tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4411415793849408267..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Oh no! Mike Myers is back. By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50202699942352788322021-06-25T04:56:31.404-07:002021-06-25T04:56:31.404-07:00A correction to my comment on 6/18/2021: My wife r...A correction to my comment on 6/18/2021: My wife recently informed me it was actually comic actor <b>Richard Lewis</b> who paid for my nephew's shaved ice treat replacement, not <b>Mike Myers</b>. So it was Richard Lewis who was really a mensch that day. Geez, maybe that means Mike Myers really is a schmuck....SummitCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748289649240888995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-967094729025039362021-06-20T13:36:55.177-07:002021-06-20T13:36:55.177-07:00"Corvus Imbrifer said...
I'd be intereste..."<i>Corvus Imbrifer said...<br />I'd be interested to see what Myers would do in the role of Mr Mxyzptlk. With an assertive director.</i>"<br /><br />Well, first off, Mike would fire the assertive director....D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23853834868686164712021-06-19T17:49:56.675-07:002021-06-19T17:49:56.675-07:00There are a lot of actors/comedians/performers who...There are a lot of actors/comedians/performers who work best under a director that can channel their energy and say no to their worst excesses.<br /><br />I'd be interested to see what Myers would do in the role of Mr Mxyzptlk. With an assertive director.Corvus Imbriferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765017251043248002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77088384517683400152021-06-18T14:37:30.117-07:002021-06-18T14:37:30.117-07:00@JessyS
The reason that Myers did The Cat in the ...@JessyS<br /><br />The reason that Myers did The Cat in the Hat in the first place is that he owed Brian Grazer a movie from when he dropped out of Sprockets for not approving the script. The issue was the the Sprockets script was written by Myers himself! In any event Myers didn't want to be there and the result was this God-awful movie that really hurt his reputation.<br /><br />@Storm<br /><br />Robin's mother was the inspiration for the Linda Richman character on Coffee Talk on SNL. In the first iteration of the sketch Mike played Paul Baldwin, then switched to Linda for Season 2 and stayed as her the rest of his time on the show.ScarletNumbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89012636713376995172021-06-18T07:35:24.520-07:002021-06-18T07:35:24.520-07:00I haven't seen the Love Guru, but I found Wayn...I haven't seen the Love Guru, but I found Wayne's World, Austin Powers, and Shrek pulverizingly funny. I haven't seen the first two in years, so I am not sure if I think they would hold up today. But I always have enjoyed his stuff. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35320453708430587092021-06-18T04:46:47.876-07:002021-06-18T04:46:47.876-07:00Humor is subjective, so I'm not here to defend...Humor is subjective, so I'm not here to defend Mike Meyer's ability to amuse, but just to offer evidence of him being a mensch. Several years ago, I bought my niece and nephew some shaved ice from a <i>piraguero</i> at Delancey & Norfolk on the LES in NYC. I had just handed my nephew his orange drink when his elbow was jostled by a passerby, knocking the cup to the pavement.<br /><br /> I turned back to the street vendor to order another for the boy, only to discover that the customer behind me had already done so, graciously paying for it himself. That customer was Mike Meyers. Meyers has been okay in my book ever since.SummitCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748289649240888995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17944765608625178632021-06-17T14:16:23.386-07:002021-06-17T14:16:23.386-07:00It's well known that Myers has burned some bri...It's well known that Myers has burned some bridges in the movie biz. All it took was one flop for the knives to come out.<br /><br />That said, he was great on SNL, I loved Wayne's World and the Austin Powers trilogy.<br /><br />Myers work was heavily inspired by Peter Sellers (another talented but difficult talent), and Austin Powers is, in my mind, a better version of the original CASINO ROYALE, the flop 60s Bond spoof. Even the LOVE GURU is very Sellers-like in concept.Dixon Steelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80646677894017577892021-06-17T13:24:23.330-07:002021-06-17T13:24:23.330-07:00Ken, you may not touch my monkey - DieterKen, you may not touch my monkey - DieterCowboy Surferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703914886255967601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75977730564077154932021-06-17T13:04:35.614-07:002021-06-17T13:04:35.614-07:00I thought Kristen Wiig was one of the few worthwhi...I thought Kristen Wiig was one of the few worthwhile elements in the unnecessary remake of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.'Kosmo13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19842163192774770432021-06-17T11:57:57.971-07:002021-06-17T11:57:57.971-07:00I may have never laughed so hard at anything on SN...I may have never laughed so hard at anything on SNL as about the first ten "Dieder" sketches (it began to get a little old after awhile).<br /><br />Some years back I remember there was going to be a Dieder movie but Meyers backed out at the last minute and proceeded with 'safer' projects, which I always thought was too bad.-beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78723462697170563532021-06-17T10:57:21.821-07:002021-06-17T10:57:21.821-07:00Ken, please ignore the commenters who chastise you...Ken, please ignore the commenters who chastise you for being mean-spirited about overrated comedians. Keep it up. Make it a series.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466932184113943306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64459903292375332982021-06-17T09:06:09.997-07:002021-06-17T09:06:09.997-07:00I'm in the camp that found Myers funny most of...I'm in the camp that found Myers funny most of the time on SNL, but most if his movies (that I've seen) not so much. Wayne's World, Austin Powers and Shrek were good in their earliest incarnations.<br /><br />I can take on the subject of Kristen Wiig on SNL (haven't seen her movies). When she started on that show, she often had a subtlety, underplayed, even shyness in her characters, in her performances. She also did some dead-on impressions. For a while, she was very enjoyable on SNL.<br /><br />But the warning signs were there right in her first show. There were 2 characters, The Target Lady and Aunt Linda. Both were weird, over-the top, and stiflingly unfunny. As her time on SNL went on, he did more characters that had wild, bizarre behavior that not only was not funny, but seemed to be the whole point of the sketches. One, Gilly, was funny once, but intolerable after that. Mibbitmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649369314906738690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73529424082921148982021-06-17T08:20:47.169-07:002021-06-17T08:20:47.169-07:00"Jaymo said...
Many years ago, a friend urged..."<i>Jaymo said...<br />Many years ago, a friend urged me to watch an Austin Powers movie. She thought it was hilarious. I yawned all the way through it. She asked me what I thought was funny. I brought out an old tape (tape?) of Kind Hearts and Coronets, an Alec Guinness movie. I thought that it was wonderful. She hated it. We're no longer friends.</i>"<br /><br />Well we can be friends, because I <b><i>LOVE</i></b> Kind Hearts and Coronets and find Myers unfunny. Did you see/love <i>A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder</i>," the Broadway musical made from the same novel as <i>Kind Hearts</i>"? God, I <b><i>LOVED</i></b> it!<br /><br />"<i> Jim, Cheers, Fan said...<br />As long as we're doing overrated SNL players: Can anyone explain the popularity of Kristin Wiig to me ?"</i><br /><br /><b>THANK YOU!</b> I find all the Wiig praise and love inexplicable. She's the Queen of taking one not-funny gag and running it into the ground. Her characters are all one joke, except the ones who are only half-a-joke. Her recurring characters were the same exact sketches repeated in different sets with a different guest host or hostess. God I was glad to see her leave SNL.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69211119268163326412021-06-17T07:27:04.493-07:002021-06-17T07:27:04.493-07:00He could have had a good career as one of those co...He could have had a good career as one of those comedians who transitioned to drama. He was great in "54." But then he went back to comedy, and has been distinctly unfunny ever since.David Richenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7121985936239666162021-06-17T02:20:59.148-07:002021-06-17T02:20:59.148-07:00For the life of me I can't think of one film h...For the life of me I can't think of one film he was in that I liked him. After awhile I just skipped any movie he starred in.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69498784770854937162021-06-17T01:44:39.076-07:002021-06-17T01:44:39.076-07:00Mike Myers stopped being funny right about the sam...Mike Myers stopped being funny right about the same time as he broke up with his first wife, comedy writer Robin Ruzan, who he always called his muse; he'd say/do stuff, and if she thought it was funny, he'd keep it. They divorced in 2005, and it's been about that long since he hasn't made me cringe. But I loved him back on SNL, I miss *that* guy.<br /><br />Cheers, thanks a lot,<br /><br />StormStormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66633810096354020122021-06-16T20:51:31.188-07:002021-06-16T20:51:31.188-07:00The only reason to see a Mike Meyers film is to ha...The only reason to see a Mike Meyers film is to have an excuse to grope your teenage girlfriend's tits (not saying I know this from experience, only that I know this from experience).<br /><br />WAYNE'S WORLD was pretty good for that reason alone.Ere I Saw Elbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33403340651985996992021-06-16T18:53:27.775-07:002021-06-16T18:53:27.775-07:00The best DVD commentary I have ever heard (serious...The best DVD commentary I have ever heard (seriously) was Mike Myers on one of the Austin Powers movies.<br /><br />He gave out scene numbers, he gave out the real clock times that scenes were actually filmed.<br /><br />And everything was fact after fact after fact.<br /><br />He was the gold star of DVD commentaries.<br />(even though that unfortunately says very much) N. Zakharenkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61013018625530475112021-06-16T18:33:39.424-07:002021-06-16T18:33:39.424-07:00Ken is spot on. The haters be wrong.Ken is spot on. The haters be wrong.Commentatariatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31568189510744654122021-06-16T17:43:57.447-07:002021-06-16T17:43:57.447-07:00Ken
Friday question: Some of the blowback to your...Ken<br /><br />Friday question: Some of the blowback to your post today on your dislike of Mike Myers has me curious. Have negative comments by your readers ever caused you to regret or reevaluate a post of yours? Just how much do the comments "stay with you", the good and the bad? Are there any posts that in hindsight you now wish you'd never published due to your reader's comments?Kevin from VAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-577645139005667722021-06-16T17:42:03.438-07:002021-06-16T17:42:03.438-07:00Some funny bits on SNL. Wayne's world had a go...Some funny bits on SNL. Wayne's world had a goofy charm, maybe it hit my own suburban Chicago nostalgia. Austin Powers was a dragged out SNL skit, might've worked better in five minute hits every other week.<br /><br />As long as we're doing overrated SNL players: Can anyone explain the popularity of Kristin Wiig to me ?Jim, Cheers, Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12551027130200883652021-06-16T17:11:34.211-07:002021-06-16T17:11:34.211-07:00Many years ago, a friend urged me to watch an Aust...Many years ago, a friend urged me to watch an Austin Powers movie. She thought it was hilarious. I yawned all the way through it. She asked me what I thought was funny. I brought out an old tape (tape?) of Kind Hearts and Coronets, an Alec Guinness movie. I thought that it was wonderful. She hated it. We're no longer friends.Jaymonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53828923848044705992021-06-16T16:21:30.627-07:002021-06-16T16:21:30.627-07:00Gotta give him credit- If it weren't for him &...Gotta give him credit- If it weren't for him & Coffee Talk, fahklempt, ferklempt, <br />(however you say/spell it) wouldn't have become part of the yiddishy vernacular.<br />normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91243510042318744552021-06-16T16:14:07.476-07:002021-06-16T16:14:07.476-07:00Well, OK. Good to know. It's obviously your fo...Well, OK. Good to know. It's obviously your forum, but as a request, could we get some more about the stuff that you've actually seen before reviewing? Or the stuff that at least intrigues you enough to give a chance to before presuming awfulness? My opinion only, but I find your descriptions of things like HACKS or KEVIN CAN F*** HIMSELF far more interesting than these intense proclamations of kneejerk antipathy.Tommy Raikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81744129570624405802021-06-16T14:44:26.859-07:002021-06-16T14:44:26.859-07:00Superman editor Mort Weisinger imposed the 90-day ...Superman editor Mort Weisinger imposed the 90-day rule on Mxyzptlk because his writers (Jerry Siegel, for the most part) kept wanting to write funny stories about Mxyzptlk, to the exclusion of everything else. Weisinger thought one story every three months was about right.<br /><br />Eventually Mort and Jerry ran out of ideas about how to trick Mxyzptlk back to the fifth dimension, so Mort created a contest. Fans sent in their own ideas. Mort and Jerry lived off that thing for years.thirteennoreply@blogger.com