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The Love Guru (2008)
I'm still sore from laughing
I got to see this movie for free at a preview. I usually avoid comedies these days -- I get tired of the premise after about 30 minutes. But this movie kept me laughing from beginning to end -- great setups for jokes, great sight gags, and likable characters. However, one warning, which you might consider a spoiler -- lots of penis, poop, and snot jokes. And if you are easily offended, you might want to avoid it. Otherwise it's the perfect movie for a bad day, and it's not a long movie -- you won't find yourself wondering when it's going to end. So if you're boss is driving you crazy, or your Economic Stimulus Payment was just enough to cover the cost of filling the gas tank, you might spend the money and go see this. It's a hoot.
My World and Welcome to It (1969)
Maybe the best show ever chanced too soon--
This show was a pure joy from the first moment--of course, when you have as your source the great James Thurber, how can you go wrong. Sweet and funny, rich in characterization. Years after it went to that great burial ground of cancelled shows (The Name of the Game, Adam's Rib, Nothing Sacred), William Windom toured the country doing Thurber. I saw him (for free) in Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore. After the show, he hung around talking to all the people who wanted to tell him what the show had meant to them. Nice to find that the man who played John Monroe and James Thurber was as sweet and funny in reality as on tv.