70s musical/comedy/mystery

I remember a movie from the 70s…I want to say mid to late 70s. It “starred” a bunch of guys (maybe 4 or 5 fellows) who were a rock band (disco?). I want to say some of it was almost like the old Abbot and Costello meet <insert ‘monster’ here> movies. I remember one of the guys was more of a scaredy cat and at one point they were singing something like “Get your ticket, get your ticket, you gotta have a ticket for the train ride” dressed as conductors. I *think* the band had a one word name that had something to do with gemstones.

6 thoughts on “70s musical/comedy/mystery

  1. From a review of the movie – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078412/reviews

    “Oddly enough, I remember seeing this movie back when it first came out. Maybe the fact I was young in age made it more memorable for me *shrug*. I liked it…to this day I find myself humming “get your ticket, get your ticket, ya gotta have your ticket for the train ride”.”

  2. OMG ! Thank you! This is indeed the movie I was thinking of!! That was solved much faster than I had hoped!!

  3. If they get solved it usually happens quickly, The longer it takes, the less likely you’ll get an answer. Thanks Cotopaxi!

    1. Thanks – lols, my memory is very selective about when/what it let’s me recall most times (hehe – getting older does that I guess *sigh*.
      It’s funny though – I clearly recall watching this movie on HBO on a spring/summer day and then going over to a friends house and telling them to watch it when they could; then we spent the next few days singing “Get your ticket” as well ;-).

      This was one of 4 movies that stick out in my mind for some reason (and 1 of 3 I had some trouble recalling the name of – the other 2 I figured out in time, only this one eluded me). For those of you wondering – the 3 other movies are/were “Phantasm” (recalled it only after the sequel previews started showing in theatres), “Salt and Pepper” (did a search on Sammy Davis and Peter Lawford to get the name of it – one of the first things I did in the 90s when I got a computer and internet =0 ), and the other is probably my most favorite movie ever (I’ve watched it well over 30 times – and wish I could find it for sale to own) “Swashbuckler”.

      I know I’ll think (or should I say not be able to think) of other movies I wish to track down again; I *will* be back here! I also hope to maybe help others identify their desired movies as well.

      Thanks again Cotopaxi – I hope I can return the favor some day!!

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