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"Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts, or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs.

Of course, this week's movie is one of the HUGE HITS we're talking about, with Groundhog Day being a top-tier classic in Bill Murray's filmography. Brilliantly directed by the late Harold Ramis, this is a movie that's spawned many imitators (including the recent Palm Springs) but, in the minds of many, will never truly be equaled..."

The film struggles with pacing issues that cause the first act of the film to move to fast. Not to mention a couple of inaccuracies that's is sure to bug queen fans like it did to me. Other than that the film is really fun and quite touching in other parts especially the live aid scene which was by far the best part. Queens music is fantastic as always but rami malek as Freddie mercury is insanely amazing. Halfway through the movie I forgot I was even watching rami but instead Freddie that's how good he was. The supporting cast is great as well every member of the band feels authentic and realistic. Overall I had an amazing and fun time with bohemian rhapsody despite its flaws. Remember this is a biopic and creative liberties were taken meaning it's not a documentary.
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Sure that's not Bill Murray in Caddyshack you're thinking of?

OMFG, just wiki'd that and you're right.

They have totally plagiarized Ramis. Bastards.

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Wiig, McCarthy and McKinnon aren't even in the same ballpark as Aykroyd and Ramis.

(I'm leaving Murray out of this comparison completely, that'd just be mean to the ladies)

This is gonna suck.

I think improv and sketch comedy groups are all springboards from stage to radio, radio to stage, stage yo television, radio to television, television to radio, to other television and ultimately the big screen. Any good YouTube sketch comedy? I've yet to really explore that, I guess Vine is funny sketch comedy. A bit too fast, over and done for me though. Cyanide and Happiness count? Web comics? Cracked? Anyway, on to television, which remains the fascination:

The first years of SNL are phenomenal with Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner. And before that a lot of those guys were together on the National Lampoon Radio. (Speaking of radio, Dr. Demento?)

And there's also SCTV, jesus -- John Candy, Martin Short, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, and Joe Flaherty. Flaherty's vampire killed me as a kid. So funny, but really I haven't watched it since I was a youngster.

When I was growing up PBS played a lot of BBC television. Benny Hill amongst them, such a naughty show. I think I was barely allowed watch. But I enjoy the show as much as its mostly about old horny men and women with big tits.

What do I think about Upright Citizen Brigade? I would choose to be an Agent of U.C.B. before S.H.I.E.L.D. Great as both an improv group and sketch comedy for television. Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz are awesome, and I love them on SNL as well. Assssscat

Cast transfers, right? Sketch comedy groups are like sports teams. Mark McKinney on SNL, etc. Daily Show anchors from Upright Citizens Brigade. SCTV to SNL, etc. Every sketch comedy floods into SNL. Did you watch Nickelodeon's All That? Kenan and Kell.

Mr Show is on my to watch list. I love David Cross in his stand up, as Tobias Funke on Arrested Dev, and as Todd Margaret, which is fucking RIDICULOUS if you haven't seen it. It's not sketch comedy but it might as well be. It's like a British comedy with brash Americans thrown into the mix. Chaos ensues and many, many, many laws are broken, including the usage of weapons of mass destruction and murder. Dark comedy.

Oh, I know a good dark sort of sketch comedy: The League of Gentlemen? It's sort of like if Simon Pegg produced Monty Python. They say things like "Rape our dead mouths". Psychopaths, murderers and crossdressers.

Now that we've ventured off the beaten path, what are your thoughts about the short run comedy central show Stella? Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain. All three from a funny sketch comedy series called the State. I think I've sifted or promoted some sketches from that series.

And I can't not mention MadTV, you know what? Uh uh, a list about sketch comed without MadTV, ridiculous. I'm running out of steam though, because I'm typing too much, but MO Collins, Orlando Jones, Bobby Lee, Phil LaMar (who does DC comics cartoon voice over work), Aries Spears, and Will Sasso. Damn.

And lest we forget (Thanks, Rudyard), Little Britain -- Britain, Britain, Britain, if it weren't for Little Britain I would scarcely know of the country.

I'm sure I've left off some other great sketch (In Living Color!!), but these came to mind and as I started to think of my favorite cast members and comedians, I began to realize how they all fit in the grand scheme of things. I'm going to watch some Fire Marshall Bill clips now.

It's like I said: I love this film. I've seen it over a hundred times. (I've probably seen it 150 times by now.)

I've always been of the belief he was stuck for over 100 years, not just because of the time to do and perfect the things he did and learned, but because of how difficult it would really be to completely eradicate all traces of selfishness, arrogance, and patronization and replace them with honest, deep compassion and consideration for others and with truly unselfish motives.

As an aside, I've always been extremely curious to know what exactly transpired between Murray and Ramis during the filming of this movie that cause the rift that was never mended even until Rarmis' passing.

According to Harold Ramis himself, 33 years is within the range he thought Phil was stuck.

He does look a lot like him. I'm willing to wager Rami won't have as much of an impact on film though.

I didn't realize that Orson Welles was involved in The War of the Worlds stunt. Learn something new every day, I guess.

Is THAT what 23-year-olds looked like back then? Wow, times have changed.

I never realized that that actor (who you wouldn't know by name) Rami Malek looks very much like a young Orson Wells.

I think Ramis would have appreciated the joke

>> ^MaxWilder:
Was anyone else struck by how much he looks like Egon (Harold Ramis)?


haha, yes; was going to mention it.

LOL I was going to write that same thing.
>> ^MaxWilder:

Was anyone else struck by how much he looks like Egon (Harold Ramis)?

Styrofoam is an insulator. You can freeze the inside of the container and the outside will remain close to room temperature. However, if you put little chunks or thin sheets of it in the liquid nitrogen, it would probably still freeze and become brittle, like the plastic shell of the laptop. But when the liquid nitrogen is gone, the Styrofoam container will warm back up to room temperature unharmed.

Was anyone else struck by how much he looks like Egon (Harold Ramis)?