Donovan
beer, I want beer
So I'm watching a ton of movies on my new PS3 netflix toy, and the offspring is in a high comedy mood these days so we're primarily watching that kind of stuff. Partly due to the season and partly due to the selection on Netflix, we found ourselves watching a number of cheesy 80's comedies: Police Academy, National Lampoon's Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Modern Problems, as well as a couple Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy concert videos. Couple things occurred to me, as I watched:
Police Academy 1 really is funnier and sharper than it deserves to be, especially since it was later smeared by association with the terrible sequels.
Likewise Vacation, although Xmas Vacation really was as stupid as I remember it.
Modern Problems was a really weak Chevy Chase vehicle with only one or two funny bits in it, an extremely underdeveloped comedy plot that could have been exploited way better than it was, and only one single claim to fame--they managed to skewer and lampoon Dr. Phil twenty years before he actually existed as a cultural Icon. Watch that movie again and tell me Phil didn't steal his entire act from Dabney Coleman.
All these years later Richard Pryor is still a funny SOB.
Eddie Murphy is not.
And finally: instant download netflix is the best invention ever. I may never leave the house again...
Police Academy 1 really is funnier and sharper than it deserves to be, especially since it was later smeared by association with the terrible sequels.
Likewise Vacation, although Xmas Vacation really was as stupid as I remember it.
Modern Problems was a really weak Chevy Chase vehicle with only one or two funny bits in it, an extremely underdeveloped comedy plot that could have been exploited way better than it was, and only one single claim to fame--they managed to skewer and lampoon Dr. Phil twenty years before he actually existed as a cultural Icon. Watch that movie again and tell me Phil didn't steal his entire act from Dabney Coleman.
All these years later Richard Pryor is still a funny SOB.
Eddie Murphy is not.
And finally: instant download netflix is the best invention ever. I may never leave the house again...