Completely Conspicuous Episode 105: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball
Special guest Matt Phillion and I continue our look at the decade in movies, focusing this time around on comedies.
Topics:
- Matt implores you to see In the Loop
- Another Coen Brothers shout out
- John Goodman's ideal job
- Love for Pixar
- Apatow made a huge impact
- Ben Stiller nails it with Tropic Thunder
- Best in Show continues Christopher Guest's brilliant series of mockumentaries
- Matt reluctantly saw Amelie and dug it
- Superbad rang true for high school dorks everywhere
- A non-comedy pick: Once
- High Fidelity simultaneously salutes music nerds and reveals how guys think about girls
- Anchorman was the best of the Will Ferrell movies
- Paul Giamatti steps up with Sideways
- About Schmidt was comedy, but also horror because of Kathy Bates nudity
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- Liars - Scissor
- Flight of the Conchords - Sugalumps
- Jason Collett - Love is a Dirty Word
- Jawbox - Savory
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The Liars song is on the band's album Sisterworld on Mute Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/liarsliarsliars and download the track for free at http://www.thesisterworld.com.
The Flight of the Conchords song is on the album I Told You I Was Freaky on Sub Pop Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/conchords and download the song for free at http://www.subpop.com.
The Jason Collett song is on the album Rat a Tat Tat on Arts and Crafts Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/jasoncollett and download the song for free at http://www.arts-crafts.ca.
The Jawbox song is on the reissue of the album For Your Own Special Sweetheart on Desoto Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/jawboxdc and download the song for free at http://www.iodapromonet.com.
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.
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