Which one is the blooper?

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2003)

There are three things which stand out to me. The first is, as has already been mentioned, there is a huge continuity gap at the conclusion. Since each racer has a punch card, why was there a footrace at the end, as if the first one to reach the clock would win? Secondly, Jackie Chan's character is supposed to be Japanese, so why does he speak Chinese in all his parts? This becomes most absurd when he's on the talk show and the host speaks Japanese to him. Jackie answers in Cantonese as if they're actually carrying on a conversation! Later, during night scenes where the viewer can't see Jackie's mouth, they repeat the same audio track over two different scenes. Thirdly, watch the end very carefully. When Dom DeLuise comes up with the Capt. USA mask, there is much laughter and mirth; Burt Reynolds moves in and hugs DeLuise. Yet later, we see that that scrap of film was culled from one of the bloopers! They just changed the audio track and spliced it in.
I don't know, this remains one of the more pleasureable of my guilty pleasures. If you don't need "attitude" in your entertainment, then this bit of fluff is wholesome distraction. From the Chuck Mangione-esque theme song to the CB culture, it doesn't get much mellower than this.