I watch Carlin on HBO and enjoy him. Also Robin Williams. Also Dennis Miller.
I think comedy is semi-universal, but also semi-specific to your own place in the human comedy.
For example, I know a guy who is a boss who hates Dilbert because it is disrespectful of bosses.
Personally, I don't care for Leno or Letterman, and never did like Saturday Night Live after the golden era of Belushi, Ratner, et al.
Tonight watched The Life Aquatic -- very weird, but I love Bill Murray, and am always willing to watch Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Williams, even in something bad, which this wasn't. Just weird.
Just checked the synopsis, Bud Cort (!!!) played the"Bond Company Stooge". Thought I recognized him, but could not place him.
In case you watch it, that's Iggy Pop doing "Search and Destroy" -- now I am off on a tangent trying to find a version of "Search and Destroy" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. |
