Road to Morocco

"This is the screwiest picture I was ever in."

- one of the camels

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope reprise their earlier success with the third in their series of "Road To" pictures. In Road to Morocco, the hapless duo are castaways on a desert shore where they employ snappy dialog, asides to the camera, and a little song and dance as they woo Dorothy Lamour across the dunes, but not before encountering a spitting camel.

Road to Morocco was added to the National Film Registry in 1996.

"For any villains we may meet We haven't any fear Paramount will protect us 'cause We're signed for five more years."
 * Award Bait Song: "Moonlight Becomes You". It has its own page on The Other Wiki.
 * Be Careful What You Wish For: Hope's character gets his hands on a magic ring.
 * Book Ends: The movie starts and ends with the boys adrift at sea.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Too many to list them all.
 * At one point, they need to disguise themselves as locals, and Hope says something about, "No problem; Special Effects will take care of it." Then he calls out, "Hey, Special Effects!" and their clothing is immediately transformed into local garb.
 * From the song "Road to Morocco":

"Bing: "I know all that!" Bob: "Yeah, but the people who came in the middle of the picture don't." Bing: "You mean they missed my song?""
 * After Bob's recap exposition:

""Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound""
 * Funny Aneurysm Moment: The entire picture, which was released just days after Allied troops invaded North Africa. That didn't stop it from being the fourth-highest-grossing picture of 1942, though.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun


 * Oscar Bait: Lampshaded and spoofed, to the point that an exchange from the movie serves as the page quote for Academy Award.
 * Throw It In: The spitting camel scene.