I must have really bad taste. In fact, I'm sure I do. Valley Girl is one of my favorite movies. And I love that horror film Bad Taste so that kind of proves it.
Let me tell you a little story: back when I was a little girl, in the 1890s, we didn't have cable on our TV. Every weekend at 12:00 noon on channel 5 was a one-hour marathon of The Three Stooges. I liked it. The Three Stooges, in case you've never condescended to watch it, showcases the misadventures of three brothers (sometimes there's a fourth) named Larry, Curly, and Moe (and sometimes Shemp). A vaudeville holdover from the 1930s, the men behind the Stooges (Moe and Curly Howard, and Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard, and then two other versions of Curly named Joe Besser and Curly Joe Derita - but those last two were just poseurs) were relatively normal, well-seasoned comedians who patterned their physical comedy and bad puns sort-of after the same, now-lost, vaudevillian Marx brothers sentimentality. In essence: it was funny in 1930.
The Three Stooges were featured in literally hundreds of small 15-30 minute short theatrical films that screened before, in between, and after features in theaters throughout the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Fuck, in the 60s they made some really shitty feature films, like Snow White and The Three Stooges and The Three Stooges Meet The Globe Trotters (or was that the "Gilligan's Island"?). There was also a short animated cartoon that was on Saturday mornings in the USA, but that travesty is best left never remembered.
Check out some classic Stooges:
Yeah, it's stupid, I'll grant you. But for some reason, maybe because I grew up with it, it's my kind of stupid. I've seen other sites rip apart this brand new Three Stooges movie, but I think it's actually a really good, solid "exactly like the original" comedy from what this trailer shows me. Sean Hayes plays Larry (with the red fro), Will Sasso is Curly (baldy) and that's sexy Chris Diamantopoulos as the mean, black-haired Moe. I'm impressed. yes, I have bad taste, but I think they look and sound exactly like The Stooges. The Stooges would be impressed. The film is out in the USA on April 4, 2012. Are you a hater, or a lover?:
Oh! And just so you know I wasn't making that shit up:
Is the world in such dire straits that you need to explain the Three Stooges to folks? Get some culture people.
That doesn't look too horrible, but it also seems redundant, like they're just recreating the Stooges closely. Maybe it's all post-modern and stuff with the Jersey Shore references.
The Valley Girl soundtrack is out of control, like, 30 of the freshest new wave hits, like totally, but I actually prefer the exploitation ripoff The Vals. It's suckier and dumber but better somehow, and it also rips off Rebel Without a Cause because, hey, why not.
When I was a kid in the 1700s, the Stooges came on every morning before school, with Clutch Cargo! The Stooges were dumb, but they were smart dumb. The Marx Brothers were just smart. Actually, they were genius! Still nobody as funny as Groucho.
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So much better than Fatty Arbuckle, or Chaplin, and passing even the awesome Buster Keaton is my favorite ever: WC Fields. The best thing about Fields was that he directed almost all of his own films and shorts. He loved the fucked-upedness of everyday life and really showed it. This classic scene, which he directed and stars in, showcases exactly what he thought was funny:
So much better than Fatty Arbuckle, or Chaplin, and passing even the awesome Buster Keaton is my favorite ever: WC Fields. The best thing about Fields was that he directed almost all of his own films and shorts. He loved the fucked-upedness of everyday life and really showed it. This classic scene, which he directed and stars in, showcases exactly what he thought was funny:
WC Fields is one of my personal heroes (although not the drinking part, kinda). He never actually directed his movies, but he did at least co-write them, many times under a psuedonym (like "Mahatma Kane Jeeves"). I think he's the funniest man that ever lived, although Groucho is certainly up there. I think I still have a book somewhere where Groucho tells stories about hanging out with Fields. I'll try to find it if you want. Fields showed Groucho his secret attic filled with $30k worth of liquor (that's 30's money, mind you). Here's a clip I uploaded to Youtube:
So much better than Fatty Arbuckle, or Chaplin, and passing even the awesome Buster Keaton is my favorite ever: WC Fields. The best thing about Fields was that he directed almost all of his own films and shorts. He loved the fucked-upedness of everyday life and really showed it. This classic scene, which he directed and stars in, showcases exactly what he thought was funny:
WC Fields is one of my personal heroes (although not the drinking part, kinda). He never actually directed his movies, but he did at least co-write them, many times under a psuedonym (like "Mahatma Kane Jeeves"). I think he's the funniest man that ever lived, although Groucho is certainly up there. I think I still have a book somewhere where Groucho tells stories about hanging out with Fields. I'll try to find it if you want. Fields showed Groucho his secret attic filled with $30k worth of liquor (that's 30's money, mind you). Here's a clip I uploaded to Youtube:
That last second is the best second of comedy ever put to film.
I must have really bad taste. In fact, I'm sure I do. Valley Girl is one of my favorite movies. And I love that horror film Bad Taste so that kind of proves it.
I never liked the Three Stooges. Didn't like Abbot and Costello either.
The Marx Bros was my jam. There was incredible wit and verbal dexterity in their comedy. It wasn't just slapstick or shouting.
I don't imagine I'll be lining up for this.