This blog shall stop at nothing and stay there, bringing all undiscerning readers up to date information about significant items of interest and intrigue that will certainly be interesting to someone somewhere at sometime. I shall also try to avoid being vague.
Ah, comedy! Remember when Hollywood made comedies? I know it seems like an eternity ago, but at one time in the dim and dark past, despite the dysentery and the covered wagons, studios thought that comedies were a worthwhile enterprise. They figured that audiences might pay to laugh at something on the big screen. And …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part XVII: Hot Shots! Part Deux”
Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the waters of blogging…I decided to take a refreshing splash and jumped right in! The world of sequels is blessedly never-ending and now with summer coming oppressively at us, the luscious land of blockbusters beckons from the deep! So since this entry can’t stay …
It’s over. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is for the most part dead. Yeah, there might be a late holiday party or an office get-together but those in attendance won’t really have their hearts in it. The stockings are coming down. The menorah has gone out. Relentless winter continues regardless. And your …
Continue reading “Regarding Violent Night: Not All Is Calm, But All Is Bright!”
Please wholeheartedly receive the compliments of the season until those compliments just seem like gratuitous sucking-up after a while! Yes, another post! Trust me, no one was more surprised as I was about it! With this slew of postings, I started with A Charlie Brown Christmas and now National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? Could my holiday …
1989. Just 1989, I tell you. Wow. What a bursting at the seams, jam-packed year in film! In retrospect, it just takes your breath away. And me? Well, I was there and I somehow survived. You see, back in my ancient days, we were pummeled and bludgeoned by the unending supply of blockbusters. Right when …
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One of my most favoritest films of all time is Caddyshack, which turned 40 years old last year. The version I came to love was taped from Channel 18 in Milwaukee, commercial breaks and all. But even without the occasional language and pleasant nudity, I came to enjoy this as a comedy work of art. …
Given the rollicking (and by rollicking I flipping mean rollicking!) success of this half-hearted series, I have decided to go back to the well and bring out another earlier entry! Yes, another sequel! About sequels! You see I too have fallen prey to the demands of the public and am going for the cash grab …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part II: Fletch Lives”
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