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It ain't GONE WITH THE WIND or even BLAZING SADDLES ....

but it was funny, and clever, and I enjoyed it -- giving out more than a few belly laughs, though the fart and sh*t jokes get a bit tired.

I have not seen a lot of Seth McFarlane stuff, and I'm definitely older than the target audience (pushing 70), but I'm a huge fan of Robot Chicken, South Park, and anything from Mel Brooks, so I'm not exactly the tired old coot with no sense of humor who doesn't get the dark-funny in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (the original masterpiece). And I enjoyed this movie, period.

It's a long way from the polished, chock-full parody of BLAZING SADDLES or other Mel Brooks films, but still worth watching. I'm looking forward to the next viewing since I missed the first ten minutes or so, and undoubtedly missed a few jokes among the parts I did see.

I have only one regret -- that they didn't spend an extra six months on the writing, or even hired a few more writers, which might have brought it up to the Mel Brooks level. I believe it could have been done, and probably should have. For instance ... after the sheep-in-the-whorehouse joke, sometime later I would have shown a sheep wearing one of those little chrome change-making devices.

I remember this film so well, though I was only about eleven or twelve when I saw it. I'm not sure if I had seen the Jimmy Stewart version before, but I THINK I had.

I would love to see this version again. I loved Art Carney's interpretation and would like to see how it stacks up against the "original" that i have now seen ... I dunno, maybe 25 times.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Harry Anderson's version, though to me his performance seemed .... well, rushed. I suppose he was trying to put a slightly different personality into the role, and I believe that is a good thing to do. I just liked the slower-paced, more relaxed Elwood that Jimmy Stewart showed us. That Elwood seemed happier ... or at least more contented ... than Harry's version. And that's the Elwood I would prefer to sit down and have a quiet drink with. And with Harvey, too, of course.

In many ways I preferred Swoosie Kurtz's interpretation of Veda, Elwood's sister, to the admittedly fabulous "original" one. And I did enjoy the rocking chair at the end ... definitely different from the Stewart ending, but I did like it very much. I recall the Carney ending as being similar to the "original," though I believe that we saw Harvey's shadow right before the fadeout. Not positive, though, which is one reason I'd love to see it again.

It would be nice to have Art Carney's version to see, as an adult, so I could really compare it with the others.

Unlike the last reviewer, I realized that Boston Legal is a comedy, not some politically-correct rant against white folks.

There was hardy anything shocking about an African-American guy threatening & robbing a prosperous white guy in a Boston parking garage. Perhaps the first reviewer wouldn't have been so offended if he had spent a few years in Boston itself, not just lived somewhere in the same State. Been mugged there myself -- though unfortunately for the mugger, it ended badly for him.

Though the first reviewer was outraged by the fact that Denny Crain shot more than once, I most certainly am not.

Perhaps if the first reviewer developed an actual sense of humor, and understood the difference between a cop reality show and an actual COMEDY, he might actually have enjoyed the brilliant writing and humor in this episode, instead of trying to turn it into some narcissistic ego trip to polish up his progressive credentials.

Boston Legal was one of the best-written and superbly-cast comedies ever seen on television, and its ending was a terrible loss for everyone with an ounce of intellect and a sense of humor.

I will never go fishing again without seeing Denny Crain going after the salmon with his 12-gauge -- something every fisherman understands all too well.