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Post by Villano VI on Dec 23, 2010 15:09:31 GMT -5
K.D. Lang was everywhere in the late eighties/early nineties.
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Post by J.J. on Dec 23, 2010 15:10:11 GMT -5
I totally just watched that the other day. It's the best way to get put into the Christmas spirit.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Dec 23, 2010 18:50:46 GMT -5
K.D. Lang was everywhere in the late eighties/early nineties. I think I still have her Austin City Limits performances on tape. I totally just watched that the other day. It's the best way to get put into the Christmas spirit. It doesn't have to be Christmas for me to watch it. It never ever gets old.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Dec 28, 2010 14:33:45 GMT -5
I hope the Broadway show comes out on Blu-ray. HBO released the Roxy special back in the day, hopefully they will with this one too.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Jan 11, 2011 0:46:07 GMT -5
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Jan 18, 2011 17:33:17 GMT -5
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Feb 5, 2011 3:37:19 GMT -5
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Feb 14, 2011 11:04:37 GMT -5
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Mar 19, 2011 0:39:45 GMT -5
Pee-wee on Broadway premiers tomorrow night. If anyone here has HBO and can record it and send it to me somehow, I will be your slave.
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Post by J.J. on Mar 19, 2011 11:58:11 GMT -5
I hope to god a torrent pops up quickly.
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Post by Villano VI on Mar 20, 2011 1:02:03 GMT -5
I woke up in time to catch the last thirty minutes or so, and I liked what I saw. A lot.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Mar 20, 2011 1:41:34 GMT -5
They're going to replay it several more times, for the love of Mr. Bungle tape it and mail it to me. I will do filthy things for you.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Mar 20, 2011 1:42:55 GMT -5
I watched the original HBO special tonight, it's been a while since I'd seen it last. I was cracking up so hard all the way through it. It's a 30 year-old special and it still holds up amazingly well. There is no way he could ever top the original.
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Post by Villano VI on Mar 20, 2011 2:30:12 GMT -5
What is this "tape" you speak of?
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Mar 24, 2011 12:15:48 GMT -5
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Post by Villano VI on Mar 25, 2011 16:54:13 GMT -5
I need to stay away from his website before I buy one of everything in his shop.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Mar 27, 2011 20:01:12 GMT -5
Review! Contains spoilers so if you haven't seen it yet stop reading now! Oh. My. God. Surreal is not the word. This was something that I NEVER thought I would ever see happen. I've dreamed about this for twenty damn years and it was absolutely magic. I felt like a little kid again watching Pee-wee's Playhouse on Saturday morning. I watched it on a giant TV with headphones, I was so immersed in it and I had the biggest smile on my face all the way through. There have been so many '80s revivals over the last decade and NONE of them had me feeling as nostalgic as I did with this. I almost cried when the playhouse is revealed at the beginning with the audience blowing the roof off the place. Pure fucking magic. On that note, when compared with the 1981 HBO special, this one doesn't quite touch its greatness, but that's understandable. The original had better line delivery, not to mention Phil Hartman, the Sly Stone tribute which is absent here along with Dr. Mondo, which is classic. However it was better than every episode of Playhouse combined, including the Christmas special. The writing was hilarious. I really was not expecting it to be this funny. Conky's vulgar stuttering had me laughing out loud (soft ti-ti-ti-ti--tight sweater!) and Magic Screen's "I'M REALLY FREAKING OUT" line had me on the floor. The characters now are really just parodies of themselves, which is great (that's over here! *points*) Chairry was hilarious (sit on me!) My favorite part in the entire thing was when Chairry told Pee-wee to "marry it," Pee-wee retorted and the camera cuts just to Chairry under a spolight with this dramatic music, it's just a puppet but you could so tell she was thinking, "bite me." I actually had to stop the video so I could laugh for about five minutes. I loved Chairry and Pee-wee's musical number. The music in this was great, they should release a soundtrack. Paul Reubens has not missed a beat over the last two decades, sometimes I would just get lost in it and feel like I was watching a season five episode of Pee-wee's Playhouse. His performance was better than ever, however he seemed to run things into the ground at various points, although it was still funny. His new catchphrase ("no worries same difference it's all good") is lame. One thing that puzzled me a bit: what is up with all the product placement? Are companies paying him to hock shit or something? Because it really seemed that way. But the Shamwow bit was hilarious. Phil LaMarr's Cowboy Curtis seemed a little forced, I found myself missing Laurence Fishburne. But after watching it again, I'm beginning to really like Phil's take on the character. It's wackier and somehow it just fits into the universe better. Seeing Miss Yvonne again was fun (I smell toilet water), Jambi was fantastic, and it was weird seeing Mailman Mike with the TV show characters. The new ethnic stereotype character gets props for keeping a straight face during Pee-wee's balloon gag. The dancing bear was just, like, wtf. The erotic fireman was funny. I hate the new King of Cartoons (who, to my surprise actually introduced a Penny cartoon!) Apparently he went to Tyler Perry's School of Acting or something. My biggest fear in this was that they were going to totally ruin my memories of the show and jump the shark by adding a bunch of shitty new characters turning it into something entirely different. My fears were laid to rest by the end of it. Especially after the hideous death of Shamwow. (RIP) For whatever reason, a few of the Playhouse characters/puppets are absent here. Namely Dog Chair (who was always a redundant set piece anyway), the Puppet Band (I guess beatnik humor isn't funny anymore), Billy Baloney, the dinosaur family, the Cowntess, and "fat nosy/Jewish stereotype neighbor character." I assume they've been locked away in the cellar along with the season one cast. What surprised me the most, this was almost a direct recreation of the original stage show, a lot closer than I expected it to be, in fact most of the lines and gags are completely intact, however Captain Carl's role has been taken on by Cowboy Curtis, which at some points didn't make any sense, for example the sea shell gag. I'm glad they didn't bring back Captain Carl with a new actor but I kept thinking about how much more awesome this would have been if Phil Hartman was still around. And yes, the Mr. Bungle segment is here, but they ruined it with goofy sound effects; the original film is hilarious all by itself and it really didn't need any padding. The giant cake always gets a big laugh. I was surprised that the "Lou from prison" bit was still there. Needless to say that joke can now be seen in an entirely new light. It was great hearing the audience cheer for the characters as they were reintroduced, they were so into it! The Saturday morning show would have been much more entertaining with a live audience. I hope to god this is released on Blu-ray. Better yet, this should absolutely be turned into a new series. If only the CBS show had been this awesome. After seeing it again a few more times, it occurred to me that this makes for a fitting, unofficial ending to the TV show. I finally have closure. Magic Screen is a hor.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Aug 21, 2011 18:57:49 GMT -5
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