One of my favoriiter rants from the movie Little Murders. Lou Jacobi lecturing Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd about not wanting God in their wedding vows
One of the greatest 5 minute rants in all of entertainment! Full of inconsistencies and exaggerated bombast! A tour de force! Those days also produced "Where's Poppa?" With George Segal, Ruth Gordon.
One of the funniest movies ever made, and this scene is a classic. Anyone who doesn't get it is thick as a brick. Another great comic film moment was when Jacobi in ''My FavoriteYear'' asksa thinly-veiled Errol Flynn: ''So did you schtupp her?'' after being warned by relatives not to ask anything embarrassing. Jacobi was such a scene-stealer I bet it cost him work. Same for eddie Mayehoff a decade earlier.
I think this scene holds particular poignance for any Jew who grew up in the '50s-'70s. His bombast, inflection, the words themselves, remind me of my older relatives and their friends, who grew up as first generation Jews in New York. Sounds and feels so familiar to me.
The term black humor (from the French humour noir) was coined by the surrealist theoretician André Breton in 1935,[7][8] to designate a sub-genre of comedy and satire[9][10] in which laughter arises from cynicism and skepticism,[7][11] often relying on topics such as death. Nothing to do with African Americans
How can you cast judgement on something you don't understand, waterloo? I can see that you aren't able to appreciate it, to each his own. But because you aren't able to understand the context or the references the writer and actor expressed in such an bitingly satiric way, it doesn't make it bad. But, like too many ignoramuses, you condem what you don't understand. I understand THAT.
I guess I am a bit confused. You saw this back in the 1970's when you were a toddler? I can imagine it made no sense back then. I suppose there is a lot of sarcasm in Feiffer's writing, and it is not everyone's taste. For me, I think I may have had some relatives who were like this judge character, seems very familiar to me. I am sure I heard similar rants from said relatives at family gatherings. Oh well.
This scene and the wedding ceremony are the best stand-up routines ever created. Jules Feiffer (the writer)'s work is timeless!
One of the greatest 5 minute rants in all of entertainment! Full of inconsistencies and exaggerated bombast! A tour de force! Those days also produced "Where's Poppa?" With George Segal, Ruth Gordon.
Absolutely genius!
One of the 5 *great* soliloquies from Little Murders! INCREDIBLE!
Lou's delivery and George Jessel's "potato stuck in his throat" voice, as Billy West described it.
Wonderful performance.
One of the funniest movies ever made, and this scene is a classic. Anyone who doesn't get it is thick as a brick. Another great comic film moment was when Jacobi in ''My FavoriteYear'' asksa thinly-veiled Errol Flynn: ''So did you schtupp her?'' after being warned by relatives not to ask anything embarrassing.
Jacobi was such a scene-stealer I bet it cost him work. Same for eddie Mayehoff a decade earlier.
I think this scene holds particular poignance for any Jew who grew up in the '50s-'70s. His bombast, inflection, the words themselves, remind me of my older relatives and their friends, who grew up as first generation Jews in New York. Sounds and feels so familiar to me.
The epitome of authority, everyone.
Brilliant. Lou Jacobi is the best.
Frightening to think people can be so culturally myopic they can't get the humor and passion in a scene like this
Wanna see where Glenn Beck stole his act? Here it is, folks. Exhibit A.
An absolutely classic film.
The term black humor (from the French humour noir) was coined by the surrealist theoretician André Breton in 1935,[7][8] to designate a sub-genre of comedy and satire[9][10] in which laughter arises from cynicism and skepticism,[7][11] often relying on topics such as death. Nothing to do with African Americans
Dr. Zoidberg brought me here.
How can you cast judgement on something you don't understand, waterloo? I can see that you aren't able to appreciate it, to each his own. But because you aren't able to understand the context or the references the writer and actor expressed in such an bitingly satiric way, it doesn't make it bad. But, like too many ignoramuses, you condem what you don't understand. I understand THAT.
I guess I am a bit confused. You saw this back in the 1970's when you were a toddler? I can imagine it made no sense back then.
I suppose there is a lot of sarcasm in Feiffer's writing, and it is not everyone's taste. For me, I think I may have had some relatives who were like this judge character, seems very familiar to me. I am sure I heard similar rants from said relatives at family gatherings. Oh well.
i did more stairs. hee.
I am reading the play now. Aren't they supposed to be black?... It's a black comedy no?...
Please please be joking