He invented the summer blockbuster. He inspired millions of people around the world to âwatch the skies.â And now, he has sent Griffin Newman into an existential crisis over the question âwhat is comedy?â Our friends Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger of The Doughboys join us to talk about Steven Spielbergâs infamously unfunny 1941. Why IS this film - loaded with so many comedic superstars - boring as shit? Is the opening scene one of the most embarrassing exercises in hubris ever committed to screen? Would this movie be better if they just inserted the entirety of Dumbo into it? Why does Eddie Deezen keep getting banned from dining establishments? Someone has to ask these things.
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