Comments on: Episode 84: Monday, September 24, 2007

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:02:59 +0000

I thought Weird Al’s commentary for UHF would be funny and interesting, but it was mainly just a list of dry technical facts like addresses of filming locations.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:41:02 +0000

In my experience, the best commentary is usually done by the director, writers, and producers of the show. That is because these are the people who created and developed the material. Usually the actors only add funny stories or things like that, although sometimes they are good. Tru Calling DVD had a great commentary for season 1, featuring the series creator, the Dush, comedian Zach Galifanakis (who is hillarious) and even Jason Priestley. To date my most informative commentary was on the Cannonball Run (featuring director Hal Needham and producer Al Ruddy), and funniest is The Goonies (featuring director Richard Donner and the entire “child cast” 20 years later almost).

By: Esteban

Esteban — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:48:54 +0000

It’s horrible. He drones on about minutiae like the earpiece falling out of his ear and how good or bad he thought his voice was that night. Once in a while he’ll do a really in depth interesting talk about the song he’s singing and where he got his inspiration for writing it but that’s rare. Then when there’s a song I’d be really interested in knowing about, he’s totally silent all the way through. That’s when I figure the song is probably about his boyfriend.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:45:59 +0000

You own a Barry Manilow DVD? What is the commentary like?

By: Esteban

Esteban — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:40:15 +0000

I have never suffered so much as the time I listened to the Barry Manilow commentary track on one of his live DVDs.