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It looks like I'm tapping out with only 50 watched this month... Not as many FTV's as the last challenge, but I was keeping up with the theme nights until last week's unexpected disruptions. I watch comedies 10 months out of the year anyway, that this challenge didn't seem very exciting to me.

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I was shooting for 100 but now I'm just going to settle on clearing 75. Most of my comedy collection have other primary genres, like horror, with comedy being a second.

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Another good "cast of thousands" type for tonight would be It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

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I wanted to watch this for the first time earlier in the month but unfortunately I only have it on VHS and my VCR decided it was time to retire. Now, I'm looking for this on DVD/BD for a reasonable price.

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^I'm in the same "looking for a DVD for a reasonable price" boat. It never seems to drop below ~$10 at amazon. I'd rather not pay that as $5-$7 is more my top dollar amount these days.

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You should setup an alert here. http://camelcamelcamel.com/Its-Mad-W...uct/B0000CBY1C

It's been as low as $6.49, last summer.

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^ Being a MGM title, I'm surprised it hasn't popped up at Big Lots.. maybe someday though.

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I keep forgetting to do just that... :( Of course, as soon as I do it'll never drop in price again or suddently go OOP. That seems to be what usually occurs.

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I feel like a dumb-ass for asking, since I'm sure it has been mentioned here at some point...

When does this challenge officially wrap up?

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Isn't the end of these challenges usually dawn on the 1st (day of the next month)?

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It is for the horror challenge, but that's the only one I ever usually take part in so I wasn't 100% sure about this one.

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I love when this happens.

I watched two films for this challenge this morning. In A VERY SPECIAL FAVOR (1965), Rock Hudson is talking to himself in the back of a cab when the cab driver (played by Larry Storch) looks in the rear view mirror and says to him, "You talkin' to me?" This was 11 years before TAXI DRIVER.

Then, in the next film, GREETINGS (1968), Travis Bickle himself, Robert De Niro, is getting into character to fool the psychologist at the Draft Induction Center and starts by haranguing a poor fellow sitting on the steps outside. The fellow looks up at De Niro and asks, "You talkin' to me?"

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I didn't actively participate in Theme Night but I gave my list a quick look today to see if I still made some inadvertent entries on the list...

November 9 – Slapstick night
Whoopee Boys (kinda)

November 10 – Modern Night – films from 2000 to present
Dude, Where's My Car?

November 12 – Made for TV movie
The Pee-wee Herman Show (made for cable)

November 13 – Date Night – Romantic comedies
Making the Grade
Superbad (kinda)

November 15 – Sci-Fi comedy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

November 16 – Screwball
Blades of Glory (kinda)

November 19 – Stoner night
Waiting... (kinda)

November 21 – Road/Vacation Movie
Private Resort (kinda)

November 26 – Fantasy Comedy
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

This challenge made me realize just how many comedies I have in my DVD collection. Holy crap! :lol:

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The inner-nerd in me says that doesn't count in the same way if a broadway, or any other stage show, had one night filmed for a home release. I wouldn't say something like Cats was a made for tv movie.

Note: I have not seen Cats. Do not accuse me of it.

I was hoping to get Elvira, Mistress of the Dark in today but a ton of stuff came up at work today, so I still have about 25 minutes left.

Challenge Rating: A+++ Would participate in again.

After tonight, I'm starting a long overdue noir challenge for December.

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^I agree on the rating and future participation... but then Comedy, Sci-Fi, and Horror are my top three genres. I'll gladly watch a film of any of them at almost any time. :)

I completed this one using only 3 or 4 titles I'd not already opened, and those were specifically chosen for the checklist. I believe I have enough unopened comedy films (not counting TV) to do it again and, unlike the recent Sci-Fi and Horror challenges, I've not purchased a single new comedy title this month! That in itself it a major plus! Of course, I *have* purchased a few Horror, Sci-Fi, War, and Fantasty titles. Gotta build up for those upcoming challenges. :D

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Yeah, I don't see a month occurring where I'm not getting at least one horror movie. Just today Best Worst Movia and a blu-ray with 4 Hellraiser movies came in the mail today.

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how many wild cards do we get?

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Three wild cards.

Well, I'm done. 30 movies. Considering my laissez-faire attitude for this challenge, not too bad. Maybe I'll try to be a little more ambitious next year.

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i have a horrible showing but work, being sick, and well modern warfare 3 killed this month but did get alot of good stand up in just bad month for me i guess.

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thanks, my list is done as well.

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Enjoyed the challenge. Nice change-of-pace after the month of horror. I was able to reach 100 and complete the checklist and theme night list. Was also thankful that it was much easier to include the family/kids in this one. :up:

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My list is complete with 58.25 entries. I enjoyed this challenge and can definitely see myself taking part again in the future.

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Well, I’m done at 58 entries. 37 films + 55 TV eps. Most of the TV eps. were first-time viewings but only 14 of the films were first time.

What struck me was how little I laughed during the Comedy Challenge. A lot of old favorites just aren’t that funny anymore. Maybe I’ve seen them too many times. For instance, I used to consider BANANAS my favorite Woody Allen film, but I didn’t laugh once this time. I’m too familiar with all the gags. Granted, I was on meds the second half of the month (I experienced a mild heart attack while watching Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A II on November 16 and had to get my ass to the hospital), so that may have diluted my funny bone. Even the films of one of my favorite film comedians, W.C.Fields, suffered a tad from over-familiarity, although I never get tired of watching Fields.

The funniest things I watched were the “Sergeant Bilko” episodes with Phil Silvers and PILLOW TALK with Doris Day and Rock Hudson. CASANOVA’S BIG NIGHT with Bob Hope was great, although the four other Bob Hope comedies I watched for the challenge just didn’t do it for me this time. There were plenty of other things I enjoyed that were more chuckle- or grin-inducing than laugh-out-loud funny, e.g. the two Jackie Chan films I watched, PROJECT A and PROJECT A II.

One of the best things I watched was one of the newest: “Genshiken,” a 2004 anime series about Japan’s otaku subculture, something I’m pretty familiar with. I’m reading the manga version also. It’s rare to see something devoted specifically to fan culture and they sure get it right. The other anime I watched was a lot of fun also, including four eps. of “Love Hina,” eight eps. of “Urusei Yatsura,” and 12 eps. of “Pokémon.”

I probably should have made more of an effort to discover new things, but at the same time I felt it was valuable to re-evaluate old faves, such as all three Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedies. (I now consider PILLOW TALK, the first, to be the best.) Still, I did finally tackle THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998), a cult film with a sensibility I don't quite share, although I do admire and respect it for its originality. A pleasant surprise was YOU’RE IN THE NAVY NOW (1951), a service comedy that’s notable for the film debuts of Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Jack Warden and Harvey Lembeck. It was a realistic slice-of-life service picture, with nothing exaggerated for comic effect, about the process of doing a job and how a motley crew pitches in and works together under trying circumstances. The kind of thing Hollywood once did regularly, but no longer seems to know how.

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Only got 31, but watched every episode of Are You Being Served? and all ten of the Ma and Pa Kettle films.

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Finished with 32 entries - that's two more than what I was going for with 30, or one a day. After the Horror Challenge I just wanted to take it easy. I saw mostly TV episodes from 70s sitcoms and a few movies.