I did hear that some bloke in the US lost consciousness because he was laughing too hard at George Costanza once though. ;)

I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) Bravealan (2002)
 

I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series)
Bravealan (2002)
Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! He's not seen me.
"Bravealan Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham November 25, 2002
With the sad passing of Sir Terrence Wogan recently,and all the publicity that had attracted in the newspapers,I was struck by how much he resembled a certain Mr Partridge,maybe its the hair (rumor has it Terry wore a wig) ,the difference being was that Wogan was totally self aware of his persona and played on it very successfully, where as Alan Partridge totally believes in himself and his views and its everyone else who is wrong and can't understand why people do not see things the way he does.Bravealan is a classic example of Alan trying desperately to improve his social standing and friends,at the moment his only real companions is Simon Greenall as Michael,the Geordie petrol pump attendant, Amelia Bullmore as Sonja his Ukrainian girlfriend and of course the ever reliable Felicity Montagu as Lynn Benfield. So when he meets Stephen Mangan as Dan Moody the owner of "Kitchen Planet" on the A416 (road) and a fellow Lexus driver, 'Lexii' ("the plural of Lexus") and not only that they both use the same deodorant.Alan can't believe his luck when Dan invites him to attend Norfolk Bravery Awards? You know who's going to be at the Norfolk Bravery Awards? Alan can not believe his luck the chance to meet Phoebe Nicholls as Karen Colman the Grace Kelly of Norfolk, Her house is massive.They use it in Hammer Horror films. Unfortunately Karen does seem impressed with Alan and his mustard snorting and by the end of the evening Alan is left to his own devices,reduced to eating a cup of beans with a sausage on Michael's doorstep, You haven't got a spoon? Desperate to talk about granite work surface with Dan,Alan wangles his way into Dan's house only to be shown a homemade porno of Dan and his wife Jane Robbins as Ceri Moody ,Your hand is about 3O mil from my gland.Luckily Lynn comes to Alans rescue ,What do you mean? They're sex swappers! This is Defcon One. Alans attempts to better himself are very similar to Harold Steptoes attempts to improve his standing,only instead of Albert interfering,Alan usually only has himself to blame,or Micheal or Sonia or probably Lynn. Alan back firmly where he belongs in his radio studio settles back and enjoys the whimsical song by Brian and Michael. # To paint his matchstalk men and matchstick cats and dogs # Happy in the knowledge that no one is having sex while there listening to his radio show.King of Anglia!

Mutiny on the Buses (1972)

The second of Hammer's three Buses spin offs and it's now i'm starting to realize exactly whats what.

Yes, i'm starting to feel sorry for Inspector Blake. Stephen Lewis' character not only has to put up with Stan and Jack's lovable rogue routine but also the fact that they are two brainless morons to boot. See the fire drill for evidence.

As for Arthur and Olive, their roles seem to have reversed since the original film. I felt myself siding with Arthur much more as Olive came across like a demented baboon in a frilly blue nightie.

The bulk of the film isn't as funny as the previous years effort but the final 20 minutes at the safari park more than make up for it as Stan and Blakey find their bus invaded by lions and chimps. It amused me that Reg Varney was clearly playing to the script with the chimp at the steering wheel, whereas Lewis was sat down just amusing himself with his chimp and having a bit of fun.

Great review, but I'm worried that a certain somebody is getting all dressed up with nowhere to go after reading the line 'A demented baboon in a blue frilly nightie'. :nod:

The Magic Christian (1969)
 

The Magic Christian (1969)
Im fairly sure that when it came out The Magic Christian was considered pretty far out and wild,and even today it still stands as a bizarre eclectic and episodic movie.Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers) decides to adopt homeless Ringo Starr,so after a ceremony which resembles,registry office wedding Ringo becomes Youngman Grand.After this they decide to play extravagant jokes on people,mainly exploiting peoples greed and satirising capitalism,although not in very subtle way.The Magic Christian has a certain Pythonesque feel to it,which is no surprise considering John Cleese and Graham Chapman had written an early script,but only there scenes that they appear in are left from there version of the script.Magic Christian has an incredibly massive array of cameo appearances from pretty much every famous actor from that time,ranging from Hattie Jacques as Ginger Horton,Laurence Harvey as Hamlet,Spike Milligan as Traffic warden #27 and Yul Brynner as Transvestite cabaret singer just to name a few. Problem is that there is no actual story,it just has Sellers and Ringo going from one absurd scenario to another.Its the episodic nature of the film and the lack of a decent narrative that really hurts the film. There's plenty of satire on money,war and the wealthy classes,but its done so heavy handedly that any humour is lost,and it just comes across as rather pretentious. It has none of the clever satire of say Lindsay Anderson's films like If (1968) and its follow ups O Lucky Man!(1973) and Britannia Hospital(1982) which even today still are clever and funny and some instances still has the power to shock.The Magic Christian (1969) is not a total loss,Peter Sellers is still on top form as the eccentric billionaire,and Ringo Starr hasn't really got to do much apart from being himself really,which he does very well.The film is notable for the song "Come and Get It" by Badfinger,which crops up throughout the film.The Magic Christian is one of most eccentric films from the late 1960's,that your ever likely to see,its just a shame its not as clever or as funny as it thinks it is.

Take Raquel out of the film and it's a complete waste of time. ;)

With Roman Polanski!

That is pretty good scene actually,when I first saw the film i would never of guessed it was Yul.