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Documentary Review — Remembering “SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of”
It wasn’t “live TV” comedy. The cast was, to a one, contemporaries of the Americans and Canadians in the first cast of “Saturday Night Live.” But “SCTV” came on years later, and was sporadically on the air years after the … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Terry Gilliam at His Most Medieval — “Jabberwocky” (1977)
Terry Gilliam’s first, best destiny was always to be the greatest production designer/art director of his day. He’s directed a handful of great films — “Time Bandits,” “Brazil,” “The Fisher King,” “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and “Twelve Monkeys.” … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Cleese shows us Classic Comedy can be “Clockwise” (1986)
A person hellbent on maintaining his dignity in the face of everything thrown at him to deny it, and failing, is the essence of comedy. So it was with Keaton, and so it is with Cleese. Somebody said that once. … Continue reading
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