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BASEketball (1998)
Crude but highly entertaining
While many older viewers may struggle to see the humour in many of Trey Parker and Matt Stones low brow jokes in BASEketball, it is most definitely a laugh out loud movie for those blessed (or cursed) with a similar sense of humour to the South Park creators. The story is well designed to suit the combination of slapstick and toilet humour the movie presents, with the Baseketball sport the two leads Cooper and Remer create offering great opportunities for the best gags in the movie with the 'psyche outs' involving ridiculous and hilarious antics to try and make the opposition players miss their shots. In between is the token love story and a best friends have a huge rift then become best friends again twist, but despite using many cliches of the genre they are done in such a way that will have you in stitches, the make up of the two friends at the end of the film is one you will never forget, that's for sure. While a few of the jokes may leave you wondering what the two were on when making this movie, for the vast majority of the film the jokes hit the spot, and hit it hard. A great comedy from two very talented comedians.
Bargearse (1993)
Side splitting and hilarious
The Late Show was responsible for many great comedy moments, but Bargearse has to stand tall as their greatest feat before Frontline. While epitomising low brow humour, the fart jokes and toilet humour present here left me in stitches for the entire duration of the film, and the only criticism that can be levelled at it is it is just too short, although it must be said that these types of jokes are only funny for so long, and it would be better to leave the audience wishing for more rather than wishing it was over.
The movie itself is cut and paste footage from the 70's cop show Bluey, overdubbed by the Late Show crew and turned into a cop drama and the obese and eternally hungry Sergeant Bargearse and his sidekicks Glenn Twenty and Anne Bourke. The jokes come thick and fast, and always at a base level, from the famous Dutch oven to the sagas of the missing fries, chinese takeaway and missing supplies of exotic chocolate. From start to finish this is hilarious, not one joke falls flat on its face, and you'll need to watch it several times over just to get all the jokes in there, as the rapid pace ensures you'll miss a few jokes here and there while still laughing at the previous scene. A great comedy, don't take it too seriously and you'll definitely love it.