As much of a fan of Saturday Night Live that I was (I was 14 years old the night it premiered, with George Carlin as host) I never saw the season that Gilbert was part of the cast. I watched[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Comedy
Yes, I saw this film, “The In-Laws”, three times in the theater during the summer of 1979. I also saw “Alien” and “Moonraker” in the theater three times that summer too. The reason? Well, probably a combination of that, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are so much work of his that I could talk about and list here, which includes the Steve Martin films (“The Jerk”, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”, “The Man With Two Brains”, “All of Me”) he directed, and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’d heard about the original “What We Do In The Shadows” (2014) movie before, but for some reason, I never saw it. Despite it starring people (Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi) who’s work I’ve enjoyed before. In any event, in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of those comics that when I decided to go a specific route, I knew that the majority of people reading it would have no idea what I was talking about. But, since I don’t make any money[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The series originally ran from 2006-2013 (25 episodes) and starred Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Chris O’Dowd (who’s probably the best known in America for “Bridesmaids” and the HBO series “Girls”). The absurdness of the nerd IT workers and their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the great things about British sit-coms is that each season has so few episodes, 6-10 per season, that the writers can really select their best work, construct their strongest stories and dialogue. One of the bad things about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, I still watch this show these days (though for me, “watch” may be the wrong word). I’ve seen all these METV shows so many times that these days, I use them as background noise while drawing. Because I’ve seen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the first albums I ever bought, I might have been 10 years old at the time, was this one: And along with watching and enjoying the cartoon “Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids”, I bought all eight of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure, all we’re doing is sitting down watching TV, but because I’ve been away from my family all those years (34 to be exact) and my father’s passed away (7 years now) I’m glad I can spend some time with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…