Review of The Last Remake of Beau Geste

I thought this was hilarious at the time, and seeing again it 45 years later, I have no idea why. It's a series of really juvenile jokes that don't do much to spoof the target genre, wasting a good cast. Admittedly, Feldman had the film taken away from him by Universal, which drastically recut it--supposedly his own original cut was more absurdist and funny in a Monty Python-esque way. But the release version that somehow struck me as great in 1977 now seems pretty lame--energetic, but hobbled by weak lowbrow humor. I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised, because it never had that great a reputation. But still, it was disappointing to have it fall so far short of my recollection.