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Jaffney Roode presents comedy & film with Anderson Anderson, Boston’s darling of sketch comedy, presents some not too clever excerpts from their new DVD “Art Film,” as well as edgy, live performances of some dated favorites. Expect tasteful nudity. Just because it’s comedy doesn’t mean you’ll laugh. Go early for jazz pieces performed with aplomb by acclaimed solo pianist Joe Dela Penna. 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square...
...punches in presenting the artist in all his ill-tempered glory. At other times, the actual Pekar appears in the form of footage from David Letterman appearances or to comment on the film’s production. At other times, he is shown as no more than a pencil sketch. These interpretations intermingle to give a fully realized portrayal of this oddly compelling figure. By maximizing the potential of the motion picture art form, Splendor manages at once to revel in its constructions and transcend them...
...punches in presenting the artist in all his ill-tempered glory. At other times, the actual Pekar appears in the form of footage from David Letterman appearances or to comment on the film’s production. At other times, he is shown as no more than a pencil sketch. These interpretations intermingle to give a fully realized portrayal of this oddly compelling figure. By maximizing the potential of the motion picture art form, Splendor manages at once to revel in its constructions and transcend them...
...Pythons were rock 'n' roll. So writing a definitive, collective autobiography to set the record straight - just as the Beatles did in their Anthology - is no act of hubris. And for all those now-grownup kids who still beg them to re-form and do the dead-parrot sketch one more time, The Pythons Autobiography (Orion Books; 360 pages), serves up a hefty slab of nostalgia. Time is tougher on jokes than on melodies, but it's hard now to explain precisely why Monty Python's Flying Circus, which launched on Oct. 5, 1969 with a skit about sheep nesting...
...same taxi the previous day, with Ansari. They overlooked just one detail: while Ansari's driver was blown up along with his taxi at Zaveri Bazaar, the Hanifs' cabbie stepped out of his cab for a bite and so lived to provide the police with a sketch of a family that an informant would later identify as the Hanifs...