My Top 5 Favorite Comedies

Hi, this is Matt from The Basement Vagrants, and I've compiled a list of my top 5 favorite comedies. These are all movies that I have watched at least 20 times, have entire scenes, or even the entire film, memorized, and still laugh at after years and years of watching. It was hard to narrow it down to 5, but I'm pretty happy with my list.Please, I beg you, if you haven't seen any of these movies, you're doing yourself a great disservice by not seeing them. Unless your tastes are wildly different from mine (For example, if you think The Hangover is the pinnacle of comedy), in which case disregard this and watch some Dane Cook clips on YouTube instead.5. The ProducersThe Mel Brooks classic The Producers is one of the comedy legend's first movies,...

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Sorry for Lack of Episodes

I just wanted to make this post to apologize for the lack of an eepisode this week. We had one recorded, but technical difficulties prevented it from being finished. We will have one up next week, I guarantee!**Not a guaran...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 10 - "FOX Hath No Mercy"

We made it to 10 episodes! Woooooo! I can't believe it! In our 10th episode, Bubbs and D-Roc from The Ring Crew Show sit in the hole with me as we talk about The Simpsons possible cancellation, The Human Centipede 2, the iPhone 4S, and we embarrass ourselves by singing childrens television themes.How can you pass this one up?Download the episode h...

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Great News for Simpsons Fans

The show may be ending! Yay!After 23 seasons (10 of them good) The Simpsons may be ending it's painfully long run due to contract negotiations. It seems that the voice actors are not happy with their $8,000,000 a year salaries being cut by FOX and negotiations for the 24th seasons have reached a standstill.As a true Simpson's fan, this is great news. I feel like Terry Schaivo's husband watching the women (or in this case TV show) he loves slowly being kept alive by artificial means, while any shred of heart and humanity has left the shell of what it once was long ago.It's time to pull the plug guys. End it. Put a bullet in old Bessie so she doesn't have to suffer anymore.Then for good measure, but a bullet in ol' Family Guy while you're at...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 9 - "The Best of Both Nerds"

Hailing frequencies open listeners! It's the Star Trek episode of the Basement Vagrants Podcast. In his episode, Schweitzer and I discuss Trek, our favorite series, episodes, movies, Janeway haircuts etc. If you're a fan of Star Trek, or talking, you'll love this episode!Download the episode h...

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