Tag: Caddyshack
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‘Office Race’ Producers on How ‘Caddyshack’ and ‘Dodgeball’ Inspired Joel McHale, Beck Bennett-Led Running Comedy
If you’ve ever been around a runner or went to high school pretty much anywhere, you’ve probably seen the cross country shirts with the message, “Your team’s punishment is our team’s sport.” It’s not untrue that runners are usually not shy to talk about running, whether they’re asking you to make a donation in support…
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Chevy Chase Unzipping Bill Murray’s Pants On The Set Of Caddyshack Broke Their Tension
“Caddyshack” started out as a straightforward coming-of-age comedy about a young guy working as a caddie on the links of a posh golf club; by the time it reached the screen, it had become a summit meeting between three comic heavyweights of the time. There was Chevy Chase, the former star of “Saturday Night Live;”…
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TV, Interrupted: Police Squad! Was The Definitive Parody Of Police Procedurals, And Could Be Again
When the Wisconsin-born trio of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (aka Zaz) unleashed the comedy hit of 1980 in “Airplane!” (which shockingly outgrossed the higher-profile “Caddyshack“), Hollywood immediately set out to capitalize on the boys’ relentless brand of spoofery. Zaz’s gag-a-second style was a dream come true for box-office obsessed studios; the jokes…
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Cult Classic BMX Movie ‘Rad’ Finally Getting an Official Home Video Release on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray
The 1980s were host to some of the most memorable sports movies of all-time, including Hoosiers, Bull Durham, Caddyshack, The Natural, The Karate Kid, Field of Dreams, and more. But the 1980s also saw the rise of popularity in extreme sports like skateboarding and BMX bike riding, and those sports were represented on the big…
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Joel McHale and Emmy Rossum on ‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’ and Early Memories of National Lampoon
Now streaming on Netflix is director David Wain’s great new movie, A Futile and Stupid Gesture. The film chronicles the life and career of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney (played by Will Forte) and doesn’t gloss over his troubled life. If you don’t know Doug’s name, he co-founded National Lampoon with fellow Harvard students Henry…