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All the people who are stating how unfunny and poor Abbott and Costello are, have fallen into a huge trap - that of looking at them through 2018 eyes instead of looking at them in a historical context. During the 1940's and 50's, their work on radio film and television made them the most popular comedy team in America, if not the world. They were the highest paid entertainers during WW2 In 1942, Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoon unit produced a number of animated features depicting the duo as cats, named 'Babbit and Catstello.' One of these cartoons, 'A Tale of Two Kitties,' is famous for introducing the character of Tweety Bird to the world Their routine 'Who's On First' was named as the routine 'best comedy sketch of the 20th Century' by Time Magazine in 1999 and has been parodied numerous times, including (but not limited to) Johnny Carlson, The Animaniacs, The Simpsons and Family Guy. It seems that even Alexa knows the routine Bud and Lou may not be as popular as Stan and Ollie, or Chaplin, Keaton, Lewis etc, but no one can really take away their place in comedy history
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Time Magazine Best Of The 20th Century Best Comedy Routine "Who's on First?" by Abbott and Costello (1938) It's such a simple premise, and Abbott and Costello drive it about 20 ft. into the ground, but "Who's on First?" is not only the century's most famous comedy bit; it's also the best. It's absurdism mixed with the easy pleasure of confusion, and Bud Abbott plays the perfect cool logician to Lou Costello's frustrated inquisitor in this Beckettian farce. RUNNERS-UP "Dead Parrot," Monty Python; "Rope Tricks," Will Rogers
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Seven Blood Stained Orchids (1972). Giallo about a black gloved maniac, aren't they always , on a killing spree and leaving a silver half moon amulet with each victim. When a woman is attacked on a train, played by Uschi Glas, the killer doesn't count on her surviving her ordeal. And she alone may hold the clue to the series of murders. Though not as accomplished as Argento's or Fulci's gialli, this is still a stylish, solid and entertaining film. Although, maybe a little slow and pedestrian at times. And eventhough there's not an awful lot of violence in this one, there does feature a rather nasty death by power drill. Also co-starring the delectable Marisa Mell, who looks as attractive as always. Directed by Umberto Lenzi. And proof that he was capable of a lot more than just Cannibal films. 7/10. |
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Happy Death Day Lots of fun with this Groundhog Day inspired slasher, a student sleeps with a lot of people & spends most of the movie wondering why anyone would want to kill her.....and reliving the day of the murder until she finds said killer. It matches Groundhog day note for note (she's confused, then she hates it, then she has fun), but it's not quite as memorable. Blumhouse pictures is a genre staple all it's own, almost original, very good but not groundbreaking horror like this & Get Out, it's good to see someone trying hard with mainstream horror, if only to feed it to tweens. A good 6/10 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens A.K.A. A New Hope Redux (2015) *** out of *****
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