The Brilliance of Christopher Guest

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JULY 24, 2010 11:38PM

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Whenever I really want to laugh, I put in a Christopher Guest movie.

Corky St. Clair pinch hits in one of my favorite scenes in Waiting for Guffman, "A Penny for Your Thoughts" with Parker Posey, actually quite a charming song written by fellow band member Michael McKean and his wife, Annette O'Toole. I've been known to sing this to my baby bird in the shower. He loves it.

Some of the funniest scenes from "A Mighty Wind," where Guest is Alan Barrows, one of The Folksmen.

Christopher Guest explains the initial inspiration for This is Spinal Tap to Ricky Gervais.

Nigel Tufnel: These amps go to 11. From This is Spinal Tap.

As Harlan Pepper with a prize bloodhound in Best in Show.

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I'm not feeling particularly well tonight, so will leave you these for some laughs. Enjoy.

Kathy Riordan

July 24, 2010 11:53 PM

Ah Christopher Guest is brilliant! One of my favorite skits was when he played a trainer the first "male sychronised swimmers" and Martin Short, not a good swimmer had a floatie!
I'm not feeling well of late myself, Kathy, thanks for the smile.

Christine Bollerud

July 25, 2010 12:25 AM

zoz

Robin Sneed

July 25, 2010 12:43 AM

Well, now that would be an x! Bump for you and Christopher Guest...xoxoxoxox dear one....

Robin Sneed

July 25, 2010 12:43 AM

Those are some of our favorite movies are the Christopher Guest flicks. I still want some "My Dinner with Andre" action figures.

Owl_Says_Who

July 25, 2010 12:52 AM

First, Kathy, feel better.
Second, rated for reminding me of just how much Chris Guest makes me laugh!
Third, feel better.

Jonathan Wolfman

July 25, 2010 05:32 AM

Thank you so much for posting these; very very funny! And I hope you're feeling better!

Antoinette Errante

July 25, 2010 07:00 AM

He has always been "one louder" in my book. My face freezes in a perma-smile watching this man's work. So authentically hysterical...

(Hope you feel better, Kathy.)

Linnnn

July 25, 2010 07:38 AM

Thanks, Kathy, for the wonderful clips. I share your love of Chris Guest. His low-key humor is unique & unsurpassed.

Isn't Brit Chris the hereditary Lord Christopher? Or did he turn down the title?

Leon Freilich

July 25, 2010 09:23 AM

Leon, he became the fifth Baron Haden-Guest in 1996 on the death of his father.

Kathy Riordan

July 25, 2010 09:41 AM

Thanks, Kathy. Now I need to think of Tony Curtis of The Bronx as the fatherinlaw of a baron.

Writer Anthony Haden-Guest, by the way, is Chris' brother. Wonder if he inherited a title as well.

Leon Freilich

July 25, 2010 10:10 AM

Watching those two...Ricky Gervais and CG, what I would not give to have been in on that conversation. Two of the funniest men alive.

greenheron

July 25, 2010 10:12 AM

Guffman and Best in Show were iconic. I was not so crazy about A Mighty Wind but I agree that Guest is brilliant, underrated, and not prolific enough.

Roger Fallihee

July 25, 2010 11:30 AM

Hope you are feeling better...

Catherine Forsythe

July 25, 2010 12:00 PM

I was afraid I had warfarin poisoning. Feeling a little better this morning.

Kathy Riordan

July 25, 2010 01:52 PM

It's always worth taking some time out for Christopher Guest. My fave us still his Nigel Tufnel role, especially that scene you picked out. Thnks for the laugh.

Abrawang

July 25, 2010 02:16 PM

"A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show" were two of the best movies ever made. And if you want to go back further, one of the best SNL skits ever was the two-man synchronized swimming video he made with Martin Short and Harry Shearer. It was sheer brilliance.

Andy Wolfenson

July 25, 2010 03:01 PM

Thanks for the laughs! Chris Guest is one of my favorites!

jasonkeil

July 25, 2010 10:51 PM

Love him. love, love, love him.
Did I mention that I love him?
I do. I love him.

Tricia Weight

July 25, 2010 11:09 PM

Yeah, he's definitely one of my favorites...rated!

Caroline Hagood

July 26, 2010 08:47 AM

A big Christopher Guest fan here too. In some ways, his humor reminds me of Will Ferrel's - loopy, self-important characters, a too-sincere juvenility, a sodden pathos.