I stopped listening to commentaries right around the time I stopped reviewing DVDs for the same reason: who's got the FREAKIN' time?? (also, tornado)

That having been said, when it comes to great commentary tracks:

#1) Michael Jeck on SEVEN SAMURAI
#2) Everybody else... except...
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#3) The old guy who directed a few "Fawlty Towers" episodes. I dare anyone to listen to the entirety of that track.

For 90-minute movies, it should be a breeze....Compared to the multiple commentaries found on the LOTR EE's. I will never have time for those.

your right about Burton except Im such a huge Batman Fan I had to listen to his thoughts
Also his Pee Wee Herman ones not that bad but thats because Paul Reubens was there

Thank god someone finally asked this question.

Just asking a question there always has to be some smart ass on the internet

It has been a couple of years since the last Favorite Commentary thread though, plenty of DVDs released since then. The least favorite addition provided a new wrinkle.

Hey, I'm a smartass in real life, too.

I just listened to most of his commentary for Advise and Consent, during which he displays the charateristics you describe, as well as:

1) Repeatedly uses "infer" when he means "imply"

2) Repeatedly mispronounces a major character's name. Charles Laughton plays Senator "Seab" Cooley; all the characters in the movie pronounce "Seab" to rhyme with the first syllable of "feeble". The novel lets us know that "Seab" is short for "Seabright". Casper unfailingly calls the character "See-ab" to rhyme with "pre-fab". Since Casper repeatedly cites the novel, and presumably watched the film, how he makes this mistake is beyond me

Best would be the real FBI agent on the Criterion Silence of the Lambs.

Worst would be Sleepaway Camp...the girl that played Angela is crazy annoying.

I think the contender for best and worst commentary track might be Bill Shatner's for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. You get nearly two hours of him pointing out how much better the film would have been, had Paramount spent more money. It's great hearing such unrestrained bitching about the studio. It's also quite monotonous after about an hour. What sustains it, though, is that about every ten minutes there's something that was cheapened because of the tight budget.

Joe Bob is great. I loved his commentary on the I Spit on Your Grave disc.

I really enjoyed the commentary by the actors who played the kids in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.