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RIP Katherine Helmond
You may not recognize the name immediately, but for my generation and older, she was the clueless matriarch of the wealthy family in Soap. Younger people will probably know her as Mona from Who’s the Boss? The coolest thing Katherine did though … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, TV
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Eighties, SitCom
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Jake Johannsen 2 (really 3)
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Jake came to Austin way back around August (8/25/18 to be exact) but my Brushes with Greatness got backed up for the remainder of the year due to it being an avalanche of awesomeness! He is worth mentioning because … Continue reading
Posted in Brushes with Greatness, The Lost Tales
Tagged Comedy, Nineties, Stand-up Comedy
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I may be getting another 15 minutes!
The gang at RiffTrax are holding another Kickstarter to fund their 2019 Live Tour. This time they’re mocking three movies and they’re real winners: Octaman, Star Raiders and The Giant Spider Invasion. Star Raiders was only released in 2017 with Casper Van Dien … Continue reading
RIP Bob Einstein, aka SuperDave Osbourne
My generation knows him best as his ever-failing stuntman character, SuperDave Osbourne but Bob comes from Comedy royalty, his brother is the master Albert Brooks and their father was Harry Einstein, aka Parkyakarkus. However, he got his start alongside Steve Martin … Continue reading
Joe Bob Briggs III for Dead Heat
Joe Bob Briggs, the world’s favorite Drive-In and B-Movie guru, returned to Austin for a special 30th anniversary screening of Dead Heat, a pathetic attempt at making a hybrid Horror Comedy for Eigthies’ audiences. On the upside, it was the last film … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Action, Comedy, Eighties, Horror, Special Alamo Event
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RIP Penny Marshall
Penny’s second career was a delightful surprise. Through the Seventies she was a minor character on The Odd Couple and Happy Days until she got a chance to star in Laverne & Shirley. My brother loved that show when he was a kid, I … Continue reading
RIP William Goldman
William’s name may only come up easily for film buffs but to the rest of us, he’s the author behind the novel and screenplay The Princess Bride. The movie tanked when it was released 31 years ago but thanks to the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Eighties, Seventies, Westerns
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New shirt from WizWorld #4: The Hormone Monster!
Big Mouth‘s imaginary advisor to Nick and Andrew is one of the funniest thing Nick Kroll has actually done, I often find his other stuff a bit weak. Either way, it’s great to have this character which is part satyr … Continue reading
RIP Burt Reynolds
Alas, here is my overdue obituary for Burt who was really the king of Action and Comedy-Action movies for my generation’s childhood. He still had quite a career in the decades following but the Seventies were when Burt was in … Continue reading
Two awful cartoons on Netflix, just avoid them
While there’s been a huge wave of disappointment over Groening’s new show for Netflix, I want to bring up a pair of cartoons which are much, much worse. Not as a way to raise Disenchantment‘s ratings by trashing others. No. I … Continue reading
RIP Neil Simon
Caught the news of his passing this Sunday on our way home from the movies. He’d been out of the spotlight for so long, I forgot he was even alive. Shame on me given his body of work I devoured … Continue reading
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies: Streaming
Movie number one for my birthday double feature had to be this on its opening weekend. I readily admit the humorous version is growing on me via Hulu. I remain a fan of the serious version first and will always … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Animation, Comedy, DC Comics, Parody, Superheroes
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Eighth Grade: Must See
Bo Burnham’s directorial debut is a triumphant day-in-the-life of an eighth grade girl. The ghost of John Hughes would’ve been impressed because Bo went ever further on the authenticity with today’s teens without mocking, pandering or tsk tsk’ing the heroine. … Continue reading
Cynthia Cranz
Cynthia came to GACC with a small cadre of voice actors who specialize in Anime, often they provide the English-speaking voices for the characters. She plays one of my favorites, Mitzi, the exhausted, put-upon mother from Shin-chan Crayon. If you’re not … Continue reading
Bill & Ted tour shirt
Remember Bill & Ted’s band? Wyld Stallyns! They were most excellent even though I don’t think they could actually play anything, well. Some Internet T-Shirt vendor had a tour shirt based upon the time periods when they “borrowed” historical figures. … Continue reading