NME is reporting that R. Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon of Reno 911! are writing a Broadway musical based on the songs of Morrissey and The Smiths. Before you start jumping up and down and screaming, though, Frankly Mr. Shankly, I'm not buying it. Consider the source:

Lennon told New York Metro: "I have an outline in my head, like 'Mamma Mia'- type musical but with them music of Morrissey called 'I've Changed My Plea To Guilty'. It's for a very diehard set of fans."

Um, so he just said that in an interview?  It's just 'an outline in his head'? I think This Charming Man was just making a joke. All kinds of sites are latching on to this story, but I'm going to stretch out and wait until it's confirmed. (I'll stop now - this Joke Isn't Funny Anymore)

However, it's impossible not to imagine potential plots. Off the top of my head: The Last of the Famous International Playboys is Hand in Glove with a Hairdresser on Fire until he finds out his Girlfriend is in a Coma and pregnant with a Monster spawned last November. And Heaven Knows He's Miserable Now.

The Summer of Laughter 2007: Summer Comedy Countdown: #3

(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'm 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!

3. Balls of Fury
Release Date: August 31
Official Site/Trailer: Balls of Fury

Anticipated Because: It's another movie by alumni of The State (in this case, Reno 911!'s Ben Garant and Tom Lennon). And any movie whose title won't have to be changed for the adult film version is good with us.

Choice Quotes:

"I'm just glad that all the Asians in Hollywood get to do something together now that 4 Fast 4 Furious might not be in the works. Also, dude from Heroes always seems funny to me." - Andrew Ti

"Christopher Walken looks like a geisha and it's written by my two favorite members of the state.  Gold." - Rob Penty

"To see if Thomas Lennon wears shorts in this project too, and to see if director Robert Ben Garant  "got the best" out of Walken." Joe Lo Truglio

"Christopher Walken in ethnic drag, Maggie Q as the inexplicable love interest to Dan Fogler, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa reduced to "mysterious Asian man." It's enough to raise every PC/angry asian hackle on the back of my neck. But then I saw the trailer with James Hong's rib-tickling takes and found out R. Ben Garant/Tom Lennon penned the script. Throw in Patton, Brian Posehn, Terry Hughes and Kerri Kenney-Silver into the mix - I'm willing to give it a shot." - Dustin Chinn