I'm still searching eBay for those My Dinner with Andre action figures.
@sclogse1
9 жыл бұрын
J. Craig Anderson What is worth getting, for desktop office cache, is the Dennis Hopper action figure from Waterworld.
@j.craiganderson4978
9 жыл бұрын
I'll trade you a Dennis Hopper action figure for a Remains of the Day lunch box!
@salieraycommunication5712
8 жыл бұрын
I have that lunch box, believe it or not. I'm a lot happier.
@sclogse1
8 жыл бұрын
I'll trade you my Reboot lunchbox....
@salieraycommunication5712
8 жыл бұрын
I'd never give it up. It was my birthday gift handmade by my sis!
@hawkrider88
4 жыл бұрын
An incredibly hysterical movie. RIP Fred Willard.
@FrankIsAlwaysRight
Жыл бұрын
Here here
@dynamicvoltage9765
5 жыл бұрын
The part where they're trying to decide where the snipers should go had me fall out of my god damn chair laughing
@mitchellhughes5180
4 жыл бұрын
I arrived in New York with a tube of chapstick and a hula hoop.
@vibes7144
3 жыл бұрын
Fresh off a destroyer
@mitchellhughes5180
3 жыл бұрын
@@vibes7144 🤣
@johntechwriter
4 жыл бұрын
Too much comedy is mean-spirited, putting down people who have weaknesses or drawbacks. There is not a mean bone in Christopher Guest's body. By this movie's end we are in love with his entire cast of failures. Guest uses much the same approach to explore the world of dog breeders in “Best In Show.”
@smooches1368
2 жыл бұрын
Christopher Guest loves Laurel and Hardy, and it shows. He gives credit to L&H's friend James Finleyson for Homer Simpson's "Doh!" which endears him to me. Stan and Ollie were kindhearted souls and that is some of the character that Christopher Guest imbues his characters with.
@joesimon2029
2 жыл бұрын
Funny , people say he's not very nice in real life.
@stflaw
9 жыл бұрын
The amazing thing about this movie is that it is able to tread a very fine line in which you are able to develop an affection for these characters at the same time you are laughing at their lack of talent and self-delusions. This is my favorite Christopher Guest movie, by far.
@SimpleManGuitars1973
4 жыл бұрын
@Brix Broox A Mighty Wind is also phenomenal. I love Christopher Guest big time.
@johndean4727
2 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 nowhere near as funny as guffman.
@smooches1368
2 жыл бұрын
Spinal Tap is an obvious mockery of rock bands but Guffman touches on the lives of loving people. Stool Boom is a wonderfully clever song and I know all the words...I sing along whenever I watch the movie. I have two copies, one on VHS and the other on DVD; I don't want to be without it, ever. "It's the rule: there's a stool...some for selling, some for keeping." Now I'm going to do a scene from "Raging Bull".
@joesimon2029
2 жыл бұрын
This is the BEST of the Trilogy . Best in Show was not as great . Mighty Wind was OK, but seemed like the most successful of the 3 with an Oscar nod for the song! Totally forgot about For Your Consideration.
@umachan9286
4 жыл бұрын
The best thing about these Christopher Guest movies is they're improv. There's a bare bones kind of script or layout for the story and they just let the actors loose. Guest says he winds up with about 60 hours worth of footage and takes about a year to edit and whittle it down to 90 minutes.
@johndean4727
2 жыл бұрын
i need all 60 hours of it.
@pauleky
8 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest films ever made. Love it!
@MKD825
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite film. The first time I watched it, I didn’t LOL even once as I was utterly paralyzed by the brilliance.
@gnosticmom2805
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Siskel and Ebert were aware at the time that this movie had no script. Other than the song and dance numbers, the actors improvised everything.
@Dane_Youssef
Жыл бұрын
Just like all the other mockumentaries made by Christopher Guest.
@sentient02970
10 жыл бұрын
Ironical
@joesimon2029
2 жыл бұрын
the Corky character was first developed on a Martin Short cable special in the 1980s.
@thecoolj45221
11 жыл бұрын
Roger Ebert died April 4th 2013 Rest in Peace Roger, you and Gene were great film critics
@joeyslats31
5 жыл бұрын
Watched this recently and loved it. I was amazed to see that it lost money on the box office, sometimes great films take a while for people to realise how good they are.
@sewing33
3 жыл бұрын
Pure genius. Love it that I just noticed that Corkys jeans were always on backwards! Lol!
@mikestander2413
4 жыл бұрын
Hilarious movie. I remember seeing it when it came out in the theaters. I was young. I don't think I got a lot of the subtle humor. It's gotten better to me with age. I miss Siskel and Ebert. I watched them devotedly on my Public TV station in Denver, CO.
@davidnelson6874
Жыл бұрын
Waiting For Guffman is pretty much awesome. The music is also actually very good.
@Dane_Youssef
Жыл бұрын
It was Rob Reiner who invented the whole "mockumentary" genre. But Christopher Guest was the one who directed and made all these other mockumentary films after SPINAL TAP. He really had a lot to take aim at. But afterwards, he got tired of making mockumentaries.
@Kedbuka
9 жыл бұрын
Hilarious movie. Christopher Guest is amazing.
@julieporter7805
Жыл бұрын
What is most terrifying? I'm from De Soto, MO and this movie is 100% accurate.
@vinnieviddivicci5459
4 жыл бұрын
"You are bastard people!" "A penny for your thoughth..." "Well, I hate you and your ass face!" 😂
@edwardbroody7385
4 жыл бұрын
I have the DVD to this gem & many scenes were unfortunately deleted. It must have been painful to delete scenes that seem as funny as the final cut. One scene that, I think, should not have been cut was rendition of “Nothing Ever Happens in Blaine”. This was in the post WW 2 era in which life was good but predictable in the town play. There is an excerpt of this song during the rehearsal scenes for the town play. I think the scene is important because the song precedes the part in the play where Blaine is visited by aliens from Mars. The Martians tell the locals that they’re looking for stuff to do also & start singing “Nothing Ever Happens on Mars” & the locals & Martians realize that “Nothing Ever Happens...” is a universal song. The green, pumpkin shaped head on the Martian (think it’s Eugene Levy) is too much.
@omnipop4936
3 жыл бұрын
And of course the soaring anthem, 'This Bulging River'. 😂
@quad5186
2 жыл бұрын
And the XI on his alien head as a nod to “it goes to 11” from Spinal Tap 👍Would definitely buy a Criterion or similar release of this flick ! Just to mention, someone looped Corky’s rant at the City Council meeting on YT if you need to get back at your neighbors for some reason. Even if your speakers only go to X , crank it up !!! 😂
@BackwoodsFilms
2 жыл бұрын
Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration... it's hard to pick a favorite, they're all equally good and the ensemble cast always delivers!
@johndean4727
2 жыл бұрын
Best in Show is not nearly as goose the rest.
@smooches1368
2 жыл бұрын
I have a copy of all four. I used to be a contemporary folk singer, so "A Mighty Wind" has a special place in my heart.
@CS-mo7xp
2 жыл бұрын
although I do like a lot of metal, and have no real interest in folk music, I find A Mighty Wind to be funnier and more re-watchable than Tap...
@smooches1368
2 жыл бұрын
For me, Guffman is the funniest with some of the best music, from the sexy "Teacher's Pet" to "Stool Boom" (which I can sing along with).
@smooches1368
2 жыл бұрын
@@johndean4727 it's too uptight for me. It can be unpleasant to watch.
@chrisreinking
6 жыл бұрын
Man, I miss this show.
@thammond1946
5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the "Remains of the Day" lunch pail.
@davidclark4916
4 жыл бұрын
Topped only by "dance belt and a tube of Chapstick"
@omnipop4936
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the lunchboxes. The kids have such a good time with those. 😂
@davidnelson6874
Жыл бұрын
I love that movie as well. It has a lot of humor just under the surface. Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins said they were frequently cracking each other up on set.
@basehead617
2 жыл бұрын
I used to try to watch this show all the time no matter what weird channels and times it was on - this review made me want it see the film and I actually saw it in the theater in its first run, at a small artsy theater called Bantam Cinema in Litchfield County CT. Hardly anyone in there but we were all laughing our asses off!
@squamish4244
8 жыл бұрын
Everybody dance!
@johntechwriter
Жыл бұрын
Christopher Guest is an idiosyncratic comic genius who surrounds himself with actors of equal talent, throws together an outline with help from Eugene Levy, and then lets everyone improvise and play off each other. This is how his cast achieves such deeply embedded personalities and relationships between characters. Guest’s theme in all his films is ordinary people striving to become great, and in the process their failure brings out their humanity, which endears them to us forever. “Genius” is not an overstatement when applied to Christopher Guest’s doppelgänger Corky St. Clair, who ranks among the most memorable comedic characters in movie history and should have won Guest an Oscar. Which shows how out of touch I am with today’s audiences and the dreck Hollywood churns out to satisfy their dumbed-down cluelessness. Guffman was duly praised by the top critics and earned a place on the “must see” lists, but lost its producers a million dollars because they foolishly invested in a sense of shared humanity, something our culture has apparently lost. Bring on the flesh-eating zombies!
@shivasirons6159
Жыл бұрын
" there was abuse in my family growing up,.....musical abuse ".
@tomh.2405
Жыл бұрын
The movie is hilarious, yes, but at its climax it makes a subtle and semi-serious point. For most of the story, we see the cast preparing but aren't really shown what the band is doing. Then, on performance night, the dramatic side (both script and acting) are ridiculous, but the music is actually really, really good. The point: You get to excellence not by being loud and self-absorbed like Corky and his cast; you get there by rolling up your sleeves and quietly getting to work, like the timid, low-key Bob Balaban character and his musicians.
@michaellydon4859
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Fred Willard
@wadatrip
11 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time funny movie favorites...
@NextLevelNugz
Жыл бұрын
If you want to laugh hard, watch this flick. Rewind value as well.
@WilliamtheWorst
Жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated comedies ever.
@JapJackson
10 жыл бұрын
WOOOOOW I totally forgot about this movie, it really is one of the funniest movies and certainly the best of Christopher Guest's "recent" line of mockumentaries.
@itsalgud1459
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent review of a classic movie! It’s exactly as they describe with very funny, yet not demeaning, stories of these great characters. It helps immensely to have an extremely talented cast! My favorite line, Fred Willard & wife at the dinner table telling Eugene Levy and wife about his “penis reduction surgery!” 😂
@omnipop4936
3 жыл бұрын
Levy: "No, no, medicine man not go near Dances With Stumpy. No." 😂
@smooches1368
2 жыл бұрын
Really funny sexual humor without being particularly vulgar.
@captainhaire
3 жыл бұрын
Siskel nailed it
@dlxmarks
4 жыл бұрын
2:50 So I didn't recall a last gag and rewatched the end credits. I'm still not seeing the big punchline. The unlikely movie collectibles? The corny MIDI versions of soundtrack music?
@dlxmarks
4 жыл бұрын
@Oggatha Christie Ah, i see. I saw _Waiting for Guffman_ for the first time about 4 years ago. In the time since it first came out, weird movie collectibles have become a recurring gag in comedies so it didn't register with me. If I had seen it in 1996, it probably would have had a bigger impact on me.
@darensparks
4 жыл бұрын
The last gag is that Guffman didn't even show up.
@omnipop4936
3 жыл бұрын
@@darensparks No, they're (Siskel & Ebert) referring to Corky and his collectibles. "...over the end titles".
@omnipop4936
3 жыл бұрын
David Marks, where are the "corny MIDI versions of soundtrack music"?
@joesimon2029
2 жыл бұрын
the gag was funnier back then because in reality- they do make odd and obscure action figures now (2022) .
@SuiGenerisAbbie
6 жыл бұрын
Such a funny movie!
@PositiveLastAction
5 жыл бұрын
Gene Siskell gets one right every once in a while.
@BlazonStone000
4 жыл бұрын
One of the all time great comedies
@Lorieellesh
10 жыл бұрын
Greatest movie.
@gfx2943
4 жыл бұрын
I think the best part about all of these mockumentaries is how even though the characters are goofball stupid and hilarious you still want to see their performances hahahah
@cookie5335
2 жыл бұрын
His hair cut
@djshad1885
3 ай бұрын
The Mighty Wind For your consideration Best in Show Are all great mockumentaries too.
@jedidrummerjake
4 жыл бұрын
I miss those guys.
@llcoolray3000
11 жыл бұрын
This movie is awesome. The clips they show wouldn't make a bit of sense to anyone who hasn't seen the movie, though.
@maxklein1614
3 жыл бұрын
Come on, Gene... what about Showgirls?
@dadwolf6944
5 жыл бұрын
Funniest movie everr
@omnipop4936
3 жыл бұрын
It's up there.
@meee4217
4 жыл бұрын
RIP both of you
@langdonalger9219
4 жыл бұрын
Jim’s missing appendix and now Fred Willard. RIP.
@in2food
4 ай бұрын
I love how you never get to see Corky’s “wife”.
@sha11235
10 жыл бұрын
I would've loved to see what Roger would've thought of For Your Consideration.
@nadagabri5783
Жыл бұрын
Loved EBERT (one of a kind) horrific what DRs & the medical community did to him. They made him into a freak show monster - he said so and deeply regretted ever going along with there procedures
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