# Christopher Guest is at it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574 "2003-03-31T23:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/1 "2003-03-31T23:08:41Z")
Did you love _This is Spinal Tap_? Did you laugh out loud at _Waiting for Guffman_? Did you soil yourself while watching _Best in Show_? Coming soon to a theater near you, a movie about folk music, titled _A Mighty Wind_, with many of the usual suspects. I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/2 "2003-03-31T23:18:20Z")
Awesome! I’m sure it will be as brilliant as ever. Thanks for the heads-up. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/3 "2003-03-31T23:19:50Z")
I heard him talk about this on the second to last episode of Dennis Miller Live last summer, and I’ve been waiting with bated breath ever since. It should be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/4 "2003-04-01T00:24:02Z")
He and Albert Brooks should be required by law to make two movies a year! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/5 "2003-04-01T00:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by YellowTail \* > \*\*He and Albert Brooks should be required by law to make two movies a year! \*\* I have a feeling that they might run out of material and start declining if they were to make 2 movies a year. If Baron Hadon-Guest had the material to do two movies a year, he’d do it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/6 "2003-04-01T01:12:39Z")
I remember seeing “The Folksmen” (folk-music group with Guest, Shearer, and McKean) years ago on SNL. As I recall, they did that bit before they even did Spinal Tap. This has been a long time in coming, and I’m gonna be there when the mighty wind starts a’blowin’. ---
**Author:** ![MogwaiBokar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MogwaiBokar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MogwaiBokar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/7 "2003-05-05T03:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by YellowTail \* > \*\*He and Albert Brooks should be required by law to make two movies a year! \*\* Well hey, Albert Brooks will be co-starring with Michael Douglas in the comedy remake of The In-Laws! I haven’t seen him in a while… and this Douglas’s role in it is reminiscent of his character from Romancing the Stone. Hrm, actually, it looks like role reversal for Brooks if you look at it from a “Real Life” perspective; his character’s life/family (in the In-Laws) that’s being ruined by an outsider instead. Am I making sense? Nevertheless, any of you seen A Mighty Wind yet? Damn hilarious… I still need to buy the album. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/8 "2003-05-05T03:58:31Z")
I enjoyed A Mighty Wind very much, I think it’s likely the best of the ones he’s directed. It wasn’t necessarily as funny - though the really good jokes WERE really, really good - I think they did a remarkably good job of imitating life and making believable characters while still keeping things off-kilter and funny. This one was actually even touching at times. I like his stuff, and I was impressed. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/9 "2003-05-05T05:44:50Z")
I just saw it tonight and I loved it. Guest is a genious. As usual the characters were spot on. Those album covers were brilliant. The Folksman = Peter, Paul and Mary + The Kingston Trio. The New Main Street Singers = The Christy Minstals + The Rooftop Singers. Mitch and Mickey = ?? Haj ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/10 "2003-05-05T06:40:51Z")
I STILL haven’t heard when this is getting a nationwide release. As far as I know, it’s still just in select cities. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/11 "2003-05-05T06:44:38Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s in wide release at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/12 "2003-05-05T07:34:34Z")
I read a review which equated Mitch and Mickey with Sonny and Cher. I don’t know that I agree with that, really, especially since the reviewer found all kinds of faults with the comparison. But I loved the movie. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/13 "2003-05-05T10:54:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*I STILL haven’t heard when this is getting a nationwide release. As far as I know, it’s still just in select cities. Anyone? \*\* Friday, May 9th is wide release. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-is-at-it-again/165574/14 "2003-05-05T16:17:51Z")
Mitch and Mickey are supposed to represent the Canadian folk duo of Ian and Sylvia. Whoever said they were supposed to be Sonny and Cher knows squat.