Just can’t bring myself to support or want to see anything she does.

SKYFOX on September 8, 2008 at 1:08 PM

I have been and always will be a Larry man. Larry stepped up to the plate when Besser refused to get slapped in the face and took the extra abuse to keep things going.

I believe the story you tell about Moe though. Lawarence Harvy had a cannon roll on his foot as they were shooting a scene for “The Alamo” but kept in character — he didn’t even grimmace. As he walks away at the end of the scene you can see him limping slightly. “Buster” Keaton broke his neck filming a scene for “Sherlock, Jr” and kept going too (almost drowned in “Our Hospitality” as well). Just proves that actors were real men back in the day.

srhoades on September 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM

As a kid I laughed at Curley the most, but as an adult I appreciate Moe. He had the toughest job being mean(ish), abusive and funny at the same time, and letting the two clowns get the bulk of the laughs. He was a real trooper too. You remember the scene where, as a paperhanger, the precarious perch he’s on kicks out from under him and he goes down hard. I understand he hurt himself seriously on that shot, but kept the scene going until the director called “cut”. Don’t know for sure if it’s true, but I’d like to think it is.

Capt. Ed:

You are a real man to admit you liked an Abba movie.

Mr. Joe on September 7, 2008 at 6:46 PM

Yeah a real beta. :P

I’ll wait for them to make a movie based off of the song of Aerosmith.

- The Cat

P.S. I would have said the Ramones, but they did that.

Two things Ed…don’t go to the movies with Andrew Sullivan anymore…and beware, he may pull the “popcorn trick” on you.

I’m pretty sure the Bard of Avon didn’t have his actors singing “SOS” and “Dancing Queen”, and probably avoided penis jokes.

Full of ‘em! Penis-jokes, vagina-jokes, VD-jokes, whore-jokes you name it!

One possibility to explain this is that the average age of HotAir.com commenters/readers is 54 and this can be attributed to a generational gap in tastes. Hey, it could be that 30 years from now I’ll be online defending the new holographic musical comedy based on the music of Alice In Chains starring Dakota Fanning.

But with any luck, 30 years from now when I’m actually in my mid-50s I’ll still have enough sense to realize an Alice In Chains musical comedy is completely gh-e-a-a-a-a-a-ay.

Listen to the toast sing he sings after the wedding, he has no problem. this song which was written for him does not have the long sustained lines.

A few moments veer dangerously close to camp…

Actually, a number of moments leave the paved portion of the highway, crash through the guardrail, and flatten said ‘camp’ before lurching back onto the road and continuing on as if nothing untoward had happened. My wife made me go.

Chick Flick, redefined.

And stop calling me Shirly.

And real men never admit to liking ABBA, Ed.

I was SHOCKED when it started out with a daughter discussing her MOTHER’S SEX LIFE! And I was with children!

Soon I was thinking are all these ABBA songs? Duh. I missed the ads… what can I say. And then the nostalgia took over and I had a good time. Hopefully the full impact of the morals went over the kid’s heads and they just heard pretty music.

Complex is not a word I would use. Although my husband and I did discuss the Shakespear angle and some greek plays that had similar patterns… groups of 3 friends etc…gayness…

(But then again we similarly disected the artistry of Speed Racer a while back. Anime you know?)

It was HILARIOUS and smutty, also the time line definetly did not work… twenty years ago was 1988 not 1968. And the girl should have gone ahead and gotten married.

I’d be surprised if you could find one of his comedies that’s completely free of low sexual humor. The man knew how to please his audience.

Re: Mama Mia…

You should see it live, if you get the chance.