“Puttin’ on the RIIIIIITZ”
Mock, Paper, Scissors (Free subscription) | yesterday
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Apologies to Mel Brooks… again)
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The Media and Obama: Reporters or Flunkies?
Pajamas Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
Coverage of Obama and McCain is so unbalanced that even the NY Times has noticed.
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Berliners get a crash course in glittery celebrity culture
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Germany has long been funny about celebrity, which makes the show at the Helmut Newton Foundation a particularly fascinating and revealing exercise.
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The Critic
Chesterton and Friends (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
“Sometimes art can be considered shocking. Now it has to be shocking to be considered art.” – G.K.C. "This is cute.....this is cute......this is nice....WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!" – Mel Brooks
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Slapstick With Sleestaks In New Land Of The Lost [Land Of The Lost]
io9 (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The new big-screen Land Of The Lost movie will be a bizarre treat that actually satisfies fans of the 1970s original. You can take it from no less an authority than Juno scripter Diablo Cody, who... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Richard Lewis still finds plenty to despise about himself
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Richard Lewis didn't choose the comedy career path. A career pathology is more like it. He performs today through Sunday at the Pittsburgh Improv at the Waterfront in Homestead.
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Four years of Obama = Four years without laughter
I am the giraffe (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
According to the New York Times, comedians are having a hard time making fun of Barack Obama. Reasons vary. Some people think the late-night talk show and comedy writers are going easy on Obama because of ideology. That may be true, but I tend to believe what most of the writers and producers in this [...]
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Interview of the... week? Zabriskie Point's Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin in conversation with Dick Cavett, Mel Brooks and Rex Reed
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Several strained interviews linger in my memory, but this 8-minute clip from "The Dick Cavett Show" is almost otherworldly, and I mean that in a good way. Thirty-eight years ago was another planet. [ Below, the same points made by other means by Signor Antonioni .]
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Frankfurt, The Tour is on - Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Touch Down! Summer in Europe 2008, a pleasant 25 degrees greeted us as we exited the Airport arrivals lounge. In an instant Al Ogrady was at our hotel and we were on our racers and out enjoying the sites of outer Frankfurt / Kelsterbache. After an hour of dodging traffic we retired to the various sports bars in...
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BMW to Sell CA MINI EV
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Cypselus von Frankenberg. Now that's what I call a name. (Even Mel Brooks would approve.) It belongs to MINI's spokesman. When Cypselus (can I call you Cypselus') isn't busy calling media outlets to tell them to CAPITALIZE THE GOD DAMN NAME FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, he's updating journalists on the latest MINI variant. Did you know the MINI Mars Lander is due soon? Speaking of which, Automotive News [sub]...
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Is Darren Aronofsky Disobeying Directive 5?
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
For some reason, I'm thinking of Mel Brooks, one of the greatest comedic minds of our time. Two decades ago, he made a horrible mistake and and remade Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE. The result was decent, but, compared against the original, it was a waste of time, talent and money; it served no purpose, and is barely considered nowadays. I'd like Aronofsky to consider this before he does anything...
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Movie Day
Public Pondering (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
I was going to go out today, but I woke up with the fatigue monster knocking me on my butt, so I decided after I was done doing the dishes, I'd pop some popcorn and watch a movie. Back in June when Harvey Korman died, I inquired about Mel Brooks's movies on Wyatt's post. Crazy Politico was kind enough to recommend some movies, three of which I haven't seen. Well, I did see parts of Blazing Saddles...
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Rootin'-tootin' 'Wives of Windsor' a saddlebag of laughs at the Globe
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Imagine Shakespeare had made “Blazing Saddles” and you might have a taste of what director Paul Mullins does at the Old Globe Theatre with his guiltlessly silly, thoroughly appealing “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
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I am one of few white people in Thiruvananthapuram
subvert (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
I'm glad to be in the "developing" part of the planet for the first time in my life. The heat and the humidity have got me thankful to be wearing the kind of garb I would have derided as hippie while Stateside. Just the latest fulfillment of the prediction of my favorite sage (Mel Brooks' 2000 [...]
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You Don't Mess With the Racism
World Press (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Adam Sandler's new flick takes Hollywood chicanery and stereotypes that denigrate Arabs to an unprecedented level—surpassing hit flicks like The Kingdom, The Siege, and others.
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The First: Review on Broadway's new musical: 'Young Frankenstein'
moviehound | 11/09/2007
Broadway's "Young Frankenstein" opened last night, November 8th. It's not as funny as "The Producers," but then, what could be?... (Click on Title for Review)
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