The Summer of Laughter '07: Summer Comedy Countdown
The Summer of Laughter 2007: Summer Comedy Countdown and Calendar
(1967 was the summer of love (ask your grandparents), and a plethora of
factors (the sleeper hit comedies of '05, Judd Apatow, People Who Used to be on "The State") have come
together to poise the summer of 2007 to be one of the best ever
for comedy movies! Wooo!!! From now until the Friday after Labor Day, we'll be helping
you make informed choices about your summer comedy viewing, with a
little help from our friends from the comedy world. Wondering when a comedy comes out? Check out our comprehensive comedy movie release date calendar!)
First: the countdown: I did an informal poll of co-workers, friends,
contributors to this blog, and comedy people, presenting them with the
names of every comedy opening in the US between now and the Friday
after Labor Day and asking one question:
Which comedy movie or movies are you MOST looking forward to this summer and why?
Each day this week I'll be counting down the top 5 from my informal poll, with a few choice quotes (some from people who were in the movies!) Watch the trailers and decide for yourself!
#5: The Brothers Solomon
Release Date: September 7
Official Site (including unrated trailer)
Synopsis: Will Arnett and Will Forte are two home-schooled brothers who must fulfill their dying father's wish by getting someone, uh, knocked up. Written by Will Forte, directed by Bob Odenkirk.
Anticipated Because: We are the hardest-core Bob Odenkirk fans in the world.
Choice Quotes:
"I'm looking forward to "The Brothers Solomon," because its director, Bob Odenkirk, told me he thought I would enjoy it. Normally, that wouldn't be very convincing, but Odenkirk had just told me *he* didn't enjoy two of his three previous films." – Jesse Thorn, The Sound of Young America
"Though it's going to suffer in unfair comparison to another man-child-dealing-with-parenting comedy, I'm digging "The Brothers Solomon" because of the Bob Odenkirk pedigree, the hilariously smarmy Will
Arnett and the wonderfully sick red band trailer has some great smart dumb jokes. (Yes, a cold Dixie cup is an unappealing way to describe a vagina.)" – Todd Jackson, Dead-Frog.com
(We'll be covering The Brothers Solomon until it comes out, and stay tuned each day this week for the rest of our Top 5 Summer comedy countdown.)
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