Word: joking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...educated--from disaffected punkers to cravated junior businessmen--likes Elvis, and almost anyone connected with Harvard who could scrounge a ticket went to see his solo show at Bright. Elvis may be kidding when he refers to himself as the "King of America," but it is certainly no joke to say that he is the "King of Academia...
...taking a totally intense understanding. Dude, we are members of a closely related, if not common, species. We can't deny it, dude, it's all so large, you know. Larger than us all, even larger than that big splotch on your head. Heh heh. A little joke there, dude. But seriously, why bother with the whole artificial death scene, man, I mean in the end it's all the same, right? I'm for just hanging loose, dude, like playing it fully casual--I say let's place a moratorium on doomsday machines, and then divert funds meant...
...Mandel said in a recent interview. This dubious idea seems to be the philosophy behind Mandel's new movie, Walk Like a Man. This slapstick comedy repeats the same sight gags over and over, assuming that they will be funny each time. Actually, the movie is just one extended joke that is supposed to be funny for a full 90 minutes...
...That joke is the idea of a man who thinks he is a dog. During a North woods blizzard, jealous Reggie Shand (Christopher Lloyd) literally left his infant brother Robert to the wolves. Now, 30 years later, Penny (Amy Steel), a pretty young scientist, discovers "Bobo" (Mandel), whom the wolves have raised as one of their own. She returns Bobo to the Shand household, thwarting Reggie's plan to appropriate his brother's inheritance, now that he has squandered his own. Penny spends the rest of the movie trying to teach Bobo to act like a person, while Reggie tries...
...This one joke seems a rather flimsy premise for an entire movie. Mandel does make a convincing dog, though he is more a playful puppy than an adult wolf. He runs around on all fours, barks and growls, licks people's faces, chases fire trucks and cats, and eats without using his paws--er, his hands. These often disgusting canine antics are funny at first but become tedious quickly. Mandel's performance is physically impressive but only occasionally funny...