The most famous western spoof in history is Mel Brooks's "Blazing Saddles". Another one is Oldřich Lipský's "Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera" ("Lemonade Joe" in English). This one combines the western spoof with the Ostern, a western genre in the Eastern Bloc. Basically, these movies were westerns that took a swipe at the US. One that I've previously seen is the East German movie "The Sons of Great Bear", featuring an Indian as the protagonist.Anyway, "Lemonade Joe" pokes fun at the old western musicals. The main character is a jolly man trying to rid an alcohol-soaked town of booze in favor of a drink called Kolaloka (I see that they also decided to take a swipe at Coca Cola). In the process, Joe woos a young woman while fighting a dastardly villain.I should note that the movie is basically a slapstick comedy. They incorporate sound effects to add to the humor, and Joe occasionally breaks into song (sometimes in English!). It's a pretty enjoyable movie, understanding the propaganda factor. I suspect that they had fun making it. Olga Schoberová sure is a fox.I wonder if the Eastern Bloc ever made its own "Blazing Saddles"-type movie.

Oldrich Lipsky was a Czech director who was well known in his country for unique bizarre comedies. Silly, wacky and crazy are just a couple words to describe his films. "Lemonade Joe" is a musical western comedy. It's a fun parody that pays homage to the old west, and is filmed in awesome sepia tones. The movie makes many jokes and references to western culture, such as the town name of Stenson City. I love how over the top the film is. Great music, bar fights, slapstick and cartoonish gunfights. Lemonade Joe knows that alcohol will ruin his ability to shoot, so that's why he enjoys Kola-Loka Lemonade. Did I mention the film has hot and voluptuous Czech actresses. Eastern Europe women rock!(dobre) You must Czech out Lemonade Joe. For more Lipsky madness also watch "Dinner for Adele".

I first saw this film, an excellent English dubbed version which made it totally comprehensible, at an El Paso, Texas movie theatre many years ago. The imagery and style are what really carry the movie. It is a brilliant, hilarious, outrageous spoof of the early American cowboy western. The central character, Lemonade Joe, is a personification of "clean living" and a combination of all those early movie cowboy heroes in the tradition of William S. Hart, Tom Mix, and Hopalong Cassidy. The movie follows Joe as he attempts to rid the town saloon of liquor and promote his own product creation Kola-Loca-Lemonade. As you can well imagine, Joe in his efforts has to confront some rather mean varmints especially one appropriately name Duke Badman who at one point in the movie gets the better of Joe by spiking his lemonade drink with liquor causing him to gag and pass out. But in the end, good triumphs over evil for as Lemonade Joe so philosophically declares at one point in the movie "Evil can not stand against a clean-living man."

Oh yes, you may watch it even if you are an American or Japanese, but - what for ? You will not understand all of these jokes so typical for the Czechs, like you will not understand all of the jokes in Hasek´s Good Soldier Svejk. But you may try - I voted 10 points for this film ...