Comedy Goes Big (Huge) Budget, Chicagoist Fights With Richard Marx
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 10:00AM
Steve Carell's Evan Almighty is ringing in at a budget of $175 million , the kind of dough previously reserved for action movies, back in the Stallone and Schwarzenegger heydays. What's with the monstrous comedy budgets lately? Oh...right...more money equals more funny.
Fresh Air recently chatted with Ricky Gervais about the BBC's The Office, and his new movie "Night at the Museum."
Chicagoist called the Bastion "A trusted source of interviews and reportage, serving up a steady diet of funny YouTubes vying to demolish your afternoon productivity." We heart you, too, Chicagoist, and because of that, want to share with our viewers a hilarious video starring one of you. Witness a re-enactment of a sassy e-mail dispute between '80's rocker and Chicago native Richard Marx (portrayed by Schadenfreude's ever-versatile Justin Kaufmann) and Chicagoist editor Scott Smith (portrayed by, wait for it...himself).
Also, just for kicks, a documentary about Sketchfest 2007:
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