Scott Alexander Volume 2
Part 2 of Scott Alexander (Ed Wood, American Crime Story)’s stroll through his comedy faves. Check out Part 1 here!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
A Night In Casablanca (1946)
The Big Store (1941)
Animal Crackers (1930)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
A Day At The Races (1937)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Faces of Death (1978)
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Death Wish (1974)
Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)
Ed Wood (1994)
Zelig (1983)
Take The Money And Run (1969)
Bananas (1971)
Sleeper (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Nashville (1976)
Zardoz (1974)
The Omega Man (1971)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Mr. Ricco (1975)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
The Love Bug (1968)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977)
Snowball Express (1972)
The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)
The Boatniks (1970)
Million Dollar Duck (1971)
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
That Darn Cat (1997)
Problem Child (1990)
The Pink Panther (1963)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Party (1968)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
That Man From Rio (1964)
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas! TV special (1966)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
At the Earth’s Core (1976)
King Kong (1933)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
Sleuth (1972)
Sleuth (2007)
Deathtrap (1982)
Real Life (1979)
Modern Romance (1981)
The Stunt Man (1980)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Altered States (1980)
Return of the Ape Man (1944)
The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002)
Other Notable Items
The Marx Brothers
You Bet Your Life television series (1947-1961)
Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World by Joe Adamson
The Marx Brothers Scrapbook by Richard Anobile
The Uncle Don outtakes (since disproven)
The Out-of-Towners composer Quincy Jones’ excellent composing filmography
The filmography of Mel Brooks
TFH Guru Alan Spencer
Alan’s Sledge Hammer! television series (1986-1988)
The filmography of Woody Allen
The cinematography of Gordon Willis
Disney uber-star Dean Jones
Blake Edwards’ films with Peter Sellers
Buddy Hackett
The two Dicks of the Bewitched TV series (1964-1972)
The ubiquitous Jean Rochefort
This list is also available on Letterboxd.
