Hi Everyone —
Before we get to a whole bunch of baseball talk — we went to see a special anniversary showing of This is Spinal Tap over the weekend, and I was reminded again that — shot for shot, line for line — it is the funniest movie ever made. I mean, there are so many famous scenes and lines (Stonehenge, “This goes to 11,” “Hello Cleveland!” “Spinal Tap first and then puppet show,” and so on.
But seeing it in a theater with a crowd brought back so many of the smaller moments:
“That’s nitpicking, isn’t it?”
“The Isle of Lucy.”
“The answer is none—none more black.”
“Better not get too close, they’ll think I’m in the band, I’m joking, of course.”
“What day did God create Spinal Tap, and couldn’t He have rested on that day, too?”
“Why keep folding?”
“I locate Mandolin strings in the middle of Austin.”
“We say ‘Love your brother!’ We don’t say it, really. We don’t literally say it. We don’t literally mean it. But … the message should be clear.”
And so on. Spinal Tap is the perfect comedy.
But enough of my yakking. Let’s boogie!
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