The answer, my friend, still blowing in the 'Wind' ("A Mighty Wind" review)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | May 4, 2003 | LLOYD SACHS ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC

[Chi-townChief]

I generally don't agree much with Mr. Sachs about anything but his admission of enjoying corny music strikes a chord with me.

In my case it's the pseudo-Polynesian "Exotica" music of Les Baxter, Martin Denny, and Arthur Lyman among others from the late-50s / early 60s. I've always enjoyed it but never admitted to it until I was much older. I still go crazy anytime I hear "Quiet Village" !

I'm also still into a lot of mambo and bossa nova from the same time period. Maybe it's the warm weather-sound that does it, I'm not sure.

[Miss Marple]

I still own a Chad Mitchell Trio album that I bought in 1963. It has on it such classics as "The MTA" and "The Seine." I still like that music, dinosaur that I am. LOL!

[ewing]

I cant wait till this movie gets into our area. I heard that Guest and Company completley ad-lib all of the action and dilogue onto film..

[pianomikey]

YOu forgot to mention Guest's role in Princess Bride as Count Rogan. That's probably the one people would remember most. He didn't help in the production of the movie, but he MADE that character!

[Chi-townChief]

The main thing I remember about Guest is a song called "Well-Intentioned Blues" off of a National Lampoon LP. It's a satire of folkies like Pete Seeger and is so poltically incorrect that I bet Guest tries to forget that he ever did it. But it's still funny as hell.

[ewing]

The Lettermen also were ones that never went away as well, I think I saw an ad for them playing somewhere in the midwest..

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ping.

(Thank God for model train.)

[martin_fierro]

I really liked "Spinal Tap" (the Stonehenge bit was HILARIOUS!), didn't see "Guffman" and thought "Best of Show" was mediocre.

Unlike most Hollywood crap, I'll actually go out and rent this flick when it comes to DVD.

[ewing]

IMO, 'Guffman' is one of the best comedys of the 1990's along with 'Groundhog Day'

I too wasn't quite as impressed with 'Best in Show..' but Guffman is a classic!

[Chad Fairbanks]

I'm always seeking out new and interesting music... Which is why I have recently discovered 'Dictionaraoke'...

That being said, "I'd like to see Crabville in the autumn..."

[pacobell]

As a lifelong reader and listener of MAD, National Lampoon, Second City, and SNL and fan of Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show I expect a Mighty Wind will not disappoint. These folks are not politically correct, nobody escapes their wit and they're right on target. I can hardly wait.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"A mighty wind is blowin'... you and me..."

[ewing]

Guest's brilliance is nailing all of these eccentric characters inside their little worlds-- ones he obviously knows of back and forward himself.

I amazed that a studio will give him 10-15 million dollars with a totally adlibbed script and no huge 'stars' and let him do his thing-but he is that good..

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

"Waiting for Guffman" is very good. (Much better than "Best in Show", in my opinion...but I enjoyed that one too.)

[Skip Ripley]

"I sympathize with the Arab cause
I feel for the put-upon Jew"

"And I keep singin the liberal well-intenioned Blues..."

[pianomikey]

Sounds great! I'm going to look that one up! "Well-Intentioned Blues" eh... kazaa-search....

[NewYorker]

I recently bought a couple of Limelighter CDs to replace the albums that saw me through high school.

[Garden Island]

Ahhh, Exotica. It's alive and well in my cd player. Some of the best drinking music ever made. Living in Kauai ( Arthur Lyman's home island), it's not as corny and stupid as "Hawaiin Reggae", which is inescapable. Cheers!!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

See you down at the "Little Big Room". ; )

[Chad Fairbanks]

ROTFL