Saturday Evening Movie Thread 06-16-2018 [Hosted By: TheJamesMadison]

Airplane!

Let's go silly this week, because I'm incapable of serious thought right now.

I've brought up Airplane! before, and just like it's sequel, I'm going to be doing the same thing but only slightly different this time. It's precedent, which makes it okay.

I re-watched both movies a few weeks ago pretty much just cause (is there really any other reason?), and it was a wonderful experience. I hadn't seen the first one in a while, and I had never actually seen the second one unedited (only on television). They're not the greatest movies ever, but they are a good time at the movies.

Almost 40 Years Later

Airplane! is a few years older than I am, so I never saw it in its initial run and most of the cultural references it makes go way over my head. Did I ever see the exact coffee commercial that they play off of? Did I ever watch Leave It to Beaver? Did I know what jive was? Did I know any of this when I first saw the movie off of a TV broadcast when I was about seven?

No, I didn't, but I still found the movie hilarious. Can we say the same of the spoof movies that have come out over the last decade? Have you seen the likes of Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, or Epic Movie? I have, and, besides all be dreadfully unfunny, they all require a knowledge of contemporary pop culture just to begin to understand the "jokes". They're not really jokes, they're really just references dropped into the films, inducing an, "I know that thing!" response.

In Airplane!, the movie does use cultural reference points in the film, but it does the work for those gags so they can be appreciated outside of that specific point in history. Let's look at my three questions from above.

The Coffee Commercial

The key to making this gag work is the first instance of it in the movie. The wife essentially plays the commercial out straight. "He never has a second cup of coffee at home." This is a play on a well-known ad at the time for Folgers (XXXX), but that's not the actual joke. It might have elicited a chuckle or two at the time in that "I know that thing!" sort of way, but the actual meat of the joke comes later. "He never vomits at home." That's all it is, just a twist of the familiar into something you wouldn't expect, sold in the exact same tone as the surprise that the woman's husband is having a second cup of coffee. Does knowing the reference help in appreciating the gag? Probably? Is it required? Not at all.

Mrs. Beaver and Jive

The only place I would recognize Barbara Billingsley would be from this movie. I've never seen an episode of Leave It to Beaver in my life, but when she breaks out into jive talk, it's really really funny to me. Why? Despite having never seen an episode of the sitcom or even knowing what jive was, I can laugh genuinely at that gag, and it's because of how the gag is first built and the look of those involved.

There's an earlier scene that establishes jive. The two brothers have a simple conversation with subtitles turning their dialogue into a rather formal form of American English. That scene in and of itself isn't funny, and it's not meant to be. It's supposed to be the point from which actual jokes come from. The second half of how the gag works is Barbara Billingsley herself. Again, I have no cultural touchpoint for her, but she looks and sounds like a nice old white lady. She does not look like someone who would be immersed in black culture enough to not only understand jive, but speak it as well as anyone else. Her breaking out into it, and her complete dismissal of their refusal to accept her help (without subtitles this time) is what leads to the laughs.

Did the ZAZ team know that their movie would still play on TV decades later? That people born years after its release would watch it? I have a feeling that it wasn't all that present in their minds. They were probably not trying to create some cultural touchpoint of their own, but just a movie that they could laugh at and make a buck on. They created a movie that lasted for decades, not because they were trying to do that, but just because they understood what was funny.

Also, the dance number has always been hilarious to me.

Airplane II: The Sequel

So, I had never seen this movie uncut before, and it had never been my favorite of the two (it's still not). However, I still find the movie quite funny and underappreciated.

The problem, I think, that people have with it is that, yes, it does repeat a lot. But, I feel like what it's repeating is set ups while changing the actual punchlines to the jokes. That keeps the movie pretty fresh to me. It's still built around the same premise (in SPACE!!!!), but there's enough freshness to keep the experience afloat for me.

One of the centers of enjoyment is William Shatner coming in at the end to play Buck Murdock, the commander of the Lunar Base. He plays the same part as Captain Rex Cramer, talking Striker down on how to land, but Shatner plays the role fairly differently than Robert Stack did in the original. Stack is cool and collected, barely hiding is contempt for Striker. Shatner is nearly insane while playing up the Captain Kirk persona to create a heightened version of an already heightened character. There's one point, in particular, where the two do the same thing. At the end of both movies, Kramer and Murdock keep talking to Striker after he's left the cockpit. In the first, Kramer gets incredibly personal, talking about how his father beat him as a child, while Murdock goes on explaining out to land the shuttle on the Moon long after the thing has stopped moving.

The set ups are the same, but the actual content of the jokes are different, and I think it helps make it still work. It's not the most original way to approach a sequel, but I think it's still funny enough to enjoy.

How The Sequel Should Have Gone

The original creative team behind the first movie (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker) had no involvement in the sequel. Apparently the studio wanted the movie so soon after the success of the original that the trio (ZAZ) just simply refused to do it, knowing that it would be a disaster. It certainly was that, from a financial perspective. There's a reason there was never an Airplane 3.
However, while I do enjoy what the world got with The Sequel, I do think that those who made it went in the wrong direction.

I think the core of what makes the first movie work was the straight acting mixed with the super serious tone around the actual plot and then surrounded by silliness. It was the conflict between the seriousness of the actors with the ridiculousness of the events. That core could be applied to a lot of stuff, not just movies set on aircraft. In fact, if you step back and view that very specific sub-genre as just part of the disaster genre, it opens up a world of possibilities.

So, here's my idea for the real sequel: Airplane II: Towering Inferno!.

Ted Striker has taken a job at an airline, been promoted so fast that now he's a VP and sits in an office of a tall skyscraper all day. There's a fire, and he has to work with Elaine Dickenson to get out. You can keep a lot of the same cast (it really shouldn't be hard to find an excuse to bring Lloyd Bridges back) as they perform similar roles in a new environment with completely new circumstances.

If that's successful, you follow it up with Airplane III: At Sea! where Striker, tired of all of the disasters he's experienced, goes on a cruise with Elaine and the ship rolls over and they spoof The Poseidon Adventure. That gets followed up by Airplane IV: Earthquake! where Ted moves to LA to try to work for the airline in a new job that keeps him low to the ground, but the city is hit by a massive quake. That then gets followed up by Airplane V: It's a Twister! where Ted moves to the middle of nowhere to escape the disasters that keep following him, but he's hit by a series of tornadoes that chase him around.

Hell, I think people would have been more excited about that list of sequels than the retread they got (which, again, I do like).

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:
The Incredibles II
Tag

Next in my Netflix Queue:
Mother of Tears

Movies I Saw This Week:
Angel (Netflix Rating 3/5 | Quality Rating 2.5/4) Poster blurb: "The star is a joy, but the second half drags to the point of pretty much derailing the film." [Netflix DVD]
Lady Bird (Netflix Rating 4/5 | Quality Rating 3/4) "A very easy to enjoy coming of age tale, although I feel like it's missing about ten minutes." [Amazon Prime]
The Magnificent Seven (Netflix Rating 2/5 | Quality Rating 1.5/4) "The affable actors shine very well, but the movie is fractured with a cartoonishly evil bad guy I found entirely uninteresting." [Amazon Prime]
The Bourne Ultimatum (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 3.5/4) "A step down from Supremacy because of the over-familiarity and reuse of a lot of the structure, but still high octane entertainment." [Personal Collection]

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Comments

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1 Fresno!?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 06:45 PM (JxMDl)

2 Johnny is my Spirit Animal.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:46 PM (fZuhk)

3 Compared to today's movies Airplane is almost Shakespeare

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 16, 2018 06:47 PM (Ydx5u)

4 "Did I ever see the exact coffee commercial that they play off of? Did I ever watch Leave It to Beaver? Did I know what jive was? Did I know any of this when I first saw the movie off of a TV broadcast when I was about seven?"
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Mmmm, jailbait!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 06:47 PM (JxMDl)

5 Woo! Just in time before dinner!

Now to actually read the bloody thing.

Anyone see Incredibles 2?

How Woke is it? Is it Mr. Mom? Tell me it's not just Mr. Mom again.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 06:49 PM (xJa6I)

6 That's the Escher 737 in the top movie poster.

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 06:49 PM (EzdLW)

7 Funny movies are not as good any more, the newer comedians don't make it for me.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:49 PM (pHfeF)

8 One of my favorite throwaway bits in the film is when news of the airplane disaster is shown around the world in various news broadcasts, until finally it's a Polynesian newscaster drumming it out solemnly to the screen -- and then he goes to camera B and continues drumming.

I dunno, I always laff.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 06:50 PM (JxMDl)

9 7 Funny movies are not as good any more, the newer comedians don't make it for me.
Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:49 PM (pHfeF)

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Airplane had no real comedians. They were almost all straight actors playing to type.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 06:52 PM (Jj43a)

10 Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams at the top of their game were funny as anything Mel Brooks put out. (I know they put Abrahams in between the Zucker brothers, but my bride of nearly 26 years says it that way, so I must conform to her standard.)

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at June 16, 2018 06:52 PM (l7Kbv)

11 The sequel to Airplane is actually Top Secret.
Which is also a killer comedy.

Airplane is in my top 100 movies and rightfully so. I think only Clue ever made me laugh harder.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 06:52 PM (xJa6I)

12 4 "Did I ever see the exact coffee commercial that they play off of? Did I ever watch Leave It to Beaver? Did I know what jive was? Did I know any of this when I first saw the movie off of a TV broadcast when I was about seven?"
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Mmmm, jailbait!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 06:47 PM (JxMDl)

She likes her men like she likes her coffee: Black and strong

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (xJa6I)

13 The Magnificent Seven (Netflix Rating 2/5 | Quality Rating 1.5/4) "The affable actors shine very well, but the movie is fractured with a cartoonishly evil bad guy I found entirely uninteresting." [Amazon Prime]

In which I harrumph in a curmudgeonly manner. I know M7 gets a lot of love around here.

I have raised my boys to know the true things. We have watched Yojimbo and Fistfull of Dollars and laugh at the shot for shot remake.

They know and recognize the Yojimbo scenes which were copied in Star Wars.

No. 2 Son and I tried to watch Mag Seven and couldn't get through twenty minutes. It's painful.

Seven Samurai is quite possibly the best movie ever.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (fuK7c)

14 I am probably the only person who posts on ASHQ who has never seen "Airplane".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (0/+vJ)

15 Airplane and Airplane II , always good for a full belly laugh.

I spent the day watching " The Last Kingdom"

Uthred son of Uthred.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (S5QCA)

16 Did I ever see the exact coffee commercial that they play off of?

The funnier and bit more edgier line was from the girl, "No thank you. I take it black. Like my men."

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (SiINZ)

17 Car Wash.

Now there's a movie.

"Hippo, you better stay away from that hooker!".....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (EoRCO)

18 Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams at the top of their game were funny as anything Mel Brooks put out.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at June 16, 2018 06:52 PM (l7Kbv)

Kentucky Fried Movie remains the masterwork IMO.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (fZuhk)

19 13 No. 2 Son and I tried to watch Mag Seven and couldn't get through twenty minutes. It's painful.

Seven Samurai is quite possibly the best movie ever.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (fuK7c)

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I love the original Mag 7, but I just could not get into this new remake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (Jj43a)

20 I've never seen an episode of Leave It to Beaver in my life,

Really? Or are you just giving us the business?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 06:55 PM (SiINZ)

21 They can't make good movies now a days, especially comedies, because they are to busy trying to make a political point

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 16, 2018 06:55 PM (Ydx5u)

22 I am probably the only person who posts on ASHQ who has never seen "Airplane".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM

Shirley you can't be serious!

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 06:55 PM (EzdLW)

23 I think I laughed non-stop when I saw Airplane in the theatre. Same thing with Police Squad. There's something to be said for movies without any goal other than making people laugh.
I larfed and larfed and larfed.

Posted by: Northernlurk, but call me Teem at June 16, 2018 06:55 PM (nBr1j)

24 I've never seen an episode of Leave It to Beaver in my life,

Never fight with the beaver, your only gonna regret it later

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (Ydx5u)

25 Seven Samurai IS awesome.

But keep in mind Kurosawa isn't mining fresh territory there, either. He was deliberately aping American Westerns. And Yojimbo is a retelling Daishell Hammett's great novel, The Glass Key.

Execution matters.

And so do performances. And most of the non-German actors in the Magnificent Seven do damn well. The opening scene in the border town with the burial is great.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (xJa6I)

26 Kentucky Fried Movie remains the masterwork IMO.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (fZuhk)

Cleopatra Schwartz had me double over laughing.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (SiINZ)

27 Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 06:55 PM (EzdLW)

Nope, and don't call me Shirley.

J/K

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (0/+vJ)

28 I love the Howard Jarvis cameo. You really had to be around then to even know who the guy was.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (xPl2J)

29

Airplane! VI - Sharknado

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (IqV8l)

30 19 13 No. 2 Son and I tried to watch Mag Seven and couldn't get through twenty minutes. It's painful.

Seven Samurai is quite possibly the best movie ever.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (fuK7c)

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I love the original Mag 7, but I just could not get into this new remake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (Jj43a)

The remake is utter trash. And I say that as a Chris Pratt and Denzel Washington fanboi.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (xJa6I)

31 Kentucky Fried Movie remains the masterwork IMO.
Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (fZuhk)

100% agreement on that!

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at June 16, 2018 06:57 PM (l7Kbv)

32 Damn. Wife is looking at her watch and tapping foot.

Ah well, if thread is still alive in a few hours, I'll be back.

Thanks as always, TJM and you other movie-loving morons.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 06:57 PM (xJa6I)

33 The Magnificent Seven (Netflix Rating 2/5 | Quality Rating 1.5/4) "The affable actors shine very well, but the movie is fractured with a cartoonishly evil bad guy I found entirely uninteresting." [Amazon Prime]

++++

I wondered about your rating and blurb until I clicked the link and saw you were talking about that waste-of-time remake. Have you seen the original* and did you have a higher opinion of it?

*I'm talking about the 1960 Hollywood original, not the Seven Samurai.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 16, 2018 06:58 PM (pvjTE)

34 Cleopatra Schwartz had me double over laughing.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 06:56 PM (SiINZ)

Rex Kramer: Danger Seeker.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:58 PM (fZuhk)

35 I saw incredibles 2 last night with the kiddos. Nowhere near as good as the first. Its fairly woke with the women are better at everything than men theme. Not surprising since thats the only movie Hollywood can make anymore.

Posted by: gm at June 16, 2018 06:58 PM (/LIOp)

36 And stop calling me Shirley.

Posted by: joncelli, delivering his speech at June 16, 2018 06:58 PM (1FhAQ)

37 Gimme the ham, hold the mayo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2018 06:58 PM (89T5c)

38 Testing to see if posts from this computer will be deleted automatically.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (SN4NF)

39 33
I wondered about your rating and blurb until I clicked the link and saw you were talking about that waste-of-time remake. Have you seen the original* and did you have a higher opinion of it?

*I'm talking about the 1960 Hollywood original, not the Seven Samurai.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 16, 2018 06:58 PM (pvjTE)

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Those links work wonders, huh?

But yeah, I've seen it many times. My father holds it close to his heart, and I've learned the appreciate it in the same way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (Jj43a)

40 I think Airplane is very funny and of course has many lines that get repeated. I guess you could call some of them comedy actors rather than comedians.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (pHfeF)

41 Testing to see if posts from this computer will be deleted automatically.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (SN4NF)

Post something embarrassing and personal; it'll just get deleted anyway and nobody will see it.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (fZuhk)

42
Ted Striker's "drinking problem".

The sound of propellars during every exterior shot of the jet.

The soldier in the hospital who thinks he's Ethel Merman.

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM (EzdLW)

43 Huh. Not sure why my other two posts from my phone were destroyed by pixy. Anyways, Incredibles 2 is good and not SJW.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM (SN4NF)

44 But keep in mind Kurosawa isn't mining fresh territory there, either. He was deliberately aping American Westerns. And Yojimbo is a retelling Daishell Hammett's great novel, The Glass Key.

I did not know that about the Hammett novel. I'll look for that.

Yes, Kurosawa totally loved John Ford and borrowed from American westerns. It goes back and forth.

If I could nerd out completely I'd do a shot for shot comparison between Kurosawa's Ran and Fritz Lang's Niebelungen. It's not shot for shot like Fistfull of Dollars, but it borrows all of the themes and completely copies some of the shots.

Execution does matter.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM (fuK7c)

45 Airplane is a filmed version of Mad Magazine.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM (pV/54)

46 The soldier in the hospital who thinks he's Ethel Merman.

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM

Who IS Ethel Merman.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM (SN4NF)

47
I like your sequel ideas, but they all need to be out of numerical order. So the third film is numbered Airplane! V, fourth film Airplane ! III, fifth film Airplane ! VI, etc.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:01 PM (eXA4G)

48 The priest looking at the Alter Boy centerfold.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2018 07:01 PM (89T5c)

49 One of my favorite throwaway bits in the film is when news of the airplane disaster is shown around the world in various news broadcasts, until finally it's a Polynesian newscaster drumming it out solemnly to the screen -- and then he goes to camera B and continues drumming.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 06:50 PM (JxMDl)

They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:01 PM (fZuhk)

50 Woody Harrelson's "Lost in London" is pretty good. About 90 minutes, the entire film was shot in one take. No cuts whatsoever. Boggles the mind how they pulled that off.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 16, 2018 07:01 PM (rnXGe)

51 Altar. Sheesh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2018 07:02 PM (89T5c)

52 Paris is to unveil its newly built perimeter defences around the Eiffel Tower to protect against terror threats.

Temporary barriers were placed around the tower in June 2016, and are now being replaced with more permanent measures.

Because unfretted immigration works so well?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 16, 2018 07:02 PM (Ydx5u)

53 TJM, I don't recall ever seeing Leave it To Beaver myself, either. I didn't know that was Barbara Billingsley in Airplane till I read this post, today. For me it was funny just because it was a little old lady speaking jive.

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (EzdLW)

54 I stated M7 is one of my favorite, but do realize one can have a favorite that not many people would appreciate.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (pHfeF)

55 >>>43 Huh. Not sure why my other two posts from my phone were destroyed by pixy. Anyways, Incredibles 2 is good and not SJW.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2>>>

Disagree. All of the men were incompetent and/or retarded, while the wymyns did it all.

Posted by: gm at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (/LIOp)

56 I just double-checked, it's120 minutes and they live-streamed it into theaters.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (rnXGe)

57 Fen ... you've got company - I, too, have never seen either one ... nor do do I wish to.

Posted by: Lurking Cynic at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (qnLBj)

58 "until finally it's a Polynesian newscaster drumming it out solemnly to
the screen -- and then he goes to camera B and continues drumming."

The funniest part of that gag is that he is handed a different set of drumsticks from off-camera, just like all the other reporters are suddenly handed breaking news on a piece of paper.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (SN4NF)

59 We're out of coffee.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (89T5c)

60 58
The funniest part of that gag is that he is handed a different set of drumsticks from off-camera, just like all the other reporters are suddenly handed breaking news on a piece of paper.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (SN4NF)

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It took me years to noticed that.

Worth the wait.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:04 PM (Jj43a)

61 Watching another of my favorites on This tv, The Great Escape

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:05 PM (pHfeF)

62 Seven Samurai is the Best Western ever.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:05 PM (pV/54)

63 Posted by: gm at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM

SPOILERS AHEAD

Disagree. A female was the villain, and Helen is one of the first supers to fall under her control.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 07:05 PM (SN4NF)

64 Woody Harrelson's "Lost in London" is pretty good. About 90 minutes, the entire film was shot in one take. No cuts whatsoever. Boggles the mind how they pulled that off.

Does it work or is it a gimmick?

They did a lot of that in Birdman(?), the Michael Keaton Ed Norton ohmygod EmmaStoneIsJailbait movie about Broadway, and it was impressive but got in the way.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:05 PM (fuK7c)

65 Anyone see Incredibles 2?

How Woke is it? Is it Mr. Mom? Tell me it's not just Mr. Mom again.
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It was a delight. It wasn't maybe as cohesive as the first; it was a series of amped up action sequences, but they were so stylishly done I didn't mind.

The best scenes: Mr. Incredible trying to deal with Jack-Jack's burgeoning superpowers; a visit to Edna Mode for advice and a new flame-retardant romper; and Jack-Jack's midnight fight with a trash panda.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:06 PM (JxMDl)

66 64 Woody Harrelson's "Lost in London" is pretty good. About 90 minutes, the entire film was shot in one take. No cuts whatsoever. Boggles the mind how they pulled that off.

Does it work or is it a gimmick?

They did a lot of that in Birdman(?), the Michael Keaton Ed Norton ohmygod EmmaStoneIsJailbait movie about Broadway, and it was impressive but got in the way.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:05 PM (fuK7c)

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Russian Ark did it, and it's kind of wonderful. Of course it's also not a straight narrative, but a journey through Russian history and the Hermitage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:07 PM (Jj43a)

67 Jack-Jack's fight with the racoon made me laugh so hard it hurt my sides a little.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 16, 2018 07:07 PM (SN4NF)

68 Airplane is a filmed version of Mad Magazine.
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:00 PM (pV/54)

No, it's remake of the 1950s film Zero Hour! that starred Dana Andrews (as I recall). They bought the rights to the original movie and Airplane! features much of the exact same dialogue but played for laughs with zany stuff going on.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:08 PM (5Yee7)

69 It's a completely different type of movie making all together...

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:08 PM (O5Q3r)

70 Can't imagine why one wouldn't want to see some movie such as Airplane but to each their own.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:08 PM (pHfeF)

71 Disagree. All of the men were incompetent and/or retarded, while the wymyns did it all.
Posted by: gm at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (/LIOp)
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Really disagree. The whole family worked as a team to bring down the villain.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (JxMDl)

72
And Yojimbo is a retelling Daishell Hammett's great novel, The Glass Key.

More like Hammett's Red Harvest. Although The Glass Key was certainly an influence.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (eXA4G)

73 "Airplane! is a few years older than I am, so I never saw it in its initial run and most of the cultural references it makes go way over my head."

My lawn...off it!

Posted by: Tami at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (Enq6K)

74 Does it work or is it a gimmick?

They did a lot of that in Birdman(?), the Michael Keaton Ed Norton
ohmygod EmmaStoneIsJailbait movie about Broadway, and it was impressive
but got in the way.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:05 PM (fuK7c)

I thought it worked. They travel to 14 different locations so you travel along in cars too. Only one cameraman so it's clear that it's all one take. Lots of cameos too. It's loosely based on a true story about Woody Harrelson getting into trouble in a cab one night. I thought it was well done but it got mixed reviews. Worth seeing, nothing like it has ever been done before.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (rnXGe)

75 I want to see Jurassic World. I fear it will be a stupid movie but still want to see it. At least we will get a senior citizen discount and go to the early show to avoid kids. But still stupid, right?

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2018 07:10 PM (zLDYs)

76 73 "Airplane! is a few years older than I am, so I never saw it in its initial run and most of the cultural references it makes go way over my head."

My lawn...off it!
Posted by: Tami at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (Enq6K)

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I believe this would be my lawn...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (Jj43a)

77 The 7 Samurai is also in my favorites, but would watch any samurai movie

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (pHfeF)

78 "But keep in mind Kurosawa isn't mining fresh territory there, either. He was deliberately aping American Westerns."

Seven Samarui deserves a lot more than this. I don't know of an earlier "caper" intro in a film, let alone in a Western. I mean how the leader assembles an odd-ball group with different skills to pull off a job.

Nor the theme of good bad guys fighting bad bad guys for the benefit of the meek. Which is how the West got won, actually.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (pV/54)

79

So, here's my idea for the real sequel: Airplane II: Towering Inferno!.

He's got to land that building!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (oVJmc)

80 I have a sorta movie related comment....

My son is currently at the track with Chad Mcqueen...Steve's son. He's in hog heaven.

Posted by: Tami at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (Enq6K)

81 53 TJM, I don't recall ever seeing Leave it To Beaver myself, either. I didn't know that was Barbara Billingsley in Airplane till I read this post, today. For me it was funny just because it was a little old lady speaking jive.

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (EzdLW)

++++

What do you guys do when someone makes an Eddie Haskell joke, just stand there and look like a goober?

Check out youtube, they have many complete episodes. Take pride in your cultural heritage!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (pvjTE)

82 I saw Airplane! in the theater when it came out, and I can't say enough good things about it. It's a spoof of every disaster movie from the 70s, and I saw them all. The jokes and references are flying so fast and furious it's hard to keep up with them.

Also, Leslie Nielsen had spent his entire career playing dramatic roles, and this was his first attempt at comedy. It goes without saying that he knocked it out of the park, and was the beginning of a whole new career for him.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 07:12 PM (sdi6R)

83 Can't imagine why one wouldn't want to see some movie such as Airplane but to each their own.
Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:08 PM (pHfeF)

Agreed. I despise joy and gaiety and mirth as much as the next person, but it's a movie and it's funny and funny things happen in the movie. It's not a world-changing social event or anything.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:12 PM (fZuhk)

84 I watched "The Last Movie Star" this week and thoroughly enjoyed it. A little cliched...the message has been done before...but Burt Reynolds is impressive as an old codger, full of himself, having to face up to growing old. Highly recommended.

Posted by: Dwight at June 16, 2018 07:12 PM (iAl7a)

85 >>>Really disagree. The whole family worked as a team to bring down the villain.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (JxMDl)>>>

No way. But I'm not going to give any spoilers.

Posted by: gm at June 16, 2018 07:12 PM (/LIOp)

86 I believe this would be my lawn...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (Jj43a)

No...I meant I saw it when it came out, you whippersnapper, you.

Posted by: Tami at June 16, 2018 07:13 PM (Enq6K)

87 The thing you have to know about Leslie Nielsen is that before Airplane! he was a 100% serious film actor. All people know today is his comedy stuff in Airplane! and the Police Squad! shows. It was way funnier back then because you didn't expect it.

Posted by: HuuskerDu at June 16, 2018 07:13 PM (gYAkw)

88 I believe this would be my lawn...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:11 PM (Jj43a)

No...I meant I saw it when it came out, you whippersnapper, you.
Posted by: Tami at June 16, 2018 07:13 PM (Enq6K)

Can we all just agree that TJM has a very nice lawn?

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:14 PM (fZuhk)

89 Really disagree. The whole family worked as a team to bring down the villain.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:09 PM (JxMDl)>>>

No way. But I'm not going to give any spoilers.
Posted by: gm at June 16, 2018 07:12 PM (/LIOp)

It's THUNDERDOME! Two Hordlings go in, one comes out!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:14 PM (5Yee7)

90 Another Airplane like comedy from that era was Young Doctors in Love.

https://youtu.be/uYfBXz23uyY

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at June 16, 2018 07:14 PM (9BLnV)

91 I love the movie thread, but if I'm still up for the ONT someone shoot me please.
Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:27 AM

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:15 PM (pHfeF)

92 It's THUNDERDOME! Two Hordlings go in, one comes out!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:14 PM (5Yee7)
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Alexthechick and I will form one Hordeling, Master-Blaster.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:15 PM (JxMDl)

93 I've never seen an episode of Leave It to Beaver in my life,

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Didn't see any of those 'cultural' TV things until I was over 29. Grew up without a TV and still only notice some of those old timey shows when they are on in the middle of the night. Meh.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:15 PM (MIKMs)

94 Incredibles 2: yay or nay

my lawn / no, my lawn

Not even 100 comments and we got two fights!

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:15 PM (EzdLW)

95 It's THUNDERDOME! Two Hordlings go in, one comes out!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:14 PM (5Yee7)

*raises hand meekly*

...may I please run Bartertown?

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:16 PM (fZuhk)

96 Russian Ark did it, and it's kind of wonderful. Of
course it's also not a straight narrative, but a journey through Russian
history and the Hermitage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:07 PM (Jj43a)

The live-streaming into theaters while it was being shot is what had never been done before. It was being filmed minutes from the theaters where people were watching it.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 16, 2018 07:16 PM (rnXGe)

97 As far as grrrrrrrrrrrl power! goes, I'll give A Quiet Place its due: that moment comes after many, many scenes where the husband is, mostly-successfully, saving his family. Through a lot of the movie I was thinking a neoreactionary had snuck in the script. They even say grace together.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 16, 2018 07:16 PM (6FqZa)

98 A part of the original humor of Airplane that is almost impossible for modern audiences to appreciate is that we KNEW all those actors, and they had always played dead straight serious parts. Leslie Nielsen had NEVER done a comedy before Airplane, to my knowledge - it was the Zucker's genius to realize he would be so good at it. Same goes for Lloyd Bridges and Robert Stack. The riff on Robert Stack charging through the airport terminal, punching out the Hari Krishna's, is that it's a caricature of EVERY part Robert Stack had ever played before then. So it was unbelievably hilarious to watch all of these well known actors play parodies of themselves, and have a great time doing it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:16 PM (V2Yro)

99
Another obscure pop culture reference is Striker's passenger in the cab. It's Howard Jarvis, who was the driving force behind California Proposition 13. Dood was huge in the news back in the mid-70s.

Also, unlike his public persona as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, he's sitting in the cab letting the meter run up a big fare.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:17 PM (eXA4G)

100 Way before Airplane, the most wooden character in movie-dom was Leslie Nielsen's Commander in Forbidden Planet.

Had I been around young Anne Francis I would have been wooden in a different way.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:17 PM (pV/54)

101 Leslie Nielsen was especially funny in the movie because he was playing off his serious persona that audiences were well familiar with.

References upon references. It's references all the way down.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 07:17 PM (sdi6R)

102 How about an all-female remake? "Airplane: The Farce is Female!"

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 07:18 PM (ANIFC)

103 The thing you have to know about Leslie Nielsen is that before Airplane!
he was a 100% serious film actor. All people know today is his comedy
stuff in Airplane! and the Police Squad! shows. It was way funnier back
then because you didn't expect it.

A lot of the people in it were. Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves.
"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?" Mr. Phelps would've never asked that question.

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:18 PM (O5Q3r)

104 A part of the original humor of Airplane that is almost impossible for
modern audiences to appreciate is that we KNEW all those actors, and
they had always played dead straight serious parts. Leslie Nielsen had
NEVER done a comedy before Airplane, to my knowledge - it was the
Zucker's genius to realize he would be so good at it. Same goes for
Lloyd Bridges and Robert Stack. The riff on Robert Stack charging
through the airport terminal, punching out the Hari Krishna's, is that
it's a caricature of EVERY part Robert Stack had ever played before
then. So it was unbelievably hilarious to watch all of these well
known actors play parodies of themselves, and have a great time doing
it!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:16 PM (V2Yro)

---------------

And then William Shatner did the ultimate Kirk parody of himself. (This was pretty early when Shatner was still taking himself seriously [TJ Hooker].)

Posted by: HuuskerDu at June 16, 2018 07:19 PM (gYAkw)

105 Another Airplane like comedy from that era was Young Doctors in Love.

I watched "Johnny Dangerously" yesterday. I forgot how funny it was.

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:20 PM (O5Q3r)

106 Can't imagine why one wouldn't want to see some movie such as Airplane but to each their own.
Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:08 PM (pHfeF)

It isn't that i don't want to see it; It's just that I haven't. Didn't see it in the movies-because I've never been a big movie goer, and never have had Netflix or other streaming video so I;d have to rent it from the library and it just doesn't occur me to get it.,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 07:21 PM (0/+vJ)

107 The thing you have to know about Leslie Nielsen is that before Airplane! he was a 100% serious film actor....
Posted by: HuuskerDu at June 16, 2018 07:13 PM (gYAkw)

Yes, leading man in lots of movies in the 50s - 60s. Forbidden Planet is a science fiction movie that I believe is based on Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. I forget the name of the actress, but her mini-skirt costume had to have been absolutely mind-blowing and perceived as being purposefully erotic when then movie came out in the 1950s. The movie still holds up pretty well because it isn't about the special effects but the story.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:21 PM (5Yee7)

108 "That scene in and of itself isn't funny, and it's not meant to be."

Sure it is. The "jive" is a made up, nonsensical language. It sets up the translation scene later, but the first introduction, hearing everything strung together so ridculously combined with overly formal subtitles is hilarious.

Posted by: Sjg at June 16, 2018 07:21 PM (gDSJf)

109 Also, I want to make note of a character who I is hilarious in EVERY scene he is in, but who I think people are kind of embarrassed to mention because they think his part was a gay stereotype - Stephen Stucker, who played "Johnny!!!", the flamboyantly gay assistant controller in the tower.

Every time something happens, he pops off with things like 'Nick! Heath! Jarred! There's a Fire in the Barn!!!" (hilarious to all of us who spent our youths watching reruns of The Big Valley on afternoon TV)

A little know bit of trivia, he was primarily an improv comedian, the Zuckers knew him well, and he had no script - he ad-libbed every line he had in the movie. Sadly, his career was cut short when he died of AIDS in 1986.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:21 PM (V2Yro)

110 I've only seen the Johnny Dangerously scenes which Weird Al reused for (I think) 'This Is The Life'.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 16, 2018 07:22 PM (6FqZa)

111 Airplane! At Sea. Lloyd shows up wearing his old TV scuba gear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2018 07:22 PM (aDVrz)

112 Let us praise the anarchic comedy stylings of Stephen Stucker. Sure, he was great in Airplane, but I first saw him as the stenographer in KFM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm1rif1fASk

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:22 PM (JxMDl)

113
Can we all just agree that TJM has a very nice lawn?
Posted by: hogmartin

Artificial turf

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 07:22 PM (IqV8l)

114 Seeing Incredibles 2 tomorrow with the Igno-Spawn.

I'm going for Edna.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:23 PM (pV/54)

115
The riff on Robert Stack charging through the airport terminal, punching out the Hari Krishna's, is that it's a caricature of EVERY part Robert Stack had ever played before then.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:16 PM (V2Yro)

Plus, the atavistic pleasure of seeing someone beat the shit out of the cult panhandlers that infested airports in the 70s. You young whippersnappers don't know how bad it was, especially the airports in San Francisco and LA. It was like running a gauntlet.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:23 PM (eXA4G)

116 Fenelon - you gotta see it. It is one of the best slapstick/wacky comedies ever made, easily on the same level as the best of the Marx Brothers. I saw it again recently, and one of the best parts is that for the entire length of the movie, there is at least one groan out loud joke every single minute, and usually much more than that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:24 PM (V2Yro)

117 My absolute favorite part of Airplane! is when the reporters all rush into the line of phone booths to call in their stories and the whole line of booths crashes down. It is a take off on movies from the 30s and 40s and makes me crack up every time.

Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 07:24 PM (V+03K)

118 I have very seen Tommy, maybe little bits but no where more than maybe 5 minutes.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:24 PM (pHfeF)

119 I saw Airplane in the theater as a kid and don't think I've ever laughed so hard at a movie to this day.

Re:
The jive scene - somewhere on the interwebs is an interview with the
two actors and commentary from ZAZ regarding the casting of the actors
(who made up the dialog themselves) and the filming of the scene. It
might have been included in an anniversary release of the film. The
subtitles of the actors commentary are in jive. Off to see if I can
find it and post a link ...
Also, Peter Graves had serious misgivings about filming his role.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at June 16, 2018 07:24 PM (Vm9hn)

120 I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Posted by: L N at June 16, 2018 07:25 PM (QpUf4)

121 One of my favorite comedies is 'Galaxy Quest'. It wouldn't have worked without the Star Trek/Wars etc fandom -- 20-30 years on. By Grabthar's Hammer, indeed.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:25 PM (MIKMs)

122 If that's successful, you follow it up with Airplane III: At Sea! where Striker, tired of all of the disasters he's experienced, goes on a cruise with Elaine and the ship rolls over and they spoof The Poseidon Adventure. That gets followed up by Airplane IV: Earthquake! where Ted moves to LA to try to work for the airline in a new job that keeps him low to the ground, but the city is hit by a massive quake. That then gets followed up by Airplane V: It's a Twister!

I'd throw in a parody of using roman numerals for sequels, something like

Airplane III
then
Airplane IIII
Airplane ~~IIII~~
Airplane ~~IIII~~ I

etc

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:25 PM (EzdLW)

123 Alexthechick and I will form one Hordeling, Master-Blaster.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 07:15 PM (JxMDl)

Isn't AtC too tall for that role?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:26 PM (5Yee7)

124 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:24 PM (V2Yro)

I don't know if my husband has seen it or not. Came out long before we knew each other, but he'd probably enjoy it too if he hasn't seen it. 18 year old son wouldn't appreciate the references to older shows, but spouse would.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 07:26 PM (0/+vJ)

125
They should make a movie or a sitcom based on those idiotic Liberty Mutual Insurance ads.

It will be about the park bench where the dummies all sit (with the Statue of Liberty in the background) and whine about their experience with car insurance.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:26 PM (KAu+p)

126 122 I'd throw in a parody of using roman numerals for sequels, something like

Airplane III
then
Airplane IIII
Airplane IIII
Airplane IIII I

etc
Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:25 PM (EzdLW)

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I like it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:27 PM (Jj43a)

127 Kentucky Fried Movie remains the masterwork IMO.
I'm so friggin' old I saw that first run when I was in H.S. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it warped me forever.
I also thought about them following the disaster movies when the second one came out - GMTA. Although there were some pretty good scenes in the second one.
I also thought that Brendan Fraser should have been used not for a second and third Mummy series, but follow the horror movie genre of the 30's and 40's. How cool would it have been for him to deal with Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein, even the Creature from the Black Lagoon? They could have kept that one rolling for ages.

Posted by: clutch cargo at June 16, 2018 07:27 PM (RHEDC)

128 Apparently, the worst movie ever made is soon to be released. John Travolta's Gotti has gotten vicious reviews and scores a big 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. How do you even make a bad mob movie?

'GOTTI' SCREENING FROM HELL; AUDIENCE WALKS OUT AS MOVIE TRASHED...

https://bit.ly/2tdqsL5

0% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES...

https://bit.ly/2ykkkXq

'Worst mob movie of all-time'...

https://nyp.st/2tcHJnK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 07:27 PM (+y/Ru)

129 The Airplane movie would make more sense to Fen than James as she would get many of the lines jokes.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:28 PM (pHfeF)

130 A little know bit of trivia, he was primarily an improv comedian, the Zuckers knew him well, and he had no script - he ad-libbed every line he had in the movie.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:21 PM (V2Yro)

That's the best part of the whole bit - everything he says and does is pure non-sequitur. He takes a cue from one mundane little thing in the scene and then just takes off.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:28 PM (fZuhk)

131 I've never seen an episode of Leave It to Beaver in my life,

The Beav died in Vietnam and Alice Cooper was Eddie Haskell

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 07:28 PM (SiINZ)

132 I've heard some good things about "Gotti" Moveigoers seem to have liked it more than any of the critics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 07:28 PM (0/+vJ)

133
On Youtube there is comparison clip showing Airplane and Zero Hour side by side. Same dialogue, just made funny.

The did the same with Police Squad and some old Quinn Martin tough cop show dubbed M-Squad starring Lee Marvin. You can see side-by-side comparisons of those.

Take something cheesy meant to be serious drama, and show just how funny it can be with the same dialogue and plot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (8O3HH)

134
I saw, AT THE MOVIES, the very last "Airport" movie, starring The Concorde.

1979, I think.

I was, of course, a zygote. But I remember being at the movies!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (KAu+p)

135
Yes, leading man in lots of movies in the 50s - 60s. Forbidden Planet is a science fiction movie that I believe is based on Shakespeare's play, The Tempest.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:21 PM (5Yee7)

I first saw FP as a summer movie on the Navy base where my pop was stationed in the early 70s. The Id Monster seriously scared the crap out of me as a kid seeing it for the first time.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (eXA4G)

136 Here's an interview with Barbara Billingsley on her part in 'Airplane'.

http://tinyurl.com/m2lw22y

Posted by: Tami at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (Enq6K)

137 Anyone ever watch the movie that Airplane is based on? Does seeing that add to the humor?

Posted by: buzzion at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (cAnNx)

138 The cult panhandlers were gone from the aeroports by the time I was living on aeroplanes (yes, British spelling applies) in the late 1980s-early 1990s. But I remember they still had the canned announcements at least on the Continental Airlines hubs.

To the point I've memorised most of it.

"Attention: the First Amendment of the US Constitution permits [something] groups to ask for donations. This activity is not endorsed by the [X] airport. You are under no obligation to contribute to these groups."

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (6FqZa)

139 I like the sight gag where Striker is self-indulgently yakking about his personal problems, and the guy sitting next to him pours gasoline on himself in order to immolate himself.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (/qEW2)

140 Apparently, the worst movie ever made is soon to be released. John
Travolta's Gotti has gotten vicious reviews and scores a big 0% on
Rotten Tomatoes. How do you even make a bad mob movie?

Jeesuz. Worse than "Battlefield Earth"!?!

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (O5Q3r)

141 How cool would it have been for him to deal with Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein, even the Creature from the Black Lagoon? They could have kept that one rolling for ages.

Posted by: clutch cargo at June 16, 2018 07:27 PM (RHEDC)

Abbott and Costello: Sounds like an interesting concept.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (SiINZ)

142 Alexthechick and I will form one Hordeling,

I'll be in my bunk.

I didn't think Incredibles 2 was all grrrl power or anything. I thought it was five movies that couldn't decide what to be.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (fuK7c)

143 125
They should make a movie or a sitcom based on those idiotic Liberty Mutual Insurance ads.

It will be about the park bench where the dummies all sit (with the Statue of Liberty in the background) and whine about their experience with car insurance.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:26 PM (KAu+p)

You've never seen Robot Insurance?

https://tinyurl.com/y6v5z3zz

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (ANIFC)

144 Best review of Gotti:

I'd rather wake up to a severed horse's head

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:31 PM (pV/54)

145 137 Anyone ever watch the movie that Airplane is based on? Does seeing that add to the humor?
Posted by: buzzion at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (cAnNx)

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It's in my Netflix DVD queue.

I'll get it eventually.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:31 PM (Jj43a)

146 18 year old son wouldn't appreciate the references to older shows, but spouse would.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 07:26 PM (0/+vJ)

It doesn't matter how much of the cultural stuff you're familiar with though. Knowing the sources makes it better, but you could have dropped in from another planet and it would all still work.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:31 PM (fZuhk)

147 Before I forget --

For those of you with kids at home, a really cute and sweet movie about superheroes is 'Sky High'. I had totally forgotten that kidlets and I watched it quite a few times. Sister called me and demanded that we watch it (rented it back in the day) because she insisted that the flamethrowing 'bad' boy was twin of my son. Yeah, at the time kidlet was into hair and black leather. Thank goodness he outgrew it.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:31 PM (MIKMs)

148 Jeesuz. Worse than "Battlefield Earth"!?!

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (O5Q3r)

I don't think anything could be worse than that drek

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (SiINZ)

149

You've never seen Robot Insurance?

https://tinyurl.com/y6v5z3zz

I use adblock, so no can see. It's a parody?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (KAu+p)

150 Pamela Gellar is reporting the Moscow taxi driver is from Kyrgyzstan

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (pHfeF)

151 140

Jeesuz. Worse than "Battlefield Earth"!?!
Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (O5Q3r)

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I saw that in theaters.

Me and a friend and no one else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (Jj43a)

152 I've never seen "Zero Hour", but now I want to.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (sdi6R)

153
Here you go, Airplane vs Zero Hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-v2BHNBVCs

Note the sound of propellers droning (on a jet!) is from the original soundtrack from Zero Hour.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 07:33 PM (8O3HH)

154 147 Before I forget --

For those of you with kids at home, a really cute and sweet movie about superheroes is 'Sky High'. I had totally forgotten that kidlets and I watched it quite a few times. Sister called me and demanded that we watch it (rented it back in the day) because she insisted that the flamethrowing 'bad' boy was twin of my son. Yeah, at the time kidlet was into hair and black leather. Thank goodness he outgrew it.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:31 PM (MIKMs)

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Seconded.

Sky High was one of the first movies I got from Netflix over a decade ago, and I immediately loved it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:33 PM (Jj43a)

155 Here's a link to the full article about the jive scene. It includes the commentary from Barbara Billingsley that Tami posted at 136.
https://tinyurl.com/yakv44zs
At least I hope this works. I might pre-barrel myself just in case it doesn't.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at June 16, 2018 07:33 PM (Vm9hn)

156 The best way to see Zero Hour is to watch the shot-for-shot split screen with Airplane! on YouTube. It is uncanny how similar the two films are, sometimes right down to the same camera angles.

Posted by: HuuskerDu at June 16, 2018 07:33 PM (gYAkw)

157

Did we ever "do" Disaster Movies yet?

You know, such as The Towering Infernal, The Poseidon Adventure, and Star Wars?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (KAu+p)

158 I use adblock, so no can see. It's a parody?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (KAu+p)

Sam Waterston selling insurance to old people in the event that robots steal their medication. It's a SNL commercial sketch, maybe one of the last really good ones.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (fZuhk)

159
I also thought that Brendan Fraser should have been used not for a second and third Mummy series, but follow the horror movie genre of the 30's and 40's. How cool would it have been for him to deal with Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein, even the Creature from the Black Lagoon? They could have kept that one rolling for ages.
Posted by: clutch cargo at June 16, 2018 07:27 PM (RHEDC)

That would have rocked. O'Connell was a lot of fun as a character in the first Mummy film.

Funny thing, the new Tom Cruise Mummy remake last year was supposed to kick off reboots of all the old Universal Pictures monster movies. But the film was so awful that it pretty much killed that idea.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (eXA4G)

160 I first saw FP as a summer movie on the Navy base where my pop was stationed in the early 70s. The Id Monster seriously scared the crap out of me as a kid seeing it for the first time.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (eXA4G)

That's about the same time I saw it as a kid. That's why the movie still holds up, it's all about the story and the Id Monster comes across as a serious menace even though it's almost never seen through-out the movie.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (5Yee7)

161 "Skyjacked" was a good movie.

Commies shooting James Brolin gave me a woody.

Would have been better if it was his old lady, but you take what you can get.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (EoRCO)

162 Some of the jokes are pretty dark by today's standards - but still funny. Leslie Nielsen is sent to calm a woman who's hysterical and slaps her, saying "get ahold of yourself!" (and this had been a tired old meme in movies back through the 50's, 40's, 30's) so behind him is another woman, who slaps her some more, and then a whole line of people some with boxing gloves, with chains, with nunchucks, who are all apparently going to beat some sense into her...

it's hilarious, but you could never make that kind of joke today!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (V2Yro)

163

The Incredible Hulk tv series kinda did a version of "Airport." The Hulk landed the plane after the flight crew was poisoned.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:35 PM (KAu+p)

164 I'm glad you chose these movies for a topic. They are among my favorite comedies. They work on so many levels, from the obvious sight gags to the actors playing against type to the absolutely straight faced dialog with a twist.

Steve: "How about some coffee, Johnny."
Johnny: "No thanks."

Reporter: "Okay boys. Let's get some pictures." As they start taking photos off the walls.

Brilliant.

Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 07:35 PM (V+03K)

165 151 140

Jeesuz. Worse than "Battlefield Earth"!?!
Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:30 PM (O5Q3r)

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I saw that in theaters.

Me and a friend and no one else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (Jj43a)

Yes! Rifftrax roasted it!

www.rifftrax.com/battlefield-earth

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 07:35 PM (ANIFC)

166 Did we ever "do" Disaster Movies yet?

TJM wrote about Soylo last week. Does that count? It's a disaster.

Posted by: Hands at June 16, 2018 07:35 PM (EzdLW)

167
Sterling Hayden is in Zero Hour, playing the Robert Stack character.

I've seen the whole thing, and yes, it does make Airplane funnier. And knowing Airplane makes Zero Hour fun to watch as well, seeing what was meant to be serious drama, and knowing about the Zuckers lampooned it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 07:36 PM (8O3HH)

168 159
Funny thing, the new Tom Cruise Mummy remake last year was supposed to kick off reboots of all the old Universal Pictures monster movies. But the film was so awful that it pretty much killed that idea.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 16, 2018 07:34 PM (eXA4G)

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Universal went do far as to cast every of the monsters and gather the actors together for a cast photo right before they released The Mummy.

It's such a sad, and rather hilarious in retrospect, picture.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:36 PM (Jj43a)

169
Another wacky episode of The Incredible Hulk (Lou Ferrigno, Eddie's Father) was centered on the very same truck in the movie DUEL.

And: They even used McCloud's very same Dodge Dart in the episode!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:37 PM (KAu+p)

170 I also thought that Brendan Fraser should have been used not for a second and third Mummy series, but follow the horror movie genre of the 30's and 40's.
Posted by: clutch cargo at June 16, 2018 07:27 PM (RHEDC)

And a spinoff series where Rachel Weisz just plays an awkwardly adorable antiquarian, right?

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:37 PM (fZuhk)

171 "Battlefield Earth - I don't think anything could be worse than that drek"

Best comment about Battlefield Earth I ever heard - "I never dreamed that any director would actually rip off "Yor, Hunter from the Future".

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:37 PM (V2Yro)

172 I don't think anything could be worse than that drek

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (SiINZ)

Actually Battlefield Earth has a higher Rotten Tomatos score than two other Travolta movies: Staying Alive and one of the Look Who's Talking movies. Both of those are zeros.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 16, 2018 07:37 PM (rnXGe)

173 Disaster movies, 2012, Deep Impact, The Core and Independence Day.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (S5QCA)

174 They say Travolta's toupe put on a better performance than he did in Gotti.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (rnXGe)

175
Here's the Police Squad! vs M-squad comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRKnxyOqSg

There are two parts to that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (8O3HH)

176
But why would a robot steal medicine?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (KAu+p)

177
Disastrous Movies:

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:39 PM (KAu+p)

178 But why would a robot steal medicine?

WD-40. Heap big medicine.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:39 PM (fuK7c)

179 176
But why would a robot steal medicine?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (KAu+p)

Because they're evil.

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 07:40 PM (ANIFC)

180 Quick Question for teh Horde. I'm rewatching the Lord of the Rings trilogy and it seems to be the first of the recent trends for movies to have the video games plot/Story line structure. Different levels with different bosses to the end.

Anybody else notice this? Did Peter Jackson start this trend?

Posted by: Dr. Rockzo at June 16, 2018 07:40 PM (W3hdj)

181 But why would a robot steal medicine?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (KAu+p)

They steal old peoples' medicine to use for fuel.

I don't even know why the scientists keep making them.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:40 PM (fZuhk)

182 Brendan Fraser was in Gods and Monsters, as the very straight ex-Marine gardener of the dying, gay James Whale (played by Ian McKellen), director of Frankenstein and Bride, who develops a kind of platonic relationship. Fraser reminds Whale of the young love-of-his-life who died in the trenches of WWI.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:41 PM (pV/54)

183

Speaking of evil robits, I can only dread how worse traffic would be with "driverless" cars on the road.

Imagine rush hour with cars going the speed limit.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:42 PM (KAu+p)

184 I saw The Dirty Dozen the other night. I don't know if I'd ever seen it before, but if I had, it was hundreds--if not thousands--of years ago.
It's a long movie but very enjoyable. However, the first night, I stopped it just as they were getting into Germany. (I finished it the next night.)
I know why I stopped it. 1) up to this point, the movie is serious but with a light tone. The bootcamp stuff from "Starship Troopers" took a LOT from this movie. I knew once they got into Germany, it would go from light to dark very quickly. (Spoiler alert: it did.)
2. I also didn't want the movie to be over yet. I don't know if I can explain that. I was enjoying it so much I just wanted more of it. It was strange.
Also interesting to see that Charles Bronson was a much better actor than people usually think.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 16, 2018 07:42 PM (l9m7l)

185

Sterling Hayden is in Zero Hour, playing the Robert Stack character.

So is NFL Hall of Famer Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch. Probably because they wanted a guy named Crazylegs in it.

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 07:42 PM (O5Q3r)

186 Akira Kurosawa was mentioned upthread - I love most all of his work, and one of his that has been mentioned is "Throne of Blood", a pretty straightforward reworking of MacBeth, in feudal Japan. It shows how good he was at reworking material, because I think his Lady McBeth character is even more evil, but in a way more believable, than the original. To put it another way, I think he actually improved upon Shakespeare a bit, which not many have ever done.

Kurosawa's Lady McBeth character of course spurs on her husband to do all manner of evil acts to take power, but in the end when he realizes that listening to her has destroyed him, she reveals that he and his family had taken her captive and killed the rest of her family when she was young. So she had been plotting her revenge and his downfall for the entire time, knowing she would die but not caring, since she hated him so much.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:43 PM (V2Yro)

187 Airplane! was great because the silliness was over the top, only semi-absurd, straight man/funny man repertoire, and almost in a category of its own. No one was doing comedy/film like that because, I guess, fear of ridiculing the wrong group. The film took a devil may care attitude and made it famously entertaining.

Two thumbs up! And a middle finger!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 16, 2018 07:44 PM (H8S+R)

188 They steal old peoples' medicine to use for fuel.

I don't even know why the scientists keep making them.

Scientists keep making old people because they bond effectively with toddler aged humans and implant good memories.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:44 PM (fuK7c)

189 Also interesting to see that Charles Bronson was a much better actor than people usually think.
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Saw him in a few of those middleofthenight retro dramas. If he hadn't become some kind of stoneface icon, he would still be doing journeyman work.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:45 PM (MIKMs)

190
Anyone else anxiously awaiting Soylo Green?

It's about time we make use of all these old people.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:46 PM (KAu+p)

191 Dirty Dozen is one of those movies where there's only one black guy, and the whole time you're going "oh, I know HE ain't gonna make it to the end of this movie!"

and telly savalas shows he knows how to play the creepiest perv ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:46 PM (V2Yro)

192

btw, that would make for a stupid/good MAD magazine parody: Soylo Green.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:46 PM (KAu+p)

193 Thrown of Blood reworking Macbeth shows old white guys did know a thing or two.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:46 PM (pHfeF)

194 If you like Kurosawa's Lady McBeth in Throne of Blood, check out Lady Kaede in Ran.

Most badass evil woman in all of film.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (pV/54)

195 Damn I missed the pet thread. Hope you enjoyed the pic of Bogie and Bacall. They are good kittehs. No regrets so far.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (2DOZq)

196
TCM showed both Zero Hour and Airplane! back to back one evening.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (IqV8l)

197 NOT first: "Not the greatest movie"?!?! Surely you can't be serious!?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (ycWCI)

198 2. I also didn't want the movie to be over yet. I don't know if I can explain that. I was enjoying it so much I just wanted more of it. It was strange.
Also interesting to see that Charles Bronson was a much better actor than people usually think.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 16, 2018 07:42 PM (l9m7l)

Every time I see it I still think Jim Brown can make it.

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (ANIFC)

199 TJM, Knowing about the commercial and culture memes behind the jokes does help their effectiveness. I was grown or late teens for most of them. If they did a remake today with current similar-style references, most of them would go over my head.

If Barbara Billingsly hadn't been available, ZAZ could have had the same result with June Lockhart. Both were most associated with pure white bread mom roles.

Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 07:48 PM (V+03K)

200 I have to agree that the genius of Airplane is that you don't HAVE to understand all of the cultural references.
I thought the movie was hilarious when it first came out, although the spoofs on early TV went over my head.

Part of this is the careful set-up, which, as TJM says, allows the jokes to stand on their own. Part of it too is that the cultural references span a pretty long time period.

(This makes me think of the TV series, Psych, which is loaded with one cultural reference after another, as if shot off from a machine gun. I'm catching some the kids don't get and they're catching ones where I haven't a clue.)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 07:48 PM (0jtPF)

201
Hope you enjoyed the pic of Bogie and Bacall. They are good kittehs.

Cats? I thought one was a dog and the other was a cat.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:48 PM (KAu+p)

202 Damn I missed the pet thread. Hope you enjoyed the pic of Bogie and Bacall. They are good kittehs. No regrets so far.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (2DOZq)

They were definitely appreciated. And you won't have any regrets per se, even when they're being horrible beasts. Horribeasts.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 07:49 PM (fZuhk)

203 Kurosawa's Lady McBeth character of course spurs on her husband to do all manner of evil acts to take power, but in the end when he realizes that listening to her has destroyed him, she reveals that he and his family had taken her captive and killed the rest of her family when she was young. So she had been plotting her revenge and his downfall for the entire time, knowing she would die but not caring, since she hated him so much.

Hmm. That's the basic structure of Ran, too, which is supposed to a play on King Lear.

I have some gaps in my supposed education, which include not knowing Lear, Macbeth (read it in HS, whatevs), nor Throne of Blood. Shit.

Niebelungen, btw, also has the woman forced into marriage with the enemy (Attila the Hun) and plotting the whole time to destroy him and everything near him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 07:50 PM (fuK7c)

204

You know what TV show ruined so many cultural references? Just defiled and despoiled them.

That 70's Show.

Also: Family Guy.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:50 PM (KAu+p)

205 Kurosawa seemed to have a thing for women who were evil nasty bitches in secret. Makes me kinda wonder what his homelife was like.

Posted by: HuuskerDu at June 16, 2018 07:50 PM (gYAkw)

206 I'm reading The Jungle is Neutral, British professor Frederick Spencer Chapman's account of how he stayed behind when the Japs overran Malaya and Singapore to spend four years in the jungle organizing his own guerilla army of the locals to harass and befuddle the invaders. Before the Japs captured the city, he drove out of Singapore in a big ass Pontiac loaded with plastique and assorted toys. After the war he returned to teaching.

Earlier this week a light bulb went off and I thought he must have been the inspiration for Jack Hawkins' wonderful Major Warden in Kwai -- the Oxford don turned crazed commando, but couldn't find any official attribution.

Now I watch Kwai on TCM and there's a minor uncredited role for a Brit named Chapman who gets killed when he lands in the trees in the parachute jump. Coincidence?

"With or without parachutes?"

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 07:51 PM (pV/54)

207 The most enjoyable over the top , WWII special mission movie is Where Eagles Dare.

I definitely want one of those MP 40 9mm sub machine gun with perpetual ammo.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 07:51 PM (2DOZq)

208 Point of Information: Spaceballs is on Amazon Prime now.

Posted by: logprof at June 16, 2018 07:51 PM (e7oj4)

209 I saw The Dirty Dozen the other night.

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When I first saw that as a kid, I thought I'd jump out of my skin when Maggot (Telly Savalas) goes psycho on that chick in the chateau.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 07:51 PM (+y/Ru)

210 This should help-

Burning all the Nazis that were locked in the dungeon/cellar was a war crime.

Posted by: weirdflunky at June 16, 2018 07:54 PM (9Vmwd)

211 Independence Day was awesome and still holds up, the colossal slab of stinky cheese that it is.

Deep Impact was Armageddon But On A Comet. The Core was shite but watchable. 2012 was shite.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 16, 2018 07:54 PM (6FqZa)

212 195 Damn I missed the pet thread. Hope you enjoyed the pic of Bogie and Bacall. They are good kittehs. No regrets so far.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (2DOZq)
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Loved them!
But we all wanted to know their names!
(Good ones, BTW!)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 07:55 PM (0jtPF)

213 Jeremiah Johnson 1972 is coming on TCM, I like this movie but think Will Geer steals it

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 07:55 PM (pHfeF)

214 Hmm. That's the basic structure of Ran, too, which is supposed to a play on King Lear. "

Yes, Ran does follow the structure of Lear (and is an unbelievably Beautiful movie, too, we should not) In the original Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is greedy, and power hungry, and uses her influence over her more slow-witted husband to get him to do all kinds of wickedness and betrayal - but in the end, when the price for all of this evil comes due, she is shocked into insanity and goes nuts in the famous "out out damned spot!" scene. She had no idea where it all would lead.

In Kurosawa's version, she was far more intelligent, knowing all along it would lead to the destruction of all of them, and earnestly desiring that goal. Now that is Evil.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:55 PM (V2Yro)

215 TJM brings up a point -- which movies work without cultural references, or how do they work to a different generation or culture? Airplane is great slapstick and the cultural references are 'insider' fun, but how would it work in Europe or China? French seem to like slapstick (cf Jerry Lewis), but where else would the comedy work.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:56 PM (MIKMs)

216 South Park did a hilarious parody of The Core.

"Hey, token black guy! Go out and fix the ship so you can die nobly while saving the rest of us!"

"Say what?"

Posted by: HuuskerDu at June 16, 2018 07:57 PM (gYAkw)

217 You know what really makes Jeremiah Johnson great? John Milius wrote the screenplay.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 07:57 PM (V2Yro)

218 It seems that some of the older actors were sufficiently secure in their success and egos to undertake spoof movies.

I recall Robert Stack's comment about Wild Bill Kellso (John Belushi) in 1941, "That is the craziest son of a bitch I've ever seen."

Lots of deadpan, funny stuff.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 07:57 PM (yScch)

219 What's this about Jeremiah's johnson?

Posted by: Shep! at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (ANIFC)

220 195 Damn I missed the pet thread. Hope you enjoyed the pic of Bogie and Bacall. They are good kittehs. No regrets so far.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 07:47 PM (2DOZq)

--So *that's* what their names are.

https://youtu.be/Ru2tsT32pHA

Posted by: logprof at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (e7oj4)

221 189 Also interesting to see that Charles Bronson was a much better actor than people usually think.
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Saw him in a few of those middleofthenight retro dramas. If he hadn't become some kind of stoneface icon, he would still be doing journeyman work.
Posted by: mustbequantum

Recommend "Hard Times". Great little movie. Charles Bronson, James Coeburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, were in it too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (FWhfT)

222 AIRPLANE = FUNNY AND TONS OF MEMES.
AIRPLANE 2 = UNFUNNY AND ZERO MEMES.
I leave it to the reader to discern my reviews.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (pw+jk)

223 "It seems that some of the older actors were sufficiently secure in their success and egos to undertake spoof movies. "

Mel Brooks wrote the Waco Kid with John Wayne in mind, and offered him the role. The Duke passed but said he'd be the first to buy a ticket.

There's a lot of Blazing Saddles in Airplane, sped-up and shot through a Mad Magazine prism.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 08:00 PM (pV/54)

224 183

Speaking of evil robits, I can only dread how worse traffic would be with "driverless" cars on the road.

Imagine rush hour with cars going the speed limit.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:42 PM (KAu+p)

Some 'ette wrote about that at length not long ago. Driverless cars would be fine as long as nothing goes wrong. If anything does, it would be a bloodbath.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 08:00 PM (sdi6R)

225 TJM brings up a point -- which movies work without cultural references, or how do they work to a different generation or culture? Airplane is great slapstick and the cultural references are 'insider' fun, but how would it work in Europe or China? French seem to like slapstick (cf Jerry Lewis), but where else would the comedy work.

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Phillip Roth wrote a Watergate parody back in the seventies entitles Our Gang. I thought it was funny but you'd need more footnotes than text to understand it these days.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 08:01 PM (+y/Ru)

226 Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (FWhfT)

Hard Times > Mr. Majestyc

And that's saying something 'cause Mr. Majestyc was pretty damn good.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 08:01 PM (2DOZq)

227 This makes me think of the TV series, Psych, which is loaded with one
cultural reference after another, as if shot off from a machine gun.
I'm catching some the kids don't get and they're catching ones where I
haven't a clue.
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Reminds me that I have to search for reruns somewhere (I'm never sure if Hulu or Netflix work). I remember it as very funny.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:01 PM (MIKMs)

228 224 183

Speaking of evil robits, I can only dread how worse traffic would be with "driverless" cars on the road.

Imagine rush hour with cars going the speed limit.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 07:42 PM (KAu+p)

Some 'ette wrote about that at length not long ago. Driverless cars would be fine as long as nothing goes wrong. If anything does, it would be a bloodbath.
Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 08:00 PM (sdi6R)

Good thing nothing ever goes wrong with machines.

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 08:02 PM (ANIFC)

229 "Battlefield Earth" is pretty terrible, but there are some very interesting ideas buried in it. There, I said it, and I'm...glad, do you hear? Glad! Ha ha ha, call me mad, will you? Ha ha ha!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 16, 2018 08:02 PM (l9m7l)

230 222 AIRPLANE = FUNNY AND TONS OF MEMES.
AIRPLANE 2 = UNFUNNY AND ZERO MEMES.
I leave it to the reader to discern my reviews.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (pw+jk)

Over Macho Grande? No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.

Posted by: The Horde at June 16, 2018 08:02 PM (ycWCI)

231 Charles Bronson was Charles Buchinsky in his early roles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 08:02 PM (IqV8l)

232 229 "Battlefield Earth" is pretty terrible, but there are some very interesting ideas buried in it. There, I said it, and I'm...glad, do you hear? Glad! Ha ha ha, call me mad, will you? Ha ha ha!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 16, 2018 08:02 PM (l9m7l)

My name Lancelot Link and I'm not a complete Battlefield Earth hater.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 08:03 PM (2DOZq)

233
222 AIRPLANE = FUNNY AND TONS OF MEMES.

AIRPLANE 2 = UNFUNNY AND ZERO MEMES.

I leave it to the reader to discern my reviews.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 07:58 PM (pw+jk)

Over Macho Grande? No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.

Okay, boys! Give 'em the lead!

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 08:04 PM (O5Q3r)

234 Who is the true master of absurdist humor? I can't decide between Woody Allen and ZAZ. But this is definitely my favorite form of humor, nihilistic absurdity. It plays to my belief that people are fundamentally irrational and there is no real meaning to any of our actions.

I like the scene of calming the hysterical woman. It turns out, they really don't care about her, as the reveal shows the weapons they are carrying.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at June 16, 2018 08:05 PM (/qEW2)

235 I'm reading The Jungle is Neutral, British professor Frederick Spencer Chapman's account of how he stayed behind when the Japs overran Malaya and Singapore to spend four years in the jungle organizing his own guerrilla army of the locals to harass and befuddle the invaders.
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Me too! Hogmartin is making me read it.

I have to give a PowerPoint tomorrow.

*sigh*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:06 PM (JxMDl)

236

so there never was a Hot Shots Part 1? Un?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 08:06 PM (KAu+p)

237 What the hell is a 'man' doing with a bobby pin?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 16, 2018 08:08 PM (ycWCI)

238 Since this is a slapstick thread and I've been entirely too serious, I'd like to put in a word for Tommy Boy.

Then-wife saw me loving that movie and saying "but you hate that kind of movie". True, but I love that one. It has heart.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 08:08 PM (fuK7c)

239 As a cartoon fan, I have to say that Mel Brooks voicing a sheep in the kids cartoon 'Jakers' is one of the silliest and funniest things I have ever seen. Great job.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:08 PM (MIKMs)

240 When my daughter was like 10 or 11 we watched all the Police Squads and Airplane, she thought it was the best, still talks about when they ended what should be a freeze shot pouring coffee, they all froze but the coffee kept flowing from the carafe al over their hands, faces held mid laugh

Posted by: mb at June 16, 2018 08:08 PM (/lb39)

241 Me too! Hogmartin is making me read it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:06 PM (JxMDl)

And we all know how much Eris hates stories about erudite Englishmen stoically putting up with a spot of bother in far-flung and exotic locales.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:09 PM (fZuhk)

242 Every time I hear Admiral Tug Benson reflect, "come to think of it, I've never landed a plane in my life," I think of a certain Senator...

His name escapes me just now.

Might be the tumor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at June 16, 2018 08:09 PM (3j5Dn)

243 so there never was a Hot Shots Part 1? Un?

Yes, there was. I think Part Deux was much better, reversing the usual sequence of good original, bad sequel.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 08:10 PM (V2Yro)

244 I did see Airplane in its first run in a theater.

It was the funniest movie I had ever seen. The previous title holder was It's A Mad Mad World.

Airplane was especially funny because the producers convinced the most serious actors of the day to be their straight selves but deliver comedy.

You just can't imagine what it was like to see our the always dead serious Lloyd Bridges from "Seahunt"; the dead serious Peter Graves from "Mission Impossible"; Leslie Nielsen, who had played nothing but rich bad guys forever; dead serious Robert Stack from "The Untouchables"; and everyone's mother Barbara Billingsley from "Leave It To Beaver" play outside their well established characters. It was a joy to behold.

That, and a sight gag or play on words every 15 seconds. "EL AL, please hold your position." Cut to an airplane with a prayer shawl draped over it.

Posted by: Dan at June 16, 2018 08:10 PM (Nmvf6)

245 Steve and Cold Bear: "Who is the true master of absurdist humor? I can't decide between Woody Allen and ZAZ..."

Mel Brooks has to be in there somewhere. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein remain endlessly entertaining and absurd... yet somehow conceivable.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 16, 2018 08:10 PM (H8S+R)

246 Useless Charles Bronson info; he's from Ehrenfeld, PA. Its between No and Where. Its NE of Johnstown and SW of Ebensburg. I drive through that area when I'm heading to W PA to visit the family. Pretty country.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 08:10 PM (FWhfT)

247 What the hell is a 'man' doing with a bobby pin?
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Cat burglar.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:11 PM (MIKMs)

248 228
Good thing nothing ever goes wrong with machines.
Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 08:02 PM (ANIFC)

Seems like the advocates for driverless cars have forgotten the old joke from my childhood:

"Good morning, passengers. This is a fully automated airplane which is being flown by computers. Nothing can go wrong--can go wrong--can go wrong..."

Speaking of references, that joke requires you to be familiar with old vinyl LP records skipping.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 08:12 PM (sdi6R)

249 What the hell is a 'man' doing with a bobby pin?
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Cat burglar.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:11 PM (MIKMs)

dig the wax out of his ears?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at June 16, 2018 08:12 PM (3j5Dn)

250 That, and a sight gag or play on words every 15 seconds. "EL AL, please hold your position." Cut to an airplane with a prayer shawl draped over it.
Posted by: Dan at June 16, 2018 08:10 PM (Nmvf6)

AIR ISRAEL, PLEASE CLEAR THE RUN WAY!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 16, 2018 08:12 PM (ycWCI)

251 Mel Brooks has to be in there somewhere. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein remain endlessly entertaining and absurd... yet somehow conceivable.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 16, 2018 08:10 PM (H8S+R)

I think Young Frankenstein was mostly Gene Wilder's project, with Brooks' name on it to goose up the buzz.

Posted by: filbert at June 16, 2018 08:13 PM (953wK)

252 Oh, saw a dark comedy today (disc from the library), an Israeli movie called "Zero Motivation", about a group of female soldiers doing clerical work for their mandatory service at a remote base in the middle of the desert. A slacker shit-stirrer, her drama queen friend, their much-put-upon supervisor, and other oddballs. Kind of interesting slice-o-life dramedy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:13 PM (JxMDl)

253 Give me the whole story, Johnny.

Well, first the earth cooled
and then the dinosaurs came
but they all died, and turned into oil
and then the Arabs came- and they all bought Mercedes Benzs
And then Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 16, 2018 08:15 PM (ycWCI)

254

I'm watching an episode of Black Sheep Squadron.

A minute ago, Casey pretended to be a doctor and tried to give a new nurse a physical exam.

Now they're talking about "ticking mickeys," a drink the guys like to give the nurses to knock them out cold.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 08:15 PM (KAu+p)

255 So many good one-liners in Airplane!;

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 16, 2018 08:15 PM (EZebt)

256 one of the gags the zucker's love is to start slow, and then build slowly into absolute creepy absurdity.

Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before?

Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

Joey, have you ever been to a turkish prison?

Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 08:15 PM (V2Yro)

257 Oh, saw a dark comedy today (disc from the library), an Israeli movie called "Zero Motivation", about a group of female soldiers doing clerical work for their mandatory service at a remote base in the middle of the desert.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:13 PM (JxMDl)

You'd mentioned that one last week, I think, but I don't recall if you'd reached a verdict on it yet. Worth seeing?

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:15 PM (fZuhk)

258 Bongino is bringin' it

Posted by: logprof at June 16, 2018 08:15 PM (e7oj4)

259 I think Young Frankenstein was mostly Gene Wilder's project, with Brooks' name on it to goose up the buzz.
Posted by: filbert at June 16, 2018 08:13 PM (953wK)

Yup....Gene was good in everything he was in.

"Silver Streak"........off the charts funny.

"We'll make it past the cops. I just hope we don't see no Muslims."

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 08:16 PM (EoRCO)

260
If harvey weinstein was a character in a 70's sitcom, he'd be hilarious.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 16, 2018 08:16 PM (KAu+p)

261 I'm watching an episode of Black Sheep Squadron.

A minute ago, Casey pretended to be a doctor and tried to give a new nurse a physical exam.

Now they're talking about "ticking mickeys," a drink the guys like to give the nurses to knock them out cold.

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I didn't know Bill Clinton was a fighter pilot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 08:16 PM (+y/Ru)

262

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 08:18 PM (O5Q3r)

263 Yup....Gene was good in everything he was in.

"Silver Streak"........off the charts funny.

"We'll make it past the cops. I just hope we don't see no Muslims."

Love Gene Wilder, and I just watched Silver Streak again this last week. But I was noticing - that movie is actually kind of dull for the first half - until Richard Pryor shows up, and then it gets absolutely hilarious!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 08:18 PM (V2Yro)

264 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 16, 2018 08:18 PM (KCxzN)

265 Worth seeing?
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Yeah, starts slow but grows on you. Wouldn't maybe use a Netflix slot but from the library? Sure.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:19 PM (JxMDl)

266
Those airplane sequels sound suspiciously like a farcical Die Hard movie.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 16, 2018 08:19 PM (roQNm)

267
Frump Truck!

Posted by: Roberto Dinero at June 16, 2018 08:19 PM (4DCSq)

268 If harvey weinstein was a character in a 70's sitcom, he'd be hilarious.
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Ooh, Mr. Grant!

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:20 PM (MIKMs)

269 Fen, you should watch Airplane when you are in the mood for silliness. It's fun.

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at June 16, 2018 08:20 PM (hMwEB)

270 Does anyone make purely funny movies any more. I mean movies that have no agenda other than laughter.

Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (nBr1j)

271 I spent the day watching " The Last Kingdom"

Uthred son of Uthred.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (S5QCA)

Our library only had #10 of "The Saxon Tales," but I liked it quite a bit.

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (XKZwp)

272 Austin Powers movies are pretty good. Except the one with Beyonc�.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (2DOZq)

273 The Marx Brothers' first movie "The Cocoanuts", which was a filmed version of their hit stage play, referenced the Florida real estate boom in the 1920s. A lot of people invested in property in Florida, only to see it washed away when a big hurricane hit.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 08:22 PM (sdi6R)

274 Does anyone make purely funny movies any more. I mean movies that have no agenda other than laughter.
Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (nBr1j)

I haven't seen all of the Broken Lizard stuff, but the ones I did were purely meant to inject as much absurdity as possible into every frame.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:22 PM (fZuhk)

275 270 Does anyone make purely funny movies any more. I mean movies that have no agenda other than laughter.
Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (nBr1j)

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Thor Ragnarok felt like an attempt.

I also feel like early Will Ferrell movies like Anchorman tried and largely succeeded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 08:22 PM (Jj43a)

276 271 I spent the day watching " The Last Kingdom"

Uthred son of Uthred.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 16, 2018 06:54 PM (S5QCA)

Loved season 1, got bored midway through season 2.

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at June 16, 2018 08:22 PM (hMwEB)

277 Blues Brothers.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:23 PM (MIKMs)

278 "Uthred son of Uthred."

King Arthur steals that show.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 08:24 PM (pV/54)

279 270 Doesn't seem like it to me either

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 08:24 PM (pHfeF)

280 An underrated comedy from the last ten-ish years is "Couples Retreat."

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 08:24 PM (ANIFC)

281 I don't believe we live in a culture which is capable of creating true comedy anymore. It changed fast, but the change was real. That's why the only truly funny things we can point to were all made 30 years ago or so.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 08:25 PM (V2Yro)

282 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:06 PM (JxMDl)

Darn it Eris, I need to learn to use the library services and stop buying books based on recommendations from the Horde!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 08:25 PM (n9EOP)

283 Keanu was last funny movie I've seen but it's not for everyone.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 08:25 PM (2DOZq)

284 Does anyone make purely funny movies any more. I mean movies that have no agenda other than laughter.
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Laughed all the way through 'Napoleon Dynamite'. I thought it was hilarious and sweet -- my kids thought I was nutz.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (MIKMs)

285 I haven't seen all of the Broken Lizard stuff, but the ones I did were purely meant to inject as much absurdity as possible into every frame.
Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:22 PM (fZuhk)
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Agree. Which reminds me, I need to see Beerfest again.

Has anyone seen the Super Troopers sequel?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (JxMDl)

286 Being a youngster, you may not remember the national joke shortage after Airplane. Jokes were rationed.

Posted by: PhilDirt at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (mBEoA)

287 The gang at RiffTrax makes funny movies. Or rather, they make movies funny.

Posted by: josephistan at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (ANIFC)

288 the last new movie that I thought was pretty funny was Taladega Nights, and even that's 12 years old now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 08:27 PM (V2Yro)

289 Has anyone seen the Super Troopers sequel?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (JxMDl)

I haven't. I thought you said you were gonna see that?

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:27 PM (fZuhk)

290 Hard Times > Mr. Majestyc

They're both faves of mine.

Posted by: JT at June 16, 2018 08:28 PM (70ODT)

291 That's why the only truly funny things we can point to were all made 30 years ago or so.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2018 08:25 PM (V2Yro)

Yup.....humor is one of life's greatest pleasures given to us by God so life is more bearable.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 08:28 PM (EoRCO)

292 The Wedding Crashers was funny but a Vaughn / Wilson movie that got no love that I thought was hilarious with a good story was The Internship.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at June 16, 2018 08:29 PM (2DOZq)

293 filbert: "I think Young Frankenstein was mostly Gene Wilder's project, with Brooks' name on it to goose up the buzz."

Did not know that. Well good for Wilder. I've enjoyed almost everything Wilder was in. He and Pryor were the perfect match. Stir Crazy and some of the prison sequences were bust-a-gut funny, Wilder especially so. His understated, slow boiling bits always had a big payoff.

They were the original, better version of the Eddie Murphy/White Counterpart cop comedies. Much more wholesome and lighthearted, not nearly as dark.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 16, 2018 08:29 PM (H8S+R)

294 I thought you said you were gonna see that?
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I thought YOU were gonna see it.

It was in-n-outta theaters in like a week.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:30 PM (JxMDl)

295 mustbequantum: "Laughed all the way through 'Napoleon Dynamite'. I thought it was hilarious and sweet -- my kids thought I was nutz."

Definitely a quirky film. I think the people who made it were a bit nutz. But in a good way.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 16, 2018 08:32 PM (H8S+R)

296 Greetings:

People can say what they want about "The Magnificent Seven" but all the Mexicans (including Horst Bucholz) went back to Mexico and stayed there.

Posted by: 11B40 at June 16, 2018 08:32 PM (evgyj)

297 No idea why but don't find Wil Ferrell funny at all, and no where.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 08:33 PM (pHfeF)

298 292 I guess it was a combination of
a) too much like a "google is da best employer evah" infomercial
and
b) an assertion of the old fashioned idea that a can-do attitude beats qualifications
and a and b together were too contradictory for me

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 16, 2018 08:34 PM (hMwEB)

299 145 137 Anyone ever watch the movie that Airplane is based on? Does seeing that add to the humor? Posted by: buzzion at June 16, 2018 07:29 PM (cAnNx)

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It's in my Netflix DVD queue.

I'll get it eventually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at June 16, 2018 07:31 PM (Jj43a)
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James M's phone - Airplane is a parody of the movie The High & The Mighty starring John Wayne & Robert Stack. It is a classic, well worth watching, even if not a Duke or Stack fan. Buzzion - yes, seeing TH&TM does make Airplane even funnier, since Airplane draws from dramatic scenes from TH&TM (for example the slapping scene)

Posted by: BebeDahl at June 16, 2018 08:34 PM (yNyJy)

300 I thought YOU were gonna see it.

It was in-n-outta theaters in like a week.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 08:30 PM (JxMDl)

Let this be a lesson to anyone who laments not having goofy silly movies that aren't trying to make any point - turns out nobody sees them and they just go away

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:34 PM (fZuhk)

301 une series TV que je voudrais voir: Missions. Oui, en cette langue...

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 16, 2018 08:35 PM (6FqZa)

302 Greetings:

"It's a Mad, Madm Mad, Mad World".

Posted by: 11B40 at June 16, 2018 08:35 PM (evgyj)

303 Wow, I love Diamond and Silk

Posted by: logprof at June 16, 2018 08:36 PM (e7oj4)

304 270
Does anyone make purely funny movies any more. I mean movies that have no agenda other than laughter.

Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (nBr1j)

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I don't think so. Everything has to have a "message" or be sanitized so as not to offend anyone. In a similar vein, Jerry Seinfeld gave an interview a few years ago where he noted that many comedians are now avoiding doing shows on college campuses because the students are so PC and find everything racist or sexist. Same thing is probably true with the movies. The studios have to go to great lengths not to offend. So nothing is funny anymore. Airplane and Blazing Saddles could never be made today.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at June 16, 2018 08:36 PM (Vm9hn)

305 mustbequantum: "Laughed all the way through 'Napoleon Dynamite'. I thought it was hilarious and sweet -- my kids thought I was nutz."

Definitely a quirky film. I think the people who made it were a bit nutz. But in a good way.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 16, 2018 08:32 PM (H8S+R

It embarrasses me to admit just how much I love this movie. If I come across it while channel surfing, I will stop everything and watch it. It's so ridiculous, but, dammit, it works.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at June 16, 2018 08:38 PM (3j5Dn)

306 I was going to say that Shanghai Noon was pretty funny.
Then I realized it was made 18 years ago.
18 years.
Sheesh.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 08:38 PM (0jtPF)

307
This morning TCM played Nertsery Rhymes - 1933. A movie with Ted Healy and his Stooges. Ted plays father to three boys, Moe, Larry and Curly. He tells them bedtime stories as they smack each other around. Great to see an Stooges movie but it could have done without the musical numbers

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 08:38 PM (SiINZ)

308

It was a Wayland Flowers and Madame, Madame, Madame Madame World

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 08:38 PM (IqV8l)

309 270
Does anyone make purely funny movies any more. I mean movies that have no agenda other than laughter.

Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at June 16, 2018 08:21 PM (nBr1j)

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It sure doesn't seem like it. I've been pining for a sequel to "Office Space" for a couple decades now.
There are many favorite quotes I still use (like "Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue") from movies like Airplane, Caddyshack, Ghost Busters, Monty Python's Search For The Holy Grail, et. al.

Posted by: ShainS at June 16, 2018 08:39 PM (BiLU+)

310 Funny as Airplane! is, I think it is even more funny once you've watched the 3-4 old movies that it spoofs. I forget the names of the movies....one is a John Wayne movie...another is one where a 747 gets hit head-on and the stewardess has to fly it...another is where there's a hostage situation at the San Francisco Airport. All good, dramatic movies - and after watching them you can see where they got the material for Airplane! Good stuff.

Posted by: Big Dirty at June 16, 2018 08:41 PM (BZ+4e)

311
This morning TCM played Nertsery Rhymes - 1933. A movie with Ted Healy and his Stooges. Ted plays father to three boys, Moe, Larry and Curly. He tells them bedtime stories as they smack each other around. Great to see an Stooges movie but it could have done without the musical numbers
Posted by: TheQuietMan

That was weird. And in color!
Everything had to be musical in those days.

Did you ever see Soup To Nuts?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021408

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 08:41 PM (IqV8l)

312 Remake of SuperFly coming out. If they wanted to be edgy, they'd do it with an all white cast.

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 08:41 PM (O5Q3r)

313 Talladega Nights. Shake & Bake!

Posted by: BebeDahl at June 16, 2018 08:41 PM (yNyJy)

314 There are many favorite quotes I still use (like "Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue") from movies like Airplane, Caddyshack, Ghost Busters, Monty Python's Search For The Holy Grail, et. al.
Posted by: ShainS at June 16, 2018 08:39 PM (BiLU+)

Speaking of rattling off movie quotes AND Napoleon Dynamite, I spent about a year simultaneously wanting to punch people who wouldn't stop dropping lines from that movie square in the throat while also doing the same thing myself, shamelessly and pretty much constantly.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:43 PM (fZuhk)

315 Another movie that I thought was very funny, with the sly 'Tight Little Island' attitude was 'Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'. Understated, but a total hoot.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:43 PM (MIKMs)

316 Over Macho Grande?

Posted by: Blutarski-0.0 at June 16, 2018 08:44 PM (+Tibp)

317 Airplane! isn't "The High and the Mighty." It's an almost line-for-line remake of "Zero Hour." Watching Zero Hour nowadays is an exercise in unintended comedy, because the serious actors saying serious stuff just makes one giggle because it's just like Airplane!

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 16, 2018 08:50 PM (+v/Sn)

318 It's so ridiculous, but, dammit, it works. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at June 16, 2018 08:38 PM (3j5Dn)
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If they had just had a murder or something dramatic they coulda had a 'Fargo' and won awards. I will always vote for Pedro.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:52 PM (MIKMs)

319 >>128 How do you even make a bad mob movie?

Battlefield Earth II, "This Time It's ... Fuhgettaboutit"

Posted by: bananadream at June 16, 2018 08:53 PM (yRBj9)

320 310 Funny as Airplane! is, I think it is even more funny once you've watched the 3-4 old movies that it spoofs. I forget the names of the movies....one is a John Wayne movie...another is one where a 747 gets hit head-on and the stewardess has to fly it...another is where there's a hostage situation at the San Francisco Airport. All good, dramatic movies - and after watching them you can see where they got the material for Airplane! Good stuff.
Posted by: Big Dirty at June 16, 2018 08:41 PM (BZ+4e)

I was a teenager in the 1970s and saw all the disaster movies. I loved them. Which made me appreciate "Airplane!" all the more.

"Airport 75" was the one with the stewardess forced to fly the plane after the flight crew was sucked out following a mid-air collision. Karen Black. Rrrawr.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 08:55 PM (sdi6R)

321 How about Sledge Hammer?

Posted by: Gooshy at June 16, 2018 08:55 PM (1nNPb)

322 Hey kid...I been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I bust my butt on every play. You tell your old man to drag Walton and Lambeer's ass up and down the court every night.

Posted by: Clearance at June 16, 2018 08:56 PM (c056A)

323 Get me a ham sandwich! Get me the Japanese ambassador!

HA, that's my favorite part, with William Shatner. That's gotta be the first time movie-goers saw him send up his Star Trek persona as the cool commander in crisis.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 16, 2018 08:56 PM (2NqXo)

324 315 Another movie that I thought was very funny, with the sly 'Tight Little Island' attitude was 'Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'. Understated, but a total hoot.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:43 PM (MIKMs)
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I liked that a lot too --- but, needless to say, it's a completely different sort of comedy than Airplane. ("Understated" is an understatement!)

Another Hugh Grant comedy I really liked is About a Boy.
Again, not exactly a ROFLMAO movie but very droll.

Odd. I've never much cared for Hugh Grant in romantic roles but I love those 2 movies. (Whatever romance was in them was not of central importance.)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 08:58 PM (0jtPF)

325 Laughed all the way through 'Napoleon Dynamite'. I thought it was hilarious and sweet -- my kids thought I was nutz.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (MIKMs)

It's only like the best movie ever made

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 08:58 PM (SiINZ)

326 Richard Pryor was also very good in any movie he was in.

"Blue Collar" was a good-un.

"They pit the lifers against the new boy and the young against the old. The black against the white. Everything they do is to keep us in our place."

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 08:58 PM (EoRCO)

327 In the Poseidon Adventure, "The Morning After" became a smash hit song. So every disaster movie after that one had to have a song in it.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)

328 It's only like the best movie ever made
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 08:58 PM (SiINZ)

Bred for its skills in magic.

AGGGG IT'S STARTING AGAIN AND THIS TIME I CAN'T STOP IT

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:59 PM (fZuhk)

329 Airplane also parodies the movie Airport starring Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Dean Martin to name a few

Posted by: BebeDahl at June 16, 2018 08:59 PM (yNyJy)

330 OT: Now I've seen everything.

Elon Musk is on Twitter mocking socialists for their total lack of a sense of humor.

A snippet of the Twitter thread:

Elon Musk
Verified account
9h9 hours ago

"No sense of humor" is certainly proving itself true. Good grief!
How many socialists does it take to screw in a lightbulb??
Answer: That's not funny!!

Posted by: filbert at June 16, 2018 08:59 PM (953wK)

331 Napoleon Dynamite.

Losers win!

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 16, 2018 09:00 PM (pV/54)

332 Laughed all the way through 'Napoleon Dynamite'. I thought it was hilarious and sweet -- my kids thought I was nutz.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 08:26 PM (MIKMs)

I thought it was okay. Not bad but nothing that great. It had its moments.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:00 PM (lz35u)

333 Elon Musk
Verified account
9h9 hours ago

"No sense of humor" is certainly proving itself true. Good grief!
How many socialists does it take to screw in a lightbulb??
Answer: That's not funny!!

Posted by: filbert at June 16, 2018 08:59 PM (953wK)

Now, that's funny.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:01 PM (lz35u)

334 Had to head away.
Airplane, when she had to blow up the Otto Pilot in the crotch and Otto starts banging his head back and forth.
Gold Jerry, GOLD.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:02 PM (pw+jk)

335 Anybody watching the US Open?

Phil Mickelson resorted to cheating and isn't even man enough to admit what was obvious. He got assessed a ridiculous 2 stroke penalty for clear cheating. He should have been disqualified (and probably barred from competing in a few events as a further punishment, too).

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:03 PM (lz35u)

336 Watched again last night "Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2018 09:03 PM (aDVrz)

337 I thought it was okay. Not bad but nothing that great. It had its moments.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:00 PM (lz35u)

A big part of it - for me, for that particular one - is where I saw it and who with. Sort of like how a song can put you in a situation you remember.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 09:03 PM (fZuhk)

338 A big part of it - for me, for that particular one - is where I saw it and who with. Sort of like how a song can put you in a situation you remember.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 09:03 PM (fZuhk)

I know what you mean. I had that same feeling about seeing Fritz the Cat in Israel.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:04 PM (lz35u)

339 AGGGG IT'S STARTING AGAIN AND THIS TIME I CAN'T STOP IT

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 08:59 PM (fZuhk)

Maybe you need some lessons in Rex Kwon Do

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 09:04 PM (SiINZ)

340 Incredible II funny movie, though tears welled up during the Christopher Robin trailer, why? No effing idea.

Being a 70's TV junkie (still under the age of ten) and sneaking Monty Python eps. when my mom wasn't looking I got most of the jokes. The atari basketball game is still funny.

Comedy is hard to do but I resort to Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton for laughs.

Posted by: auscolpyr at June 16, 2018 09:07 PM (oFsfu)

341 Anybody watching the US Open?

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Yeah, pretty sad. I like Phil but that was just wrong.

The other thing wrong? How all the other players were getting pissed because it was a hard links course. I sure hope that the left does not ruin golf like every other sport.

On that note. Nadal was asked by some uppity repo.. propagan...er feminist about how women tennis player earn less. His response was KABOOM, not the cereal. "Women fashion models are paid more than men and nobody complains about that."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:07 PM (pw+jk)

342 That's an old joke, but Elon has a great sense of humor.

Q: Who else has put a sports car with a spacesuit-wearing mannequin into solar orbit?

A: Nobody. That's who.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:08 PM (sdi6R)

343 That's an old joke, but Elon has a great sense of humor.

Q: Who else has put a sports car with a spacesuit-wearing mannequin into solar orbit?

A: Nobody. That's who.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:08 PM (sdi6R)

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I'd be funny and eccentric too if the federal government had given me $30 billion.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:10 PM (pw+jk)

344 335: It was a shit move, but legal. He 'Belichick'd the rules'. He found a flaw and used it. He won't be disqualified but it was a total bush league move.

Nobody is under par and there is a 4 way tie at +3. Shinnecock Hills kicked everybody's ass today.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:11 PM (FWhfT)

345 Said I didn't want to see the beginning of the ONT, took Nyquil and its lights out time.
Good night all.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 09:11 PM (pHfeF)

346 Anyone in the east, where it is twilight, should pop outside and take a look at the moon and Venus to the west, before the stars are visible. Quite a nice sight.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 09:11 PM (yScch)

347 I'd be funny and eccentric too if the federal government had given me $30 billion.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:10 PM (pw+jk)

And just think that Carl Sagan was bitching about $20 for a fighter jet and yet the govt. wouldn't spend $1 million on SETI. *takes a swig of Blueberry Bird Dog*

Posted by: auscolpyr at June 16, 2018 09:12 PM (oFsfu)

348 Can't go to bed yet -- youngest kidlet is still at a party and she has an overnight shift at her old gas station job. Manager might have been crowing too soon that he guilted her into a few shifts for him.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 09:14 PM (MIKMs)

349 Yeah, pretty sad. I like Phil but that was just wrong.

Yeah. It was outright cheating. And the fact atht Phil keeps trying to justify it makes it worse and worse. I would like to see him DQ'd and banned for 6 months. Mike Davis of the USCA also needs to be fired for being a weasely douchebag.

The other thing wrong? How all the other players were getting pissed because it was a hard links course. I sure hope that the left does not ruin golf like every other sport.

Golf is always in danger from the left because the Eurotrash have a lot of influence on it, now. It used to be that American golf was the pinnacle and the Euros tended to keep their traps shut but now they think they are running things ... and lots of Americans give in to the Eurotrash on all sorts of junk.

On that note. Nadal was asked by some uppity repo.. propagan...er feminist about how women tennis player earn less. His response was KABOOM, not the cereal. "Women fashion models are paid more than men and nobody complains about that."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:07 PM (pw+jk)

LOL. Rafa for the win!

If women's tennis drew more fans and advertisers they'd be paid more. But they don't. I get so sick of hearing the bullshit from that tranny Billie Jean - who got her whole "equal prizes for women" bullshit started on the back of that ridiculously fixed Bobby Riggs match.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:14 PM (lz35u)

350 BRB

CHUGIN Nyquil.

Posted by: Soxin Skip at June 16, 2018 09:14 PM (pw+jk)

351 One of my favorite comedies is 'Galaxy Quest'. It wouldn't have worked without the Star Trek/Wars etc fandom -- 20-30 years on. By Grabthar's Hammer, indeed.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 07:25 PM (MIKMs)

Galaxy Quest. Best Star Trek move ever made.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at June 16, 2018 09:15 PM (9BLnV)

352 Briefly, what did Phil do?

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:16 PM (QDnY+)

353 It was a shit move, but legal. He 'Belichick'd the rules'. He found a flaw and used it. He won't be disqualified but it was a total bush league move.

Bullshit. THere was nothing legal about what Phil did. Nothing. The arguments they're making are intellectually offensive. He intended to alter the course of the ball to his advantage when it was illegal to do so (while it was in motion). PERIOD. ILLEGAL. DQ.

Nobody is under par and there is a 4 way tie at +3. Shinnecock Hills kicked everybody's ass today.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:11 PM (FWhfT)

Yes, it did.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:17 PM (lz35u)

354
This is what you get for letting your brat run amok:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5852055

Little Precious busted a $132K sculpture. It's so unfair, I'm sure they're saying.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 09:17 PM (8O3HH)

355 Thanks for the heads up Mike Hammer, I will check that sky view out, hope the mosquitoes don't eat me up. Niters all.

Posted by: BebeDahl at June 16, 2018 09:17 PM (yNyJy)

356 Anyone in the east, where it is twilight, should pop outside and take a look at the moon and Venus to the west, before the stars are visible. Quite a nice sight.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 09:11 PM (yScch)

I had to walk two blocks to find a spot that wasn't obstructed by trees, but it was worth it. Thanks!

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 09:17 PM (fZuhk)

357 The Bobby Riggs match was BS but say it was real, howcome no feminazi or leftist talks about the spanking Jimmy Connors gave the other lesboqueen Maritalova?
Spoiler alert; Does NOT fit the narrative.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:18 PM (pw+jk)

358 Briefly, what did Phil do?

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:16 PM (QDnY+)

You can watch it on youtube.

He made a short putt that missed the whole and started to go off the green. He saw that it was going off the green and actually ran after it and hit it back towards the hole while it was still moving off the green. Then he actually had the audacity to mark it and pick it up!

It was clear cheating. No two ways around it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:18 PM (lz35u)

359 352: He was messing up a hole, missed a putt badly, greens were super fast, he quickly got to the ball before it started careening down the green about to go off it, and hit it again while it was still moving. Thats a 2 shot penalty to hit a golf ball while its moving.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:18 PM (FWhfT)

360 Anyone in the east, where it is twilight, should pop outside and take a look at the moon and Venus to the west, before the stars are visible. Quite a nice sight.

Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Whoa.

Thanks Mike !

Posted by: JT at June 16, 2018 09:19 PM (70ODT)

361 And just think that Carl Sagan was bitching about $20 for a fighter jet and yet the govt. wouldn't spend $1 million on SETI. *takes a swig of Blueberry Bird Dog*
Posted by: auscolpyr at June 16, 2018 09:12 PM (oFsfu)

Not sure I am compleatly convinced it's a real threat (well the threat from mother nature/the sun is real). But the numbers that are put up to harden the Grid against an EMP sound kinda reasonable.

Posted by: X-ray at June 16, 2018 09:20 PM (9PW1S)

362 Bullshit. THere was nothing legal about what Phil did. Nothing. The arguments they're making are intellectually offensive. He intended to alter the course of the ball to his advantage when it was illegal to do so (while it was in motion). PERIOD. ILLEGAL. DQ.

USGA made the call. Bitch at them.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:20 PM (FWhfT)

363 I'm watching season 1 of The Crown.

Is it just my imagination, or are the writers of the show hostile to Churchill?

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 16, 2018 09:20 PM (hMwEB)

364 BRB,
Running after my golf ball to cheat.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:20 PM (pw+jk)

365 Yikes. I've been hearing what sound like gunshots for the last half hour. At first I thought someone was setting off fireworks, but I haven't seen anything. Now I'm pretty sure they were gunshots.

And I heard more while I was typing this.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (sdi6R)

366 We all agree the Jews are the most flammable people

Posted by: Average Joe at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (qjEqf)

367 The Bobby Riggs match was BS but say it was real, howcome no feminazi or leftist talks about the spanking Jimmy Connors gave the other lesboqueen Maritalova?
Spoiler alert; Does NOT fit the narrative.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:18 PM (pw+jk)

Not long before the Billie Jean tranny match Bobby Riggs had taken apart the reigning women's Number 1 player something like 6-1, 6-1.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (lz35u)

368 Something applicable to all of the movies mentioned herein: Dogs don't eat gas station sushi.

Posted by: Neil deGrasse It's not rape if I'm wearing the dress Tyson at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (1L9V9)

369 Yikes. I've been hearing what sound like gunshots for the last half hour. At first I thought someone was setting off fireworks, but I haven't seen anything. Now I'm pretty sure they were gunshots.

And I heard more while I was typing this.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (sdi6R)

Do you live in Chicago?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 09:22 PM (SiINZ)

370 We all agree the Jews are the most flammable people

Posted by: Average Joe at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (qjEqf)

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My money is on Vietnamese Buddhist Monks.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:22 PM (pw+jk)

371 Airplane 2 was funny, it had some great bits (like down safe) but it wasn't by the Zuckers and so it lacked their incredible comedic sensibilities and absolute zaniness.

Watching the director's commentary with Airplane is great because they are so self-deprecating and have so much inside info, it actually makes the movie funnier. For example, Robert Stack got what they were trying to do immediately and none of the other straight dramatic actors did. They all thought it was going to be a horrifically bad stupid film that would humiliate them.

The jive bit; the black guys were given lines and they were a combination of amused and offended; they weren't jive, they were what a couple of Jews would think is jive. So they just winged it, doing their own dialog instead. And taught Barbara her lines.

But I love how you run down the gags because you're right; you don't have to know any of the cultural references to get the humor. Its just as fun if you don't know them. I didn't grow up watching Leave it to Beaver, but I didn't need to in order to love the "I Speak Jive" scene.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:22 PM (39g3+)

372 This isn't the first time the USGA shit themselves over there own rules. They tried to bone Dustin Johnson at Oakmont a few years ago.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:23 PM (FWhfT)

373 He was messing up a hole, missed a putt badly, greens were super fast, he quickly got to the ball before it started careening down the green about to go off it, and hit it again while it was still moving. Thats a 2 shot penalty to hit a golf ball while its moving.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:18 PM (FWhfT)

That's not what "hit a golf ball that's moving" is about. That rule is about double hitting on a putt or chip or putting a ball that starts moving. IT is NOT about stopping a ball from going somewhere! I mean, come on.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:24 PM (lz35u)

374 369
Do you live in Chicago?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 09:22 PM (SiINZ)

The Philly suburbs. And they're still going on.

Has Civil War 2.0 started? Why was I not informed of this?

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:24 PM (sdi6R)

375 BRB
Heading to the book store for a Jive to English phrase book.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:24 PM (pw+jk)

376 Yikes. I've been hearing what sound like gunshots for the last half hour. At first I thought someone was setting off fireworks, but I haven't seen anything. Now I'm pretty sure they were gunshots.

And I heard more while I was typing this.

Posted by: rickl

Those are people chasing Skip, to keep him from the ONT.

Posted by: JT at June 16, 2018 09:24 PM (70ODT)

377 Shinnecock Hills is an ugly a** golf course.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:25 PM (pb5C2)

378 Airplane! Love those movies, and they include one of my favorite movie jokes ever.

The troubled plane is finally coming in for a landing.

Someone: Shouldn't we turn on the landing lights?
Robert Stack: No! That's just what they'll be expecting us to do.

Somehow that encapsulated and perfectly satirized a whole bunch of movie moments that came before it.

Posted by: Splunge at June 16, 2018 09:25 PM (Vb4BV)

379 And I heard more while I was typing this.
Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (sdi6R)

Is it Duck season where you live? Or maybe Rabbit season.

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at June 16, 2018 09:25 PM (9PW1S)

380 Yikes. I've been hearing what sound like gunshots for the last half
hour. At first I thought someone was setting off fireworks, but I
haven't seen anything. Now I'm pretty sure they were gunshots.

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My little city has the portable road signs up telling about $250 fines for illegal fireworks.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 09:26 PM (MIKMs)

381 373: I agree. USGA ruled otherwise.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:26 PM (FWhfT)

382 Nite all.

Posted by: JT at June 16, 2018 09:26 PM (70ODT)

383 Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up AoS.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:26 PM (pw+jk)

384 378 Airplane! Love those movies, and they include one of my favorite movie jokes ever.

The troubled plane is finally coming in for a landing.

Someone: Shouldn't we turn on the landing lights?
Robert Stack: No! That's just what they'll be expecting us to do.

Somehow that encapsulated and perfectly satirized a whole bunch of movie moments that came before it.
Posted by: Splunge at June 16, 2018 09:25 PM (Vb4BV)

Yeah, that was one of the best lines in the whole movie.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:26 PM (sdi6R)

385 Puddlegum,

If Phil had any integrity he would DQ himself.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:27 PM (lz35u)

386 BRB or not??
Making a cocktail.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:27 PM (pw+jk)

387 Yeah, that was one of the best lines in the whole movie.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:26 PM (sdi6R)

They were all "one of the best lines" from that movie. It's just a classic.

"Excuse me, I speak jive."

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:29 PM (lz35u)

388 If Phil had any integrity he would DQ himself.
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Good to see golf getting some blood flowing. Most of us put it on the tv for naptime background. Next round: duels with drivers.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 09:30 PM (MIKMs)

389 385: He won't. Probably doesn't think he did anything wrong. The USGA agree's. I don't but I'm not a pro golfer. Barely an amateur.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:30 PM (FWhfT)

390 Elon might want to check his trash-talking the socialists if he really expects Chicago to buy him out of the various holes he's digging by digging them a few.

Posted by: DaveA at June 16, 2018 09:30 PM (FhXTo)

391 Shinnecock Hills is an ugly a** golf course.

It really is. Looks like it was dropped in the middle of an industrial park.

Posted by: tu3031 at June 16, 2018 09:31 PM (O5Q3r)

392 Watched the women's because_women.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:31 PM (pb5C2)

393 rickl, hit the deck, and stay there - if the shots seem close (and they must be, if you're hearing them clearly). Or move to a location that's relatively "hard" (not sure of the construction of your place).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:31 PM (QDnY+)

394 Musume-no Zettai and I already have a date to see Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, because dinosaurs and shit...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at June 16, 2018 09:32 PM (e9G8E)

395 Waaay OT. Bobcat? Big deal. Python swallows woman:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8pnatyj

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 09:32 PM (K2jyi)

396 Not a Phil fan, but as Chris Rock would say "I understand".

Sometimes the shitty thing is so shitty you need to just smack it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:32 PM (fuK7c)

397 He won't. Probably doesn't think he did anything wrong.

He knows. Everyone knows. This will be the main thing remembered about his career. He's too dumb to realize that ... but it's too late, now.

The USGA agree's.

Yeah. They're worthless douchebags.

I don't but I'm not a pro golfer. Barely an amateur.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:30 PM (FWhfT)

Doesn't matter. You know cheating when you see it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:32 PM (lz35u)

398 He lives in a double wall brick brownstone. As long as it's not a high power rifle he's in the clear.
Oh, except for doors and windows.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:33 PM (pb5C2)

399 Thanks, puddle and TPOP, for answering my question.

I don't know the rules. However, obviously, hitting a moving ball has gotta be extra double illegal. I've never heard of a pro doing such a thing.

So embarrassing for Phil, I would think. And I don't think of him as a golfer with a sleazy reputation, though actually I don't think golfers tend to pick up such reputations, since cheating in the pros is pretty difficult, right? (Bill Clinton is something else again)

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:33 PM (QDnY+)

400 Errr, Zettai-no Musume...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at June 16, 2018 09:33 PM (e9G8E)

401 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:03 PM (lz35u)

Man, you do realize the guy has got Psoriatic arthritis. Cut him some slack

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 09:34 PM (iOL28)

402 Not a Phil fan, but as Chris Rock would say "I understand".

Sometimes the shitty thing is so shitty you need to just smack it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:32 PM (fuK7c)

Then he could have just picked his ball up and walked off the course. Nothing wrong with that and it would be a bold statement that he thought the golf course was unfair. But resorting to cheating is never the right move.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:35 PM (lz35u)

403 We all agree the Jews are the most flammable people

Posted by: Average Joe at June 16, 2018 09:21 PM (qjEqf)

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My money is on Vietnamese Buddhist Monks.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 16, 2018 09:22 PM (pw+jk)

But black people are already charred so they will burn longer at an even, sustained temperature.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at June 16, 2018 09:35 PM (9BLnV)

404 Elon might want to check his trash-talking the
socialists if he really expects Chicago to buy him out of the various
holes he's digging by digging them a few. Posted by: DaveA at June 16, 2018 09:30 PM (FhXTo)
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Oddly enough, I think over 80% of Chicago democrats would be highly offended if they were characterized as socialists. ps -- there are a lot of existing tunnels, so consolidating and coordinating would not take that much.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 09:36 PM (MIKMs)

405 John Daly did this in '99 at the US Open at Pinehurst. A little different in that he lost his temper and admitted as much. I don't think he got DQ'd. He did miss the cut.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 09:36 PM (FWhfT)

406 rickl, hit the deck, and stay there - if the shots seem close (and they must be, if you're hearing them clearly). Or move to a location that's relatively "hard" (not sure of the construction of your place).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:31 PM (QDnY+)

Had a new to our school principal hit the deck in the lunchroom over some fire crackers. It was the joke of the school till we found out he was just back from Vietnam.

Posted by: X-ray at June 16, 2018 09:36 PM (9PW1S)

407 Woo, thread's still alive!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 09:37 PM (xJa6I)

408 If it's in the rules then he didn't cheat. It might have been chicken sh*t but it wasn't cheating.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:37 PM (pb5C2)

409 The Phil thing was really bad.

It seems everybody was calling bs on that move except the USGA. Can you say money? I thought you could.

Idk how Phil lives this one down.

One of the few times I saw something and my jaw actually dropped.

Posted by: weirdflunky at June 16, 2018 09:37 PM (9Vmwd)

410 And I don't think of him as a golfer with a sleazy reputation,

He has been alleged to gamble and welsh on bets.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:37 PM (fuK7c)

411 Braenyard, you're familiar with rickl's dwelling? Hmm, OK.

Even many handgun rounds will penetrate a lot more than most people assume (if the range is close).

By contrast, this morning at the steels match, my shooting was so poor that the only safe thing in the target area was ..... the target.

Combined with bringing the wrong gun (classic revolver using old-style speedloaders, not a fast system), and time limits on the stages, a perfectly squandered beautiful yuuuge steel match, specially set up to see of a club member who's moved to AZ (part of the mini-exodus of gun nuts of my acquaintance to AZ and TX).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:38 PM (QDnY+)

412 What Phil did was not in accordance to fair play and the spirit of the game. Should have been DQed and suspended. But then he's Phil, he gets away with shit all the time

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 09:38 PM (iOL28)

413 Not long before the Billie Jean tranny match Bobby Riggs had taken apart the reigning women's Number 1 player something like 6-1, 6-1.

Also missing from the narrative: Bobby Riggs was a tennis champion... in the late thirties. He was decades in retirement and came out to smoke the champ then in a big publicity high money game probably threw the game to Billie Jean King

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:39 PM (39g3+)

414 I would think that with their drinking the Irish would be the most flammable.

Posted by: X-ray at June 16, 2018 09:40 PM (9PW1S)

415 He has been alleged to gamble and welsh on bets.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:37 PM (fuK7c)

I think he has been caught inside trading stocks with mobsters

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 09:40 PM (iOL28)

416 "see OFF a club member"

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:41 PM (QDnY+)

417 Phil Mickelson has a reputation as a super nice guy who plays too nice and loses because he lacks the fire to win. So its surprising he's in any sort of controversy at all. If he didn't break the rules then... okay I don't have a problem with it. Odd rules though, seems like that would be illegal.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:42 PM (39g3+)

418 393 rickl, hit the deck, and stay there - if the shots seem close (and they must be, if you're hearing them clearly). Or move to a location that's relatively "hard" (not sure of the construction of your place).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 09:31 PM (QDnY+)

It seems to have stopped now. But holy shit, that was going on for a half hour and it sounded like it was a block or two away, and I didn't see anything in the sky.

I'm not a gun expert, but I would say it was semi-auto rather than full auto. BAM BAM BAM BAM, rather than BBBBBAM.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (sdi6R)

419 I think he has been caught inside trading stocks with mobsters
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Don't think he is high-profile enough for our esteemed Fibbies.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (MIKMs)

420 Thanks for the Incredibles 2 feedback.

I think I'll pass for now but it sounds like it's not a complete waste.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (xJa6I)

421 The story I heard, from somebody who knows somebody, (and it's plausible, my guy is in a position where he would know somebody)...

is that Phil made a big bet, $10 or $30K, in an amateur round with someone at Augusta. Phil lost the bet and said "oh, we were only joking about that".

Someone from Augusta said "there is no gambling at Augusta, but you will pay this man or never play here again".

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (fuK7c)

422 Surely you're not serious?......... I am Serious & stop calling me Shirley

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (y3aQB)

423 Oh and I'm DREADING the Capt. Marvel movie.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (xJa6I)

424 "Sir, those lights are blinking out of sequence."

"Well, get them to blink in sequence!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 16, 2018 09:44 PM (zfrbv)

425 Braenyard, you're familiar with rickl's dwelling? Hmm, OK.
__________

Not really, it's just when I read the post I saw him sitting at a writing desk, a jade green writing lamp, tapping away at a laptop, inside a brownstone.

It was probably Venus coming over the horizon that did it.

A vision I tell ya, a vision I had.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:45 PM (pb5C2)

426 Oh and I'm DREADING the Capt. Marvel movie.

Black Panther, despite its heavy SJW marketing and viewer atmosphere really wasn't bad and was light on the leftist dogma (a few cracks about colonizers and white boy but not too bad). So I have hopes that they won't explosive diarrhea the bed with Captain Marvel but... I fear they will. I can almost sense the direction Marvel is going to go with its films and if they do it will be the most radical, catastrophic cratering of a film franchise in human history. DC cinema will sit in amazement as suddenly they're the only superhero game in town.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:46 PM (39g3+)

427 Someone from Augusta said "there is no gambling at Augusta, but you will pay this man or never play here again".

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:43 PM (fuK7c)

Was it Judge Smails? "There is no gambling at Bushwood sir...and I never slice"

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 09:47 PM (SiINZ)

428 Evening all.

Completely OT:

My 21 y/o old daughter and her (now) fiancee ( 2

just told me this afternoon that they had gotten engaged.

They have been together 3 years now. When they first got together, I asked her why she was dating someone so much older. Her response ?

"Have you seen the man bunned pussies that are my age?"

Well played, kiddo. Well played.

If you would, please put up a little prayer for their ceremony. The respective women in their lives are already trying to dictate how their wedding will be.

They would like to go small and cozy, so Imma gonna pay for it and those women can GFT.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 16, 2018 09:48 PM (I16G8)

429 There are some interesting ledes at theLibertyDaily.com

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:48 PM (pb5C2)

430 Clinton Donor, Obama Ambassador Indicted In Massive Alleged Fraud Scheme

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:49 PM (pb5C2)

431 If you would, please put up a little prayer for their ceremony. The respective women in their lives are already trying to dictate how their wedding will be.

The wedding couple never really make the wedding. I mean, its not really even their marriage, its the bride's mom's wedding, they're just actors in her stage play.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:50 PM (39g3+)

432 Also missing from the narrative: Bobby Riggs was a tennis champion... in the late thirties. He was decades in retirement and came out to smoke the champ then in a big publicity high money game probably threw the game to Billie Jean King
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:39 PM (39g3+)

In the mid 80's, I played a 5 on 5 full court pickup basketball game against Nancy Liberman at the downtown Dallas Y. Lady Magic. She was short and slow. Actually, shockingly pathetic and I was 35 years old at the time. I felt sorry for her

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 09:50 PM (iOL28)

433 426 Oh and I'm DREADING the Capt. Marvel movie.

Black Panther, despite its heavy SJW marketing and viewer atmosphere really wasn't bad and was light on the leftist dogma (a few cracks about colonizers and white boy but not too bad). So I have hopes that they won't explosive diarrhea the bed with Captain Marvel but... I fear they will. I can almost sense the direction Marvel is going to go with its films and if they do it will be the most radical, catastrophic cratering of a film franchise in human history. DC cinema will sit in amazement as suddenly they're the only superhero game in town.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 09:46 PM (39g3+)

I know, I should relax and trust Feige who hasn't blind sided me yet.

But Brie Larson bugs me and her girl power cheerleading gets under my skin. I really wish they'd cast someone else.

I have 3 Marvel movies in my top 100 favorite films, which is a crazy percentage when I think about it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 09:51 PM (xJa6I)

434 Religion of Peace Update: Muslim Deliberately Plows Car Into Moscow, Russia Crowd, 8 Injured

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:51 PM (pb5C2)

435 There's a difference between cheating and bad sportsmanship. Cheating involves deception, whether it's using a corked bat or shaving points off your golf card. You're tricking people.

It seems to me that what this Phil fellow is guilty of is bad sportsmanship, a kind of snotty temper tantrum.
Of course he has to add strokes to his score but I'm surprised that they don't also have fines for the tackiness.
Or do they?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 09:52 PM (0jtPF)

436 that sequel poster is from the Croatian dub, isn't it?

Posted by: Anachronda at June 16, 2018 09:52 PM (2//jc)

437 They would like to go small and cozy, so Imma gonna pay for it and those women can GFT.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 16, 2018 09:48 PM (I16G

__________

A prayer
Best wishes
and good luck with that small wedding thing.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:52 PM (pb5C2)

438 434 Religion of Peace Update: Muslim Deliberately Plows Car Into Moscow, Russia Crowd, 8 Injured
Posted by: Braenyard at June 16, 2018 09:51 PM (pb5C2)

Never a good idea to attack Russians. Someone is going to be very sorry. And so will their families.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 09:52 PM (xJa6I)

439 At some point, I'll post my Battlefield Earth thoughts.

That point, however, will require me to forego these lovely, lovely beers
Maybe next week, then.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 16, 2018 09:53 PM (l9m7l)

440 In the mid 80's, I played a 5 on 5 full court pickup basketball game against Nancy Liberman at the downtown Dallas Y. Lady Magic. She was short and slow. Actually, shockingly pathetic and I was 35 years old at the time. I felt sorry for her

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 09:50 PM (iOL2

The Australian Women's National soccer team lost to a team of 15 year old boys, 7-0. And that women's team was ranked pretty highly - favored to win a medal in the Rio Olympics.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:54 PM (lz35u)

441 They would like to go small and cozy, so Imma gonna pay for it and those women can GFT.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 16, 2018 09:48 PM (I16G

I'll pray for good things for them. My daughters are of a similar age and have not found guys I don't want to punch in the throat yet. So good luck to her actually finding a man.

Posted by: X-ray at June 16, 2018 09:54 PM (9PW1S)

442 I thought the set up for the open sucked . Stupid USGA

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 09:54 PM (iOL28)

443 Nood.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 16, 2018 09:55 PM (9rIkM)

444 1. well into the 400's and not one star wars comment. very impressive.

2. "airplane" is like henny youngman - one-liner after one-liner. if they had 30 seconds to fill, put in a joke.

3. they say leslie nielsen was a very goofy guy off screen throughout his career. played pranks at the most serious times. his trademark was a fart buzzer that he would place on seats of the unsuspecting.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 16, 2018 09:55 PM (Pg+x7)

445 Of course he has to add strokes to his score but I'm surprised that they don't also have fines for the tackiness.
Or do they?

They sort of do. There were two rules at play here. The first, undisputed, is a two stroke penalty for hitting a ball in motion.

The second is you can be disqualified if the boffins think you were egregiously tacky. They didn't do that.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 09:55 PM (fuK7c)

446 Of course he has to add strokes to his score but I'm surprised that they don't also have fines for the tackiness.

------------------

One appears to be measurable, one not.

Would the rules say, "If 82% think you're tacky, it's a $xxx fine"?

Posted by: dDan at June 16, 2018 09:56 PM (hwYmz)

447 We just watched some doc on Prime Amazon done by PBS. It was about the JFK assassination.

Something about 1 PM was in the title. It made out Walter Cronkike to be some kind of saint. Well he wasn't and that may have been the start of this media worship where we have been deceived. Tho I think it goes a long further back, think Walter Duranty!

Posted by: Farmer at June 16, 2018 09:56 PM (yJ1e6)

448 385 Puddlegum,

If Phil had any integrity he would DQ himself.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:27 PM (lz35u)

Why? It's a two stroke penalty. Nothing more.

Posted by: I am Spartacus at June 16, 2018 09:56 PM (2DOZq)

449 4. i think what the usga did at the open was very unsporting - releasing golden retrievers onto the greens to chase after the balls - or was that the wind...

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 16, 2018 09:57 PM (Pg+x7)

450 There's a difference between cheating and bad sportsmanship. Cheating involves deception, whether it's using a corked bat or shaving points off your golf card. You're tricking people.

It seems to me that what this Phil fellow is guilty of is bad sportsmanship, a kind of snotty temper tantrum.
Of course he has to add strokes to his score but I'm surprised that they don't also have fines for the tackiness.
Or do they?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 09:52 PM (0jtPF)

Cheating involves breaking the rules for advantage - whether it is overt or covert. Bad sportsmanship has nothing to do with the rules. Phil did both. It would only have been bad sportsmanship if he had manned up and said that what he did was wrong and DQ'd himself. But he argued that what he did was not illegal and didn't deserve a DQ and that is cheating. The thing is that Phil's cheating was aided and abetted by the USGA.

He should have been DQ'd and temporarily banned. Now, as he has argued to keep himself in he should be banned for much longer and the USGA officials involved should all be shitcanned.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:59 PM (lz35u)

451 66
Russian Ark did it, and it's kind of wonderful. Of course it's also
not a straight narrative, but a journey through Russian history and the
Hermitage.
indeed. took me a while to realize what they were up to; i got it about at Peter III.

Posted by: Anachronda at June 16, 2018 09:59 PM (2//jc)

452 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:54 PM (lz35u)

At the time, she was regarded as one of the best, if not the best women B Ball players. I had to run in third gear just so she could keep up.The best part was when she would try to muscle me under the rim. I'm 6'3" and 190 and a fairly nasty player

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:00 PM (iOL28)

453 Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 16, 2018 09:55 PM (Pg+x7)

I'm burned and burned out by Star Wars.
I used to be a super fan and now...I just don't care anymore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 16, 2018 10:00 PM (xJa6I)

454 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 09:59 PM (lz35u)

Frankly you don't know what you're talking about.

Posted by: I am Spartacus at June 16, 2018 10:00 PM (2DOZq)

455 Why? It's a two stroke penalty. Nothing more.

Posted by: I am Spartacus at June 16, 2018 09:56 PM (2DOZq)

So you can stop any ball that is going somewhere bad and just get a two stroke penalty?

No. That's not what "hitting a moving ball" means.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 10:01 PM (lz35u)

456 Of course he has to add strokes to his score but I'm surprised that they don't also have fines for the tackiness.
Or do they?
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 09:52 PM (0jtPF)

Ian Poulter use to get a 2 shot penalty every time he would come out of the clubhouse

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:02 PM (iOL28)

457 At the time, she was regarded as one of the best, if not the best women B Ball players. I had to run in third gear just so she could keep up.The best part was when she would try to muscle me under the rim. I'm 6'3" and 190 and a fairly nasty player

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:00 PM (iOL2

I remember all the hubbub about Nancy Lieberman. She was the only woman to have been given a tryout for a men's pro team (the Knicks?). Yeah ... I remember that.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 10:03 PM (lz35u)

458 Frankly you don't know what you're talking about.

Posted by: I am Spartacus at June 16, 2018 10:00 PM (2DOZq)

LOL.

Okey doke, there.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 10:04 PM (lz35u)

459 I remember all the hubbub about Nancy Lieberman. She was the only woman to have been given a tryout for a men's pro team (the Knicks?). Yeah ... I remember that.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 10:03 PM (lz35u)

She didn't make the team, huh ?

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:05 PM (iOL28)

460
She didn't make the team, huh ?

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:05 PM (iOL2

Actually, it was a very successful tryout. It put a definite end to anyone talking about women trying out for a men's basketball team.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 10:07 PM (lz35u)

461 Palmer has a popular drink named after him and now Phil coined a new porn move. Way to go Phil

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:10 PM (iOL28)

462 ... nielsen carried around a fart box to the very end of his life. he'd have it in his pocket when meeting vip's or press it during press interviews - played it straight, too.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 16, 2018 10:11 PM (Pg+x7)

463 Actually, it was a very successful tryout. It put a definite end to anyone talking about women trying out for a men's basketball team.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 16, 2018 10:07 PM (lz35u)

snort

Posted by: REDACTED at June 16, 2018 10:12 PM (iOL28)

464 My favorite was the SHTF scene.

Posted by: sestamibi at June 16, 2018 11:13 PM (bTnay)

465 Ooops. Forgot the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkdH0nuDWX4

at 1:13

Posted by: sestamibi at June 16, 2018 11:18 PM (bTnay)

466 Airplane 2 was rushed out by the studio. ZAZ wanted nothing to do with it. Watched it in the theater and thought they were right, until Shatner showed up and made it a worthy follow up. Also...

185

Sterling Hayden is in Zero Hour, playing the Robert Stack character.

So is NFL Hall of Famer Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch. Probably because they wanted a guy named Crazylegs in it.

...ZAZ needed to cast a HOF'er for Airplane to answer Zero Hour's casting and that's how Kareem got the call for Clarence.

The naked boob shot in Airplane was an ode to Mad Magazine's Don Martin cartoons, which had a random nude somewhere in them

All these years and I did not know that was Howard Jarvis in the cab. Obviously a wink to the California audience which was lost on us in the New Jersey theater.

Posted by: My brother posted on a movie thread once. Once... at June 17, 2018 02:34 AM (bzqZP)

467
I recommend The Big Bus, with Stockard Channing and Joseph Bologna.

Posted by: Buzz at June 17, 2018 09:32 AM (hhDgw)

468 I loved "Airplane!". "Airplane II"? Not so much. I deleted it from the DVR after 5-10 minutes.

Posted by: Calvin Dodge at June 17, 2018 03:13 PM (3KFWT)

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