tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post4019408665514085744..comments2023-10-24T06:32:19.404-07:00Comments on State of the Art: Harold Ramis...genius?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-56905876723061470742014-07-17T11:34:14.513-07:002014-07-17T11:34:14.513-07:00And Weird Al....now he's a comedy genius.And Weird Al....now he's a comedy genius. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-80108036380384108562014-02-27T08:42:02.570-08:002014-02-27T08:42:02.570-08:00I don't like to comment on my own blogs, but m...I don't like to comment on my own blogs, but my point was that media hype oversells people to the extent that words become meaningless. I considered Ramis influential, funny and a guy with a finger on America's comic pulse -- simply not a genius, a word I don't think he would have wanted to apply to himself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-78293165931816262022014-02-27T05:39:46.329-08:002014-02-27T05:39:46.329-08:00Name anything that comes close to Animal House. It...Name anything that comes close to Animal House. It was a groundbreaking comedy. <br />If Ramis wasn't a comic genius who was? I've never read anything very funny from Einstein,Newton or DaVinci. So I think he has those guys beat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-11403596628210173142014-02-26T22:44:57.522-08:002014-02-26T22:44:57.522-08:00I wouldn't classify "Stripes" as sec...I wouldn't classify "Stripes" as second-tier. When you add in directing Vacation, Harold's top 6 movies are about as good as it can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com