Right now I'm watching "Top Secret" on HBO Family. Maybe I've been doing improv so long that campy bits are lost on me now, but this movie is ridiculous, and I remember loving it when I was younger.
It's like a terrible pun every 2 minutes. It reminds me of Mel Brooks' any movie.
I never saw "Blazing Saddles" when I was younger, but everyone speaks of it's hilarity, and I did a VO that changed the words of a scene in that movie. I then bought the DVD of this hilarious gem. I then watched it.
It is a different era, friends. The humor in it is very punny/HA HEY! And a lot of it is racist.
Speaking of HA HEY! Val Kilmer in Top Secret was at a play and had to hide. He went into the "Prop Room"...once inside it was full of PROPELLERS!!! HA HEY!
Was it a simpler time? Are movies that are currently out as stupid, but in a different way?
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yup - age makes the difference. Give me a good Marx Bros or Abbott&Costello any day. 3 stooges is so so but comedy of today is just plain dumb. Ma & I just watched "Party" with Peter Sellers. Haven't laughed so hard in a long time. I don't care for Blaze saddles but I like Mad Mad World. Stuff on TV nowadays I just say "Huh?" Although I like Earl. Where is Red Skelton or Phil Silvers humor anymore? - Dad
He laughed at "The Party", but not I. Here's a great one (not a comedy, but have been meaning to mention it): The Weeping Camel. Documentary type set in Mongolia. A must-see. - Me
the same thing happened with "The Mask" with Jim Carrey. I had watched that movie like 12 times when i was 8, (it was my first PG-13 movie) I didn't get some of the humor, but i loved it. I watched it again last month and it's chalk full of puns and terrible jokes. Still laughable.
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