No British comedies for me tonight.

[Bouncy Ball]

Pout.

The local PBS station isn't showing them. What's a late Saturday night without British comedies. Dammit.

I'm going to have to finish watching Annie Hall. I've never seen it and I started watching it last night--my first Woody Allen movie ever. I was surprised at how much I liked it. Laugh out loud moments.

[Huckebein the Raven]

1. My local station showed Bally K a few minutes ago

hopefully they will show Keeping Up Appearances tonight.

I love that show.

[Bouncy Ball]

10. LUCKY!

I think we're having another Beg-A-Thon here.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. Christopher Walken

His part in that movie is just wonderful ..........

[Bouncy Ball]

4. I've never seen him so young, but it's amazing how his voice

hasn't changed a bit.

[Zuni]

3. I wish Ali G was on

[Bouncy Ball]

5. I saw that once when I was staying in a hotel room.

Nothing else on. I thought it was the weirdest movie and I was so surprised that I liked it, but that guy just grew on me. Such a dork!

[Zuni]

8. his movie is terrible

it is his show that is what you need to see. He did two seasons on HBO after several years in the UK, where he became so popular he could not fool anyone anymore. Forget that awful film---it is nothing at all like his show. You are talking about his vile "movie" Indahouse, right? blecchh---you have to see Da Ali G Show, the weirdest comedian you will ever meet--he interviews people like Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader, Andy Rooney and makes the look like total idiots. It is unbelievably funny. And he has another character, Borat, a journalist from Kazakstan who is doing a video tour of America, interviewing people---but he is absolutely sick....he is a riot :rofl:

http://www.hbo.com/alig/

[Bouncy Ball]

11. Oh yeah, I never saw the show.

Don't have HBO. Are the episodes on DVD?

[Zuni]

15. yes, both seasons

trust me----you won't regret it. Funniest show I have ever seen

here is Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) as Borat playing a country western club in Arizona with his song "Throw the Jew Down the Well" (so my country can be free, you must grab him by his horns) Pure comic genius. :rofl:

http://www.campchaos.com/show.php?iID=866

[tjwmason]

31. Have you seen any of his original ones?

Here in Britain, they contain some real gems.

It's one of those concepts which can't quite stretch to a full-length film, but the shorter ones work marvellously.

[Dem2theMax]

6. How about a Grateful Dead concert?

It's Pledge Week AGAIN on our local PBS station. From 5 to 8pm tonight they had on the Lawrence Welk Show, followed by two hours of a Grateful Dead concert. I really wonder about the folks who do the programming here. Welk and the Dead? LOL!

[Bouncy Ball]

12. ...

:rofl:

Two very different demographics!

[realisticphish]

25. man

some dead would kick ass...

you might be suprised at those welk people; i mean, guys in wierd outfits singing while bubbles float around?

[KaliTracy]

7. If that's your first.... you need to do a lot of catching up!

Could recommend a ton -- but in the spirit of how our Current Administration is conducting itself may I recommend The Front

Not so many laugh out loud moments though, if I remember correctly.

The Front - 1976
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 95 minutes
Film Remarks:


A man with no real political convictions is hired to front a group of blacklisted writers during the McCarthy period of the 1950s. A dark send-up of Hollywood McCarthyism.

[Bouncy Ball]

9. Ooo sounds interesting!

Is it a Woody Allen movie or something?

[KaliTracy]

13. yep... it's a Woody Allen movie...

Here's a list of them

2003 - Anything Else
2002 - Hollywood Ending
2001 - Sounds From a Town I Love (TV)
2001 - Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The

2000 - Small Time Crooks
1999 - Sweet and Lowdown
1998 - Celebrity
1997 - Deconstructing Harry
1996 - Everyone Says I Love You
1995 - Mighty Aphrodite
1994 - Bullets Over Broadway
1993 - Manhattan Murder Mystery
1992 - Husbands and Wives
1992 - Shadows and Fog
1990 - Alice
1989 - Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 - New York Stories
1988 - Another Woman
1987 - September
1987 - Radio Days
1986 - Hannah and Her Sisters
1985 - Purple Rose of Cairo, The
1984 - Broadway Danny Rose
1983 - Zelig
1982 - Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, A
1980 - Stardust Memories
1979 - Manhattan
1978 - Interiors
1977 - Annie Hall
1976 - The Front
1975 - Love and Death
1973 - Sleeper
1972 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
1972 - Play It Again, Sam
1971 - Bananas
1970 - Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (screenplay What's New, Pussycat?)
1969 - Take the Money and Run
1967 - Casino Royale
1966 - What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1965 - What's New, Pussycat
...

http://www.woodyallenmovies.com/woodyallenmovies.htm

[Bouncy Ball]

14. Uh, oh my God.

I had NO IDEA he made that many. Sheesh!

And Annie Hall is the only one I've (half) seen. Wow. Better get to work.

[KaliTracy]

16. some people would say some are better than others -- I happen to like

most everything he's done. Though, I haven't seen all of his newer stuff.

Sleeper and a Midsummer's Night.... are pretty funny. Bananas, too.

[6000eliot]

30. Sleeper, Bananas, and Love and Death

All have moments that will make you hysterical with laughter. Also, Take the Money and Run.

[CanuckAmok]

17. Woody Allen is a great storyteller.

You'll love his movies. I'm in the same boat as you are...I never thought I'd like his work, but I do.

Next try "Sleeper", "Manhattan Murder Mystery", "Manhattan", "Deconstructing Harry" (that's my favourite), "Goin' Bananas", and "Mighty Aphrodite".

And if you want to see a great movie, check out "The Front". It's written, not directed, by Allen, and it's not a comedy. It's about the "Hollywood Blacklist", and it's an incredibly moving movie. Zero Mostel will break your heart in it.

on edit: "Zelig"!! How could I forget "Zelig"?! It's great!

[Bouncy Ball]

18. Since that's the second recommendation I got for it, I'm

going to Netflix now to see if they have it.

Thanks!!!

[yellowdogintexas]

28. "The Front" is awesome, and is loosely based on

Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted. He is one of the writers of the movie and yes, Zero Mostel will definitely break your heart in this movie.

Annie Hall is wonderful.

[richmwill]

19. Our local PBS played "Fawlty Towers" tonight

I thought that was cool- they usually don't.

[Bouncy Ball]

21. SHUT UP!!!

Just kidding. But I'm jealous, I love that show, even though I have all eight episodes memorized.

[richmwill]

23. Haha- Yeah, but at least all 8 are great

That's the only DVD box set that I've ever heard of that contains 3 disks and consists of the entire series run. :)

[Salviati]

20. that reminds me, time to see if the new Dr Who is up yet...

[Bok_Tukalo]

22. I just noticed that. Dammit! I want my Red Dwarf!

<ope>

[EstimatedProphet]

24. ANNIE HALL!?!?

Annie Hall beat Star Wars for best picture in 1977! How could you?

[yellowdogintexas]

26. yeah, I hate having no BritComs too.

My current fave is "Last of the Summer Wine" and it isn't on tonite

By the way dinner was great!

[ghostsofgiants]

27. I have two seasons of Spaced, two seasons of The Office...

And all four seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus on my hard drive.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

33. Wow. Excellent to see that Spaced

is getting some recognition in the States! Have you seen "Shawn of the Dead"?

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Bouncy, I found a dimsum restaurant!!!!!! Big write up in the StarTel

weekender ...funny I should come home and read it right after the conversation we had about dimsum...


Jade is the name of the restaurant and it is on East Arkansas, which is somewhere near the Fiesta Mall, (formerly the Forum 303 mall) where the Dillard's bargain basement used to be.)

The reviewer gave it a good recommendation, too.

[Bouncy Ball]

32. Ooo thanks, that sounds scrummy, I'll have to check it out!

:thumbsup: