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:: Today's soundtrack: Eric Idle "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" ::
Okay, I've been a bit of a bastard lately and going off on the things that bug me. I do that awful lot in general, yes, but this has been especially so of late, so I've decided to give that a rest and name off a few of the things that make me laugh. It's good to think on this sort every now and again as just thinking on them proves effective to lifting even the darkest spirits.
The South Park "Mecha-Streisand" episode. Oi crap the first time I saw this on the telly I fell off the sofa I was laughing so hard. Literally, I did! I have seen many of the Japanese Godzilla films they were making fun of, and then ROBERT SMITH OF THE CURE shows up and turns into Mothra. I could hardly contain myself. "Disintegration is the greatest album ever," indeed.
When Family Guy did a mock-up pf A-ha's "Take On Me" video. It felt like this gag was tailor made specifically for me! I adored this music video in my youth and they did such a spot on take on it! The fact that it was hiding in the dairy case behind the milk was great.
Three parts in The Wedding Singer. I'm ashamed to admit that I like this Adam Sandler film, but I cannot deny that it makes me laugh in three spots every time I see it. The first, of course, being Steve Buscemi talking about how his brother never beat up his landlord. The next is when Sandler is performing at a wedding after his own is called off and refers to "the mutants at table nine." And the last is John Lovitz commenting how Sandler's character is losing his mind and therefore he, Lovitz, will "reap the benefits." Those bit are bound to bring on a laugh no matter what.
The opening titles to the movie "Danger!! Death Ray" as seen on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Man, they cram more jokes in there than I thought would be humanly possible, particularly for a scene that's only three men sitting silently in a car. Their constant "ribbits" at the frog-like man who looks like "if Michael Cain and Andre the Giant had a child" and the mockery of the theme music's "lyrics" ("bababa-beh-dah-dah") are just great comedy in the making. Granted this is one of the best overall episodes of season six and that the whole thing is generally funny, but that main title sequence puts me over the top.
Auntie McFrank's Tangleberry Inn. While I'm thinking of MST3K, there's a bit they did before the film THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN which always sends me into stitches. TV's Frank is outfitted in a dress and bonnet as Auntie McFrank and has opened a bed and breakfast in Deep 13. When their guests want to take in some "local colour", Dr. Forrester has Mike, Tom Servo and Crow dress up. Tom is a country farmer, Mike is Mikey his retarded son and Crow is a llama. The best starts to happen when Mikey asks, "did you people bring matches for Mikey?" Oh, man. Good stuff.
The "stoning" scene in The Life of Brian. "Are there any women here today?" John Cleese asks suspiciously of a crowd of falsely bearded ladies. And then of course there's the blasphemer who is to be stoned. "All I said was 'this steak is good enough for Jehovah!'" "You're only making it worse for yourself!" "How can I possibly make it worse for myself?! Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah!"
The "I'm not dead" scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. "'Ere, 'e says 'e's not dead." "Yes he is." "I'm not!" "He isn't." "Well, he will be soon...." "I'm getting better!!" "No you're not; you'll be stone dead in a moment!" If ever comedy writing could be considered genius, this is it.
Nearly everything Marty Feldman says or does in Young Frankenstein. From touching the violin and claiming "it's still warm" to just his pure facial expressions in the "it's pronounced EYE-gore" scene, this man should have gotten heaps of awards for this role. Thanks Marty, for making laugh at life, again.
Bruce McCulloch's "The Baby Jesus". From Bruce's comedy CD, Shame Based Man, this is a bit about a guy who calls into a radio show to proclaim his love for the Baby Jesus. "I can't say it enough. I love the Baby Jesus and I think... he's the best... thing and he's really great when he shares his love because he's got enough love for everybody. You know what I mean?" "I DO sir, but..." But of course, the best part is the ending..."I just love the Jesus. I've only been into him for a couple of hours though, but I'm REALLY into him!" Oh, Bruce.
Johnny in Airplane. "Johnny, what do you make of this?" "Well, I can make a brooch..." Whatever meds this guy was on, I want some.
People who make fun of the ending of Star Wars Episode III by mocking Darth Vader's "NOOOOOO!!!" This will never cease to be funny. It just won't. "Hey, Will, you're out of orange juice." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" "Will, your favorite show got pre-empted for a Congressional debate." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" And it just goes on.
And there you have it, folks. A brief list of what makes old Will laugh. There are others, I'm sure, but you know how it is when you go to actually make a list of something and your mind goes blank and all. Perhaps a sequel down the line if I get stuck for other ideas and I think of them...
William (laugh, clown, laugh)
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