I was pissed when if first came out, but only in a handful of cities. I stewed for 3 or 4 weeks until it finally showed up, but the wait was worth it. Personally, I though Best In Show was entertaining, but disappointing. I think the only thing I audibly laughed at was the Starbucks joke, and while I liked the two-left-feet joke I thought it ultimately was too goofy. Guffman, however, is sheer genius.
That said, Mighty Wind is easily up to Guffman’s standard, but might falter a little due to there being too many characters and the plot being a little thin. Levy was excellent, doing a very good job of playing an innately funny, pathetic character, while maintaining a straight-man sensibility throughout (the “I’d like to see this town in the Autumn” line was funny, yet he gave it in such an earnest way that you know to Mitch, that wasn’t a joke, he actually meant it - in fact, the joke comes not from the line, but from Micky’s husband’s reaction). I’m a big Harry Shearer fan, and I wish I could have seen more of him - but not his teeth - in the film, buy hey, the cuts have to come somewhere. Guest was good, but he seemed to be channelling a little bit of Corky Sinclair at times. I also wish the Folksmen had assaulted the Bohners after their concert transgression. That would have been great.