Tag: Chevy Chase

• Vintage Cable Box: “National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1983”

  “O God, ease our suffering in this, our moment of great despair. Yea, admit this good and decent woman into thine arms in the flock in thine heavenly area, up there. And Moab, he laid its down by the band of the Canaanites, and yea, though the Hindus speak of karma, I implore you: give…

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  July 31, 2017

  Blog

  1983, Anthony Michael Hall, Beverly D’ Angelo, Chevy Chase, comedy, Dana Barron, family truckster, Harold Ramis, John Hughes, Matty Simmons, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Randy Quaid, summer, summer vacation, vacation, Walley World, Warner clamshell, Warners

• “Her Worshipfulness”

  My friend and colleague, Mark Jeacoma, put up what is probably the most comprehensive yet concise list of notable deaths (I’m not talking about all the old soccer players who seem to drop dead of heart attacks every five hours) for the year 2016. In the last week alone, we’ve lost Zsa Zsa Gabor, George…

  lawlerd

  December 29, 2016

  Podcast

  2016, Bundle of Joy, Carrie Fisher, Chevy Chase, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Leslie Neilsen, Mark Hamill, Princess Leia, Return of the Jedi, Shampoo, Star Wars, Tammy and the Bachelor, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The Blues Brothers, The Burbs, The Catered Affair, The Empire Strikes Back, Three Little Words, Todd Fisher, Under the Rainbow, Wishful Drinking

• Vintage Cable Box: “Deal Of The Century, 1983”

  “For I do not do the good that I want. But the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.” Deal Of The Century, 1983 (Chevy Chase), Warner Bros. An uncomfortable satire…

  lawlerd

  May 30, 2016

  Blog

  1983, Afghanistan, arms deal, Chevy Chase, comedy, Deal Of The Century, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, drone strikes, drones, Gregory Hines, Iran-Contra affair, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paul Brickman, Peacemaker, political satire, satire, Sigourney Weaver, Stanley Kubrick, WarGames, William Friedkin

• NEW PODCAST: “The Johnny Carson Show”

  Welcome to BlissVille, Misadventures in BlissVille, and tonight we’re discussing Johnny Carson, the “King of Late Night”. Andrew asked me to watch the American Masters documentary about Johnny Carson, produced by PBS for Channel 13, here in New York City. It’s a very well-made documentary narrated by the actor Kevin Spacey. This was a different…

  lawlerd

  December 11, 2015

  Podcast

  Amy Schumer, Andrew La Ganke, Arsenio Hall, Carnac, Chevy Chase, comedy, Conan O’ Brien, Craig Kilborn, David Lawler, David Letterman, Donald Trump, fake news, Floyd Turbo, Joan Rivers, Joel Hodgson, Johnny Carson, Jon Stewart, late night, Late Night with David Letterman, magic, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live News, Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, The Johnny Carson Show, The Late Show, The Tonight Show, Weekend Update

• BlissVille Fridays: “Using The Whole Fist”

  FROM THE DESK OF JANE DOE To Whom It May Concern, Tonight we talk about “Fletch”, the 1985 comedy caper starring Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, M. Emmet Walsh, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, and Geena Davis (in a small role as Larry, Irwin M. Fletcher’s go-to gal). Now “Fletch” is interesting for Andrew and me because it was…

  lawlerd

  February 20, 2015

  Podcast

  “Fletch”, Andrew La Ganke, Chevy Chase, David Lawler, Geena Davis