The comedy trilogy of my childhood was Animal House, Caddyshack and Stripes. R-ratings weren’t strictly enforced, and I had seen this trilogy by the age of 13. I had to see it with Siskel and Ebert giving it good reviews. The film began as a Cheech and Chong vehicle in…
I love recommending another take to a film that’s about another take, after another and another and another. “Groundhog Day” just may be the best Bill Murray comedy, and that’s a pretty high standard. It’s probably in a fourway cluster at the top of my favorites (with “Meatballs”, “Caddyshack and…
The funny thing about comedies is how hard it is to be funny in a film. There isn’t really a designed method to it. There really aren’t rules. In the early days of sound films, the Marx Brothers would basically take a show on the road, find out what got…