Everytime I watch "Guffman", I see something new that makes me laugh for the first time. Most recently, I noticed the snack machine in the back of the gym where they are rehearsing is always empty.
Dont know if it is an intentional joke, but it worked for me.
How about when they're knocking on Corky's door and Ron asks "is he not answering?"
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Okay, so what about the deleted scene with Frances Fisher as Matt Keesler's (can remember his character's name) mom? When she mentions "Keanu Reeve....sss" The hesitation when she forgets his complete name. PRICELESS!!!
share"I can't give him a stinky product... I've got to... present him with this... sweet smelling package." (Corky, about Guffman)
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Right. Well, I have to - I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.
And how about Sheila's acting choice to do a "blackcent" for the "This Bulging River" scene ("Don't rightfully know chile...").
shareHas anyone else caught the fact that none of the dresses Parker Posey wears during the show actually fit? The dress she's wearing in the "Penny For Your Thoughts" musical number is absurdly large - like 8-10 sizes too large. It's absolutely hanging and draping on her. Again, this is screamingly accurate to small-town community theater productions where "costumes" are usually cast-offs from people's personal wardrobes.
Something else funny is how they are trying to find costumes and dresses backstage, and the cloths racks are absolutely packed with stuff they don't need and have no place in that production.
Something else that's kind of funny and to add what others have said about the funny line, "how did you find this place?" about the Chinese food restarurant when there is a HUGE neon sign is this. I come from a small town in Nebraska - population about 2000. There is no "finding" a restaurant in a town that small because you only have a few to choose from in the first place. My hometown has between 3 and 5 restaurants at a time, depending on which one is failing or changing ownership.
It cracks me up that the music is performed by a regular acoustic ensemble (piano, bass, clarinet, trumpet, etc) but the actual soundtrack is sooooo obviously fake, like a cheap Casio keyboard or computer midi score. It's really funny whenever the "trumpet" plays.
shareThis is a fantastic thread...I've seen this movie dozens of times, and I have missed so many of these little nuggets...I guess I just have to watch it again!
Here's a couple more for ya...
- During the whistle stop scene in the play - when Willard - playing the part of President Coolidge (?) - gets the key to the city from Dr. Pearl - he just chucks it into the train behind him, totally indifferent - mostly because he is mad at Dr. Pearl for flubbing his line...
- Ron's continuous digs at Dr. Pearl..."these props are more lifelike..." or something like that.
- They way Libby always over-extends her kicks, etc. in all the dance numbers...I remember taking a seminar from a professional dancer, and he said one of the cardinal rules that never should be broken during performance is an over-extended kick, that and always tying back long hair for spins...this is just one of those brilliant, subtle touches that adds so much to this movie...as an amateur, Libby would want to make those kicks go as high as possible, so everyone could marvel at her flexibility...
- Corky's lack of flexibility as he goes into his crouch at the end of "A Penny for Your Thoughts".
- When Mrs. Pearl launches into her excited applause as soon as she sees her husband on stage for the first time...but then she quickly realizes that no one else is clapping, so she stops...sad, but funny.
- The reference that has Blaine as the "stool capital of the world"...could you get a more off-color slogan for your town?...cracks me up every time.
- The gun-rack made out of deer feet...you know what I'm talking about...
- Sheila shouting "Corky - we love you..."...I guess she was worried about him committing suicide or something...
- They way Corky negates Lloyd Miller in all aspects of the production, even though Miller is clearly more talented than Corky, not to mention more qualified as the town music teacher....and Balaban plays his character with such restraint, while Guest is perfect in his passive-aggressive condescension towards him...again, brilliant!
Maybe I'll think of some more later.
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When Corky goes to Clifford Wooley's trailer and says "We're doing a play on the 150th anniversary of Blaine and you're really right for one of the parts, it's the narrator in the show." Clifford says "Oh one of the actor parts?" and Corky says "Yeah."
Another funny one is when Corky is asking for money from the council members and says "this is REALLY hard....asking for money.....it's like when you are getting your legs waxed and they just rip the wax off."
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Just watched it tonight and noticed something in "A Penny For Your Thoughts."
Libby's kicks look fine, but Corky is goosestepping in his military outfit XD