Read This: How Meatballs’ campers revolted on set
Almost 40 years ago, the Ivan Reitman/Bill Murray film Meatballs set the standard for summer-camp comedies. Murray was…
The difference between British and American comedy might be optimism
In the world of comedy, two countries stand tall above all others. Or at least that’s how writer-performer Ricky…
Win a comedy prize pack, featuring Animal House, The Big Lebowski, Search Party, and more
In Search Party, the central trio of dudes (Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, and Adam Pally) will do anything for a…
Karen Allen on The Sandlot, liking the fourth Indiana Jones, and being typecast
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…
76 trombones, 110 cornets, 10,000 marbles: 11 parades gone awry
Whenever you’re likely to come across a parade in film or television, you’re just as likely to come across a parade…
R.I.P. Jack Ely, singer of “Louie Louie”
Jack Ely, the lead singer of the Kingsmen, has died. He was 71.
Soundtracks to Clueless, O Brother, Pulp Fiction and more getting LP reissues
More than two dozen famous film soundtracks are getting fancy LP reissues. Universal Music Enterprises plans to…
That’s Turtle Power: 22 soundtrack songs that double as film synopses (part 1)
With the release of the new, Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came the debut of “Shell Shocked,” a…
How the structure of restaurants breeds rebellion
Even fictional people have to eat. Sometimes food reveals what we should know about a character, sometimes it’s a…