tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3234267419369430494..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Trailer momentsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49512254535950344942015-01-02T10:23:49.267-08:002015-01-02T10:23:49.267-08:00Like that great line from Major League that only a...Like that great line from Major League that only appeared in the trailer:<br /><br />Catcher: "That ball wouldn't have been out of most parks"<br /><br />Pitcher: "Name one"<br /><br />Catcher: "Yellowstone"chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18651935394130074102014-12-31T18:28:22.288-08:002014-12-31T18:28:22.288-08:00Exported, I mean. Exported, I mean. Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32682181247331813992014-12-31T18:27:15.233-08:002014-12-31T18:27:15.233-08:00There's been a few times I've seen a comed...There's been a few times I've seen a comedy, and later caught the trailer. What amazes me is when they put a huge laugh from the film in the trailer... that was a big payoff from something setup earlier in the movie. <br /><br />You can imagine the meeting Discussing the trailer:<br /><br />Producer #1: "Where's the big laugh moment?"<br />Producer #2: "I thought we were agreed that the biggest laugh in the movie was a payoff from earlier in the film, and that it doesn't make much sense on its own."<br />Producer #1: "It's the biggest laugh in the movie, ergo it's going in the trailer. End of story."<br /><br />Also, although I laugh when I see a joke played out in the trailer, I never laugh as hard, and sometimes even inwardly groan. The funniest moments always work best when they're surprises if you ask me. <br /><br />As an aside: I'm in Spain at the moment and caught a Canadian silent sketch show called LOL. It's abysmal. Jokes that you could write in half a second executed terribly. Has anyone seen it? I'm amazed such a thing could be so popular as to be imported. Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63497808493413877162014-12-31T16:58:44.008-08:002014-12-31T16:58:44.008-08:00Two favorites that didn't make it into the fil...Two favorites that didn't make it into the film:<br /><br />DIE HARD--<br />Rickman: "Are you an American?"<br />Willis: "Only if New Jersey counts."<br /><br />MURDER AT 1600--<br />Benzali: "You were born to be a chalk outline."cadavranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80675641174421017202014-12-31T06:09:22.665-08:002014-12-31T06:09:22.665-08:00I recall the trailer for "Dirty Rotten Scound...I recall the trailer for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Michael Caine and Steve Martin, depicted a scene in which Martin pushes a woman in a canal (as the voice over says, "They ARE dirty...rotten...scoundrels"). It was hysterical. But it was not found in the movie. The Bumble Bee Pendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782074071758250824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60727878005725804102014-12-30T08:57:32.649-08:002014-12-30T08:57:32.649-08:00When I saw the real teaser for the new Star Wars m...When I saw the real teaser for the new Star Wars movie, I thought it was a joke. The black stormtrooper popping up out of the sand made me think of Spaceballs. Honestly. <br /><br />All of the fake teasers that were made by fans were a million times better and made me want to see the movie more than the official one.Barbara C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13066983078171521691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66883239771280127022014-12-29T10:05:42.817-08:002014-12-29T10:05:42.817-08:00I am so sick of the stupid sound effects they use ...I am so sick of the stupid sound effects they use a dozen times in every trailer. You know, zzzzZZZZZONGG!!! It is totally played out. Enough already.TBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90287507324954209472014-12-28T22:16:33.010-08:002014-12-28T22:16:33.010-08:00Anybody see that "Foxchaser" spot that m...Anybody see that "Foxchaser" spot that makes it look like an inspirational sports film, with Steve Carell playing an idealist instead of a rich psycho? I'm beginning to wonder if I hallucinated it.DBensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61643356585834415582014-12-28T14:34:00.740-08:002014-12-28T14:34:00.740-08:00C'mon, Ken, you've gotta tell us which mov...C'mon, Ken, you've gotta tell us which movie trailer you and David wrote jokes for!Hamidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3249165320827149042014-12-28T12:22:05.301-08:002014-12-28T12:22:05.301-08:00I once worked on an interview show which featured ...I once worked on an interview show which featured director Joe Dante. Dante talked about working on trailers for Roger Corman during the 1970's. There was a film called "Tidal Wave" which was a Japanese movie that Corman was releasing in the U.S. To add to the Japanese version for American audiences, he shot new material featuring Lorne Greene at the United Nations. Even though Lorne Greene never interacted with the people in the Japanese film, they would cut away to him at the U.N. for his scenes. Lorne Green (and the U.N.) were never in danger, as the movie was about a tidal wave hitting Japan. However during the making the trailer, they sprinkled dust onto Lorne Greene and shook the camera, so it looked like the U.N. was about to be hit with the tidal wave. This was never in the film! <br /><br />Also during that same interview, Joe Dante talked about footage of a helicopter crash they had available to them that was inserted into a number of trailers for films that did not actually have helicopter crashes in them. Though they clearly made for a more exciting trailer! <br /><br />David S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85407473485550884082014-12-28T11:34:27.098-08:002014-12-28T11:34:27.098-08:00I remember seeing the trailer for WAITING FOR GUFF...I remember seeing the trailer for WAITING FOR GUFFMAN several times, and then when I saw the film itself, realized almost nothing in the trailer was in the movie. But since it was mostly improvised, I wasn't duly bothered.<br /><br />But it IS odd how often very funny lines in the trailer somehow fail to make the final cut. THE classic example of this is the "Yellowstone" joke in MAJOR LEAGUE. So many people complained that it wasn't in the film that when they made the sequel, they shot it again and this time made sure it stayed in.cadavranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8772041294473880402014-12-28T10:13:14.471-08:002014-12-28T10:13:14.471-08:00As a general matter, I'm not a fan of Nancy Me...As a general matter, I'm not a fan of Nancy Meyers' films. Because I don't have much interest in the worlds depicted in them. <br /><br />But a friend suggested I read some of her scripts, and I found them really well written - clear, well-structured. And then I watched the films made from those scripts, and they were also well done. In other words, she skillfully hits her marks. <br /><br />So, Ken, did I chuckle at your above quips about her? Yes. But I still thought to put in this plug for her work.Igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90411247727389041602014-12-28T07:30:35.859-08:002014-12-28T07:30:35.859-08:00God, I loved this interesting and hilarious post. ...God, I loved this interesting and hilarious post. It also solved a puzzlement I have had for years---how is it that I sometimes see things in trailers that aren't in the movie.<br /><br />I wasn't surprised to hear that the laughs in the trailer get the biggest laughs in the theatre. Most of the time I don't laugh out loud at a joke the second time (and never if it is just a joke that is told to me), but there are some scenes in film/tv that I laugh at every time I see them.<br /><br />In the first year of Cheers there is an episode where a customer tells Coach he wants to talk to "Gus". Coach says, "Gus who?" the guy is very annoyed at the question. Coach then turns and asks Norm if he knows a Gus and Norm also says, "Gus who?' The customer overhears and is again very annoyed. When Coach then says, "He hates that question!" I laugh every time. It's not even a sophisticated joke, but something about it gets to me every time. I'm sure Nicholas Colasanto's talent and delivery is a big part of it.<br /><br />Your J. D. Salinger reference and advice to comedy writers was an LOL moment this morning! Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67695128332880579642014-12-28T06:53:45.434-08:002014-12-28T06:53:45.434-08:00Can't wait to see the trailer of Nancy Meyers&...Can't wait to see the trailer of Nancy Meyers' newest film THE INTERN, starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Will save me $10 at the box office.<br /><br />Speaking of De Niro, funniest line at this year's WH Correspondents' Dinner delivered by Joel McHale was his impression of De Niro's agent answering the telephone: "He'll do it!"<br /><br />MikeK.Pa.noreply@blogger.com