Thursday, August 25, 2005

The Aristocrats!

What. Mark. Said. This movie is so utterly foul, so completely wrong, the only thing you can do is either die laughing or die of offense. I loved it.

A spoiler-free, safe for work review is available from the NY Times here. The Wikipedia entry includes the joke in all its gory detail, (NSFW - *seriously*) but without the all-important delivery it doesn't begin to capture why it's simultaneously appalling and hysterical.

Straight up funniest? George Carlin - saying the most cringe-worthy things imagineable, (No, it's worse than that. Seriously, worse. Uh-uh, not even close. Emotionally scarring bad.) and playing it off as if he's discussing his most recent oil change. Unbelievable.

Drew Carey has endeared himself to me permanently with the 'flourish'.

I now get the big whoop about Bob Saget.

I literally did not recognize Howie Mandel. I had no idea who he was until the credits ran. His look has morphed significantly from his 80's freaky-haired look. But tivo-gifted sources tell me he's still just as annoying.

And - my lord - Gilbert Gottfried. For the first time since Iago, he completely cracked me up. (Did you know he's the voice for the AFLAC duck? I didn't!)

I was rather disappointed that it didn't show Eddie Izzard to his true advantage, but it's really not his niche.

The verdict? Go see it, but know what you're getting into!

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