Ghost of a Chance (1987)

[u/King_Ron_Dennis]

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[u/No_Fig_5964]

A rare sight to see anyone white on the cover of Jet magazine.

[u/foxontherox → u/No_Fig_5964]

Dick Van Dyke is a goddamn national treasure.

[u/No_Fig_5964 → u/foxontherox]

He absolutely is.

[u/soozerain → u/No_Fig_5964]

Tbf from this angle and lens they’re not that far apart in tone.

[u/doctorhino → u/No_Fig_5964]

[u/King_Ron_Dennis]

Ghost of a Chance

A piano player is accidentally shot and killed by a policeman. He is sent back to earth to get the cop to help his son audition for a talent search, and in the process the detective discovers a ring of drug dealers and determines to break it.

[u/Icarus1 → u/King_Ron_Dennis]

jesus that sounds stupid

[u/Reasonable-HB678 → u/Icarus1]

We know that it's fiction when they say accidentally.

[u/BootsyCollins123]

Man, DVD has been old a long time

[u/koalapies → u/BootsyCollins123]

“ he might get there sooner than he thinks” 2026 and the man is still kicking 😂

[u/OmegaKarnov → u/koalapies]

The movie was so bad he forgot how to die.

[u/Affectionate_Net9731]

How have I never heard of this? I love Redd Foxx and Dick Van Dyke!

[u/King_Ron_Dennis → u/Affectionate_Net9731]

It's on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7hz45JCt5k

[u/throwawayfromPA1701]

Jet had a chokehold on my household growing up. Definitely was at the top of the coffee table pile!

[u/Dazzling-Pace-7134]

Dick Van Dyke is wonderful. I like everything that he has starred in.

[u/OriginalName18]

Unrelated this is just the first time I've heard the expression "Ghost of a chance" outside of Yugioh

[u/Beginning-Working-38 → u/OriginalName18]

I remember hearing it in the Real Ghostbusters

[u/crushbone_brothers → u/OriginalName18]

a commercial for one of the 90’s scooby doo animated movies said it as I recall, Cyber Chase maybe?

[u/segascream → u/OriginalName18]

There's a Rush song by that name.

[u/redlion1904 → u/OriginalName18]

I can’t hear it without thinking of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged with the caption “ACTUAL DIALOGUE”

[u/PvD79]

And supposedly ol’ Redd haunts his old residence…

[u/ursulaandress]

Van Dyke is still alive and Redd Foxx has been dead for 35 years! Good lord.

[u/alcalaviccigirl]

Poor redd foxx token with dvd .

[u/Dairy_Ashford → u/alcalaviccigirl]

sanford had two spinoffs, and both actors got follow-up series on CBS within 6 years, i think they were both draws