"This is Spinal Tap" on DVD, or "What do you do in Memphis when your unemployed?&quot

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Got around to opening the mailbox after letting it get filled up with junk to the point of bursting, and guess what fell out? A DVD of “Spinal Tap” that I forgot I bought on ebay a while ago. Kinda like a miniture surprise party right there on the side of the road!

Well, since I got home early and caught Ken Burns on PBS during the first airing, then got The Daily Show out of the way and the wife is out of town, I decided to check it out that night.

I watched the film and enjoyed it. The picture and sound were pretty good. Then I checked out the “rare out-takes”. Stop reading here if you are worried about spoilers, cause Homey don’t play no fool boxes!

Most of this stuff was comic gold and really should have been in the movie. Some of the stuff was critical setup for other gags and would have made the movie so much better, for example the cucumber in the pants gag. I always kinda thought there should have been more to that in the movie. The missing scenes really helped out. Same with the hotel scenes in Memphis. In fact, pretty much all the outtakes would have made the movie better. You could lose the mime stuff and the hottub and the Nigel-by-the-pool, but the rest should have been in there. Its not like the film was too long or anything.

I wonder what Marti (Rob) was thinking? Anybody else got the DVD and agree? Anybody think I’m a stupid shit?

You don’t have to answer that last one.

She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy!

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I loved the special features on the DVD. The Flower People press conference, the video for “Hellhole”…all gold. I also loved watching the film with the band’s commentary. It’s hilarious how they accuse Marti of “taking a piss” every chance they get.

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Have you done it with the in-character commentary yet? Oh, man, I thought the movie was gonna kill me, but the commentary was SO FUNNY.

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I loved th retrospective “looking back” documentary with Marti (Rob) commenting how the band got venerial diseases and then cutting to unusaged footage of the band members face’s covered with cold sores.

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Man, the cold-sore gag was hilarious! “Looks like Derek is out of commision.” :smiley:

Another question: After visiting the “hidden feature” link (that I don’t remember where it is now) in another thread, I feel compelled to ask if there is anything I’m overlooking on the DVD?

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Maybe I’ll check out the commentary with the wife when she gets back.

That means I’ll just end up drinking too much beer and eating too much steak and lobster or something. :smiley:

She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy!