Mel Brooks

Why Garry Marshall Is Hollywood's Middlebrow Hero

Five Best Food Fights on Film

Tony Curtis (left) looks on as Jack Lemmon gets hit in the face with a brandy-flavored cream pie in 1965's The Great Race. Lemmon has a taste before proclaiming, "Brandy! Throw more brandy! Moooore brandy!" From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veg ... More >>

Comic Cons

Tony Curtis (left) looks on as Jack Lemmon gets hit in the face with a brandy-flavored cream pie in 1965's The Great Race. Lemmon has a taste before proclaiming, "Brandy! Throw more brandy! Moooore brandy!" From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veg ... More >>

Paul: Too Many Sci-Fi References, Not Enough Kristen Wiig

Tony Curtis (left) looks on as Jack Lemmon gets hit in the face with a brandy-flavored cream pie in 1965's The Great Race. Lemmon has a taste before proclaiming, "Brandy! Throw more brandy! Moooore brandy!" From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veg ... More >>

Schticky Bits

Is there a Dr. Frankenstein in the house?

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 22, 2010

Is there a Dr. Frankenstein in the house?

Neo-Nazi Hugger Russell Pearce, the Ten Commandments, and Five Extra for Just Him

How good is Russell Pearce at following commandments? Let's find out...Just read the big news that neo-Nazi hugger and bigot Russell Pearce got his plan to erect the Ten Commandments outside the old state Capitol through committee. Yep, Arizona may not have enough dough to keep its rest stops or its ... More >>

Cottonwood Rednecks Freak Over Korean Statue of Mother Earth Named "Mago"

from MagoEarthParkGalleryWhat's all the hubbub? Looks pretty cool to me...To cop and alter a line from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I, the rednecks are revolting! Yeah, man, they stink on ice.Like you needed more proof that Arizona's chock full of backwards, toothless puddin'heads who ... More >>

Brüno: Sacha Baron Cohen’s in Queerface, but What’s His Real Target?

from MagoEarthParkGalleryWhat's all the hubbub? Looks pretty cool to me...To cop and alter a line from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I, the rednecks are revolting! Yeah, man, they stink on ice.Like you needed more proof that Arizona's chock full of backwards, toothless puddin'heads who ... More >>

Richard Lewis to Unleash His Neuroses on Tempe

Richard Lewis will guilt you into submission.Coming from a long line of neurotic Jews and, on occasion, being one myself, I give mad props to anyone who can figure out a way to make a living out of doing what comes naturally to people who grow up with the guilt of the world on their shoulders and mo ... More >>

Why the Huffington Post Needs to Get Over Chip Saltsman and "Barack the Magic Negro"

Is Barack really "the magic negro"? Considering the state of the economy, let's hope so. The liberal political correctness posse over at the Huffington Post is doing backflips of fake outrage over RNC Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman's sending out a humor CD to Republican committee members -- one tha ... More >>

The Sound of Musical

Mel Brooks’ screen-to-stage-to-screen tuner returns to the boards

Carell and Hathaway’s Get Smart is a remake that works on its own terms

Mel Brooks’ screen-to-stage-to-screen tuner returns to the boards

Hairspray, Get Back to Your Roots!

Nowhere near divine

Dueling Mormons

Marshal Jeff Flake goes toe-to-toe with Russell Pearce, and a former New Times staffer's popped for armed robbery

Country Inroads

Getting all their Johnsons in a row

Tortilla Flat

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Some Kind of Joke

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Springtime for Mel

Flawed, but better than the original

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids

BEST AUTHENTIC ARIZONA RESTAURANT

Pinnacle Peak Patio

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

Hairspray Holds Its Style

There's nothing stiff about this John Waters-inspired extravaganza

Spin City

Inkblotch throws a party

Don't Be Fooled

He's even better than the real King

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Hitler Hilarity

Believe the hype. The Producers -- even in its touring incarnation -- is spectacular theater.

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

Powers Off

In Goldmember, Myers' mojo is running low

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Et tu, Ridley?

Gladiator offers spectacle, superb acting, but no suspense

Dorf on Comedy

Gladiator offers spectacle, superb acting, but no suspense

French Tickler

Luc Besson's Joan of Arc flick is guffaw-inspiring

Recordings

Luc Besson's Joan of Arc flick is guffaw-inspiring

Mute Point

Luc Besson's Joan of Arc flick is guffaw-inspiring

Calendar for the week

Luc Besson's Joan of Arc flick is guffaw-inspiring

A Man of Substance

The Substance of Fire lets Ron Rifkin show off his acting prowess

Impersonation Nation

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

Ms. Houston, We Have a Problem

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

Urbane of His Existence

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

BEREAVE IT OR NOT

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

A REEL TURNOFF

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

THE CD EQUATION REVEALED THEY RECORD'EM, WE REVIEW'EM

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

WHOLE LOTTO LOVE

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.