I can't believe you're watching this. A national treasure.

@williamkapp1110

7 ай бұрын

One tin soldier.

@MoMoMyPup10

7 ай бұрын

It was a huge phenomenon, but it's cringy watching today's folks have to sit through a cultural thematic drama with very little action. It's a 'had to be there' film now.

@brendamcdougle7228

6 ай бұрын

I love all the Billy Jack movies and you really need to watch Born Losers I liked that movie the best but they are all good and if you really want to know what the government is truly doing watch Billy Jack Goes To Washington !!!

Thank you Grandaddy Dudester! This was a transformational movie to many of us growing up in the ‘70s

The actor that portrays Billy Jack was Tom Laughlin. He was a legitimate Martial artist. The fighting style discipline he practiced was Hapkido. The kick in the park where he lays out the old man is called an inside crescent kick and it hurts like hell!

@XDarkSyntaXOriginal

7 ай бұрын

No he wasn't. He studied hapkido for just a couple of months for the role of Billy Jack.

@AniwayasSong

7 ай бұрын

TMJ kisses are always entertaining! ;-)

@rumrunner23

7 ай бұрын

Actually, Bong Soo Han was the stunt double that did most of the hapkido techniques including kick to the jaw. If you watch the kick in slow motion, you can see it was not Laughlin. But they were great techniques and would hurt.

@houseofaction

7 ай бұрын

correction he actually trained for 6 months, interesting enough in those days you could recieve your black belt inside of 7 months if you were a basic average person@@XDarkSyntaXOriginal

@thomastimlin1724

6 ай бұрын

@@XDarkSyntaXOriginal Correct. I saw an interview where he said so. My late brother was a martial artist and his studio is still running today...why do people blurt stuff out as truth just because they heard someone say it years ago...🤨

I saw Billy Jack in the theatre on the famous 1973 rerelease. I was 9. I will never forget the ending came! People actually stood-up in the theatre and raised their fists in the air for Billy. This movie really hit home for people a the time. It was a cultural phenomenon. Watch the making of this movie. It is really amazing what Tom Laughlin did in his life. A person with Passion and Vision. Same with his wife Delores. Marlon Brando called Delores Taylors performance the greatest of all time.

@Alkey602

7 ай бұрын

growing up on the rez one of my uncles had the movie on vhs. he watched this & Rambo on repeat

@MoMoMyPup10

7 ай бұрын

Very true. A low-budget film that just took off and smashed at the box-office. I remember the hype just grew. It doesn't age well for today's audience but we had a bigger acceptance of serious drama movies with not a lot of action. I was 9 too, and I had to beg my dad to take me along with my two older brothers. Even at 9 it struck a chord. Can't believe now that it was Rated PG.

@markwilliams6394

7 ай бұрын

I was 8 when I saw it in the theater.

@user-gt2uf8cq9y

7 ай бұрын

This "TV movie" cost less than a million to make and grossed over $50 million....

@reesebn38

7 ай бұрын

They have no idea of the history of this movie or its sequels or why Born Losers had to be made first. Tom Laughlin is so important to film history. But more then anything had a vision and passion! No filmmaker has that anymore. In real life He fought the system as well, (the film studio)and won! The studio would not release the 4th film because of the truth it spoke. I found out Tom opened the first Montessori School in California. One Tin Soldier was also a huge hit on the radio, now a classic. @@MoMoMyPup10

24:05 The character of Howard is played by Howard Hesseman, who was so great as "Johnny Fever" in WKRP in Cincinnati and also a bunch of 80's movies. 44:34 "Is that a flare gun?" It's a 37 mm grenade launcher-in those days used for firing tear gas grenades. 45:40 "Let the doctors come in and get her." Ambulance crew. In those days the ambulance attendants, more than likely worked for the local funeral home (the ambulance was also owned by the funeral home) and the attendants had little to no first aid training. It wasn't until the HUGE success of the TV show "Emergency" (1972-79) that cities and towns instituted EMT and paramedic training programs. In 1971, if you were having a heart attack and called the operator (there was no 911 in those days), you had a less than 5% chance of surviving the incident. By 2000, your chances improved to 90%.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting us know these vital facts.

@williamjones6031

7 ай бұрын

Hessman also played in a number of sitcoms. "One day at a time", "Sabrina, the teenage witch" and "Head of the class" off the top of my head.

@The_Dudester

7 ай бұрын

@@williamjones6031 Thank you. I went into the military soon after One Day At A Time started, so, actually, I missed a lot of the episodes, including when Howard was on the show, but I did catch Head of the Class often. I can't find an IMDB credit for Sabrina.

@williamjones6031

7 ай бұрын

He played the principal. He also played the radio station manager in "That 70s show".@@The_Dudester

@bigp3006

7 ай бұрын

In subsequent Billy Jack movies, herb tarlick and Les nessman from wkrp are in them.

I really want " Hes a cowboy, Indian, Ninja!" On a T-Shirt😂

@Artificialintelligentle

Ай бұрын

At 27:17 They dropped off the guy with the crutches and in the background you can clearly see Bernard's Corvette parked there. That was risky for her to let him off in that spot, They didn't notice his vette parked there? And you're right about Alec Baldwin. Exactly the same scenario with a bullet in the gun.

This film sat "On the shelf" for a few years before release. Distributers didn't see its potential. But after release, it became a very big hit. Elvis Presley was reportedly a huge fan of this film and screened it over and over at Graceland.

@dr.burtgummerfan439

7 ай бұрын

For a long time it was the highest grossing independent film in history.

Ever since 1971,that hat he wears has been known as a Billy Jack hat.🎩

The long haired, long mustached dude, was listed in the credits as Don Sturdy. He is actually Howard Hesseman, He was the far out DJ in, WKRP in Cincinnati and the FBI agent at the endings of the movie, Clue.

@brettv5967

7 ай бұрын

I’ve never noticed that before

Alright someone finally did a "Billy Jack"reaction. Great freakin movie..

yes,, this made the cut on TV without getting cut back in the early 70's,.. I remember watching it as a kid on TV, and having my parents let me watch it, as it had enough life lessons, on standing up, but also knowing when to stand down, no matter the morality of high ground.

I remember watching this movie in the theaters when it came out. It was pivotal in helping to introduce the martial arts to U.S audiences as even Bruce Lee was not yet the legend he became at this time. Martial arts was not yet a thing in American movies as it later became so this was something brand new and different to most people. The political messages were also a wake up call regarding the treatment of Native Americans and government corruption.

I saw this movie in 1971. It is the quintessential hippie/flower child movie with Vietnam thrown in. And a little violence. Also Tom Laughlin and Dolores Taylor, who played Jean, were married for 59 years until his death.

@AI_Image_Master

7 ай бұрын

The young girl singing in the beginning was their daughter.

You guys should watch the original Walking Tall. Based on true events with Joe Don Baker as Sheriff Buford Pusser. A great movie.

@user-tj7sl2ht4b

7 ай бұрын

And and its two seuels with Bo Svenson taking over the role from Baker are pretty good,too.

This was a low-budget B-Movie that absolutely smashed at the box-office. You could say it went viral. I saw it in the theater when I was 9 and it has long been on my short list of 'movies I wished someone would react to but know no one ever will'. So, I hope I'm about to be thrilled by your reaction! 10 thumbs up for you.

Way before John Wick, The Equalizer etc there was Billy Jack. A man with a real since of purpose and character.

The theme song "One Tin Soldier" was a big hit for Coven. This is the first time I've known someone to react to it, which was a long time coming, thank you.

This was such a cultural phenomenon at the time. My folks took us in our Valiant station wagon to see it at the drive-in. Teachers had a problem though, kids all wanted to play Billy Jack at recess and feet were flying.

There's Buford Pusser (Walking Tall) and Billy Jack. Both badasses and both from my childhood 😎

Never thought I'd see a Billy Jack reaction. I had the whole collection of the Billy Jack films and enjoyed them time and again.

The first Billy Jack movie Born Losers (1967) is really good. It's not as heavy on the message and has a lot more action. It also has a deputy character that reminds me a lot of Dewey in the Scream movies. I like to think that it might have been the inspiration for the character a little.

@sixtiesfreak4858

7 ай бұрын

I wonder why they started with the second?

@rddav1

7 ай бұрын

​@sixtiesfreak4858 Because the second movie was a cultural phenomenon and a box office smash when it was released! Very well known! Hell, it was about 20 years ago when I found out about "Born Losers", the first movie to feature the Billy Jack character.

@vytallicaq.6881

7 ай бұрын

I love the girl in that movie. So cute! She also appears in "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" which is a GREAT chase movie.

@dinodasbunce6224

7 ай бұрын

"Born Losers is a fun movie, but it is campy as hell, almost as campy as the "Bat Man" T.V. series.

@scottjo63

7 ай бұрын

And I believe the guy who played that deputy was the same guy who played Deputy Galt, the mean one, in First Blood. It's on one of Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor's commentaries on all the actors etc information.

Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) was the real deal 🥋

@georgesykes394

7 ай бұрын

Yes he was.

My only cultural reference to this film was seeing it lightly spoofed in a 1983 B movie comedy called 'They Call Me Bruce' where the lead, an Asian comedian, told a thug "With this hand, I can knock out that knife, with this, I can break your neck. Take a good look at my face, I'm an oriental." 🤣🤣

Some of the stunts in the Billy Jack films were performed by Master Bong Soo Han who gives a super performance as the villainous mastermind in "A Fistful of Yen" one of the segments in The Kentucky Fried Movie. Be warned though - you will never be able to watch Enter the Dragon without thinking of the spoof.

RIP Howard Hessman

BILLY JACK!!!! Next Start with the Dawn of Billy Jack The Born Losers.

Thank you for doing this! F.Y.I., the director, TC Frank is Billy Jack, Jean is Billy Jacks real life wife, and Carol, the young girl is their real daughter!

Y'all really have to watch the rest of the series. The second goes much more into Billy's history, and why he has skills.

@roryotoole3279

7 ай бұрын

This IS the second Billy Jack movie.

@scotthewitt258

7 ай бұрын

@@roryotoole3279 Well, yeah. But I meant the trial one. The first one has him in it, but is not called "Billy Jack".

I never thought I'd see anyone react to Billy Jack, this is awesome

Yeah this is that time in American cinema history where they were producing some odd hippy far left stuff like 'Bless The Beasts and the Children' which gave us the theme song to The Young and The Restless.

The First Billy Jack reaction on youtube. One of my favorite actors who was a real life good guy. Grandaddy dudester did good. These were different times, might not be everyones cup of tea. Very low budget & because it didn't come from one of the major movie corporations it didn't have the advertisement it needed but still showed up in many theaters. I remember going to Born Losers as a teen & it was probably the best Billy Jack movie imho.

Billy Jack totally changed the way films were distributed. The Born Losers was more conventional in its themes and the way it was shot. Tom Laughlin used it to finance his real passion, which was Billy Jack.

Delores Taylor, the owner of the school, was married to Tom Laughlin, IRL.

MAD magazine did a parody on Billy Jack’s character back around 1970 or so. It featured a Billy Jack who went through the forest putting giant plastic bags around all the trees so they would survive the winter.

Can’t wait to watch this one. I had to pipe up and say that several scenes in the movie were filmed in the town I live in (Prescott, AZ), and the fight scene clip that opened your video was filmed three blocks from my house at the courthouse square. Any other Prescottonians out there? Thanks, Mr. And Mrs. Movies.

OMG! I adore this film! Can't wait to hear your comments/reaction.

Billy Jack is THE LEGEND!!!

About damn time!!!!! I can't tell you how many times I watched this with my mom in my childhood! Y'all in for a treat!

Saw at the theater! Great movie, everyone in middle school was talking about it back then!

THANK YOU for watching and reacting to this great movie! I saw this movie whan I was 13 back in the early 70's. this is still in my top 12 movies of all time.

I loved "Born Losers". The premier Billy Jack film. Glad to see you opening on this great movie.

That dude with the red hair is the guy that Rand Peltzer sold that smokeless ashtray to at the gas station in Gremlins. Also he was in the original 3:10 to Yuma.

I love this movie. I watched this movie every time it was on TV. I'm glad you guys are watching this movie

Grew up on Billy jack... love it

The 70s were an interesting time for movies. Yeah this looks cheesy now, but at the time people loved it for some reason. It was one of the first movies that came out where people actually stood up and cheered at the end. I guess it was a film that came out at the right time in our history, with Viet Nam, Watergate and all that. It really resonated with audiences. I was just a kid when it came out and our family saw it at a drive in.

There's still herds of wild horses in Western Alberta, Canada. Kind of cool to see them when I used to do a few jobs by Nordegg, Alberta. They'd hang out by the highways, which always worried me they'd run across. Always tried to take it slower in that area.

Such a great movie, Billy's iconic lines, the action, the hat, the sketches by The Committee, "One Tin Soldier". I had a crush on Carol (actually Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor's daughter). RIP to the both of them. Laughlin also had another offbeat cult classic movie called The Master Gun Fighter.

@Col_Fragg

7 ай бұрын

FYI: "The Master Gunfighter" is a remake of the Japanese film "Goyokin" which roughly translated to "Government Gold." It's a terrific film and is one of the very best Samurai films of the 60's.

I love the title song soooo much.

This film is absolutely epic. I love the hippie dippy early 70’s vibe. The freedom school, take that public school, and higher education:) I love the opening theme One Tin Soldier, Howard Hesseman and the improve scene. You also just have to adore a hero who Steven Seagal probably fashioned himself after, but this guy doesn’t mind taking a beating from time to time. Thank you for the reaction to this wonderful gem:)

"We got 'im outnumbered Mr. Posner." Do you, though? He's freakishly fast, a world-class martial artist, and a Green funnelcaking Beret. Oh, and a crack shot with that Winny Lever Gun.

One of my favorite movies from my childhood.

Some people just need peace, love, and understanding beat into them. That's where Billy's special skill set enters the occasion.....

My brother and cousin took me to see this when I was 6 years old. Love the One Tin Soldier song.

I loved this when it first came out. Seven years later I saw it with a date, and it had become such a period piece so fast.

Im sure they may maynot get it compared to modern movies this movies a classic. Nobody cared about it acting but its story and his character is what we loved and still love. Still donating whether they like or make fun of the movie.

I almost thought you were watching Bronco Billy. That one is famous in my family because they went to a local bar and got a bunch of the people there to be extras in the tent fire scene. One of those extras was my mom.

My dad took us to see this at the Drive In back in the 70s . I think he's was the only one who liked it. But now i have to check in on it every few years just because it remains me of my dad.

Why am I getting Walker, Texas Ranger "borrowed" a lot from this movie.

@Madbandit77

7 ай бұрын

That, and "Lone Wolf McQuade".

@Dularr

7 ай бұрын

They all come from the Hong Kong action movies.

Tom Laughlin funded this independent film himself The first intro of Billy Jack was the movie The Born Losers in 1967!

I'm so glad you are watching this. Growing up Billy Jack was my hero. I own the box set. Born Losers, Billy Jack, Trial of Billy Jack (my favorite). I saw it 17 times and there wasn't any VCRs back then. Finally Billy Jack goes to Washington (not that great. Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) and Jean are actually married and Carol (Teresa Laughlin) is their daughter. I had a serious crush. I hope you watch Trial of Billy Jack. It's 70s action but the story is the best part.

I'm actually surprised that two Americans don't know the origins of Horses on the North American continent. Yes some horses crossed the land bridge from Siberia, but they died out between 16000 and 10000bc. That most American of Horses, the Mustang. Are the descendants of the horses that the Spanish invaders brought to the new world in the early 16th century. So technically, they are a Feral, Invasive species.

Billy Jack is a "mixed-race" Navajo, a Green Beret Vietnam War veteran, like Rambo, but easier to understand.

Thank You! This is one of my favorite movies I've been hoping someone would do a reaction. This one is a minor classic. Not that you asked but I'd love to see The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. The Jerry Lewis take on the Nutty Professor. Dean Martin in The Silencers. Easy Rider

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!😊😊😊😊

Wow thank you, thank you for this reaction ❤

The ice crème scene,man! His frustration. Wiping his face! His huge heavy sigh… both before he kicks total ass! So iconic!

This film really resonated with audiences up it's release. Growing up, I heard stories over and over about people leaving the cinema crying their eyes out. I re-watched this film around 1988 and found that the film didn't really resonate anymore. However, I watched again at the height of the Iraq war and was really surprised that the film felt 100&% relevant again. FYI: The really awesome adobe homes scene was filmed at Montezuma's Castle. It's a national monument located in Arizona. The site dates back nearly a thousand years.

Your reaction is appropriate… but it was a big movie in its time. That damn song was everywhere 🙂

Horses are not native, they are left over from when the Spanish were here. Out in the wild they bred, wide Open spaces and plenty of food on plains. Later the English and French broad horses with them but they're not the same. Wild horses were basically alone out in the west.

Until "The Blair Witch Project" came along, "Billy Jack" was the most successful indie film made in The U.S.A. A span of about 28 years.

Back in the 80s, a local channel used to show various movies on Friday nights after the news, and one week, this was the movie they chose. I didn't know what to expect going in, but I ended up liking it. Yes, it does kind of drag in spots, but I still love it. Something weird that I noticed: To me, Martin sounds exactly like Robert Beltran from Star Trek: Voyager. In fact, during one viewing of this movie, I was convinced that it was him, until I looked up the cast list.

The horses seen in the American West today are descended from a domesticated breed introduced from Europe, and are therefore a non-native species and not indigenous. Although many horse lineages evolved in North America, they went extinct approximately 11,400 years ago during the Pleistocene era.

Billy Jack introduced most of us to martial arts way back when. We started kicking fences right away. It piqued our interest for movie stars like Bruce Lee.

Horses are not native to the America's. Europeans brought them, then they got loose and excelled in the plains and mountains. However, when the Spaniards first came to South America, some natives were confused by those rising horses and thought they were one combined creature.

I saw this in the theatre with my dad, he loved it, I loved the nudity. haha. The hippie stuff is silly but the movie is decent. I so want his hat. I didn't know about the Born Losers until I saw it on tv, almost peed myself, because I thought there was only one film. A lot more fighting in that one. My dad was playing poker so I would nudge him every time a cool badass scene was happening. Nostalgia. Yes, I am old.

I would’ve never watch this movie except for you guys! U2 are a treasure!

24:25 that's the great Howard Hessman. Mr. Moore from Head of the Class & Johnny Fever on WKRP In Cincinnati.

Great to see someone reacting to this. A long time favorite of mine. A deeper story then it seems at first glance. Even the theme has a lesson if you really listen to it.

"And there's not a damn thing you can do about it."

Being a kid of the late 70's we watched this for the fight scenes. Billy being a Green Beret and all. Not the social commentary. Watch "the Warriors". there's your social commentary.

I was a little kid when this released. Billy Jack made a huge impression on me, a role model that anchored a positive effect on my sense of morality and ethics. Okay, Zorro helped with that, too. R.I.P. Tom and Delores, and thank you for these films.

I thought Billy Jack was a dream I had as a child. Blast from the past! Another old school classic in the early Sci-fi genre is Logans Run. Well worth the watch, and it co-stars Farrah Fawcett from her babe days.

What a blast from the past!!!! I love it!!!! Growing up, I wanted to be Billy Jack!!!! Great review!!!! Thanks for doing this one!!!!

For any MST3K fans the topless girl in Posner’s car is played by Cisse Cameron of Space Mutiny fame

"She looks familiar, I don't know why she looks familiar." "You've never heard of Up Yours?" 😂 I almost spit my drink across the room!

It's no "TV Movie." Just a Low Budget one. Laughlin was married to Jean in real life. A husband and wife movie making team. They mortgaged their house to come up with the funds to make this film together. Pretty crazy. Since it tapped into Hippie and late 1960s vibes, it became quite a hit at the time.

@peggyneimeyer8466

4 сағат бұрын

Also there daughter is the little Blond who sings About her brother. And believe it or not it was a record she put out after the movie became popular. There is a really good documentary about the Billy Jack series I once saw.

Billy Jack! At my first job working for a groundskeeper at an office building, the CEO of the company called me Billy Jack one day - of course I had no idea what the hell he was talking about. So he told me about this movie, said I kind of looked like Tom Laughlin (I honestly don't see any resemblance), I looked it up, and bought the 4-film collection. Classics! I also bought him the full collection for Christmas one year.

No joke , I paid to see this at the drive-in. It was a marathon of Billy Jack. Jean and Billy Jack were actually married for 57yrs

FYI, the "Big" barrel gun is a Grenade Launcher

Spain brought Horses to the Americas

Q: Where are America's remaining wild horses and burros? A: Today, wild horses and burros can be found primarily on government-designated Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in ten western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.

Vietnam vet came back to his home town he's native American Indians & he. horse came from Spainthat got lose from them from 1300hrds.

No one today would believe what a HUUUUGE phenom this movie was at the time. The world was a different place in 1971 and this movie was kind of revolutionary. The problems of the Native Americans were brought to the public light because of this movie. People were intrigued by the mysterious karate chopping, foot smacking fighting style and all of us 10 year old boys emulated it big time. We always copied one of Billy Jacks big lines, "When I think about blahblahblah, I...just...go...berZERK!!!" And then go into Billy Jack fighting mode. And even the closing song at the end, One Tin Soldier, was a giant hit on the radio and played a hundred times a day.

"You're not even here yet." "Oh." {Sheriff walks away...}

In reference to the Corvette that was driven into the lake, $6,000 in 1971 = $44,743.26 in 2023.

My father-in-law played football with the star of Billy Jack. They played for Marquette. They don’t have a college football team anymore.

Granddaddy Dudester? I think he's legally my cousin.

The dude with the long hair that was asked when he last cut it and who was doing the driving car improv is Howard Hesseman, who was Johnny Fever on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

I was one of many teenage kids who took a karate class after being inspired by Billy Jack. I think i got a pink belt (the lowest level of achievement) upon completion of the class. There were no horses in the Americas when Columbus arrived. Early horses were likely victims of the Ice Ages, predators like wolves, bears and big cats, or the inhabitants at the time. Armored men on horses terrified the aboriginals in the 1500's and were a key reason the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas. Wild horses in the west were desendants of the Spanish/Mexican herds. The Comanches tamed wild horses in the 1600s, became expert riders and waged war and terror upon others native tribes and Mexican, Texan and American Settlers over a wide area (Comancheria) for the next three centuries. It wasn't until the development of the six shooter pistol and repeating rifles that the Comanches lost their equestrian advantage and could be contained.

To clarify about horses in the America's. A species of horses did originate from North America but they became extinct in the America's over 12,000 years ago. The horse was not reintroduced to America until the Spanish arrived and then other Europeans. And yes there are wild horses roaming around still out West. The Mustang I think, not 100% sure, is the breed that is most prominent in the wild