Why I love Mel Brooks

April 22, 2010Leave a comment

Variety published a great little article about Mel Brooks today…

Mel Brooks: The king of comedy – Entertainment News, Profile in Excellence: Mel Brooks, Media

Thanks to “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “High Anxiety” and a slew of other movie, stage, TV and album hits, Mel Brooks’ prominent place in the pantheon of comedy stars is assured. … http://bit.ly/cq7dNO

Which instantly reminded me of my favorite scenes from my favorite Brooks film, High Anxiety.

“Oooh, ‘xiety! It’s you… that I blame!”

“I am not going to listen to any more of this, I mean, I’ve *had* just about enough!”

The Psycho shower scene is my absolute fave, but embedding is disabled on YouTube, so you’ll have to watch it there. It starts about 4:40 in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyHPh-9kD8

I used to watch this movie all the time when I was in elementary school and practically memorized it. I would estimate that I’ve seen it over 100 times.

A few more after the jump…
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Why I love Clark Duke

March 19, 2010Leave a comment

Chances are that if you talk to me for more than 15 minutes, you’ll hear me say something about how I love Clark Duke. I constantly quote his lines from ClarkandMichael and he can make any movie worth watching. This is really just one clip in what should be a 200 part series on why Clark Duke is awesome, but here’s his appearance on Leno from yesterday.

Go see Clark in Hot Tub Time Machine on March 26th, and definitely check him out in ClarkandMichael.com

My South Park season 14 review is up now on trashwire.com

March 19, 2010Leave a comment

Last night marked the premiere of the 14^th season of South Park with Trey Parker and Matt Stone taking on the Tiger Woods sex scandal. The controversy was handled in typicalSouth Park fashion, which usually involves the current event being tied to a conspiracy that might destroy the world. Nobody makes fun of disaster flicks like Parker and Stone and this format has served the show well over the past 13 years. As they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This season should be no different with the show bringing the jokes while skewering current events….