Dorf on Golf / Dorf's Golf Bible (1986)

As a Tim Conway fan from way (way) back, I have long wanted to see all the Dorf sketches, however, this service has not stocked 3 of its 4 titles for more than 5 years. So when I found the second-to-last copy of all 8 sketches on one DVD in a Hastings store discount table last weekend, I decided $5 was probably a good investment. Have to say though that the material is seriously dated and rarely elicits a chuckle. I laugh now and then at the ridiculous shorts he sports and the swooping stances of Dorf the top-heavy dwarf (physical humor) but the actual stunts (sight gags) and script (punch lines) are numbingly predictable or pedestrian. Vince Schiavelli plays a dumb and disinterested caddy who barely comes across as dumb and disinteresting in Dorf on Golf. The actual Sam Snead cackles his way obnoxiously through Dorf's Golf Bible (where the Bible narrator trope that begins "In the beginning, God invented golf" almost palatably holds the sketch together). You get Tim Conway's Mr. Tudball accent and mild sarcasm throughout (the best part but far beneath his work with Carol Burnett). Too bad Michele Smith as Boom-Boom Larue can't even act the part of a talentless bimbo. 2 stars.

Starz Studios: The Ides of March / The Three Musketeers / The Mighty Macs... (2011)

Robo review: This 12-minute Starz Studios featurette aptly previews the following movies: The Ides of March (3 min), The Three Musketeers (2 min), The Mighty Macs (2.5 min), Hugo (2 min), Martha Mary May Marlene (1 min), and Young Adult (1 min). The best previews are, in descending order: The Ides of March (5 stars), The Three Musketeers (5 stars), The Mighty Macs (5 stars), and Martha Marcy May Marlene (5 stars). Since I have seen The Ides of March and Martha Mary May Marlene and cannot become more enamored of these two excellent movies, I found the previews for The Mighty Macs and The Three Musketeers greatly informed and interested me while those for Hugo (2.5 stars) and Young Adult (1 star) did little to pique my tepid interest in them. 3.5 stars.