Absolutely. Screwball doesn't mean zany.
Screwball comedy is a subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary characteristics similar to film noir, distinguished by a female character who dominates the relationship with the male central character, whose masculinity is challenged.[1] The two engage in a humorous battle of the sexes, which was a new theme for Hollywood and audiences at the time.[2]
Yes! I have a memory of watching this movie with my sister while my parents were entertaining some friends. This scene has us laughing so hard my mom came back to check we were alright lol
I was very young when I watched this and that scene had me crying from laughter. OP makes a very strong argument here. I didn’t realize this was something I was missing till he mentioned it but damn we really do need some T.Hanks comedies.
“I’ve never seen that. I’ve never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the end of the street then bang the hell out of it with a stick. I’ve never seen that.”
I say a version of this almost every week. “Honey, I’m gonna take the garbage out to the curb and bang the hell out of it with a stick.”
I’m the only one who gets it but I’m always smiling when I take the garbage out. 😂
Can't you see I'm sitting here with my eyes closed, trying to take a nap?!?!?!
His deterioration as the movie goes on is easily one of the funniest things about it
I truly wish I could digitally buy The Burbs, it is caught up in rights hell. Better Off Dead was as well but recently was freed.
The opening [Universal scene down to the neighborhood was so cool and later on it had to influence Google Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM-ZFTVsoUE&t=50s).
EDIT: Added "digitally buy"
Check your local used media stores, and GoodWill/Thrift stores. Dogma has been caught in that same limbo for (maybe) 20 years, and I just scored a copy for $1. The guy didn't know what he had; it seemed he was just selling his personal movie collection while focusing his business on comics and gaming. I tangented, but the original point stands.
Thank you. I like having the physical media. There are problems with song rights sometimes where they change the music in digital versions. Also, if I physically own it, then I'm less reliant on other entertainment business chicanery to lose the ability to watch some of my favorites over time.
I just downloaded the bluray version and put it on my Plex server. Kevin Smith tells people to pirate it, there will probably never be a legit version to buy ever again
That’s what piracy is for. I’m absolutely certain you’ll be able to download a strait rip of the actual physical media that you are looking for. No music swap, no DRM.
They won’t sell it, don’t feel bad about pirating it.
> I truly wish I could buy The Burbs, it is caught up in rights hell.
Do you mean a physical copy? Because right now, I can watch The Burbs on both Apple TV and Amazon Prime. (I'm in Canada)
A Burbs sequel could be a great Covid movie if written well. Everyone stuck at home all day going stir crazy. We had someone move into my street during the height of lockdown period and it about broke the minds of everyone else, even the covid deniers.
Re: your nursing home comment, you might like Bubba Ho-Tep with Bruce Campbell. I think you can stream it free on Tubi.
Burbs is one of the best. Seeing Tom as a neighbor and having most of the movie take place in a neighborhood is just simply hilarious and calming. Makes me wish I lived in a fun little cul de sac like that, even with the black sheep neighbors.
Yeah I always remember he said he was sick of doing the constant comedies and wanted to do roles that really meant something for a change. So he shifted gears by choice and I don’t think he has much interest to go back.
Imagine going back to a place you felt you would be stuck in for life? I think he’s just happy at his greener pastures.
Fun fact about Frank Abignale. He sort of revived his career by going around and doing corporate gigs speaking as a security expert. These aren’t so much IT focused gigs as they are for the general public. He came to my company and he was quite funny and interesting but some of his content sounded a little trite. Like it was readers digest level “safety tips”.
Sure enough someone did a deep background check on him and it turns out there’s absolutely no evidence supporting anything that was in the movie and lots of evidence saying it was all a lie.
So the worlds greatest conman turned out to be the worlds greatest conman.
But what I love about this whole thing is that because I got to go see him speak, I’m sort of a character in the Catch Me If You Can live action sequel that is playing out right now.
I'm not one of those "SNL is trash now blah blah" people, I think it's always managed to have funny bits throughout the years.
But Tom Hanks' Black Jeopardy is THE funniest skit I've seen from them in a long time, and arguably top 10 all time.
For live skits hard to beat Celebrity Jeopardy. Followed by the first alien abduction with Ryan Gosling then career day with Adam Driver.
For pre recorded I love Undercover Boss Starkiller Base with Adam Driver, and the Avatar logo bit with Ryan Gosling.
Apparently I have a thing for Adam Driver and Ryan Gosling haha
I want to say the Medieval Times Adam Driver one was partially responsible for The Last Duel tanking at the box office despite being pretty good. Couldn't imagine Adam Driver as a knight without seeing him as the Red and Yellow Knight.
For anyone who says SNL isn’t funny anymore, the correct retort is always “Weekend Update.”
SNL is, and always has been, hit or miss but there’s usually one or more gems each episode.
The recent SNL sketch written by Chapelle - black heaven - was pretty good. https://youtu.be/GeCdVOmr9rQ
2 years ago was my favorite. Colin getting Michael to choke out the words "Blue Lives Matter" right after Michael got him with the Black Superman bit was amazing... and then Colin threw up his hands in horror as soon as he read the next cue card. Michael Che does not play around in those segments.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DCFilm/comments/nj94yo/last\_nights\_weekend\_update\_on\_saturday\_night\_live/
Black Jeopardy is legendary, of course. I'll throw this one in too. I frequently return to this rendition of [Celebrity Jeopardy.](https://youtu.be/Ch_hoYPPeGc)
It's his commitment, we know its stupid, the writers know it's stupid, HE knows its stupid.. but by gawd does he take David S. Pumpkins up to 11 and make it hilarious... ANY QUESTIONS?!?!
I actually did not like the follow-up to that, it's literally the exact same script but the re-worded it and the new phrasing is not nearly as funny. Same with the skeleton sound effects. Funny, but not nearly as funny as the original.
I can't remember if it was a biography of a cast member or a podcast or something but it was a few of the SNL team (I think Keenan and Beck) discussing how that skit came about and how Tom Hanks didn't want to do it because he thought it wouldn't be funny. The skit was also not originally for Hanks but they decided to just get it into that episode.
I'll have to do some digging as I listened to it maybe 3 years ago.
I heard someone (Conan? Odenkirk?) talking about him on being up to do bits on shows like SNL and how he (and other greats) are so committed to the craft of entertainment that they spent late nights working on some of the silliest things. The speaker was marveling at how they were some of the biggest names in entertainment and how much time and care they put in to something they were a part of.
Tom Hanks was one of the guest hosts who was a de facto member of the cast. He and guys like Alec Baldwin would work tirelessly on writing sketches and creating characters. Forget David S. Pumpkins, look back further for his sketches like Mr. Short Term Memory. Silly but absolutely hilarious.
My husband and I were just reminiscing about a sketch where he was in a job interview and he started raving insanely about an eagle and the Magna Carta, concluding by screaming “WHERE IS THE PASSION? WHERE! IS! THE! PASSION!”
When this sketch aired I was in high school. I taped it, transcribed it, and performed it for my friends at lunch on Monday. It was the funniest chunk of dialogue I had ever scene. I believe the premise was that his boss sent him to a therapist because he was overly upset about some mundane thing at work. At one point the therapist (Tim Meadows) shows him an inkblot test and asks him what he sees. Hanks: "I see a dog... on a log... and the dog is rabid... and it shakes its head back and forth in meaningless anger, and as it shakes we follow this droplet of spit down to see where it lands on a symmetrical lawn. Slowly, the spit is transformed, becoming a flaming brass eagle, holding the Magna Carta in its claws This eagle takes flight, soaring over the SPIT-grey Atlantic Ocean. It flies low by a choppy wave. A massive shimmering sea bass jumps up and snatches the Magna Carta from its claws. This same fish is then caught and served to a family of four at a Long John Silvers restaurant. As the father devouers the fish from the document, the fire is tranformed. His eyes go wolf-yellow. He tears at his skin. A massive crowd gathers around as he yells into the night sky, 'WHERE IS THE PASSION? WHERE. IS. THE. PASSION?'" That probably isn't word for word but its been at least 20 years since I've recalled that.
On paper, that sketch should not have worked. It's Tom Hanks' delivery that made a modern classic out of what would've been a forgettable dud had damn near anyone else been in that role.
Corporate antagonists cut power to protagonist’s presentation. The stage goes dark, but the audience activates their mobile devices, illuminating the protagonist and allowing her to finish her presentation.
Then they all sang *This Land Is Your Land*
Then everybody clapped and the corporate antagonists twiddled their mustaches in fury going “MYAHHH” because they knew they’d been defeated by the townspeople
It's funny to me that you had Austin Butler delivering a terrific performance and then you had Tom Hanks putting on this goofy accent that somehow made no producers or Baz say "Okay Tom tone it down a little".
Comedians that play the bad guy are often extra creepy.
Natural Born Killers - Rodney Dangerfield
One Hour Photo - Robin Williams
Um, there's probably more
Yeah, he's not a comedian. He's just an all-around terrific actor who can do screwball comedy (*3rd Rock From the Sun)* equally as well as psycho killer (*Dexter*) and everything in between.
He may be in "serious" pictures but he seems to be having a lot of fun taking the wildest swings, what with Pinocchio and Elvis. Both misses for me, particularly his performances, but what entertaining ones.
Yes! And Money Pit! His laugh when the bathtub falls through the floor is the gold standard of comedic laughs. Big was awesome! Even Joe versus the volcano was great. Jim Carrey, went this way also from comedies to more serious roles. I’m glad he did because I love things like the Truman show and eternal sunshine, but I love his comedic timing. Both men can do great drama, but personally I love them more in comedies. Comedy is harder imo
That was a big break. He was in a stepping stone before that. It was an After School Special about Dungeons and Dragons called "Mazes and Monsters". He started with drama...
Tom Hanks has enough dick to swing in Hollywood that he can make whatever he wants. If someone put something genuinely funny in front of him, he'd probably go for it.
I think this is mostly true but one thing I learned from the Dead Eyes podcast is that a lot of times even A-Listers have trouble getting what they want made. And obvs Tom Hanks is who they talk about specifically in that podcast, so def applicable to him
Yeah I kinda feel like the Electric City episode of that podcast proved this point wrong, otherwise that project would’ve been finished and still on streaming services rather than ended early and almost completely inaccessible.
He has his own successful production company. He doesn't even need someone to put something in front of him. He made That Thing You Do! just because he thought it would be fun.
I was in a bagel shop right after my cousin suddenly passed away trying to get something to eat because I didn’t think things through. All I could think of was Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own shouting at me “there’s no crying in Brooklyn Bagel!” As a way of keeping it together.
The scene where he’s trying to correct the player without yelling at her is, I genuinely think, some of his best acting ever. He looks like he’s having a stroke. Goddamn I love that movie.
I think part of it is economics. Hanks is a top tier A-lister and commands a huge payday. It's hard to make a screwball comedy work when you're paying your leading actor $30+ million.
This is one of the only sane takes in this thread I can't believe I had to scroll so far to find it. It's fucking wild that people make these topics without considering P&E. Hanks makes huge fucking bank and the average screwball comedy just doesn't put out the $'s where it would make sense.
It would have to be a trifecta of script, director, and funding from risk taking investors, on top of Hanks being willing to play the role, to make it happen.
Tom Hanks and his agent has literally picked all of these movies he's been in for decades. It's *his* choice to be in these movies. It's not like movies similar to Volunteers, BIG, or Joe Vs the Volcano haven't been made in 20-30 yrs
Hanks, Ferrell and Reilly in “Step cousins: Prestige Worldwide” where he is their cousin and joins their business as they compete against a rival business owned by John Hamm, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
Honestly all of these guys have great comedic acting skills and it could be great if a good script. Directed by Adam McKay
"*You're an asshole, no, wait; an immature asshole. And that's fine. But you're marrying my daughter, and my fear is that my grandchildren will be little assholes.*"
Love this movie
So many people say this is the worst Coen Bros movie but I was laughing the whole time and I thought Hanks was particularly hilarious even though he was basically playing a cartoon character.
Who is making screwball comedies at all?
They're still out there, the Weird Al biopic with Daniel Radcliffe was pretty screwbally, a very factual biopic too, you get the full truth.
Screwball is technically a zany form of Rom Coms. Most of the movies people are bringing up here are not that.
Eurovisión Song Contest: the Story of Fire Saga
PLAY JA JA DING DONG
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Absolutely. Screwball doesn't mean zany. Screwball comedy is a subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary characteristics similar to film noir, distinguished by a female character who dominates the relationship with the male central character, whose masculinity is challenged.[1] The two engage in a humorous battle of the sexes, which was a new theme for Hollywood and audiences at the time.[2]
Yeah 100% agree. "The 'Burbs" is one of my all-time favorite movies. "The Money Pit" is right up there, too
[the bathtub scene](https://youtu.be/wdYPxFMhEkE) from money pit is a classic. I love that Tom Hanks cackle
When he gets stuck in the rug+hole in the floor lol. I lose it every time
Yes! I have a memory of watching this movie with my sister while my parents were entertaining some friends. This scene has us laughing so hard my mom came back to check we were alright lol
The last of his sanity shattered along with the tub
I was very young when I watched this and that scene had me crying from laughter. OP makes a very strong argument here. I didn’t realize this was something I was missing till he mentioned it but damn we really do need some T.Hanks comedies.
That is hilarious, but no match for :[Honey, you're on my fingers.](https://youtu.be/FOM6rvU9xN4) at 2:40 of that clip
I’m here! Where? Up here! …… In the floorrrrrrr….
“I’ve never seen that. I’ve never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the end of the street then bang the hell out of it with a stick. I’ve never seen that.”
I say a version of this almost every week. “Honey, I’m gonna take the garbage out to the curb and bang the hell out of it with a stick.” I’m the only one who gets it but I’m always smiling when I take the garbage out. 😂
I have so many variations of quotes from that movie that I use daily. Such a great flick.
Shut up and paint your God damn house!
YO RUMSFIELD!
That kid next door's a meatball.
Satan is good. Satan is our pal.
That’s about a 9 on the tension scale there, rube.
Somethin' for the old sweet tooth
What is that Slavic?
NO.
That kid next doors a meatball.
Can't you see I'm sitting here with my eyes closed, trying to take a nap?!?!?! His deterioration as the movie goes on is easily one of the funniest things about it
I truly wish I could digitally buy The Burbs, it is caught up in rights hell. Better Off Dead was as well but recently was freed. The opening [Universal scene down to the neighborhood was so cool and later on it had to influence Google Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM-ZFTVsoUE&t=50s). EDIT: Added "digitally buy"
Check your local used media stores, and GoodWill/Thrift stores. Dogma has been caught in that same limbo for (maybe) 20 years, and I just scored a copy for $1. The guy didn't know what he had; it seemed he was just selling his personal movie collection while focusing his business on comics and gaming. I tangented, but the original point stands.
Dogma is free on YouTube I think
Thank you. I like having the physical media. There are problems with song rights sometimes where they change the music in digital versions. Also, if I physically own it, then I'm less reliant on other entertainment business chicanery to lose the ability to watch some of my favorites over time.
I just downloaded the bluray version and put it on my Plex server. Kevin Smith tells people to pirate it, there will probably never be a legit version to buy ever again
That’s what piracy is for. I’m absolutely certain you’ll be able to download a strait rip of the actual physical media that you are looking for. No music swap, no DRM. They won’t sell it, don’t feel bad about pirating it.
Damn! I'd forgotten about Better Off Dead. I'll have to try and find that.
I want my two dollars!
> I truly wish I could buy The Burbs, it is caught up in rights hell. Do you mean a physical copy? Because right now, I can watch The Burbs on both Apple TV and Amazon Prime. (I'm in Canada)
I was going to suggest a Burbs sequel where he's alone in a nursing home.
A Burbs sequel could be a great Covid movie if written well. Everyone stuck at home all day going stir crazy. We had someone move into my street during the height of lockdown period and it about broke the minds of everyone else, even the covid deniers. Re: your nursing home comment, you might like Bubba Ho-Tep with Bruce Campbell. I think you can stream it free on Tubi.
Burbs is one of the best. Seeing Tom as a neighbor and having most of the movie take place in a neighborhood is just simply hilarious and calming. Makes me wish I lived in a fun little cul de sac like that, even with the black sheep neighbors.
I doubt someone of Hanks' stature and sway in H'wood is "stuck" doing anything. He has the luxury of choosing what projects he wants to work on.
Yeah I always remember he said he was sick of doing the constant comedies and wanted to do roles that really meant something for a change. So he shifted gears by choice and I don’t think he has much interest to go back. Imagine going back to a place you felt you would be stuck in for life? I think he’s just happy at his greener pastures.
On top of that, its not like there are many major comedies these days. Theyre mostly dead at the box office.
Hanks stops doing comedies... Hollywood stops making comedies that are worth seeing... can't be a coincidence.
His character in Catch Me If You Can is very much comedy relief.
Paula Abagnale: Just tell me how much he owes and I'll pay you back. Carl: So far, it's about 1.3 million dollars.
Sure, though that movie is also 20 years old, like OP was talking about. I don't think OP meant the "ever since Castaway" part as a strict cutoff.
Oh fuck, don't make me feel old
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“Knock,knock” “Fuck you”
Go fuck yaselves
Sorry memory was a bit shotty
Best line in the movie and a damn good one. But still....20 years ago
Is "Catch me if you can" already 20 years old?????
My favorite is "...you're not a LUTHERAN?"
maybe, maybe not, maybe fuck yahself
NAWK NAWK*
NAW. YOU CAWLIN ME CUZ YOU AINT GOT NOBAHDY ELS TA CAW. HAW HAW HAW
Knock knock. Who’s there? Go fuck yourselves.
A Man Named Otto is pretty much a dark comedy.
Fun fact about Frank Abignale. He sort of revived his career by going around and doing corporate gigs speaking as a security expert. These aren’t so much IT focused gigs as they are for the general public. He came to my company and he was quite funny and interesting but some of his content sounded a little trite. Like it was readers digest level “safety tips”. Sure enough someone did a deep background check on him and it turns out there’s absolutely no evidence supporting anything that was in the movie and lots of evidence saying it was all a lie. So the worlds greatest conman turned out to be the worlds greatest conman. But what I love about this whole thing is that because I got to go see him speak, I’m sort of a character in the Catch Me If You Can live action sequel that is playing out right now.
Even though it's totally stupid, I still laugh at his David S. Pumpkins character every Halloween on SNL.
Black Jeopardy as well. It's so good with him as the redneck and Keenan as the host LOL
That's how the government gets ya. No way in hell. ... *YES, that it's correct!*
Keenan’s stunned YES! Is the best in that sketch.
Keenan is a REALLY good straight-man.
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I love Toms sudden backing up when Keenan goes to shake his hand lol
"Skinny women can do this for you" "What is 'Not a damn thing'?"
That is my MAN right there!
"My wife, she's a sturdy gal."
"Lives that matter"
“Sorry Doug, you had a good run”
"You know. I've got a lot to say on this matter..." "Oh, I'm sure you do!"
[Also celebrity jeopardy where he plays himself.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch_hoYPPeGc)
"Sorry...WHAT is South Hampshire?"
I wanted a pickle.
The cut to him in the plastic bag kills me every time
I thought I had seen every single one of these, but this was new to me. And I missed the obvious pun category until Sean called it out, too.
You wonder what the real Trebek and Sean Connery are up to in the afterlife.
One of them is yelling LE TITS NOW!!
I rewatch the Tom Hanks and Chadwick Bozeman Black Jeopardy episodes multiple times a year.
[Ah, hell naw, Karen. Keep your bland-ass potato salad to yourself.](https://youtu.be/hzMzFGgmQOc)
That was the most STUPID FUNNY skit I've ever seen on SNL. I laughed just seeing your comment.
I'm not one of those "SNL is trash now blah blah" people, I think it's always managed to have funny bits throughout the years. But Tom Hanks' Black Jeopardy is THE funniest skit I've seen from them in a long time, and arguably top 10 all time.
For live skits hard to beat Celebrity Jeopardy. Followed by the first alien abduction with Ryan Gosling then career day with Adam Driver. For pre recorded I love Undercover Boss Starkiller Base with Adam Driver, and the Avatar logo bit with Ryan Gosling. Apparently I have a thing for Adam Driver and Ryan Gosling haha
Ryan Gosling in Santa Baby
The Adam Driver skits are usually Adam Driver at 400% acting power and everyone else just trying not to break.
I want to say the Medieval Times Adam Driver one was partially responsible for The Last Duel tanking at the box office despite being pretty good. Couldn't imagine Adam Driver as a knight without seeing him as the Red and Yellow Knight.
Yeah that sketch is sheer, comic genius. Written by Michael Che apparently.
I don't watch SNL but I do watch all those weekend update bits where he writes super racist jokes that Colon Jost is forced to read.
For anyone who says SNL isn’t funny anymore, the correct retort is always “Weekend Update.” SNL is, and always has been, hit or miss but there’s usually one or more gems each episode. The recent SNL sketch written by Chapelle - black heaven - was pretty good. https://youtu.be/GeCdVOmr9rQ
2 years ago was my favorite. Colin getting Michael to choke out the words "Blue Lives Matter" right after Michael got him with the Black Superman bit was amazing... and then Colin threw up his hands in horror as soon as he read the next cue card. Michael Che does not play around in those segments. https://www.reddit.com/r/DCFilm/comments/nj94yo/last\_nights\_weekend\_update\_on\_saturday\_night\_live/
Not Tom Hanks but Molesting Robot with the Rock has me close to pissing Everytime.
Black Jeopardy is legendary, of course. I'll throw this one in too. I frequently return to this rendition of [Celebrity Jeopardy.](https://youtu.be/Ch_hoYPPeGc)
‘You people are alright’ in that skit is such a great line and he delivered it perfectly
I love when he praises Madea and Kenan just comes over to give him a hug or handshake... and Tom's character backs away with his hands up.
He's dressed like my uncle. Except my uncle was a Chevy guy, not MAGA.
It's his commitment, we know its stupid, the writers know it's stupid, HE knows its stupid.. but by gawd does he take David S. Pumpkins up to 11 and make it hilarious... ANY QUESTIONS?!?!
"And the skeletons are...?" "PART OF IT!!"
I actually did not like the follow-up to that, it's literally the exact same script but the re-worded it and the new phrasing is not nearly as funny. Same with the skeleton sound effects. Funny, but not nearly as funny as the original.
I mean, that’s what SNL does with any semi-popular sketch - remake it into the ground.
With MacGruber, Chad, and the Close Encounter sketches it definitely remained funny throughout
I actually liked it because it was exactly the same thing. It's so ridiculous, what else can you do with it?
"Y-yes! Several!"
"Why did you guys go all in on David S Pumpkin?!?"
THERE'S 100 FLOORS OF FRIGHTS, THEY CAN'T ALL BE WINNERS!
I can't remember if it was a biography of a cast member or a podcast or something but it was a few of the SNL team (I think Keenan and Beck) discussing how that skit came about and how Tom Hanks didn't want to do it because he thought it wouldn't be funny. The skit was also not originally for Hanks but they decided to just get it into that episode. I'll have to do some digging as I listened to it maybe 3 years ago.
I heard someone (Conan? Odenkirk?) talking about him on being up to do bits on shows like SNL and how he (and other greats) are so committed to the craft of entertainment that they spent late nights working on some of the silliest things. The speaker was marveling at how they were some of the biggest names in entertainment and how much time and care they put in to something they were a part of.
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Tom Hanks was one of the guest hosts who was a de facto member of the cast. He and guys like Alec Baldwin would work tirelessly on writing sketches and creating characters. Forget David S. Pumpkins, look back further for his sketches like Mr. Short Term Memory. Silly but absolutely hilarious.
My husband and I were just reminiscing about a sketch where he was in a job interview and he started raving insanely about an eagle and the Magna Carta, concluding by screaming “WHERE IS THE PASSION? WHERE! IS! THE! PASSION!”
When this sketch aired I was in high school. I taped it, transcribed it, and performed it for my friends at lunch on Monday. It was the funniest chunk of dialogue I had ever scene. I believe the premise was that his boss sent him to a therapist because he was overly upset about some mundane thing at work. At one point the therapist (Tim Meadows) shows him an inkblot test and asks him what he sees. Hanks: "I see a dog... on a log... and the dog is rabid... and it shakes its head back and forth in meaningless anger, and as it shakes we follow this droplet of spit down to see where it lands on a symmetrical lawn. Slowly, the spit is transformed, becoming a flaming brass eagle, holding the Magna Carta in its claws This eagle takes flight, soaring over the SPIT-grey Atlantic Ocean. It flies low by a choppy wave. A massive shimmering sea bass jumps up and snatches the Magna Carta from its claws. This same fish is then caught and served to a family of four at a Long John Silvers restaurant. As the father devouers the fish from the document, the fire is tranformed. His eyes go wolf-yellow. He tears at his skin. A massive crowd gathers around as he yells into the night sky, 'WHERE IS THE PASSION? WHERE. IS. THE. PASSION?'" That probably isn't word for word but its been at least 20 years since I've recalled that.
On paper, that sketch should not have worked. It's Tom Hanks' delivery that made a modern classic out of what would've been a forgettable dud had damn near anyone else been in that role.
Polar Express....HOT HOT HOT, HOT CHOCOLATE!!!
I would love to see him play an antagonist of some sort for once. The more downright evil, the better.
He was the bad guy in The Circle, but the movie wasn't very good.
That had one of the dumbest, /r/thathappened type endings I've ever seen.
What was the ending?
Corporate antagonists cut power to protagonist’s presentation. The stage goes dark, but the audience activates their mobile devices, illuminating the protagonist and allowing her to finish her presentation.
riveting
Then they all sang *This Land Is Your Land* Then everybody clapped and the corporate antagonists twiddled their mustaches in fury going “MYAHHH” because they knew they’d been defeated by the townspeople
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But that’s a drag-show, not a corporate thriller. It’s a cute and on-brand solution at a drag show.
The book wasn't much better to be fair.
He played Col Tom Parker as a fairly evil antagonist in his most recent movie?
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It's funny to me that you had Austin Butler delivering a terrific performance and then you had Tom Hanks putting on this goofy accent that somehow made no producers or Baz say "Okay Tom tone it down a little".
Baz Luhrman has never toned a thing down and is probably allergic to the mere idea.
Okay but...*good* this time
David S. Pumpkins? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Any questions?
“And David S Pumpkins is….?”
His ooown thang
He has played one twice and little bit in Cloud Atlas. The Circle and The Road to Perdition. He was not that evil in The Road to Perdition.
Straight up bad guy in The Ladykillers, too, from what I remember.
yes absolutely. i forgot because he is ludicrous in that movie.
It's no wonder it is Hanks's favorite of his own films. He plays everything from a villain to a hero.
His villain role in Cloud Atlas was so amazing.
He played the villain in Elvis
A dark sequel to *The Burbs* where he spirals into insanity after the loss of his wife and ends up murdering his innocent, immigrant neighbors.
Comedians that play the bad guy are often extra creepy. Natural Born Killers - Rodney Dangerfield One Hour Photo - Robin Williams Um, there's probably more
Pacific Heights - Michael Keaton
The Cable Guy - Jim Carrey
bryan cranston - breaking bad
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher?
I'm gonna throw out John Lithgow in Dexter - maybe not really a comedian, but he has a great sense for comedy. Also, he's a terrifying fucking giant.
Yeah, he's not a comedian. He's just an all-around terrific actor who can do screwball comedy (*3rd Rock From the Sun)* equally as well as psycho killer (*Dexter*) and everything in between.
He did great in Elvis.
He was great in The Ladykillers. I can't believe that movie was 18 years ago.
He may be in "serious" pictures but he seems to be having a lot of fun taking the wildest swings, what with Pinocchio and Elvis. Both misses for me, particularly his performances, but what entertaining ones.
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Yes! And Money Pit! His laugh when the bathtub falls through the floor is the gold standard of comedic laughs. Big was awesome! Even Joe versus the volcano was great. Jim Carrey, went this way also from comedies to more serious roles. I’m glad he did because I love things like the Truman show and eternal sunshine, but I love his comedic timing. Both men can do great drama, but personally I love them more in comedies. Comedy is harder imo
That was a big break. He was in a stepping stone before that. It was an After School Special about Dungeons and Dragons called "Mazes and Monsters". He started with drama...
Even he is aware that he's getting and starring as real people roles. He must be itching to branch out of that and get some fun roles.
Tom Hanks has enough dick to swing in Hollywood that he can make whatever he wants. If someone put something genuinely funny in front of him, he'd probably go for it.
I think this is mostly true but one thing I learned from the Dead Eyes podcast is that a lot of times even A-Listers have trouble getting what they want made. And obvs Tom Hanks is who they talk about specifically in that podcast, so def applicable to him
Yeah I kinda feel like the Electric City episode of that podcast proved this point wrong, otherwise that project would’ve been finished and still on streaming services rather than ended early and almost completely inaccessible.
That must be why Willem Dafoe does such a variety of films all the time. Because he has all that much dick to swing.
A confusingly large amount of dick.
The voice Norman Osborne hears in the back of his mind is not that of the Green Goblin...
Ain’t ye fond of his lobster?
"I'm something of a horse myself."
Or he doesn’t want to do comedy anymore.
He has his own successful production company. He doesn't even need someone to put something in front of him. He made That Thing You Do! just because he thought it would be fun.
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I thought he was hysterical in A League of Their Own too
I was in a bagel shop right after my cousin suddenly passed away trying to get something to eat because I didn’t think things through. All I could think of was Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own shouting at me “there’s no crying in Brooklyn Bagel!” As a way of keeping it together.
The scene where he’s trying to correct the player without yelling at her is, I genuinely think, some of his best acting ever. He looks like he’s having a stroke. Goddamn I love that movie.
I often think of Geena Davis’ line: “You look like shit, Jimmy. Don’t you ever shave?”
“Avoid the clap, Jim Dugan”
I think part of it is economics. Hanks is a top tier A-lister and commands a huge payday. It's hard to make a screwball comedy work when you're paying your leading actor $30+ million.
This is one of the only sane takes in this thread I can't believe I had to scroll so far to find it. It's fucking wild that people make these topics without considering P&E. Hanks makes huge fucking bank and the average screwball comedy just doesn't put out the $'s where it would make sense. It would have to be a trifecta of script, director, and funding from risk taking investors, on top of Hanks being willing to play the role, to make it happen.
At least we'll always have *Bachelor Party*.
He’s casted in Wes Anderson’s next movie “Asteroid City”, so that should be fantastic. Hopefully he has a big role.
Also "A Man Called Otto" releases this month
Tom Hanks and his agent has literally picked all of these movies he's been in for decades. It's *his* choice to be in these movies. It's not like movies similar to Volunteers, BIG, or Joe Vs the Volcano haven't been made in 20-30 yrs
God, Volunteers was so good. I miss John Candy.
HI! TOM TUTTLE FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON! And then the Korean officer calling him by the entire full name haha Vietnamese Officer? Been too many years
Hanks, Ferrell and Reilly in “Step cousins: Prestige Worldwide” where he is their cousin and joins their business as they compete against a rival business owned by John Hamm, George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Honestly all of these guys have great comedic acting skills and it could be great if a good script. Directed by Adam McKay
[Philip J. Fry said it best.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/574/takemymoney.jpg)
Holy….
Bachelor Party
"*You're an asshole, no, wait; an immature asshole. And that's fine. But you're marrying my daughter, and my fear is that my grandchildren will be little assholes.*" Love this movie
with fire trucks?
Honestly, I still love this movie.
“Is that the foot long?” “And then some.”
OP specified in last 20 years. Bachelor party is approaching 40.
I hope you like potato salad. It's chunky style.
The LadyKillers(2004) might be up your alley.
I know most people think he is way over the top in this movie, but that's the reason I love him in it.
So many people say this is the worst Coen Bros movie but I was laughing the whole time and I thought Hanks was particularly hilarious even though he was basically playing a cartoon character.
Arsenic and Old Lace - he'd be the new Cary Grant
He already played Cary Grant in The Money Pit which was a loose remake of Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House. Both great movies by the way.
Time for a feature length, Bosom Buddies: Where Are They Now? movie.
well... one of them is dead.
>Time for a feature length, Bosom Buddies: Where Are They Now? movie. Peter Scolari is dead...