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Last week's Movie Quiz winners

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Last week's movie was Waiting for Guffman (1996), the first and, I think, still best of the Christopher Guest-Eugene Levy colloborations (the others are Best in Show and A Mighty Wind). Featuring the best bad musical ever filmed, with songs by Guest and his fellow Spinal Tappers, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean, Guffman is a mockumentary about the 150th anniversary show and celebration in Blaine, Missouri, and its deadpan skewering of small-town folk is so pointed it can make you squirm with sympathy for the characters. The entire cast, all ad-libbing, shines, but it becomes close to comedy heaven every time Guest, Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard are on, especially when they're all together.

For fans, here are a few trivia facts from the Guffman entry at the Internet Movie Database, and Warner Brothers still has the official site open.

I was heartened that not only did Wayne A. Palmer have company this time in the winner's circle, he wasn't even the first one in. That was Christopher J Hesler-- then Wayne, along with Steven Jay Gellert, Steve Perry, Dean E. Carlson and Kika Warner. A fine-looking group (except for Perry), and congratulations to all.

And next week, the quiz will be back . . . I swear, I . . .  

Posted by Steve Monaco at January 18, 2005 5:28 AM

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