Tag: comedy

  • Streaming Movie Adventures: Happy Gilmore 2

    An illustration Happy Gilmore about to take a swing with a golf club while a crowd behind him watches. He is orange and black and the rest of the image is two shades of blue.
    Shooter McGavin and Happy Gilmore face each other in a graveyard.

    My theory for how Adam Sandler movies get cast:

    Sandler hangs out with someone. Somewhere along the way (and with ZERO pressure) he says “Hey, I’m making a movie. Wanna be in it?” If the other person asks if the movie is good, Sandler says “it’ll be fun.” The other person knows Sandler is right, so they say “Why not?”

    I knew when this movie was announced that I almost certainly wouldn’t care about it. I only watched because I read about the insane opening sequence and had to see if it was as bizarre as it sounded (and yes it is). But I have nothing against it. It’s a silly, pretty harmless story made by a bunch of people enjoying getting paid for goofing around; who could complain about that?

    …and now, can I interest you in a fake poster?

    A poster for Happy Gilmore 2 mimicking the poster for Fight Club.
    Fediverse reactions

  • Retro Movie Adventures: Hellzapoppin (1941)

    Chic Johnson and Ole Olsen mugging in a scene from Hellzapoppin. They are rendered in shades of red, orange and yellow. The background is unidentifiable blue and purple shapes.
    Martha Raye standing in front of a target, mouth wide open, surrounded by arrows.

    Great- now I’ve got a crush on 1941 Martha Raye. Thanks, Hellzapoppin.

    I love that they realized the stage show of Hellzapoppin would never work as a movie, so they didn’t even bother to try and make a direct translation of the show. It’s 84 minutes packed with topical (at the time) jokes, music, and special effects strung together by a plot that Olsen & Johnson are actively mocking.

    Hellzapoppin isn’t streaming anywhere, but there’s a really good restoration on YouTube.

    Today’s fake poster was inspired by the “poppin” part of “Hellzapoppin,” and features a secret link to They Might Be Giants.

    A poster for Hellzapoppin mimicking the poster for Mary Poppins.