davidh777

Finally watching the much-hyped The Interview and expecting it to be terrible.

One possibility for next year's themes would be political comedy on Election Day. That would change year to year, though, so it might be annoying to plan for.

EDIT: Ooh, I forgot Lizzy Caplan was in this. I love her from Masters of Sex.

shadokitty

For those following the Horror Challenge thread, my mood is doing a little better. My boxer has spent a lot of the day in bed with me, and that has helped, plus a nap after lunch helped my mood too. I've watched a couple sitcom episodes since I woke up from my nap.

Dimension X

davidh777

Missed that conversations, but sounds like next year will be a good time for it!

shadokitty

I just finished Volume 1 of The Little Rascals. I don't think I remember a lot of those early shorts, but they were good. Alfalfa must not have joined the group till later.

coyoteblue

I think I'm going to get in one or two episodes of The Goodies, tonight, followed by a Norman Wisdom movie, The Square Peg, probably.

ntnon

You're right, of course. I need to be better and more tolerant at that, I guess!

To some degree...

ntnon

Woo!

I think I forgot to get/couldn't afford one if Network's Goodies releases... need to check that, and make sure I have enough.

Or was that one where there were edits or censorship or commentary issues triggering a recall..? Hm. I need to research, but my time has just been lost: new job = no spare time at all..

BobO'Link

He (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer) joined the "Our Gang" shorts in 1935. That same year saw Darla Hood, Patsy May, and Eugene "Porky" Lee joining the gang. Buckwheat was already a member but had somehow morphed from a girl to a boy. That's the line up most are familiar with. We saw all of the talkies in my area when I was a kid so I was very familiar with all the shorts and thrilled when they finally came to DVD, even with some of the issues in the first set. Did you know Carl's older brother, Harold (aka Slim) was also in the cast? He was normally in the background and didn't get nearly the screen time of his younger brother. Their first appearance was in the short "Beginner's Luck" in 1935. It's on disc 5 of the set so I'd guess it's also disc 5 of the individual releases.

coyoteblue

I've got -

The Goodies...At Last
The Goodies...At Last a Second Helping
The Goodies...At Last - Back for More, Again
The Goodies: The Complete LWT Series

I've never heard anything about edits or censorship on any of the sets. All the episodes I've watched seem to be complete; not that I would know if they cut out a segment of an episode.

I don't know why Netwerk couldn't release complete series sets of 1-8. There are Goodies episodes available on youtube.

shadokitty

I might get time to watch some of them this month, as I have some on my Netflix queue. I only own volume 1 and 2. Just started volume 2 with 'A Tough Winter'.

walletboyniac

I'm getting more laughs out of Rizzoli & Isles than half the comedies I'm watching. And they don't count!

BobO'Link

I really struggled with today's theme, Silent comedy, as part of me wants to watch Mel Brooks' Silent Movie again but another wants to stick with the unopened pile, which has *zero* silent films from which to choose. So... I finally settled on the Laurel and Hardy short in which they first appeared together, "Lucky Dog" (1918). That fulfills the checklist item and lets me get on with the unopened pile with as short a diversion as possible.

shadokitty

For today's theme, I chose to watch the film Dimension X recommended, The General, on YouTube. It truly is a classic.

ntnon

We went to Amazon, searched for "silent shorts" and wound up with 'The Best of the Keystone Kops.'

Which a) doesn't feature the Keystone Kops, b) surely isn't anybody's definition of 'best' and c) ...we switched it off after two shorts, because there seemed to be very little comedy. Or plot. Or anything. Very disappointing "Bangville Police" seemed to be a mild mistaken identity farce about non-exiatent burglars and, for some reason, a baby cow. "Her Painted Hero" made almost no sense, and reading the summary still doesn't make sense. Several people like the lady. They have long, uncaptioned conversations about who-knows-what and someone may or may not end up with her. She's probably an actress. The End. Disappointing.

But, earlier, Harold Lloyd shorts on Hulu were typically jaw-dropping in the stunt departmart. Even if he's safe and there are nets or hidden ledges... it's dangerous and mesmerising.

ross_r

I always considered Mr Bean episodes to be silent comedy.

shadokitty

Tomorrow I'll probably just watch something for the theme. I'm on a hunting and fishing show kick lately. Probably because my dad is taking me on my first hunting trip since I was a kid this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it.

ntnon

I just had a brief look, and can't obviously see what I was thinking... I thought the box of the first three releases had an issue with OOP discs or recut releases or something. Aybe not!

Because the earlier series was BBC, and Network lost the BBC licence to 2|entertain...

LJG765

Have fun and dress warmly!

I've been watching shorts from the Slapstick Encyclopedia and knocking some checklist items off. I'm pretty sure I received this a year or two ago for winning the Comedy challenge. It's def. come in handy for the checklist!

shadokitty

Thanks.

Giles

I liked Carlos Mencia's tv show ('Mind of Mencia'), but man oh man, his one man shtick (in 'Three Amigos') is so foul and mean - it was one major turn off. The portion with Pablo Francisco though was a riot and his impressions were spot on ...and funny. (lose a fan, gain a fan).

BobO'Link

I just finished watching Knocked Up (2007). That was painful. I watched the "Extended/Unrated" version which seemed to go on forever so I checked the run time for the theatrical release. The "Extended" version is only *4* minutes longer! The film runs at least 30 minutes past its welcome and frankly would be overly long at 90 minutes. I believe I chuckled twice and both times were from comments made by the kids in the film. Do yourself a favor and avoid this one.

shadokitty

I already stopped theme nights. I just don't care for most sex comedies.

shadokitty

I got an early start to the challenge today. I was browsing the Dish guide, and found F Troop on MeTV. I hadn't seen that show in years, since it was on Nick. Back when it was Nickelodeon.

Trevor

I typically find them worthless trash as well.

I counted The Final Girls as sex comedy since the whole thing was about horror tropes like the virgin living and showing boobs bringing the killer. Freaking fantastic film by the way.