A year ago, we reflected on a raunchy, female-dominated, fairly diverse year in comedy and concluded that 2012 would likely bring a similarly strong crop of films. Coming out of 2011’s Bridesmaids-induced box office boost, 2012 promised eagerly awaited new works from Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Woody Allen; plenty of reboots and sequels (The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, The Amazing Spider Man, MIB3, 21 Jump Street); an end to Twilight; and the birth of The Hunger Games and The Hobbit. Among all the action, young adult, and animated films rolling out each week, comedy fans didn’t have quite as many premieres to look forward [...]
Hey, let's get down to business here. Week after week, Tim and Tom spend an hour talking about a bunch of nonsense that, frankly, isn't all that important. Well, all that is going to change this week. Finally, we sit down and talk about something of substance: the 2012 Presidential Election, the most important election of any of our lives.
Of course, before getting into the issues, we talk about Tim's new health kick. Oh, and Tom getting slapped in the face on a subway. And also we talk a bit about a very interesting new costume he spent a lot of money on for Halloween this year. And [...]
"Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by either Bob Dylan or Oasis. I can't summon the strength right now to find out which one. In any case, "Don't Look Back in Anger" is definitely also my advice toward people bickering about Year-End Best-of Lists. Hey eggheads: nobody cares how anybody ever sequenced their top 10 anything. Instead of looking back in anger, let's look forth in mild curiosity toward the coming year. Will we laugh harder than we did in 2011—the year of the Arthur remake? (Actually, the Arthur remake is shockingly not terrible. Handle it!) The answer is yes, we will laugh harder in 2012 than [...]
