The Bob and Elvis Show – September 2, 2010

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Testament to Cousinavi’s comment: he/she left out The Big Lebowski.

How can you leave out The Dude?

I agree about O BrotherAnd Elvis’ pessimism makes me miss his drinking! I’m sorry, but I just can’t get my mind around the republicans making any significant gains – oh, they’ll win some seats, but not in the scary volumes you guys think. I have to believe because I’m on day two of unemployment and I don’t want to think about the consequences of a government standstill.

Let me try that again:Man of Constant Sorrow

Good show today.

Maybe I should have said My Favorite Coen Bros Comedy, but look, “my favorite Coen Brothers movie” is like having a list of favorite blowjobs: There’s no such thing as a BAD one, really, and you just want more. They’re almost impossible to rank because they’re all so entirely different — both within the ranks of all other movies AND compared to other Coen movies — but O Brother is my favorite for a couple of reasons.Of the Coen comedies, it’s the least self-aware. It has fewer of the WTF? Quirks that mark their comedies, like the Warthog From Hell in Raising Arizona or the time-stopping magical realism in The Hudsucker Proxy, which is another favorite, actually. I consider Lebowski a Jeff Bridges showcase more than a Coen Brothers masterpiece, but again: It veers into such ludicrousness that I find myself pulled out of it sometimes. O Brother never loses me that way.And I agree with Bob about the music: O Brother has possibly the greatest movie soundtrack of all time and lifts the film above others for that reason alone.Of the Coen dramas, I’m not sure they’ll ever top No Country For Old Men, which is so peerless in its filmmaking and storytelling — and in every performance, from Josh Brolin’s career-making turn as Llewelyn Moss to the old man at the gas station for whose safety I still fear every time I watch it — that I can’t hold any other film next to it for comparison. Miller’s Crossing is a close second, which is a film I turned right around and saw a second time, at the next showing, that same day, because I’d been so stunned by it.But O Brother is, to date, my favorite Coens film for sheer delight; Clooney has such a grand time chewing up his dialogue with that crooked smirk, and its almost monochrome palette is so stunning to look at, that I can watch it over and over again without tiring of the typical Coen excesses. I just love that movie.

As a follow-up, I’m a Chicagoan, so The Blues Brothers is right up there, as far as comedies.Revealing trivia:”Mr.Brink” comes from an all-time family favorite–On Borrowed Time.As Gramps would say, “so now ya know.”

The Coen Brothers are awesome. The Dude abides. Yadda, yadda. More importantly, Elvis stopped drinking?!?! What the fuck!?!?! Is nothing secure in this world?

I agree, Carl. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for classic Screwball Comedies (the same reason I loved — and I mean loved — the underrated 2003 Ewan McGregor comedy Down With Love), but I thought Hudsucker was the Bee’s Knees. Paul Newman (“Yeah-yeah, sure-sure!”) was a treat, Jennifer Jason Leigh was unbelievably good, and I’ve never seen so perfectly-pitched a comedic performance as the one Tim Robbins turned in on that movie. Just brilliant from top to bottom.I don’t know if the Coens ever collaborated with Sam Raimi on another script again, but if Hudsucker is what happens when they do, bring back Sam Raimi. I may even forgive him for Spider-Man 3.Meh, no. Probably not.

Good show, as ever. Three quick points:1) After I saw O Brother, Where Art Thou?, I told my brother, “It’s a mess, but it’s a glorious mess.” (Yes, I really do talk like that sometimes.) The music was what sorta-kinda-almost pulled the movie together for me. I think I need to see the thing again.2) Elvis, spend the three bucks on the ER pilot (“24 Hours”). It’s good stuff, and I’ll bet you a cookie you don’t mind George Clooney.3) I’ve seen the video of Jan Brewer three or four times now and I actually think the woman may have had a stroke. She was staring at her notes and seemed literally unable to read them. Brewer was never terribly bright, but this is something else entirely.

Excellent show today. You guys hit so many points for me it was incredible…everything from where you were when Reagan was shot, to the reaction to The Day After…..all the way up to “O Brother Where Art Thou”. It’s so nice to “meet” people of my age group that I can actually relate to….how sad it’s online though.PS: I don’t want to be a “Buzz Killington” but…..If any mind altering thing (be it wine, pot, whatever) makes you want to go back to your booze of choice…you’ve got a bigger problem than you might realize. Believe me, I know. Nuff said.

I have to second The Man Who Wasn’t There as my favorite! Funny that I just made my user name on here last week.

Late to the show here, but this was a great one. Love Dexter, have mixed feelings about the Big C and I agree with Pea about “The Man Who Wasn’t There”. Love me anything with Billy Bob.