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Muppet Cover Band. Clip of the Day

The last clip I posted, before taking a week off, was Muppet-related. And now, rather than digging through all the viral marketing and other cine-centric videos I’ve missed during my vacation, here is yet another clip that is Muppet-related. The video presents a year-old performance of “Count’s First Day of School” by The Dead Hensons, [...]

SATC is the New Masculinity Gauge. Clip of the Day

If you’re a straight man and you didn’t see Sex and the City, congratulations, you’ll be receiving a certificate in the male to prove your straightness.

Comic Glut: Trade Roughage 04/23/08

Pamela McClintock at Variety notes that the fact that Universal is opening two comedies in two weeks––Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Baby Mama––is a sign that the release schedule is over-crowded with comic content. Related: Judd Apatow gets yet another job.
James Schamus will adapt the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, Concert, and [...]

Porn and Peter Bart

The porn business is going through a rough patch, and Peter Bart says it’s because flaccid penises are more compatible with a recession. Try not to hurt yourself on the double take.

Tribeca’s Itch: Trade Roughage 04/21/08

Plus: exciting news for those looking to get judged by Werner Herzog.

Muppets + Meats = Classic Comedy Gold

Before the Muppet show and the Muppet movies, there were the Muppet meat commercials.

Moving Image Institute: Andrew Sarris & Molly Haskell

The legendary coupled critics talk feminism, Kael, and how the war on terror made the rise of Judd Apatow possible.

Sarah Marshall Marketing Backlash

Does FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL’s annoying marketing campaign a sign that “viral” marketing has taken a turn for the boring? Or is the bloggy rage it’s inspiring just another hint that the bloom is somewhat off the Apatow rose?

New Muppet Movie and Wallace and Gromit Details

The kid in me just spit up his mini-wheats and jumped for joy.

Judge Reinhold is Back! (in Spirit): ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ Trailer

Unfortunately Reinhold is not actually in this movie (he’s too busy with the ‘Santa Clause’ franchise, apparently). The real title should read “Jason Segel Has Arrived!” But nobody really knows who he is yet.