mjzee Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 His head fell off... he was pretty old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Whose head?Whose head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) d'ya hear the one about the guy who bent over to tie his shoe? His head fell off... Edited June 27, 2012 by thedwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Zohan was amusing for its sort of twisted telling of Vidal Sassoon's actual bio. The portrayal of Israelis as one part Navy SEALs, one part Eurotrash is funny and does have a certain resonance if you grew up Jewish in America. Far from a good movie though. Other than that Billy Madison is sort of a generational classic but I'm certainly not going to say your life is incomplete if you never see it. (Never seen Happy Gilmore.) I thought Happy Gilmore was really funny. But then I'm Canadian and it is about hockey (sort-of). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 National Lampoon had foto funnies page years ago w/the joke (in typically bad ethnically-centered taste re those 'dumb' people-ha f'ing ha) being a guy catching his wife in bed w/a guy. He takes out a revolver, points it at his temple. The couple in bed laughs. 'What're you laughing at? You're NEXT!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 really? that's how SNL has worked from the beginning? the players write their own material? i wasn't aware of that... Really John? Really? I don't think Ferrell wrote most of his sketches, sorry. There have been writing teams from the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Whose head? Whose head? In this clip, the scene that begins at 2:07. The setup is that the Jeff Daniels character has a parakeet, and gangsters (don't ask why) want to retaliate against him. But really, you have to see the whole movie to get the flavor of it: You Tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) really? that's how SNL has worked from the beginning? the players write their own material? i wasn't aware of that... Really John? Really? I don't think Ferrell wrote most of his sketches, sorry. There have been writing teams from the start. i was worried that my post might not have been clear, and you've confirmed my mistake. or maybe your sarcasm toward me was as unclear as my sarcasm toward JETman? ouch... i was trying to be kind in a toned down sarcastic way. i didn't just wanna come out and say, "Uhhh... You have no idea what you're talking about." yes, of course, it's pretty well known to folks who are interested in this stuff that SNL was written (i assume is still written...) by a team of writers. i've read the awesome oral history of SNL (anyone remotely interested should just go buy it), i've recently posted here a few times on how much i love Studio 60. that series gives you a good idea how sketch comedy programs generally, and SNL specifically work. sure, performers would pitch characters to writers or maybe general situations, but there's still a division of labor between writers and players. if players write their own material for a sketch it's the exception for sure, not the rule. i thought you trusted me jazzbo? Edited June 27, 2012 by thedwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I do. I was agreeing with you. JETman is John. I was saying, a la Seth Meyer or Amy Poeler, "Really John? Will wrote all his own material as is customary on this show? REALLY?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) I do. I was agreeing with you. JETman is John. I was saying, a la Seth Meyer or Amy Poeler, "Really John? Will wrote all his own material as is customary on this show? REALLY?" Aha! gotchya. by the way, i'm John as well. i always said there are too many Johns... Edited June 27, 2012 by thedwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide_advantage_redoux Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Any Pauly Shore movie. Dumb and Dumber Something About Amy Most Ben Stiller movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Something About Amy Is that a combination of Something About Mary and Chasing Amy? I actually like both of those, the first being (for me) a good stupid movie, and the second a good Kevin Smith flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I do. I was agreeing with you. JETman is John. I was saying, a la Seth Meyer or Amy Poeler, "Really John? Will wrote all his own material as is customary on this show? REALLY?" Aha! gotchya. by the way, i'm John as well. i always said there are too many Johns... When I was a kid I would have loved to have a name like John. I'm Lonson, and nobody got it. My fourth grade teacher called me Alonzo 90 percent of the time and 85 percent of the time I didn't know who she was asking for when she said "Alonzo". . . . Anyway, sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Most Ben Stiller movies Never got him. Very strained and nervous. Makes me uncomfortable to watch and I don't find the neurotic bit funny, at least his version. Worst was the Parents duo (I'm sure it'll be a trilogy soon). Something about Mary to me was saved by Matt Dillon. Jerry, any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I think Stiller has done some wonderful things. I think Zoolander is a brilliant satire and darned funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 The one w/Mary Tyler Moore-about connecting w/biological parents, can't recall the name, was alright. Not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Just to be a contrarian and curmudgeon, I'd say the stupidest comedy movie ever is Groundhog Day. That is, assuming it is a comedy movie. Obviously not a Romantic of the schmaltzy kind. And don't have a 'thing' for Andy McDowell like I do (did) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 And don't have a 'thing' for Andy McDowell like I do (did) Not enough to cloud my judgment, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) And don't have a 'thing' for Andy McDowell like I do (did) Not enough to cloud my judgment, I guess. Ahh. So you admit to 'some' fluttering of the heart for Andie Edited June 28, 2012 by freelancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) I found Funny People to be interesting, if not necessarily "good". Every comedian (aspiring or otherwise) I've known has been pretty dark (and not necessarily in a funny way) when not on, and this one played to that. Funny People had the benefit of the very hot hand of Judd Apatow who is easily one of the most inspired comedy directors in recent memory (along with Wes Anderson). I attribute its success more to that than Sandler. Edited June 28, 2012 by Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 I think Stiller has done some wonderful things. I think Zoolander is a brilliant satire and darned funny. The Royal Tennenbaums is a favorite, as is Flirting With Disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 The Royal Tennenbaums is a favorite, I hate the 2 Wes Anderson movies I've seen (that one & Life Aquatic) about as much as I hate Groundhog Day. In fact, I can't think of anything I've liked with Bill Murray post-SNL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Wow. I thought The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Express were excellent movies. Not because of Bill Murray, but the writing and the "tone." Edited June 28, 2012 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Same, but I've always liked Groundhog Day. Can't say I've ever actually hated a movie though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 ...I hate Groundhog Day. speechless. mind-boggling. cannot comprehend. brain shutting down. losing power... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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