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Be Smart — Don’t See Get Smart

June 20, 2008 - 12:37 am - by Kyle Smith
Terry
2008-06-23 13:43:46

AngieBaby,

Many years ago at an Air Force base in Thailand, I saw “What’s Up Doc?” It was a painful experience of the side-splitting nature. The entire audience was caught up in the movie.

Years later, I watched the film again in a more sedate environment, swearing to my wife that this was absolutely the funniest movie ever. Everything about it seemed flat, and it left my wife wondering what was in the water in Thailand. I suspect the missing component was an audience infected with laughter; that is, once some threshold was crossed, the movie’s humor level didn’t matter as much, we just laughed (and laughed and laughed) until it hurt.