The decision to portray the Air Force captain not as a domineering drill sargent type, but as an affable and hopelessly corny square, was such a great choice.
Funny thing is Sex Farm woman is quite catchy. Not at all out of place in the bizarre world of the Rockn Roll bandwagon. Just have to listen to Def Leopard once in a while.
it even has the drummer barely tapping the cymbals, and the intro lead noticeably thinner, quieter, and less distorted-sounding. These guys have played a Bar Mitzvah or two
Fred would often incorporate rock and pop music-themed jokes in his standup routines. I remember being pleasantly shocked when, in the 1980s, he mentioned Seals and Crofts in one of his jokes. It was not putting them down; it was just that they were part of the setup.
It's because he looks like Ward Cleaver and says the most insane stuff while looking completely innocent and unknowing of what he's saying. Martin Mull said working with him was like following someone to a party in your car, but the person who's leading you refuses to use their turn signals.
Christopher Guest once said that he deliberately stood at the back in this scene, not because of some character thing about Nigel's growing alienation from the band, but because he was worried the camera would catch him laughing at Fred Willard's performance.
My goodness...I've loved this film for so many years...and STILL I chuckle at stuff I haven't spotted before. I love when Derek's trying work out how long to go before the start of the show..."what's that, about 50 hours". Utter genius.
I think this the funniest scene in the whole movie, nigels facial reactions to Fred's lines, the audience reaction, the actual goofy song itself, all of it adds up to comedy gold😊😊
This entire scene reduces me to tears of laughter every single time and Fred Willard is the cherry on top. I so miss Fred Willard, his passing left this world a poorer place. RIP
The way he rolls through hilarious lines so nonchalantly.... "I'm sure I would feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation". Another David St. Hubbins bit of muted gold.
Spinal Tap's keyboardist thinks it's a complement when Fred Willard says "We're not fans of your music but the whole Rock n Roll genre in general" The expression on his face is priceless!
Based on Jimi Hendrix Isle of Wight performance, when police type radio is heard. Hence not genius. Alot of elements in the film are based on real events.
Look at David at 2:42. Even as Nigel's getting more and more irritated, he's enraptured, like he's playing before 100,000 people at Wembley Stadium. I seriously think there's a message in that: Do what you love. Do it with passion. Do it with passion at every moment, in all circumstances. No matter who's watching you. Whether or not you receive any recognition at all for what you're doing. That's living life to the fullest.
He's actually trying make Nigel feel better about the whole situation, like "Isn't this grand? What a fabulous time we're having, even as your wireless unit is mucking up!" Trying to get his mind off the fact they're playing an Air Force Base dance, and his girlfriend booked it.
Guys. I'll tell you a little story that went full Spinal Tap for a moment of my life. I was 15 and we had a band with some friends, we were playing heavy metal, powermetal and we did songs by Helloween, Stratovarius and Judas Priest heheeh. One day this guy calls asking to hire us for an event of a local mining company. We were for sure so fkng excited that we had gotten our first paid gig! We couldn't believe it. (it was like 20 dolars for each musician). So the day came and we went to the soundcheck and prepared fo the night thinking it was gonna be a full metal evening. It was 9 o' clock and we were in a room at the back waiting to appear. Suddenly the guy presented us to the public, we could hear him on the microphone. He finally named the band and we came out to the stage all excited and making noise starting a full blown metal song headbanging the hell out of our lives. Until I raised my head to sing the first lines (our vocalist was in another city and was travelling at the time to join us in the 3rd or 4rth song, that is spinal tap as well), only to realize our entire crowd were a bounch of 9 years old kids accompannied by their moms and dads because it was a fckng family evening where the company gives the children of the workers their christmass gifts at the end of the fckng year lol The story ends with lots of spinal tap moments like when the solo from the keyboardist came (our best musician we had) the cable from the keyboard failed and our keyboardist kept playing while no sound was coming out of the god damn keyboard, at the same time a couple of friends started to try and fix the cable, only to get it to work at the end of the most impresive solo we could offer as a band of which only the last 2 notes came out of the speakers lol. We just kept the show on even though nobody in the crowd understood what the hell we were doing. But the last moment is the best. We finished our last song with the most metal outro, and as soon as we ended the presentator walked on the stage thanking us for the show and presenting the next part of the event... musical chair game and snacks!!!!
Ha, that actually does happen, I had a guitar amp which would randomly tune into Russian radio stations and sometimes taxi firms when playing gigs in Belfast in the 1990s, halfway into a song you'd hear some guy giving directions to a street in Belfast
That happened to me and my friends band back in 2008. We were playing in a small bar about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh Pa. We got into our third song and the theme from the show different strokes out of nowhere started playing through the monitors. The rest of the evening you heard a canned laughter and "whatcha you talkin bout Willis" through our system. It was funny.
I lived a few blocks from the gate to Charleston Air Force base and ACTUALLY DID, right out of this scene, pick up USAF radio chatter through my amp rig. And it wasn't with a wireless because I have a Roland GK-3 Synth pickup, but somewhere along the way, yes, I was picking up pilots on training sortees and often, fighter jets would be passing overhead at the time....
When I was a kid, my father and I were just listening to the radio and suddenly one plane's military chatter came through on frequency for several calls until the pilot figured out something was wrong with his comm. I didn't even think that was possible -- I thought military radios were made to not be able to be heard on civilian aero sets, let alone step on civilian broadcast freqs. But there it was: Either he'd screwed up his frequency, or some mechanical failure happened. (Radio engineering is a vast mystery to me, but I'm told that stray contact with a conductor will effectively change an antenna's length and shift its broadcast frequency greatly. If that's true, maybe that's what happened.)
I love the shots of the audience's reaction to Sex Farm. Some are slowly leaving the dance floor and one guy is covering his ear so he can hear the person right next to him.
I was in a Led Zeppelin tribute band years ago and was booked and played at a military base at their "At Ease Weekend". Trying not to be embarrassed to the max was futile because of this scene.
Excruciating shivers when I watched this again! We were a classic rock pub band mainly doing Floyd, Zep, U2, The Who, Oasis.... our singer had a mate in the Royal Navy and he arranged for us to play a naval base Ball near Portsmouth on New Years Eve. The crowd were exactly, and uncannily, like the spinal tap scene. They were absolutely dead, with people sitting at tables shouting in each others ears, and a little polite applause after the first few songs. When we broke for the interval I was in charge of the PA music feed so I put together a quick song list and started with ABBA's Dancing Queen. Of course everyone immediately got up and started dancing. Imagine having to go back up for Set 2 .... especially since we opened it with Comfortably Numb. Fortunately I managed to not do a Nigel and throw my Strat down in disgust. As soon as the keyboard player gave them Auld Lang Syne we hit them with a rapid Mustang Sally (for the second time) and escaped. Never again. No weddings, funerals or military bases. Ever!
The part where he asks them if they heard of some random lame sounding band that plays at a Ramada is so relatable. When I was young and used to play with rock bands that was something older people did constantly. "Oh, you play in a band, my cousins son plays in a polka band called the Crazy Accordions. Do you know them? You should meet them. They are really good".
I still love the way they skillfully blend "Up With People" with their Mike Curb Congregation medley. Then resolve it all with "Let The Sun Shine." Brings the room to its knees!
David's responses to Lt Bob's welcome are pure gold ("it's a great genre"). Took me years to actually understand what he's saying. I still find new jokes in Spinal Tap despite watching it now for close to 35 years
2 things. 1) David is clearly hurt about Nigel leaving. In fact, as conflicts go in the movie, it definitely leads to David drinking more, being disconnected, and really reevaluating his relationship with Jeanne. 2) 37 people in the band 😂
Apparently this is one of the few time anyone has gotten Christopher Guest to break character laughing during a scene. It was the part where he ducks down after Fred says he needs a haircut or someone might think he’s in the band 😆
Was Ronnie Pudding there too? I always wonder what British fans of Tap think of all these phony British names. Do they think, "hey, I went to school with a guy named Mick Shrimpton."
@@thom0909 We think the whole film is genius - at the sunset of mankind, what was the crowning achievement? The wheel? Beethoven?The Mona Lisa? No, Spinal Tap.
"37 people have been in this band over the years." I think 36 of them were drummers that died, though. Also, the "play some slow songs" leading in to "Working on a Sex Farm!" was epic!
There were a few others--Ross MacLochness I think was the original keyboardist. He left to become a missionary in Namibia, where he also recorded the solo album, "Doesn't Anybody Here Speak English?"
This scene is the turning point of the movie. By this time, you’re laughing along at their misfortunes and how brutal the tour is, but this scene is where it crosses over from funny to sad. And youre already so invested in the characters that you actually feel the shame when Nigel slams his guitar and leaves. They got you right where they wanted you and let you have it.
I was in the Air Force when this movie came out. I can assure you that, when we were in civilian clothes, we appreciated live rock bands. Fred Willard played a clueless lieutenant to a tee. He was brilliant!
My parents loved Fred Willard in Best in Show, so they were thrilled when he showed up for this small part when I showed them Spinal Tap. They loved the joke about "4 Jacks and a Jill. Perfect! (On another note, I played in a wedding band for a a few years and one night we had a gig in Philadelphia atop this tall building. When we started doing our mic checks, we found that our sound system was picking up the local radio station! We solved the problem by turning the volume down to zero as soon as we finished playing a song and then turning it up as soon as we started the next one. 😆)
"I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre..."
😂😂😂😂
Fred Willard is perfect here.
Nigel dying inside...
Viv's initial pride and then his pikachu faced disappointment... classic!
The decision to portray the Air Force captain not as a domineering drill sargent type, but as an affable and hopelessly corny square, was such a great choice.
I know. He reminds me of my dad, who is a former Air
Force captain.
Funny thing is Sex Farm woman is quite catchy. Not at all out of place in the bizarre world of the Rockn Roll bandwagon. Just have to listen to Def Leopard once in a while.
"I'm joking, of course."
Very realistic 👏
It's really brilliant, still a perfect contrast to the band
The fact he's recommending a rock band to check out a local band based in a Ramada inn is hilarious.
"I'm joking of course." That line kills me every time.
It's perfect
I searched for the clip for that very line.
You can also see the other cast members trying to hide their laughter when he says that line.
The way he rolls it straight into "Shall we go in..." is just excellent.
"I am sure I'd feel much worse if I wasn't under such heavy sedation" is one line I have stolen for my everyday life
Useful one
I love how the request for slow songs breaks straight into Sex Farm 😂
Best part of the vid
it even has the drummer barely tapping the cymbals, and the intro lead noticeably thinner, quieter, and less distorted-sounding. These guys have played a Bar Mitzvah or two
Maybe the best transition in film history
Fred requested a slow song for him and his wife to dance, he never said anything against explicitive innuendo lyrics based on sex and a farm
*GETTIN' OUT MA BITCH FORK*
Fred Willard's vocal delivery is where half the humour lies. What a genius he was.
Fred would often incorporate rock and pop music-themed jokes in his standup routines. I remember being pleasantly shocked when, in the 1980s, he mentioned Seals and Crofts in one of his jokes. It was not putting them down; it was just that they were part of the setup.
It's because he looks like Ward Cleaver and says the most insane stuff while looking completely innocent and unknowing of what he's saying. Martin Mull said working with him was like following someone to a party in your car, but the person who's leading you refuses to use their turn signals.
Fred Willard’s performance here is comedic genius. His delivery, timing, the way he ‘owns’ the scene, it’s all flawless.
Yeah, especially considering he's a fan of their music, not necessarily their music tho, just the whole genre of rock n roll music.
Years ago he played the Ed McMann type of character on a show called Fernwood tonight. He was cast perfectly for Spinal Tap
His performance stood out from the first viewing of Spinal Tap. He gauged the whole scene perfectly.
Indeed. Everything is so beautifully observed.
Christopher Guest once said that he deliberately stood at the back in this scene, not because of some character thing about Nigel's growing alienation from the band, but because he was worried the camera would catch him laughing at Fred Willard's performance.
My goodness...I've loved this film for so many years...and STILL I chuckle at stuff I haven't spotted before. I love when Derek's trying work out how long to go before the start of the show..."what's that, about 50 hours". Utter genius.
The fact that, if Fred Willard’s character had been stating actual numbers, not times, Derek still would have been wrong.
Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation.
A line that I still use to this day in my everyday life!!! Best line ever!
@@catharineorellana3522 don't say it when you get pulled over. That went over like a lead balloon. Guess he wasn't a S.T. fan.
You've gotta be realistic about this sort of thing.
That's something we can all relate to.
I think this the funniest scene in the whole movie, nigels facial reactions to Fred's lines, the audience reaction, the actual goofy song itself, all of it adds up to comedy gold😊😊
This entire scene reduces me to tears of laughter every single time and Fred Willard is the cherry on top. I so miss Fred Willard, his passing left this world a poorer place. RIP
The way he rolls through hilarious lines so nonchalantly.... "I'm sure I would feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation". Another David St. Hubbins bit of muted gold.
Spinal Tap's keyboardist thinks it's a complement when Fred Willard says "We're not fans of your music but the whole Rock n Roll genre in general" The expression on his face is priceless!
“Have a good time all the time” - Viv Savage 🎹
Viv never really knew what was going on
He was funny there.
" So that's what 50 hours? " Nigel's guitar picking up radio interference at the Air Force base was genuis lmao.
Based on Jimi Hendrix Isle of Wight performance, when police type radio is heard. Hence not genius. Alot of elements in the film are based on real events.
Haha yup
Saw Lita Ford in the early 90's doing soundcheck on an outdoor stage, she was having same issues with her wireless gear, not too happy
@@pressureworks Hence his comment. I’d agree, it was genius ✌🏻
@@Jimboishere11 There's always one :)
"I'm joking of course..."
" I better not get too close to you or people will think I'm part of the band."
He was joking, of course
"The idea is we can get it on, and get it over with."
This movie is a goldmine of one liners. 😂
Fred Willard legendary!
Fred Willards brilliant sense of humour, pacing and comedic style summed up in one scene
Everybody loves raymond
Look at David at 2:42. Even as Nigel's getting more and more irritated, he's enraptured, like he's playing before 100,000 people at Wembley Stadium. I seriously think there's a message in that: Do what you love. Do it with passion. Do it with passion at every moment, in all circumstances. No matter who's watching you. Whether or not you receive any recognition at all for what you're doing. That's living life to the fullest.
He's actually trying make Nigel feel better about the whole situation, like "Isn't this grand? What a fabulous time we're having, even as your wireless unit is mucking up!" Trying to get his mind off the fact they're playing an Air Force Base dance, and his girlfriend booked it.
❤
😂🤣
that's exactly how draw is created
“I’m a fan of your music,and all of your records…I’m not speaking of your records personally,but the whole genre.”
Ha ha. "What's that, 50 hours?" Even if you ignore his complete lack of understanding of military time, the math he attempts makes zero sense.
Yeah, should have been 70 hours.
Omg I almost wet myself. Too funny! I have to rewatch this movie again.
120 hours?
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Well, he's not a Mathematician, but more of a Philosopher. His role in the band, between Nigel and Derek's Fire & Ice, is sort of lukewarm water.
Nobody could say “I’m joking of course.” better than Fred Willard.
HEY, WHAA HAPPA???
Guys. I'll tell you a little story that went full Spinal Tap for a moment of my life. I was 15 and we had a band with some friends, we were playing heavy metal, powermetal and we did songs by Helloween, Stratovarius and Judas Priest heheeh. One day this guy calls asking to hire us for an event of a local mining company. We were for sure so fkng excited that we had gotten our first paid gig! We couldn't believe it. (it was like 20 dolars for each musician). So the day came and we went to the soundcheck and prepared fo the night thinking it was gonna be a full metal evening. It was 9 o' clock and we were in a room at the back waiting to appear. Suddenly the guy presented us to the public, we could hear him on the microphone. He finally named the band and we came out to the stage all excited and making noise starting a full blown metal song headbanging the hell out of our lives. Until I raised my head to sing the first lines (our vocalist was in another city and was travelling at the time to join us in the 3rd or 4rth song, that is spinal tap as well), only to realize our entire crowd were a bounch of 9 years old kids accompannied by their moms and dads because it was a fckng family evening where the company gives the children of the workers their christmass gifts at the end of the fckng year lol The story ends with lots of spinal tap moments like when the solo from the keyboardist came (our best musician we had) the cable from the keyboard failed and our keyboardist kept playing while no sound was coming out of the god damn keyboard, at the same time a couple of friends started to try and fix the cable, only to get it to work at the end of the most impresive solo we could offer as a band of which only the last 2 notes came out of the speakers lol. We just kept the show on even though nobody in the crowd understood what the hell we were doing. But the last moment is the best. We finished our last song with the most metal outro, and as soon as we ended the presentator walked on the stage thanking us for the show and presenting the next part of the event... musical chair game and snacks!!!!
I had a similar gig like that. Thought it was gonna be a huge gig to find out the audience were middle school age. LOL
@@irvan36mm lol life is full of Spinal Tap moments :D
@@sergio_grez That was a good story. It's awesome to have memories like that. (And I dig Helloween and Judas Priest too)
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@@jacktorrance2633 thanks mate, i keep those memories as a treasure :D
"Spinal Tarp" every scene in this movie is amazing period. "Getting out my pitchfork and pokin your hay". LMAOOOO
Shout out to 4 Jacks and a Jill. Greatest band ever.
Caught em at the Muskogee Airport Holiday Inn.
It's a strange strange world we live in.....Master Jack.
From a review in the Lake Forest _Caucasus:_ "If you can't take this, your shoes are too tight!"
@@deirdre108 I love you Timothy....
My gawd, Fred Willard is perfect here. This and 'Best in Show'.
...and Mighty Wind. "Wha' happened?"
"I'm sure I'd feel worse if I wasn't under such heavy sedation." The story of our lives.
Directing Fred Willard I’m sure all Rob Reiner had to say was go
The never knew the officer was Fred Willard. Guy was a gift.
@@shanewilson199 He originally called them Spinal Tarp! LOL
@@deirdre108 credit to him!
That is basically all that happened, the movie was improvised from the start.
I agree. They probably did not even have to write a script for him.
The look that Nigel gives Fred Willard when he says "Get it over with." 1:45
Ha, that actually does happen, I had a guitar amp which would randomly tune into Russian radio stations and sometimes taxi firms when playing gigs in Belfast in the 1990s, halfway into a song you'd hear some guy giving directions to a street in Belfast
That happened to me and my friends band back in 2008. We were playing in a small bar about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh Pa. We got into our third song and the theme from the show different strokes out of nowhere started playing through the monitors. The rest of the evening you heard a canned laughter and "whatcha you talkin bout Willis" through our system. It was funny.
@@mathewbutler35 I had a mesa boogie that did that. It was my first tube amp and I just sort of figured that's what happens with tube amps.
That's pretty crazy!
@@McCracken216 it was probably your guitar pick ups instead.
@@alcoholya I picked up police radio chatter through my guitar and/or amp recently.
I lived a few blocks from the gate to Charleston Air Force base and ACTUALLY DID, right out of this scene, pick up USAF radio chatter through my amp rig. And it wasn't with a wireless because I have a Roland GK-3 Synth pickup, but somewhere along the way, yes, I was picking up pilots on training sortees and often, fighter jets would be passing overhead at the time....
LOL
When I was a kid, my father and I were just listening to the radio and suddenly one plane's military chatter came through on frequency for several calls until the pilot figured out something was wrong with his comm.
I didn't even think that was possible -- I thought military radios were made to not be able to be heard on civilian aero sets, let alone step on civilian broadcast freqs. But there it was: Either he'd screwed up his frequency, or some mechanical failure happened.
(Radio engineering is a vast mystery to me, but I'm told that stray contact with a conductor will effectively change an antenna's length and shift its broadcast frequency greatly. If that's true, maybe that's what happened.)
I like how they got the full setup done in 30 min (or 50 hours, give or take)
“At-ease Weekend.” Willard is a genius!!
I love the shots of the audience's reaction to Sex Farm. Some are slowly leaving the dance floor and one guy is covering his ear so he can hear the person right next to him.
"He totally ruined the gig!" That's quite subtle but so funny that the gig was a total failure and she blames it on Nigel😂
Fred Willard will always be a treasure. Makes comedy look easy.
“I’m not speaking of yours personally but, the whole genre.” is brilliant! 😂
I was in a Led Zeppelin tribute band years ago and was booked and played at a military base at their "At Ease Weekend". Trying not to be embarrassed to the max was futile because of this scene.
I was in the AF for 13 years in the 80's-90's timeframe. Never heard of "at ease weekend".
That’s because you weren’t stationed at Lindbergh Air Force Base.
Excruciating shivers when I watched this again! We were a classic rock pub band mainly doing Floyd, Zep, U2, The Who, Oasis.... our singer had a mate in the Royal Navy and he arranged for us to play a naval base Ball near Portsmouth on New Years Eve. The crowd were exactly, and uncannily, like the spinal tap scene. They were absolutely dead, with people sitting at tables shouting in each others ears, and a little polite applause after the first few songs. When we broke for the interval I was in charge of the PA music feed so I put together a quick song list and started with ABBA's Dancing Queen. Of course everyone immediately got up and started dancing. Imagine having to go back up for Set 2 .... especially since we opened it with Comfortably Numb. Fortunately I managed to not do a Nigel and throw my Strat down in disgust. As soon as the keyboard player gave them Auld Lang Syne we hit them with a rapid Mustang Sally (for the second time) and escaped. Never again. No weddings, funerals or military bases. Ever!
The part where he asks them if they heard of some random lame sounding band that plays at a Ramada is so relatable. When I was young and used to play with rock bands that was something older people did constantly. "Oh, you play in a band, my cousins son plays in a polka band called the Crazy Accordions. Do you know them? You should meet them. They are really good".
Fred is so freaking funny as that Air Force guy. Legend
Love McKean trying to not crack up at Fred Willard.
_"It's about 30 minutes. Give or take."_
Fred Willard, legend.
I love that line. Willard was funny af!
Fred Willard is such a joy in everything he does
Whaaaa happen?
Going all the way back to Fernwood/America Tonite as Jerry Hubbard. Comedy gold. Frank DeVol (Taco n' Run). RIP to both.
Really miss him.
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"...so we can get it on and get it over with." Solid gold!!!
Fred Willard was the greatest.
This is the most real depiction of being a musician
Fred Willard....Magnificent as always.
“I’d feel much worse if I wasn’t under heavy sedation.”
i wish i had a dime for every one of these gigs ive had to play
I’m happy to say, Four Jacks and a Jill are still going strong! I caught them at the Ramada last month.
I still love the way they skillfully blend "Up With People" with their Mike Curb Congregation medley. Then resolve it all with "Let The Sun Shine." Brings the room to its knees!
Smalls casually: “What’s that, 50 hours?”
Saint Hubbins astonished: “120 hours?”
This will never ever not be hilarious.
David's responses to Lt Bob's welcome are pure gold ("it's a great genre"). Took me years to actually understand what he's saying. I still find new jokes in Spinal Tap despite watching it now for close to 35 years
Spinal tap have the best actual music of any fictional band
RIP Fred Willard - the perfect "Dipsh*t Butterbar." He was a comedic character-actor genius.
FRED WILLARD!!!!!!!! From my childhood to my 50's this guy bowled me over laughing.
I've played a few military bases in my time and they've always been very cordial and welcoming.
We’re you working on a sex farm too? Lol
Same here! One of the best gig to play. 😀
2 things.
1) David is clearly hurt about Nigel leaving. In fact, as conflicts go in the movie, it definitely leads to David drinking more, being disconnected, and really reevaluating his relationship with Jeanne.
2) 37 people in the band 😂
Years later and this is still FUNNY.!!!
"I can't see myself missing NIGH..."
How David refers to Nigel with an affectionate diminutive is so telling and ironic, great little detail.
This is one of my absolute favorite scenes from this movie.
this really is the greatest comedy film of all time
Fred Willard is perfect here. Perfect casting.
Great clip - not a big part for Fred but played to perfection - great set up for Sex Farm!
It took multiple viewings until I really noticed it, but Viv saying "BASE?" is now my favorite line in the movie 😂
RIP Fred Willard and Tony Hendra! Legends in their own right
Both of them were comedic genuises. Imho.
A borderline celebrity in his own right
"Monthly at ease weekend." Gold!
Some of the greatest lyrics ever written!
2:05 'n POKIN' your hay! lol The Spinal Tap movie is pure comedy genius.
Holy crap never realized that was Fred Willard - he's hilarious here.
He’s legendary in everything
Apparently this is one of the few time anyone has gotten Christopher Guest to break character laughing during a scene. It was the part where he ducks down after Fred says he needs a haircut or someone might think he’s in the band 😆
Air Force bases I was on would have loved this 73 to 75.
Loved the song selection for this venue 😅
Tap isn’t a film. It’s a sacred text.
Ross McLochness. Gets me every time
ploughing through your bean field 🤣🤣🤣
"Poking at your hay".
There actually was a group called Four Jacks and a Jill (from South Africa, of all places) who had a top 40 hit with "Master Jack" in the sixties.
Ross McClaughness was underrated IMO, he was crucial to their early sound. I met him in a bar in Bury St.Edmunds once. Great bloke
Was Ronnie Pudding there too?
I always wonder what British fans of Tap think of all these phony British names. Do they think, "hey, I went to school with a guy named Mick Shrimpton."
I've never heard any pre-70s Tap albums, so wouldn't know. What ever became of Ross, though?
@@thom0909 We think the whole film is genius - at the sunset of mankind, what was the crowning achievement? The wheel? Beethoven?The Mona Lisa? No, Spinal Tap.
''I'm sure I'd feel a lot worse if I wasn't under such heavy sedation.'' Lol.
You can’t even fucking believe how realistic this is, I mean down to the absolute minute details. It is absolutely uncanny.
"I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation."
Lol
And you are...Spinal Tarp?
'Spinal Tarp'....lmao
"We'd like to get started at about 1900 hours".
Derick Smalls: "What is that...about 50 hours from now?" Comedy fucking gold.
"37 people have been in this band over the years." I think 36 of them were drummers that died, though. Also, the "play some slow songs" leading in to "Working on a Sex Farm!" was epic!
37 members in this band is one of the funniest moments in the film.
There were a few others--Ross MacLochness I think was the original keyboardist. He left to become a missionary in Namibia, where he also recorded the solo album, "Doesn't Anybody Here Speak English?"
I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation.
I never caught before that Bob - I think - misreads and goes in for a kiss at 0:32, recovering and moving on almost instantly. God bless 'im.
This scene is the turning point of the movie. By this time, you’re laughing along at their misfortunes and how brutal the tour is, but this scene is where it crosses over from funny to sad. And youre already so invested in the characters that you actually feel the shame when Nigel slams his guitar and leaves. They got you right where they wanted you and let you have it.
We shant work together again - I still use that line!
Getting the stage set up in 30 minutes....Pretty impressive. ;) 😊
I'm just here for the 24 H/R clock confusion 😆😆
The transition to "Sex Farm" is both hilarious and brilliant
“Ross McLochness” always makes me smile.
I was in the Air Force when this movie came out. I can assure you that, when we were in civilian clothes, we appreciated live rock bands. Fred Willard played a clueless lieutenant to a tee. He was brilliant!
The improv is Hella funny😂😂 he starts laughing when nigels guitar tricks out😂😂😂
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My parents loved Fred Willard in Best in Show, so they were thrilled when he showed up for this small part when I showed them Spinal Tap. They loved the joke about "4 Jacks and a Jill. Perfect!
(On another note, I played in a wedding band for a a few years and one night we had a gig in Philadelphia atop this tall building. When we started doing our mic checks, we found that our sound system was picking up the local radio station! We solved the problem by turning the volume down to zero as soon as we finished playing a song and then turning it up as soon as we started the next one. 😆)
@@FelixBat Haha!
*"WHYY are we going to an air force base!?"*
I don't want to rush you. The idea is if we can get it on, and we ah... get it over with.
Spinal tarp is very good for when the ridge tiles on your roof leak!