The Icons - COMMENTARY BOARD

[Weeping_Guitar]

pcook said:

I love his interview w/ Sir Paul back in the day...."remember when you were in the Beatles?".....

that...that was awesome.

[tuneschick]

I LOVED Chris Farley... bought the 'best of' DVD on a whim one day and laughed my ass off at his finer moments - the best being the three mentioned, I'd say. Hee-larious... but yeah, definitely stupid, stupid humour.

[luke]

My favorite is probably when he's hanging out in some restaurant, not realizing he's in a decaffeinated coffee commercial. Then they come up to him and go, "Did you know you were really drinking de-caf?", to which he responds, "You son of a bitch...YOU LIED TO ME!" and then he goes nuts and rips the place to pieces. Classic.

[JACkory]

Maarts, I LOVED that shot of Mike Oldfield.
Definately an icon in my book.

Chris Farley had his moments of hilarity. The "Motivational Speaker" bit was always funny.
As with most SNL alumni, I wasn't too thrilled with his transition from the telly to the big screen, but there are some funny moments is Tommy Boy and Black Sheep.
I don't know that I'd consider him an "icon", personally, but I can understand how someone else might.
Comedy icons, for me, would have to include Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Cheech & Chong, Monty Python's Flying Circus and a guy from Tulsa, Gaylord Sartain, who is legendary around these parts as the enigmatic Mazeppa Pompazoidi, host of The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting. He went on to be a regular cast member on Hee Haw, had a recurring role in some of Jim Varney's "Ernest" movies and even did dramatic bit role in Fried Green Tomatoes. No doubt his brilliance and qualification as a "comedy icon" is lost on anyone who didn't happen to catch him on The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting, but trust me, the guy was radically funny...

[luke]

Certainly, JAC, he's an icon of the 90s, someone that millions of us grew up with. I can see how he wouldn't achieve that status amongst an older lot. For my money, though, that early 90s cast was the funniest thing that SNL ever produced, trumping even that late 70s cast, and Farley was the highlight of it.

SNL sucks these days, but I think that people forget that it seems to suck so much worse because we had it so good in the early 90s. The only thing that saved it from getting this bad in the mid-80s was Eddie Murphy. I mean, c'mon, Joe fuckin' Piscopo?

[melon1]

As with most SNL alumni, I wasn't too thrilled with his transition from the telly to the big screen, but there are some funny moments is Tommy Boy and Black Sheep.


Couldn't have said it better myself.


For my money, though, that early 90s cast was the funniest thing that SNL ever produced, trumping even that late 70s cast, and Farley was the highlight of it.


The only thing I would change from this statement is to replace Farley with Dana Carvey. Overall, when you consider all his characters, me and my brother have an agreement that he's the best ever on SNL, even better than Belushi. Yes, I said it.

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melon1 said:

The only thing I would change from this statement is to replace Farley with Dana Carvey. Overall, when you consider all his characters, me and my brother have an agreement that he's the best ever on SNL, even better than Belushi. Yes, I said it.

Two words: Phil Hartman.

Best SNL player, ever.

[melon1]

Funny you mention him. My brother and I have argued for the longest time who is funnier between Hartman and Farley. I go with Farley and he goes with Hartman. Hartman is more of an intellectual comedy. But comedy, for me, is where you throw intellectual out the door and go with what makes you laugh the hardest. I suppose I am to comedy what metalheads are to music. Whatever jams the hardest is the best to them.

[Rit]

that Kids in the Hall pic deserves a Hells Yeah.

not sure about the Ric Flair though.

[luke]

Ric Flair is a complete icon.

In fact, I should set up an Icons of Pro Wrestling post. Hells yeah.

[luke]

I love Hartman.

Dana Carvey is excellent, for sure, and he was the best impersonator on that show bar none.

But Farley can just be standing in the background of a skit, and I bust my gut laughing. Just the look on his face was always enough to kill me.

All in all, a solid cast. Even Adam Sandler could be funny back then. The Denise Show? Great stuff.

[Rit]

When was Ric Flair an icon? i remember my days of wrestling fandom (around the age of 10).. and what i remember is WWF stars. not WCW.

WCW was for teh gayz then.

[luke]

No way. WCW..or rather, NWA...was for the real men. WWF was a bunch of cartoon characters.

And don't forget I'm from the South. Flair was bigger than Hogan down here in the 80s.

[zorndeslammes]

If someone's gonna have to post pictures of pro wrestlers, fine, I guess I'll briefly follow suit.

Flair ruled Hogan. This isn't even a contest.

[luke]

Good call. I was tempted to put Kobashi or Cheerleader Melissa up there, but wasn't too sure about it. Nothing better than Japanese chicks in barbed wire and flames, though.

Man, I never seen that Toshiaki Kawada pic before...fucking BRUTAL.