Steve Martin is funny. It's just a matter of taste.

For example: hands up those who don't like Monty Python...

See? Imbeciles, the lot of them!

If you want to see Martin at his best, I think it's in movies like Roxanne and Parenthood. Great stories, often poignant, with lots of laughs.

You must, must see the cartoon version instead. Though the makeup effects, etc. of the Grinch movie are fantastic, Jim Carrey just didn't pull it off. They didn't get the dog right, either. Sigh.

Jennifer

-- Food Philosophy. Sensuality. Sass.

He's awful!

You should watch the cartoon version.

Or even read the book! Honestly, it's a children's book, you can read it in about 2 minutes...and all the "grinch" references will make sense.

Melissa

"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."

Carrying on the discussion from the other thread,Ross, "The Grinch" was on British television over Xmas. I would have watched it out of curiousity but Jim Carrey is too much for stomach to take. IMO, Carrey rivals Steve Martin as the world's unfunniest "comedian".

But I thought that you might like this ecard that a friend sent me. It seems that elf throwing is now popular!

...in Die Hard 2, set at Washington Airport during a Christmas snowstorm. But it was no good. They filmed the thing in the Nevada desert, the snow looked very fake and there was too much sweating going on.

In the above pic: the one at top right. She's a little out of focus but, oh!, that fluffy hood. Reminds me of a Grace Kelly pic I have

...Love Actually. And she has impeccable taste. She's told me so.

Jen, you can't have voted in the Favorite Christmas Gift Category poll... or have you? I was counting on you to give at least one vote to the food category

Kenny, you're not still pissed about my elf punching remark, are you?

Love Actually can be a little twee in parts, and Hugh Grant has played the awkward upper class twit role one too many times, but it's a warm story that ends well. And, since Richard Curtis wrote it, it gets double kudos

But Desk Set comes to mind...

and White Christmas.

Holiday Inn.

"Jason D. Quintana is not associated with the Ayn Rand Institute -- neither as a writer nor as a speaker".

That's real KASS!

My favourite Christmas movie, the only one we try to track down and watch every Christmas, is 'The Glenn Miller Story">The Glenn Miller Story,' with Jimmy Stewart playing Glenn and June Allison his wife.

Just the right amount of success, hope, joy and wistfulness, and so beautifully done.

I heartily recommend it. Which reminds me that it's about time to track down a copy again for this year.

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Definitely "A Christmas Story"

- Jason

Jason D. Quintana is not associated with the Ayn Rand Institute -- neither as a writer nor as a speaker.

"So if you believe in Father Christmas, children, like your Uncle Billy does, buy my festering turd of a record." QED!

I'll be very happy to stretch out naked with a cute Nighy elf balancing on my balls.

Yep, that's a great one. I watch it now for the humor in what I took so seriously when I was younger. I've been trying to think of examples of Christmas-type movies that are worthy of mention, and that's the first one that's come to my attention. Thanks for mentioning it, Jen!

Ok, favorites, in order, are:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original cartoon)
Love, Actually (yep)
A Christmas Story (you'll shoot yer eye out!)

Jennifer

-- Food Philosophy. Sensuality. Sass.

I'm still laughing at Ross' sage elf punching advice.

Love Actually is cute and pleasant watching. As far as romantic comedy and Christmas movies go; I'm in favour.

"wouldn't it be great if number one this Christmas wasn't some smug teenager but an old ex-heroin addict searching for a comeback at any price? Those young popsters come Christmas will be stretched out naked with a cute bird balancing on their balls and I'll be stuck in some dingy flat with me manager Joe, ugliest man in the world, fucking miserable because our fucking gamble didn't pay off. So if you believe in Father Christmas, children, like your Uncle Billy does, buy my festering turd of a record."

Hmm, can I vote for Die Hard? Both of the Christmas-time ones, actually.

Nothing like kicking some ass and saving the day to make the holidays complete!

Melissa

"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."

Love Actually as on British television a couple of weeks. It was so bad I turned over after while and missed those elves. Damn!