Tag Archives: Comedy

Hail, Caesar!: Wait for Netflix or rent

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Steve

I’ll start off with a disclosure statement or confession…I am not nor have I ever been enamored of the Coen Brothers. I think they’re hacks who are twice as crappy as Tarantino. Makes sense, there’s two of them. I hate The … Continue reading →

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Dana Gould for 2016!

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Steve

Not a political endorsement but given the choices, why not an Emmy®-winning comedian with a pretty impressive resume! At least he’s a good generation younger than the two old farts running on my side. Dana returned to Austin to ring … Continue reading →

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Gremlins: Our Xmas movie for 2015

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Steve

When it comes to Christmas, many people in my generation go with Die Hard as their holiday flick. I’ve never seen it plus I can’t stand Bruce Willis, another chicken-shit-hawk “action” star. Anyway, yeah, I know…it’s Christmas and the movie is … Continue reading →

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A mostly accurate toy commercial

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Steve

I’m glad I’m not the grownups they’re ridiculing entirely. I lucked out in marrying a unicorn (for my generation) and I follow Woody’s philosophy on toys.

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 will return!

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Steve

…and the Maggi Republic helped! We pitched in enough to get the Blu-Rays plus I wanted the stretch goals, no wait, add-ons of thumb drives of Crow and Tom. Having had the great luck to meet Joel Hodgson a couple … Continue reading →

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RIP: Robert Loggia

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Steve

Born Salvatore Loggia, he probably had to change it to Robert because his real name was “too ethnic” for Whitebread America in the Fifties, this guy went on to be royalty in the bit parts. Honestly, can you name anything … Continue reading →

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Illeana Douglas

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Steve

Wednesday evening was an always special evening for Austin and Alamo Drafthouse, a screening of Ghost World with actress/writer/director Illeana Douglas (who is half Italian, count on her appearing next October). Although she had a supporting role in the movie as the … Continue reading →

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Sean Astin

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Steve

Since Wiz-World Austin ’15 was rather disappointing, I remembered the cool encounter I had last year that I forgot to post…Samwise himself! Meanwhile, the people who run Wiz-World promised to work harder next year so it will be in late … Continue reading →

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Chris Sarandon

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Steve

Wiz World Austin wasn’t a complete bust this year. Sure it was only over two days. Sure Peter Weller bailed with three days to go (his VIP package was Somara’s birthday present). Sure all the major vendors skipped because it’s … Continue reading →

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Patton Oswalt ranked the GOP debaters in D&D terms

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Steve

Comedian Patton Oswalt decided to endure the pain of the latest GOP circle jerk, never mind that the election is a year away but I also loved how it was also his middle finger to fantasy football fanatics. The latter … Continue reading →

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Weird Science: 30th Anniversary Quote-along!

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Steve

Back to the Future was the big movie of 1985, possibly of the Eighties, but Weird Science was and has always been my personal favorite for that particular year. Better Off Dead is a close second, it falls behind because it didn’t make it … Continue reading →

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RIP David Noobs, creator of my favorite BritCom

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Steve

Those of us in certain Nerd and/or Snob Circles may often ask each other, “What’s your favorite BritCom?” I think the frequent answers are Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, Absolutely Fabulous, Coupling and Monty Python’s Flying Circus…the latter is more … Continue reading →

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Vacation: Worth Seeing

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Steve

When Hollywood dodges the lazy reboot strategy, you can often get an impressive result. Too bad this probably won’t be successful and the VHS-DVD second chance opportunity has evaporated. Vacation recaptured what the original’s two weaker sequels failed to deliver on: … Continue reading →

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Good night and good luck Jon, thanks for it all

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Steve

Tonight is the conclusion of Jon Stewart’s run on The Daily Show which will be greatly missed not just by Libruls and Socialists but by people who aren’t factually challenged. Despite how much Jon skewered the Republicans, Faux News, Conservatives and … Continue reading →

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Weird Science turns 30 today

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Steve

Weird Science probably isn’t on the short list of great John Hughes’ movies due to its audience being somewhat smaller in range than The Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; the poor, oppressed teenage boys who get beaten up. A demographic that … Continue reading →

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