HerschelWeingrod

Cinema comedy has a long and glorious history, but if I'm surfing channels and Groundhog Day appears, I have to watch it to the very end. That's a tribute to Mr. Ramis, who just passed away. I always like to rerun the "screwball" comedies like His Girl Friday, Sullivan's Travels, anything by Billy Wilder. And for non-PC laughs: Bad Santa!

I was reading a novel about cornering the wheat market in the 1980's, and my partner came up with the idea of the bet, heredity vs. environment, switching the 2 guys, so we put the two things together. I did meet some whack commodities traders, though.

You're very welcome, and it's not...a tumor.

Trading Places would never be made today; neither would Airplane or The Jerk or anything else that challenges and comedically takes on race, social class, gender, sexuality, or economic inequality.

I love the 30 for 30 parody, and I've seen the Lebron rumor but I do't give it much credence....yet.