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Showing posts with label Will Ferrell. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 January 2014

"The Spoils of Babylon" the best bits, US TV miniseries spoof, IFC


  • All of Will Ferrell's introductions (honourable mention to Doris, the waitress in the background)
  • Episode 1's Devon reading Jonas's compass inscription ("....Your Fat")
  • Episode 2 "Welcome Home Darin" banner. 
  • The breakfast scene with nutbag Cynthia (Kristen Wiig) and Lady Ann York (Carey Mulligan).
  • Post coital bedroom scene (Devon lying covered with mannequin body parts).
  • Episode 3 Tobey Maguire's beat poet scenes/drug montage, loved the Dylan wig.
  • Episode 3 Tim Robbin's death scene.
  • Episode 6's beach love scene, booming waves and strange body part silhouettes.
As each episode is under 30 minutes, the jokes and tom foolery don't wear out their welcome.

Makes you want to re-explore those overblown but addictive mini series of the mid 70's. "Rich Man, Poor Man" was my guilty pleasure.

For a sendup of 80's horror schlock, seek out UK Channel 4's "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" (2004). There are several similarities: a wanker author to introduce the series, use of crap models, histrionics from the entire cast and dodgy editing.

Saturday, 16 March 2013

People who make me laugh. People who DON'T make me laugh

I know I'm not a comedian, but this is from a grumpy's perspective, with too much time on his hands....

People who I find particularly funny:
  • Sean Lock
  • Dylan Moran
  • Robert Popper (writer of Friday Night Dinner, brilliant - but the "Mr Morris" episode really annoyed me - the old shit should have been mauled by Wilson, the German Shepherd)
  • Simon Amstell
  • Shaun Micallef
  • Dave O'Neil (warm, wry, Melbourne, my generation)
  • Kitty Flanagan
  • Paul O'Grady (Scouse gold, wrote a ripper autobiography)
  • Chelsea Handler
  • Seth MacFarlane
  • Sarah Millican
  • Miranda Hart
  • Jo Brand
  • Lee Mack
  • Eric Morecombe  R.I.P.
People who I find unfunny:
  • Chris Lilley
  • Steve Carell movies (but he is funny live or on chat shows)
  • Jimmy Fallon
  • Jim Carrey
  • Cheech & Chong (yes, I know this is very '80s)
  • Will Ferrell (same as Mr Carell, charming when on live TV)
  • Keith Lemon
  • anyone on "The Footy Show"
  • anyone remotely connected to Two and a Half Men