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t's the 1930's, and Johnny Kelly (Keaton)is a kind, happy, good-natured pet-shop owner. He talks to the animals, feeds them regularly, and tries to turn an honest dollar. One day, he catches a kid trying to steal a puppy (caught by the electronic tag Johnny had invented) and the kid is forced to sit and listen to Johnny's tale - a tale of crime, glamour, and adventure.....
Johnny's mother (Stapleton) is a typical irish washerwoman, who also happens to be a hypochondriac. She's always needing money to pay for the treatment she feels she needs, and so while his studious brother Tommy (Dunne) studies law, Johnny goes out to work. He gets caught up with local gang boss Jock Dundee (Boyle) when needing a few extra bucks for his mother. Tagging along on a raid on a rival casino, he manages to snatch the raid from the jaws of failure, and turn it into a glorious success. His future is secured - but not as Johnny Kelly, but under his new name - Johnny Dangerously!
Time progresses, and whilst Johnny makes enemies, such as the slimy Danny Vermin (Piscopo), he also makes friends, especially Lil (Henner) a singer in Dundee's club who is curvier than a very, very curvy thing. Stars, flowers, rainbows, and soon they are married and living in magnificent splendour. Johnny always stays ahead of the law, and his family - a task that becomes even harder when brother Tommy becomes District Attourney after turning in his boss in the DA's office (Devito) for fraud and embezzelment. Johnny can't let the family know what he does for a living - it would kill his mother.
When Jock Dundee is nearly killed by a booby-trap bomb in his toilet, Johnny takes over the gang, and tries hard to turn them all legit. But this is not enough for Danny Vermin, who shops Johnny to his brother the DA, and takes over the gang whilst Johnny is sent to death row, framed for murder.
Will Johnny escape in time to foil Danny Vermin's plot to kill Tommy and rule the city by fear? Only watching the end of the movie will tell!
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This movie is one for watching whilst wearing a corset. There are sight gags from start to finish, the strangest situations, and incredible dialogue that really should be locked away, never to be quoted again!
It's very much along the lines of the Police Squad / Airplane / Top Secret type of movie, and this is helped by some great performances, particularly by Joe Piscopo as the extremely nasty Danny Vermin. Danny DeVito is also very good in a cameo role, and look out for Dom DeLuise as the Pope.
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There are many cameos including Dom Delouise as 'The Pope' and Ray Walston as 'The Newspaper Vendor'. 
One of the craziest elements of the humor is how the filmmakers placed "contemporary" things in the world of the 1920's gangster scene, like break dancing and the Malt Liquor bull.
There are a lot of background jokes in this movie. My favorite is a sign on the wall by the entrance of Johnny's Speakeasy. It is of silhouette of a girl with a ponytail and a big red circle with slash "NO" symbol over it. It effectively says, "No nice girls." Also the bathrooms in the speakeasy are labelled, Henchmen" and "Henchwomen" -Thanks to Matt Welter
Jeffery Weissman makes an appearance in this film as a Johnny Dangerously T-Shirt vendor! He can be heard clearly shouting "Get your Johnny Lightning T-Shirts right here!". He would later go on to play George McFly in "Back to the Future" part II and III (before you write to tell us it was Crispin Glover, note that it says part II & III!) -Thanks to Phil Smith
Amy Heckerling who directed this film also wrote/directed "Clueless" and the "Look Who's Talking" movies. -Thanks to Lori Bell
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Background music fairly typical of 30's gansgter movies, with only one song (by Henner in the club) that is instantly forgettable as you watch her move through the audience.
"Weird" Al Yankovic wrote and performed a song for the film called "This Is The Life". The song can be heard in some TV airings of the film during the opening credits as well as on some home video versions. The music video for the song contained many scenes from the movie and was shot in a night club setting making it look just like Johnny Dangerously! -Thanks to Phil Smith
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