Comedy Posts

In his quixotic quest to gift people with the greatest Christmas ever, Clark Griswold and I are soulmates.  There is no better feeling than the warmth you feel in the pit of your stomach while fondly looking back on your family holiday memories…

Directed by John Hughes at the height of his powers and starring Steve Martin and John Candy in their 1980s prime, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is the ultimate comedic roast of the true horrors of holiday travel.  I personally have experienc…

Ghostbusters showed up on the scene like gangbusters when I was a kid, and I was thrilled to be part of the zeitgeist.  The video for the Ray Parker Jr. song “Ghostbusters” was on MTV all the time and everywhere you went parents and…

I am not a huge sports fan.  I do like going to a baseball game now and then, but I don’t prefer any certain team.  If I’m honest, I find a high school game just as exciting as an MLB game.  When it comes to other sports, …

As a young teen, the movie Defending Your Life provided my curious mind with an incredibly imaginative idea as to what lay ahead in the afterlife, couched in the familiar form of satirical courtroom drama reminiscent of my favorite TV sitcom at the …

The first time that I clapped eyes on Raising Arizona I was 11, and I was baffled.  My humor had not evolved beyond appreciation of more obvious comedy, and the idea of an action movie where the hero gets beat up and doesn’t deliver venge…