Chris Williams

Saturday coffee: ‘Shiny Happy People,’ Jesus: Endgame, Hamilton, more Playing some catchup with recent news

Talking about SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE, SOUTH PARK, HAMILTON, THE PAPER and more in this week's newsletter.

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Yup. My audience was gasping, screaming, cheering and then laughing throughout. Such a great experience.

Summer of 1995: Apollo 13 Ron Howard's drama in the stars is best when it's on the ground.

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Just watched APOLO 13 a month back. Still holds up.

It's always amazing.

It's absolutely crazy how he comes in and steals the entire movie in one song and then, just a minute later, Bill Murray comes in and steals it from him.

Avengers: Mightiest Friends
Episode 20, "Demon in a Bottle"

it’s basically trite to note at this point but if this were any other president, and certainly a democrat, spending a ton of money to gild the white house would be a legit scandal

Machines:

“Is this when I say, ‘Let them eat cake’? Or can they even still afford cake? Because I’ll take the extra cake. I like cake.”

@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

I can’t say it enough: U.S. culture is scam culture. It pervades everything we do. We don’t notice it because it’s the water we swim in. A party would do well to remind everybody how awful this is and propose to fix it.

Figure Dean Cain has about 1 month of relevance whenever there's a Superman project as the fourth or fifth best Superman. So, he has to be as loud as possible before he slinks back to making shitty faith-based drivel.

Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda The actor will be sworn in ‘ASAP’ amid the federal agency’s recruitment drive and unprecedented immigration raids that have sparked protest across the US

Dean Cain gotta eat, I guess
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dude, your soda and your boots rock

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

I feel the same way about the Caught Stealing trailer.

There is at least one shining example though…

I'd say Jim Acosta is going to Hell for this, but any world where this shit is happening is already Hell.

This is incredible

Weekend catch-up: ‘The Naked Gun’ and ‘The Bad Guys 2’ August gets a satisfactory kick off at the movies.

THE NAKED GUN is a reminder of how good it feels to laugh with a crowd, and THE BAD GUYS 2 is a perfectly fine bit of kids' entertainment. #filmsky

A Vitamin Water ad about how it's "so New York." Ah yes, that plays great at a movie theater in suburban Detroit.

The Long Walk: 100 young men keep walking until only one is left alive.

The Running Man: One young man keeps running in order to avoid being murdered.

both coming to a theater near you.

A ★★★★ review of The Naked Gun (2025) Is there anything quite as funny as Leslie Nielsen peeing with his mic on or the "Star Spangled Banner" moment? Not quite (although a scene involving infrared lights, a dog and a turkey baster comes c...

There was a lot of man's laughter in my theater

Now seated for The Naked Gun and, based on the hype, I'm going to be disappointed if I don't laugh so hard that a bit of pee comes out.

Is it cheating to say Better Call Saul, which I think had a higher degree of difficulty than Breaking Bad.

Otherwise, I'd say Freaks and Geeks.

If comedies are allowed, The Simpsons or first three seasons of Arrested Development.