Tag Archives: Comedy

Notes on “Hail the Conquering Hero”

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A young man rejected by the Marines for chronic hay fever becomes a celebrity in his hometown when he’s taken for a hero of Guadalcanal. The fraud is perpetrated not by the hay fever sufferer, named … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Comedy, Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Film, Hail the Conquering Hero, movies, Preston Sturges, William Demarest, World War II | Leave a comment

Notes on “The Sin of Harold Diddlebock”

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One of Preston Sturges’ least known works, “The Sin of Harold Diddlebock” is a wry and tenderhearted tribute to American failure — a sort of inverse Horatio Alger story. Sturges uses the movie to comment on … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Comedy, Edgar Kennedy, Film, Harold Lloyd, Margaret Hamilton, movies, Preston Sturges, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | 3 Comments

“The Mountain Cat”

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Released in 1921, Ernst Lubitsch’s “The Mountain Cat” (sometimes called “The Wildcat”) has little of the urbaneness of the director’s later work. It’s one of his Bavarian films, made (at least in part) on sojourns from … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Bavaria, Comedy, Ernst Lubitsch, Film, Germany, movies, Pola Negri, Silent Film, The Mountain Cat | 1 Comment

“Seinfeld” Notes

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A few thoughts and observations after watching all nine seasons of SEINFELD, which were recently released on Hulu Plus. 1. A lot of episodes focus on clothes and fashion: the puffy shirt, the red dot on the cashmere … Continue reading →

Posted in Television | Tagged Comedy, Jason Alexander, Jerry Seinfeld, Jewish art, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Larry David, Michael Richards | 9 Comments

“OSS 117: Lost In Rio”

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This second in the “OSS 117” series of spy spoofs is so glancing in its approach that its surreality sneaks up on you. Certain bits — a riverbank interlude involving the spit-roasting of a rubber crocodile, a hippie beach … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Comedy, Film, France, Jean Dujardin, Michael Hazanavicius, movies, Nazis, OSS 117: Lost In Rio | 7 Comments

Andrew Dice Clay in 1987

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: (Do NOT play this video if you’re at work. It’s about as NSFW and un-PC as can possibly be.) Andrew Dice Clay in his prime makes the very daring Bill Burr, my current favorite comedian, look sheepish and apologetic. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Performers, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged andrew dice clay, Bill Burr, Comedy, PC, political correctness, un-PC | 27 Comments

Notes on “Skin Game”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Skin Game” has the modest charm of a joshing tall tale or a comic folk ballad. Given its premise, which involves a bi-racial duo of con men who repeatedly allow the black partner to be sold into slavery … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Comedy, Django Unchained, Film, James Garner, Louis Gossett, movies, Paul Bogart, Quentin Tarantino, Skin Game, slavery, Susan Clark | 2 Comments

Iliza Shlesinger

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I watched stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s film “War Paint” on Netflix streaming the other night. I admit it: I hit “play” on the Roku controller in part because the image used to advertise the movie shows Iliza in the buff. She’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Women men and fashion | Tagged Comedy, Iliza Shlesinger, stand-up comedy, War Paint | 10 Comments

Open Mic Night

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: When was the last time you attended a comedy open mic? Recently I went to one and it was a strange and interesting experience.

Posted in Performers | Tagged Big Trouble, bombing, Comedy, Dan O'Shannon, grinding, Holy Fuck, Los Angeles, stand-up | 4 Comments

Garfunkel and Oates in West Hollywood

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Thanks to a FB friend who tipped me off, not to mention Fabrizio for introducing me to them in the first place, I took in Garfunkel and Oates, a.k.a. Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, at the Largo … Continue reading →