― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:18 (seventeen years ago) link
He said in an interview once he makes a much better living in the UK because British stand-up comedy is so dreadful he looks better in comparison.
― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
also, search "Overdose Heaven"
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― benrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link
^^^cosign
― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link
hstencil, i agree, just wanted to derail the thread into a sniglet discussion
― songs and ballads of the bituminous miners (sanskrit), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 14:48 (seventeen years ago) link
the films are long, uneven TV sketches, and the "doc" style is the suckiest thing about them.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
i've realized after rewatching all of them that this is spinal tap is the only "christopher guest" movie i really love...and it's directed by rob reiner lol
― humba (NZA), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh no
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahaha
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
wikipedia's page on parker posey doesn't have a "personal life" section does that mean i might still marry her
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ sniglet discussion upthread
― buzza, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
"rich hall is not funny, period."
true. he's popular in the u.k. for some inexplicable reason, no?
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, November 13, 2006 10:59 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Rich Hall being popular in the UK is almost as mystifying to me as that one guy from Fun Lovin' Criminals being popular there or FLC being popular there in general.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - DHL you might have a shot. It's funny that I said I didn't like her much anymore yesterday as I now realize she's in three of the movies that made my ballot. I guess I just think that her schtick is kind of old at this point.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TixwF_ywN4A
― buzza, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't seen her in anything for a long time i don't think; i will retreat to my 90s dreamworld. i was going to say in the other thread that one thing guffman has over BiS for me is that parker posey is not an evil monster in it and it is generally more fun to like parker posey (even tho mrs. busybee is a nightmare masterpiece) but then i remembered that i have no problem whatsoever with dazed and confused so never mind.
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
"Mouthsounds" sounds revolting. And isn't any sound you make with your mouth a mouthsound?
― MrDasher, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:06 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
what drives me crazy is that he's so LAZY about the style, like he never takes advantage of the 'doc mode' to do anything funny in a cinematic way, like spinal tap did. lazy!!!
but obv that doesn't matter to 99.5% of the ppl who get yuks out of them
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
those shitheads
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Dr. M, I just posted my complete ballot on FB in case, you know, you want to go read something that'll most likely make you lose your lunch. ;)
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
who should pity who
― less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
*sigh*
i'm so invested in hopeless causes like aesthetic beauty, goddamn me
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
i don't have an opinion on ppl who like cg's films, but i do think the movies themselves can be pretty mediocre
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have an opinion on ppl bcz of their artistic likes and dislikes since I figured out I didn't like most indie rock fans (c. 1990)
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol
I just realized that Posey is in FOUR of the movies on my list, not three. That's a lot of Parker Posey.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
Waiting for Guffman is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The rest have been a case of diminishing returns, all of which I wish I liked more than I do.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
jaymc otmfm
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think Tap is especially more "cinematic" than Guffman either.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
^^ above two posters = not bastard people
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
ENBB is a beautifully wrapped, glossy, sweet smelling show.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
:)
The rest of ppl itt = ass-faced bastards ppl.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
i remember being really bothered by that scene in guffman where dude locks himself in his bathroom and then all of the sudden we're in there with him and it made no sense how the camera got in there
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen Guffman and Best in Show like a billion times each
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:37 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark
I think it was just a fake bathroom that the movie crew built on the set but I'm not sure
― dayo, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
good one.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
I like best in Show, but but was very underwhelmed by Guffman and Mighty Wind.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
Probably my favorite comedic filmmaker next to Albert Brooks. Whoever called him "toothless" early on must not have much ability to sense what is going on, with the possible exception of A Might Wind.
Guffman is probably my favorite, though.
― filthy dylan, Thursday, 29 March 2012 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
anybody see his HBO thing Family Tree?
― calstars, Sunday, 19 May 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
I was expecting it to be a B and it was B-. I don't know why this needs to be a mockumentary tbh. This show could've worked as a droll, "regular" sitcom without the "Watchout for that boom mic!" clunkiness that's the genre's staple; that and the tiresome improv energy that happens in some scenes. I'm tired of the false "That was inappropriate!" moments in comedies because a) they rarely happen in real life like they do in improv-based comedies b) when they do happen people don't react like improv actors trying to keep a scene going. If someone mentions masturbation at a dinner table full of strangers it's going to be awkward in a way that isn't "HEY-OH -- c'mon, c'mon keep the scene alive, keep it alive" improv. The hallmark of mockumentary improv acting that drives me nuts is you'll have one person acting bizarre, in a way that would get them ostracized IRL right away, but because this is improv everyone plays along, trying to *listen* and "say yes to their offer!" and all the cliches in improv that don't get extended to real life.
Guest is better than all of the people that ripped him off but there's still a bunch of devices and conventions that are exhausted. Victim of his own influence. Bring back "Cheers"
― Cunga, Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
The conventions of mockumentaries ensure that the pacing of the jokes is fairly slow. The humor usually requires that the characters be quirky and dense beyond all reason, but somehow seem real and recognizable. This puts a premium on a highly nuanced line delivery. Guest is ok at this, but he can't seem to get it to really take off and fly. Fred Willard and Caherine O'Hara, as noted in a post above, are true masters at it.
― Aimless, Sunday, 19 May 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
I've just noticed that Christopher Guest plays the young policeman who finds Charles Bronson after he's been shot in the leg in Central Park and is told to forget he ever saw anything it by Vincent Gardenia.
http://markmaynard.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/guestdeathwish.jpg
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link
...in Death Wish, that is.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
in response, Guest's policeman yelled "I hate you, and I hate your ASS FACE!"
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
He played a cop in The Hot Rock as well.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 23:25 (two years ago) link
Didn't realize for the longest time that he was the 'strange and interesting plant' dude in Little Shop of Horrors.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
he is the best person ever for that
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link