Posted by sean at threshold5n.jpmorgan.com on February 28, 2002 at 14:26:10:
In Reply to: Me too. posted by Kevin on February 28, 2002 at 14:10:12:
: : it just felt like it went on too long.
: I actually agree with this. I submitted a five minute version and a six
: minute version. The folks at the "Tonight Show" chose the six minute
: version, but I was pushing for the the tighter, five minute version.
: Didn't seem to hurt the piece, though, as the audience there dug it.
Was it mostly the first few minutes that were trimmed? That was where I felt ... not so much that it was dragging, but it just wasn't making me laugh that much yet.
: : but the ending was predictable, you just knew about the elaborate set-up
: about the being 'diddled' that once the other guy agreed to it, he'd be
: taken to task for having done so.
: Well... yeah. To me, that's why it's funny. Everyone else sees it coming
: except Dante.
I saw it a little differently. I thought Dante knew, by the end, where it was going, but had been around Randal long enough to know that that's Randal, and that's what Randal is always going to do, and if he didn't say okay, that Randal would not let it go until he did anyway, which was why he finally just blew up the way he did.
But, you know, your way is good too.
: : Flying car still featured well written snappy dialogue, but you saw the
: ending coming and really seemed to lack the 'freshness' of the earlier
: clearks shorts.
: There were earlier, "Clerks" shorts? Might you point me in the direction
: of said shorts - as I've never seen them myself.
Duh, Kevin, he said *clearks*. Not Clerks.
: And for those who HAVE seen "Clerks" many times, I'd imagine (based on what
: I've read here and elsewhere on the 'net) that the "freshness" factor
: wasn't a concern; they were just happy to watch Dante and Randal going at
: it again.
:
: As was I.
word. I would just like to say for the record, that wherever the O'Halloran/Anderson team goes -- hopefully led by Kevin, though -- I shall endeavor to follow. They've got it down to a science, those two.