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How Not to Live Your Life (2007)
American-style comedy mixed with British wit
Dan Clark's caricature of himself, "Don" is one the most likable dimwits I have ever seen on TV. The show has the dark, scenario-based humor of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, the daft charm of Workaholics, but the culture and setting of city-life in England. For any Americans that claim "Well, I don't really like British humor"; How Not To Live Your Life might be a good place to start if you're on the fence about British TV. Yes, it has that classic dry, British wit, but Dan Clark is such an Ameriphile that anyone on both sides of the pond can't help but crack up at the preposterous and sometimes uncomfortable situations "Don" gets himself into.
Hot Rod (2007)
Easily The Most Underrated Movie In Years
I have shown this movie to a numerous amount of people. Stoners, Hipsters, music snobs, "bros", art-chicks, and even Mumblecore worshiping film students, and every single one of them agreed with me, that it is truly one of the funniest movies they've ever seen. It's quite interesting actually. In all actuality, this is probably the most simple, lowest budgeted Lorne Michaels produced film since "It's Pat", and yet, I would even go as far as ranking this movie up there with SNL- affiliated classics like "The Blues Brothers" & "Wayne's World". And there really isn't much to it. The movie is reference after reference, to movies, music, random people, that normally wouldn't be funny, but the comedic delivery here is brilliant! Samberg, truly is a riot, and the supporting cast of Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Will Arnett, Chris Parnell, and the show-stealing Ian Macshane, all make this film worthwhile. If you haven't seen it, I suggest you do. If you don't like it, well, that's OK, but if you're saying you didn't laugh out loud at a scene(*Slight Spoiler*) where someone falls down a mountain for a good 3 to 5 minutes, than I'm sorry but you need to get your funny bone checked out.