Saturday, January 12, 2008

David Lynch hates the iPhone



Classic! Absolutely classic!

Chris Elliott's FDR: The One Man Show

Amazon.com review:

"FDR: One Man Show" ... oh my gawd, I do not even know where to begin. Words cannot describe how completely off the wall this is. Chris plays the wheelchair-bound Franklin Delano Roosevelt with such kitsch (?) chutzpah (?) ... there's no English word for it, but I bet there's a perfect Yiddish word to describe this flick! Let's just say that Chris Elliott doesn't let historical facts get in the way of his telling the story of FDR's life, and he's a genius at portraying a terrible actor. Make no mistake, Chris Elliott is *not* a bad actor -- he is a great actor who can play a terrible actor like nobody's business.

It's a shame this is out of print, and that the used ones being sold on Amazon are going for over $40! Yikes! If you don't own this tape, please do yourself a favor and find some way to get your hands on it. I promise you will not regret it!!!

Thankfully some wonderful soul has uploaded it onto Youtube so you can enjoy Chris Elliott's FDR: The One Man Show below.





A bevy of David Letterman and politics

Signs your presidential campaign is in trouble



Dave's Top Ten - Bad Election coverage



Late Show 2008 Candidate Spotlight with John McCain



Dave's Top Ten - Things overheard on George W. Bush's trip to the Middle East.



and since, although it doesn't relate to politics at all, I couldn't resist...

Chris Elliott's Writers' Strike Blog



John Waters in Lady Divine



Youtube: R. Couri Hay talks with Divine, John Waters, Mink Stole and David Lochary at Anton Perich Studio, former Factory in 1975. Runs 58 minutes

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

57 minutes with Garry Shandling and Charlie Rose



Shandling's discusses, among other things, his book "Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host" written as Larry Sanders. He first wanted to call it "Diary of an Asshole: The Larry Sanders Story" but the publishers nixed the idea saying bookstores wouldn't carry anything with profanity in the title.

If you haven't read it I recommend checking out the book over at Amazon.com where it's OOP new but selling used for as little as a penny. Click here to check it out.

12 minutes with Ridley Scott

Monday, January 07, 2008

Jack Benny pays tribute to Mel Blanc



16 minutes with Dave Attell

Comedy Central Presents Dave Attell



Runs approx 20 minutes

Deal: Buy one get one free on Blu-Ray plus up to 38% off MSRP

With the recent news that Warner Brothers have decided to back the Blu-Ray high defination optical media instead of the competiting HD-DVD format it looks like the war between the two is over. And it seems like Blu-Ray and Amazon are using that win for a blow out sale on the new king of high def optical media by having a buy one get one free deal plus up to 38% off the MSRP for them.

The sale features all four Harry Potter flicks, Robocop and The Usual Suspects plus a bevy more
Click here to check out all 80 titles over at Amazon.com

No idea when the sale will end but it does say that there's a max of 25 free titles to be ordered.


Sunday, January 06, 2008

Watch John Waters' Female Trouble online

Enjoy the entire John Waters classic "Female Trouble" starring the great Divine online below in 10 parts direct from Youtube, and if it's your first time seeing it, and you like it click here to pick it up on DVD over at Amazon.com


Click here to view part 1
Click here to view part 2
Click here to view part 3
Click here to view part 4
Click here to view part 5
Click here to view part 6
Click here to view part 7
Click here to view part 8
Click here to view part 9
Click here to view part 10

p.s. the first video release from the 80's (I have a copy of it lying around here somewhere) had the tagline "She had a lot of problems". This much is true.

Belzervizion Episode #3



Richard Belzer: Comedian on comedian; Richard on Richard; man on man. In this episode, Richard Lewis offers his take on the Belz's so-called comedy career.