tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640960764609693925.post7458728025188415721..comments2023-06-12T07:34:06.671-07:00Comments on PooBahSpiel: The Comic Critic Reviews Kentucky Fried MoviePooBahSpielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797113106137843550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640960764609693925.post-62019218714347147702011-09-19T12:07:13.853-07:002011-09-19T12:07:13.853-07:00No, haven't seen The Groove Tube. I've see...No, haven't seen The Groove Tube. I've seen bits and pieces of it over the years. And I think you're right, it would be absolutely hilarious to a kid in junior high school. <br /><br />I wonder if there is a term for the disillusion you rewatch a favorite childhood movie as an adult and find it not quite up to snuff. I have to confess my second viewing of Bedknobs and Broomsticks did not induce the some magical wonderment as the first.PooBahSpielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797113106137843550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640960764609693925.post-25508414340465801442011-09-19T11:37:01.423-07:002011-09-19T11:37:01.423-07:00Ah, memories! "Kentucky Fried Movie" wa...Ah, memories! "Kentucky Fried Movie" was a good one. John Landis also did one of my other favorite parody movies, "Amazon Women on the Moon". It, too, is a series of skits. Two of the more brilliant ones are "Son of the Invisible Man" and "Two IDs, Please." Once the credits are rolling and people are filing out of the theatre, they sneak in another one, a parody of the VD films of the '30s called "Reckless Youth." I love "Amazon Women on the Moon."<br /><br />Ever seen "The Groove Tube"? That's a TV-parody movie as well. I saw it at the Aquarius theatre in Palo Alto when I was 13-14 or so (my mom must have given the theatre management the OK). I thought it was fall-out-of-the chair funny, and a brilliant bit of satire. Plus beaucoup de bare boobs, which never hurts.<br /><br />Fast-forward several years, and I'm 33 and cruising the video store for something to watch. I find "The Groove Tube" and rent it in a rapture of nostalgia. I go home, sit down, and stick the tape in. The juvenilia and the potty humor wash over me in tsunami-like waves. I sat there, disillusioned, and thought to myself: "Wow ... this was totally freakin' hilarious when I was in the seventh grade." "The Groove Tube" has its moments, to be sure, but the sheer vulgarity eventually takes over. Look for a skit in it starring a very young Chevy Chase.K.D. Bozenoreply@blogger.com