These four scenes make me laugh and yet aren’t very well-known…
-A subplot on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” involving Larry’s parents also involves him shooting scenes as a mob boss in a (fictional) Martin Scorsese film. Here’s two of those scenes; Larry’s level of anger with the added toupee and mustache is over-the-top and truly scary if you don’t know the show.
-“The Lonely Guy” is a forgotten 1984 Arthur Hiller film that had too many cooks: Bruce Jay Friedman (“Splash”) wrote the book, Neil Simon adapted it and then Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger (“Taxi”) wrote the screenplay. All of these people have top-drawer credentials, but somehow it doesn’t gel… and that’s despite having Steve Martin and Charles Grodin in the film! One scene that does work is below, as Martin and Grodin discuss haircuts. It’s strange to think that Grodin is actually 10 years older than Steve, isn’t it?
-The sitcom “Soap” was popular, critically acclaimed and controversial in its day, but it’s mostly forgotten now except as a footnote in Billy Crystal’s career. This scene features the most dim-witted mind-reading act ever...
-There’s so many great scenes in “Blazing Saddles”… here’s one I always cite as a model of efficiency, laying out the entire conceit of the plot in two minutes.
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