Consistently funny spoof of America's caste system from bottom to top. The Harpers (Fonda &Segal) are yuppies trying to hang on to middle-class status after Dick is fired from well-paying aerospace job. Increasingly desperate as creditors close in, they eventually turn to robbery, a clumsy Bonny and Clyde with country club credentials. Their early lame stickup efforts are particularly humorous. There's no mistaking the subtext that takes a shot at about every rung on our economic ladder, from minority welfare cheaters to middle-class status seekers to upper-class hypocrisy. And throw in a shot at televangelist hucksters guarding their own loot. A couple points are easily overlooked. Note how Jane's wealthy dad refuses to help, lecturing them on the virtues of rugged individualism. Tellingly, this is the one scene without a humorous overlay. Note also that Dick's thanks for helping get a man on the moon is to get fired. Thus, it's declining profits, the logic of capitalist efficiency, that prevails over all else. Essentially, what storybook Dick and Jane find out is what it's like to survive on the margins, and since their tastes are elevated, it's an inflated margin.Don't get me wrong. Thanks to both an excellent script and ace performances,the movie manages its many serious points in consistently humorous fashion. After all, we never expect Dick to actually use his stickup gun. He's too humorously inept, though he does get more skilled as time goes on. And catch how the now destitute Dick and Jane live in a rambling home with a bombed-out lawn and a pit for a pool. Now what will the neighbors say. Big kudos to Segal who handles his difficult role in expert fashion, and also to Fonda who makes a perfect bickering soul mate and for being maybe the first woman to take a discreet leak on screen. McMahon too shines as the slick company president who smiles even while stabbing a guy's back. As an actor, he certainly proves he's more than Johnny's affable TV sidekick.Anyway, in my little book, the 90-minutes succeeds on a number of levels, making it both really watchable and still relevant.

Why do I keep coming back to this late 1970's politically incorrect story of a suburban couple who finds out they were one paycheck away from calamity? Oh, because so many people out here can relate to that on some scale. Our couple, portrayed by George Segal and Jane Fonda are really, really good a defining how we saw ourselves at that time. The man, upwardly mobile and celebrated as successful. The woman, liberated (and who more liberated than Jane Fonda?) and choosing to stay at home. yet they were both fooling themselves with their false sense of superiority. Sounds like the while middle class. We are laughing at ourselves, of course, and mostly because it's so true! Ed McMahon makes for a believable drunken ploy, so we are set. Put it in the player and enjoy!

Having never seen either version of this film before, I tuned into Fun with Dick on a whim after once again finding their was very little else on the other gazillion channels we extortionately pay for, and was I so glad I did.Respectable Aero Engineer Dick Harper has everything. A high flying job, his dream home complete with soon to be complete swimming pool, the perfect wife and son and obligatory dog. In short he has managed to acquire the prefect existence and has made a complete success of life.However when George is laid off by his company, he finds that he has been completely living beyond his means, as the debts of the financially secure mount around a financially ruined family. Endless Hire purchase agreements and red bank statements hardly make good bedfellows.After several disastrous attempts to find other employment and with their welfare checks withheld, Dick and Jane are almost at the end of their rope. With their affluent lifestyle and social position spiralling out of control it seems that their is no where else for them to turn.However when Dick and Jane become innocent victims of an armed hold up in a loan office, Jane manages to re steal some of the already stolen money which sets them on a new and exciting path to regain the perks and comforts of old.They decide that if they cannot earn money and they are unable to receive it through benefits then they would steal it in a number of bizarre hold ups ranging from sleazy porn motels, record shops and liquor stores.George Segal and Jane Fonda are perfectly cast as the daring couple bitten by the bug of thrills and excitement as their new way of life becomes more than just a means to an end.We see them practise at their new found art, gain their confidence and slowly acquire the tricks of the trade as they slowly and more than willingly turn from amateur to professional criminals.With confidence comes bigger and better jobs, and with the necessary skill and ability, Dick and Jane turn their attentions to Dicks former employers and their bulging safe. The Ultimate revenge. Great stuff.It wasn't a 'fall out of your seat laughing' kind of comedy, but none the less it was amusing and entertaining enough to be perfect family viewing on a rainy afternoon.It really is Fun with Dick and Jane.

This is an underrated gem, that's really quite funny, and hasn't dated at all, with fun performances and a really neat story!. All the characters are awesome, and George Seagal and Jane Fonda had brilliant chemistry together, and made a hilarious duo, plus The ending was especially smart and clever. I wanted to check out the remake in theaters badly, but decided I better see the original 1st, and after having watched it, I doubt the remake will top this, plus one of the funniest scenes in the movie for me is when Seagal's Gun gets caught inside his pants while he's trying to rob the drug store!. I kind of felt for them, because I know that type of situation is hard, but it does not take itself that seriously at all, plus Ed McMahon was just great as the sleaze ball!. All the characters are extremely likable, and I believe this should be higher then 6.2, plus it's extremely well written and made as well!. Seagal and Fonda really seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the way they robbed the banks was just hilarious, plus I loved the music as well. This is an underrated gem that's really quite funny, and hasn't dated at all, with fun performances and a really neat story, and I say it's a must see!. The Direction is awesome!. Ted Kotcheff does an awesome! job here with solid camera work, and keeping the film funny throughout. The Acting is lots of fun!. George Seagal is brilliant here, he had wonderful chemistry with Fonda, was hilarious, seemed to be enjoying himself,had some great dialog, and before this I have never seen him in anything, but will be checking out more of his movies after this terrific performance!. Jane Fonda was gorgeous and was equally as good, she was very funny, added spark, also seemed to be having fun, and proved she was indeed one of the greatest actresses of all time!. Ed McMahon is funny as the sleaze ball, I really enjoyed his performance. Rest of the cast do fine. Overall a must see!. **** out of 5