Summer Hours

Since today marks the official start of summertime (hooray!), I figured it would be a good time to put up a blog post! How about that?! I've taken a decent-sized break from 42 Inch Television since the end of the television season in an effort to recharge my batteries for what will undoubtedly be a pretty jam packed fall. But, of course, I'll still try to put up a weekly post for you loyal readers. And, you can always read me, almost daily, over at the New York Observer website (linked to the right, or click here!)

Enough housekeeping! (My least favorite part of any blog is when writers go on and on about how they aren't posting.) Onto some random thoughts!

Vegas Baby, Vegas: The Hangover Reviewed

There has been such a boon of comedy in the last decade that compiling a list of the "funniest" becomes a futile enterprise. Where do you draw the line? Is Old School that much better than Wedding Crashers? Does The 40-Year-Old Virgin top Superbad? Where does something like Tropic Thunder fit in on the list in comparison to Anchorman? What about Knocked Up?

Based on this abundance of laughers, where to rank The Hangover isn't exactly clear. However, wherever it lands--we're currently apt to place it just below Superbad and Old School on our list of favorites--one thing is unequivocally clear: If another movie winds up being be funnier in 2009 than The Hangover, this will go down as one of the great years for comedy in the last twenty.