Baby knows best: ‘Prevenge’ is (already) easily the best horror-comedy film of the year
Writing about movies for Dangerous Minds is not all bad you know. Sure, I can get critical about the films I don’t like, but I…
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‘It’s A Complex World’: Long-lost rock n’ roll comedy with Captain Lou Albano, NRBQ & mad bombers
In 1978, Rhode Island filmmaker Jim Wolpaw directed the fantastically rough n’ ready short-form documentaryCobra Snake For a Necktie: Bo Diddley and the Young Adults.…
The soundtrack to cult comedy horror classic ‘Basket Case’ is finally being released—a DM premiere
“The sickest movie I’ve ever seen!” –Rex Reed Basket Case is an ultra-gory low-budget horror comedy. Written and directed by indie filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, this…
Groucho Marx and William F. Buckley debate the nature of comedy on ‘Firing Line,’ 1967
On July 7, 1967, Groucho Marx appeared as a guest on William F. Buckley’s current affairs show Firing Line to debate the topic “Is the…
Comedy gold: The Beastie Boys’ hilarious ‘Hello Nasty’ late-night infomercial
Ad-Rock as John, the over enthusiastic audience member at a juice extractor demonstration. I was up late one San Fernando valley evening in 1998, channel…
‘Get Out’: Jordan Peele’s new horror-comedy is REALLY going to piss off racist Republicans
That grand guy, satirist, novelist and screenwriter Terry Southern (who wrote, among other things Dr. Strangelove, Barbarella, The Magic Christian, Candy and Easy Rider) reflected…
Even after 16 years, Chris Morris’ ‘Jam’ is still the sickest, darkest, bleakest TV comedy EVER made
It’s quite something that what was undoubtedly the oddest, most extreme and certainly the most sinister “comedy” series of the year 2000 would still be…
Comedy of Terrors: Hammer Horror Trading Cards from 1976
In 1976 Topps released a set of Shock Theatre trading cards that featuring gory stills from classic Hammer horror films. Each pack sold contained three…
Adam Ant’s brief career in comedy, 1982
Adam Ant trying his hand at comedy during his appearance on the Cannon and Ball show, 1982. Here’s something you don’t see everyday–Adam Ant dressed…
‘Hologram’ of George Carlin to perform at national comedy museum starting next year
Shortly after running this post we received the following message from Kliph Nesteroff: A retraction was submitted this morning regarding the hologram. Kelly Carlin has…