I watched the movie Defendor (Woody Harrelson). The movie was a bit lame (rehashed storyline seen in dozens of other movies - a likeable vigilante dumbfuck tries to help people), so I would only watch it if you are bored. Please disregard this post if you have already seen it.
I think I watched it when it first came out.
Very Forgettable.
Not even sure if I watched the entire movie.
Anyways... found this.
1990 British sitcom "Heil Honey, I'm Home"
Funny Concept.
Mel Brooks would have made it work if he was involved.
For some reason the Brits got all offended and only the pilot aired.
I guess they shot 8 episodes but only aired 1.
The writers could have gone really hard on the "jokes" as they seemed a bit too soft.
Maybe they got more edgy as the series went on lol.
I dunno, it's sort of so bad that it's funny.
That recommendation got me thinking about something I watched not too long ago, 'The Great Dictator' by Charlie Chaplin. Max has a lot of really old stuff but what got me intrigued was the 1940 release date. A film making fun of Hitler from a mainly pre-war perspective?? I'm in. Apparently this was his most commercially successful film, but not sure I'd ever even heard of it. Anyway what really surprised me is how much I enjoyed it. Both from a historical standpoint in terms of what we knew about the Nazis at that time, but also the movie is often hysterically funny. I mean how can you make tormenting and murdering people in a ghetto funny?? Doesn't seem possible, but he pulls it off. At the end Chaplin looks directly into the camera and delivers a heartfelt message that really moved me.
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Speaking of Hitler, I made the mistake of seeing The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177120/). I guess it's just better to assume every movie released is going to be woke trash.
It looks like it was heavily influenced by The Honeymooners in terms of mannerisms and characterizations. Obviously, even if it had been well executed, they would have run out of material after the 8 episodes anyway, due to the highly specialized subject matter. They should have aired the series in the U.S. market rather than the British market - it may have succeeded ;-). Thanks again for the reco.
First time anyone has referred to me as young in a very long time... thanks!
As a kid I was quite familiar with the Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, Dagwood & Blondie... etc, but Marx brothers stuff never interested me. The Great Dictator is probably the only Chaplin movie I've ever watched in it's entirety.
I think that was the point.
I'm pretty sure they were making fun of American Sitcoms.
And that anything goes in America.
Most of the cast was Jewish so it wasn't like it offended them.
In either case, I guess the joke works better as a skit.
A 30-minute, show every week, is probably too much as the joke wears off.
And I guess it was done a few times before.
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