lively comedy with some hilarious moments.

DavidEye said:

I saw it BET yesterday also. I don't have the DVD but I recorded "Car Wash" off of WTBS years ago and my copy doesn't have those scenes either. I would expect scenes being cut by a television station but not on a DVD.

I don't have the DVD but I recorded "Car Wash" off of WTBS years ago and my copy doesn't have those scenes either.

I need this soundtrack! I have a Best Of Rose Royce but I love that Pointer Sisters song



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[Edited 4/11/05 9:47am]

Did you guys watch this movie yesterday on BET? It came on in the afternoon.While watching it,I noticed that my DVD copy is actually missing many scenes! All of the scenes with Danny Devito are missing....the scene where the hooker and the waitress are both crying over their breakups with their boyfriends....the scene where Marcia's "date" comes back to pick her up....these scenes are nowhere to be found on the DVD!! Wtf??


Does anyone else have this problem? Are these scenes deleted from your DVD too?

Found this at IMDB:

The TV network version has all of the raunchy scenes, including the ones with the drag queen Lindy, cut and many more added which include:

-Hippo first arriving at the car wash and parking his moped in the back lot where he meets Chuco, the Latino worker, getting off a flatboard truck that he is riding in with other Latinos going to work and they whistle at two women passing by.

-The first scene with Slide ariving and parking his blue Cadillac down the streen, saying "Hi" to T.C. combing his huge afro hairstyle in front of a store window, and putting an LAPD Out of Order cover on the parking meter rather than paying for it. (This explains Slide's arrest later in the movie for 37 parking tickets.)

-The first scene in the locker room has Lonnie, Hippo and Chuco getting into their work clothes while listing to the radio about a bombing by the Mad Pop Bottle Bomber, and Charlie walks in coughing and Hippo comments on Charlie's cough.

-Snapper arriving for work and meeting Earl a.k.a.: Mr. Clean getting out his car and removing a polisher from the trunk.

-A scene at Big Joe's Dog House next door to the car wash with Joe (Danny DeVito) arguing with Terry (Brooke Adams) about her looking at another guy while parked at a stoplight on their way to work.

-Another scene at Big Joe's with Joe aruguing with Terry about the work they do while planing breakfast for the first customers.

-The montage of washing cars has some scenes with Marsha putting on more makeup and hairspray in place of the shots of Irwin smoking pot in the mens room and Goody walking in on him.

-The scene where Earl talks to the Oldsmobile owner is extended with Earl offering to polish the man's car and offers $18.50 for the job which will last four hours, and the car owner finally agrees.

-A scene where Irwin sees a plate danish pastries and takes one which his father Mr. B, tense and worried about everything, takes it away and chases him away. While Mr. B is talking to Marsha about an obituarry of a friend dying, Irwin returns and takes the entire plate of danish away to the pinball room to eat them.

-A shot of the hooker in the ladies room looking at her self in another fashion with a brunette wig, she decides she does not like it and begins changing into another fashion.

-A scene at Big Joe's where Terry is talking to two policemen about her and Joe seeing the movie "Carrie" the other night, the mailman Barney arriving with Joe's mail, and Joe telling the policemen that the coffee they are drinking is 70 cents with their dounuts. One cop balks saying that Terry gives them coffee for free. Terry is somewhat embarrased and Joe angrilly sweezes a jelly dounut so hard that the jelly splurts out.

-More dialouge between the Hysterical Woman outside the ladies room while Scruggs gets her ill son a bucket for him to throw up in.

-While Marsha is chating with Lindy outside the ladies room, Terry is handling a customer, and Joe delivers Mr. B's lunch where he asks Joe if the meat is lean.

-The first scene of the litharo Kenny is at Big Joe's where he pays Terry for his coffee and kisses her hand much to her shock, Joe sees this and angrilly storms out of the place with Terry following after him. (They are seen in the background by Marsha as she eyes Kenny aproaching her.)

-Terry arriving back at the hamburger stand in tears where she is comforted by Maureen the hooker who tells her about her troubles with a man named Joe too.

-A scene which comes after T.C. pushes Terry away from the phone booth for him to call and win the radio contest, Terry enters the phone booth after T.C. leaves and calls her mother and asks if Joe is there with her.

-A scene where Terry is closing down Big Joe's for the day, Joe returns and as Maureen the hooker watches, he and Terry kiss and make up.

-Marsha's storyline ends on a more downbeat note as while waiting for Kenny to pick her up, she says goodbye to Chuco as he board the same flatboard truck with the other Latino workers heading for home, Kenny arrives with his date, a more attractive woman, as well his obnoxious friend Benny as Marsha's date. Marsha is crushed but has no choice but to accompany them for their evening out.

-More dialogue between Justin and Snapper, his grandfather, while they are waiting for the bus where Loretta arrives and Justin says hi to her before going back to Snapper and tells him that he's going to get a ride with her.

vainandy said:

You took my back to my childhood there! You must have recorded it years ago, because it hasn't been WTBS in a looooong time!
[Edited 4/11/05 7:13am]

I need this soundtrack! I have a Best Of Rose Royce but I love that Pointer Sisters song



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[Edited 4/11/05 9:47am]

Found this at IMDB:

The TV network version has all of the raunchy scenes, including the ones with the drag queen Lindy, cut and many more added which include:

-Hippo first arriving at the car wash and parking his moped in the back lot where he meets Chuco, the Latino worker, getting off a flatboard truck that he is riding in with other Latinos going to work and they whistle at two women passing by.

-The first scene with Slide ariving and parking his blue Cadillac down the streen, saying "Hi" to T.C. combing his huge afro hairstyle in front of a store window, and putting an LAPD Out of Order cover on the parking meter rather than paying for it. (This explains Slide's arrest later in the movie for 37 parking tickets.)

-The first scene in the locker room has Lonnie, Hippo and Chuco getting into their work clothes while listing to the radio about a bombing by the Mad Pop Bottle Bomber, and Charlie walks in coughing and Hippo comments on Charlie's cough.

-Snapper arriving for work and meeting Earl a.k.a.: Mr. Clean getting out his car and removing a polisher from the trunk.

-A scene at Big Joe's Dog House next door to the car wash with Joe (Danny DeVito) arguing with Terry (Brooke Adams) about her looking at another guy while parked at a stoplight on their way to work.

-Another scene at Big Joe's with Joe aruguing with Terry about the work they do while planing breakfast for the first customers.

-The montage of washing cars has some scenes with Marsha putting on more makeup and hairspray in place of the shots of Irwin smoking pot in the mens room and Goody walking in on him.

-The scene where Earl talks to the Oldsmobile owner is extended with Earl offering to polish the man's car and offers $18.50 for the job which will last four hours, and the car owner finally agrees.

-A scene where Irwin sees a plate danish pastries and takes one which his father Mr. B, tense and worried about everything, takes it away and chases him away. While Mr. B is talking to Marsha about an obituarry of a friend dying, Irwin returns and takes the entire plate of danish away to the pinball room to eat them.

-A shot of the hooker in the ladies room looking at her self in another fashion with a brunette wig, she decides she does not like it and begins changing into another fashion.

-A scene at Big Joe's where Terry is talking to two policemen about her and Joe seeing the movie "Carrie" the other night, the mailman Barney arriving with Joe's mail, and Joe telling the policemen that the coffee they are drinking is 70 cents with their dounuts. One cop balks saying that Terry gives them coffee for free. Terry is somewhat embarrased and Joe angrilly sweezes a jelly dounut so hard that the jelly splurts out.

-More dialouge between the Hysterical Woman outside the ladies room while Scruggs gets her ill son a bucket for him to throw up in.

-While Marsha is chating with Lindy outside the ladies room, Terry is handling a customer, and Joe delivers Mr. B's lunch where he asks Joe if the meat is lean.

-The first scene of the litharo Kenny is at Big Joe's where he pays Terry for his coffee and kisses her hand much to her shock, Joe sees this and angrilly storms out of the place with Terry following after him. (They are seen in the background by Marsha as she eyes Kenny aproaching her.)

-Terry arriving back at the hamburger stand in tears where she is comforted by Maureen the hooker who tells her about her troubles with a man named Joe too.

-A scene which comes after T.C. pushes Terry away from the phone booth for him to call and win the radio contest, Terry enters the phone booth after T.C. leaves and calls her mother and asks if Joe is there with her.

-A scene where Terry is closing down Big Joe's for the day, Joe returns and as Maureen the hooker watches, he and Terry kiss and make up.

-Marsha's storyline ends on a more downbeat note as while waiting for Kenny to pick her up, she says goodbye to Chuco as he board the same flatboard truck with the other Latino workers heading for home, Kenny arrives with his date, a more attractive woman, as well his obnoxious friend Benny as Marsha's date. Marsha is crushed but has no choice but to accompany them for their evening out.

-More dialogue between Justin and Snapper, his grandfather, while they are waiting for the bus where Loretta arrives and Justin says hi to her before going back to Snapper and tells him that he's going to get a ride with her.

vainandy said:

You took my back to my childhood there! You must have recorded it years ago, because it hasn't been WTBS in a looooong time!
[Edited 4/11/05 7:13am]

DavidEye said:

David, this has been an issue for many years. Yeah, I saw it yesterday and just two weeks ago, it was shown again on ABC around 2 in the morning on Sunday. That version that was shown was the first time in YEARS that Danny Devito and Brooke Adams was shown in the film. For years, whenever they show this movie, I don't care if it's on cable, they show the version with Danny Devito and Brooke edited out. This film is one of my all-time faves, so I noticed this right away. Every since the late 80's, this has been happening. So, I went and bought the VHS of the film, same thing. Then, on ABC, just two weeks ago, I noticed that the film listed Danny Devito and Brooke in the cast right in the beginning of the movie and had other scenes that hadn't been shown in ages. Same as with BET's version, they showed Danny's part, BUT, deleted out almost all of Antonio Fargars's part. It has a lot to do with time restraint. They're only allowing 2 hours for this film, when the movie is well over that in it's entirety. But yeah, great, great soundtrack, and great film. One of my favorites.

CalhounSq said:

I can barely get past the first 40 seconds of the song before I start it over.... again and again and again...

"Oooh wap, Rat-a-tat boom... Make the sound of a jet bang zoom"

I love this movie, too and find myself watching it whenever I run across it on tv. (I don't have the DVD) I always noticed that Antonio Fargas was practically unseen in the tv version, but I always assumed that it had to do with his character being gay rather than time restraints. It seems that way to me. So now do I understand that the DVD is incomplete (missing some of the scenes that we've seen before)?

RipHer2Shreds said:

YES!! These are all the scenes that are NOT included on my DVD and VHS copies! I can't understand why all these scenes are missing.I won't rest until I find a copy of the film that has EVERY scene!

DavidEye said:

U and me both, player. It is a drag.

Once again, The Pointer Sisters prove that the "Bay Area Soul Sound" is nothing to play with!!!!

In the same "gospeldelic" realm as Sly Stone, Tower of Power and Tony Toni Tone!

Did you guys watch this movie yesterday on BET? It came on in the afternoon.While watching it,I noticed that my DVD copy is actually missing many scenes! All of the scenes with Danny Devito are missing....the scene where the hooker and the waitress are both crying over their breakups with their boyfriends....the scene where Marcia's "date" comes back to pick her up....these scenes are nowhere to be found on the DVD!! Wtf??


Does anyone else have this problem? Are these scenes deleted from your DVD too?