Our high school had a film club that showed a movie every Thursday after classes. It was a small windowless room that held about fifty chairs. It was always full. This was 1970. When they showed "The Party", when the lights went on after it ended, almost all the chairs had been turned over. We had actually fallen out of our chairs laughing. That group walked around the halls talking like that, saying 'Birdie num nums' for weeks.
Funniest Peter Sellers movie I've seen my whole life! Everyone talked about the character and the awkward clumsiness portrayed in just one movie. Amazing talent, a true genius I've always admired!
I just re-watched parts of the movie, and at one point, I was laughing so hard my vision became fuzzy. I was afraid I'd blown a blood vessel or something. Watching Peter Sellers in The Party can be dangerous to your health.