I've kind of been out of the loop regarding movies. Rarely go to the cinema, and half the time, its with the kids to watch a kids movie. The other reason is not much has interested me.

But one thing has bothered me, and I'm wondering whether anywhere here might have some recommendations. I do enjoy a good, witty comedy, but I've enjoyed very few, if any, new ones over the past, oh so many years.

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy, Monty Python. John Candy was in some good movies, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Other favourites are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, This is Spinal Tap, Mrs Doubtfire. Tropic Thunder was a good one, more recent, but even that is well over a decade old now

It seems there were many from the 70s, 80s and 90s but I haven't noticed many coming out in more recent years. I think the last I saw was "Office Party", which was ages ago, and OK.

Anyone seen or know of anything good and new worth watching?

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There is a remake of Naked Gun coming out soon.



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On 17 Apr 2025 at 09:36p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

BY: boraxman (21:1/101)

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy, Monty Python. John Candy was in some good movies, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains

There is a remake of Naked Gun coming out soon.

Yes, I saw that. Can't stand remakes. I did see "Due Date", which was basically Planes, Trains and Automobiles but not as funny or endearing.

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Utopian Galt wrote to Boraxman <=-

BY: boraxman (21:1/101)

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucke
10movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy,
Monty Python.

In honor of his recent passing, gotta mention Top Secret, with Val
Kilmer. Not quite screwball, but funny nonetheless, is Real Genius.

When I was a kid, I wanted to go to Pacific Tech.


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boraxman wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

Yes, I saw that. Can't stand remakes.

I saw a reboot of a sequel to a movie based on a comic book - what's
wrong with that? :)



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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Utopian Galt to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 2025 09:36 pm

There is a remake of Naked Gun coming out soon.

It looked more like a new sequel rather than a remake (though I think the title is just "The Naked Gun"); it sounded like the character played by Liam Nisson is related to Frank Drebin.

Nightfox

Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Utopian Galt on Fri Apr 18 2025 08:09 am

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucke
10movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy, Monty
Python.

In honor of his recent passing, gotta mention Top Secret, with Val Kilmer. Not quite screwball, but funny nonetheless, is Real Genius.

I like those movies, and Top Secret is one of my favorites.

Nightfox

Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to All on Thu Apr 17 2025 11:26 pm

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy, Monty Python. John Candy was in some good movies, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Other favourites are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, This is Spinal Tap, Mrs Doubtfire. Tropic Thunder was a good one, more recent, but even that is well over a decade old now

I like movies like that too. The Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies are some of my favorites. And I've heard "Flying High" is the Australian title; in the US and other parts of the world, it's called "Airplane!". I think "Flying High" is a good name for the movie, but I'm not sure why the changed it for Australia.

Nightfox

On 18 Apr 2025 at 08:09a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

Utopian Galt wrote to Boraxman <=-

BY: boraxman (21:1/101)

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucke >10movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy, >Monty Python.

In honor of his recent passing, gotta mention Top Secret, with Val
Kilmer. Not quite screwball, but funny nonetheless, is Real Genius.

When I was a kid, I wanted to go to Pacific Tech.

That is one I've been wanting to watch, Top Secret! Haven't found a DVD copy in stores here. Might just buy it online.

Thanks for reminding me!

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On 18 Apr 2025 at 08:09a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

boraxman wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

Yes, I saw that. Can't stand remakes.

I saw a reboot of a sequel to a movie based on a comic book - what's
wrong with that? :)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

I should walk my comment back a little. What I don't like is the trend of just remaking movies because, just because they want to make a movie and don't have a good new idea and want to make it for "modern audiences". (think Ghostbusters, Total Recall, etc).

Some remakes are actually decent, like last years Nosferatu. That was made with an appreciation and reverence of the original.

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On 18 Apr 2025 at 10:05a, Nightfox pondered and said...

Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Utopian Galt to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 2025 09:36 pm

There is a remake of Naked Gun coming out soon.

It looked more like a new sequel rather than a remake (though I think
the title is just "The Naked Gun"); it sounded like the character played by Liam Nisson is related to Frank Drebin.

If its a sequel, I'll give it a chance and watch it.

My expectations will be high though, considering how great the original was.

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On 18 Apr 2025 at 10:08a, Nightfox pondered and said...

Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to All on Thu Apr 17 2025 11:26 pm

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, etc), some of the Police Academy, Mon Python. John Candy was in some good movies, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trai and Automobiles. Other favourites are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, This i Spinal Tap, Mrs Doubtfire. Tropic Thunder was a good one, more recen but even that is well over a decade old now

I like movies like that too. The Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies are some of my favorites. And I've heard "Flying High" is the Australian title;
in the US and other parts of the world, it's called "Airplane!". I
think "Flying High" is a good name for the movie, but I'm not sure why
the changed it for Australia.

Nightfox

I didn't know it was called Airplane! until much later. I also didn't realised that ZAZ didn't make Flying High 2 until much later too.

I think it was to make the name more distinctive. There was an Australian movie called "Airport 80" at the time, and perhaps it was too similar. We also call Burger King "Hungry Jacks" because there was an already existing Burger King business in Australia.

Here is another tidbit. Airplane! is largely a parody of an earlier flight "disaster" movie called Zero Hour!.

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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:33 pm

I didn't know it was called Airplane! until much later. I also didn't realised that ZAZ didn't make Flying High 2 until much later too.

I think it was to make the name more distinctive. There was an Australian movie called "Airport 80" at the time, and perhaps it was too similar. We

I suppose that makes sense.

also call Burger King "Hungry Jacks" because there was an already existing Burger King business in Australia.

I'd heard about that.

Here is another tidbit. Airplane! is largely a parody of an earlier flight "disaster" movie called Zero Hour!.

I'd heard about that too. :)

Nightfox

On 18 Apr 2025 at 06:07p, Nightfox pondered and said...

Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:33 pm

I didn't know it was called Airplane! until much later. I also didn' realised that ZAZ didn't make Flying High 2 until much later too.

I think it was to make the name more distinctive. There was an Austr movie called "Airport 80" at the time, and perhaps it was too similar

I suppose that makes sense.

also call Burger King "Hungry Jacks" because there was an already exi Burger King business in Australia.

I'd heard about that.

They must have closed down, because in the 2000s we had "Burger King" start in Australia as well. So both Hungry Jacks and a few Burger King stores, having pretty much the same thing.

The Burger Kings dissappeared within a few or several years.

Here is another tidbit. Airplane! is largely a parody

of an earlier Ni> bo> flight "disaster" movie called Zero Hour!.

I'd heard about that too. :)

Many of the scenes are quite similar. I'll have to watch Zero Hour!

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boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

That is one I've been wanting to watch, Top Secret! Haven't found a DVD copy in stores here. Might just buy it online.

Thanks for reminding me!

It was on YouTube for free with ads, now it's buy/rent. Definitely worth
a watch if you like that slapstick, Airplane! style comedy.



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boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I should walk my comment back a little. What I don't like is the trend
of just remaking movies because, just because they want to make a movie and don't have a good new idea and want to make it for "modern
audiences". (think Ghostbusters, Total Recall, etc).

Lots of people have commented that Hollywood is formula-based now. Have
an action film set in X city with these actors and you're guaranteed a
return of X dollars. Not much room for inventive film in Hollywood -
but that's what independent film is for - and the investment floor is
so low nowadays that I've seen indie films shot on iPhones!




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I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker

Hi Bo,

there are really very few comedies left that are good and at a level where they don't just seem silly.

My favorites are the old black and white comedies, exactly those screwball comedies with brains and a lot of wit, like the ones with Gary Grant:
1. Arsenic and Old Lace
2. Bringing Up Baby
3. Holiday
4. Monkey Business
5. Houseboat
6. the Philadelphia Story
7. ...

These are all gems of movie history and I love this kind of movie.

Greetz from Germany
neo67

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There is a remake of Naked Gun coming out soon.

There are really very few comedies left that are good and Uaah
Uahh... I've seen the trailer. It doesn't get any more stupid, it's just embarrassing. It's not a good joke, it's just for stupid people.

Greetz
neo67

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Quoting Neo67 to Boraxman <=-

My favorites are the old black and white comedies, exactly those
screwball comedies with brains and a lot of wit, like the ones with
Gary Grant:

1. Arsenic and Old Lace

7. ...

These are all gems of movie history and I love this kind of movie.

Hey Neo, those are all great movies! The 'Topper' series of movies was
also pretty funny!

William Powell was in some pretty good 'screwball' comedies also, like
the original Thin man with Myrna Loy and My Man Godfrey with Carol
Lombard. You may be familiar with them, if not give them a watch!

Greetz from Germany

Nice to hear from you. I have been to Amberg and Ansbach, and also
Wiesbaden and loved it. Germany is beautiful!

Don

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Hello neo67!

** On Sunday 20.04.25 - 13:24, neo67 wrote to boraxman:

My favorites are the old black and white comedies, exactly those screwball comedies with brains and a lot of wit, like the ones with Gary Grant: 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Bringing Up Baby
3. Holiday
4. Monkey Business
5. Houseboat
6. the Philadelphia Story
7. ...

These are all gems of movie history and I love this kind of movie.

I thought this one was quite clever and fun to watch:

The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1952_film)

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On 20 Apr 2025 at 01:24p, neo67 pondered and said...

I'm someone who enjoys screwball comedies, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker

Hi Bo,

there are really very few comedies left that are good and at a level
where they don't just seem silly.

My favorites are the old black and white comedies, exactly those
screwball comedies with brains and a lot of wit, like the ones with Gary Grant: 1. Arsenic and Old Lace
2. Bringing Up Baby
3. Holiday
4. Monkey Business
5. Houseboat
6. the Philadelphia Story
7. ...

These are all gems of movie history and I love this kind of movie.

Greetz from Germany
neo67

Might look up some of these. I have heard of Monkey Business and Houseboat.

I don't mind them silly, if they are done well. One example is Dumb and Dumber, which is silly and childish, but it doesn't take itself seriously. It knows what it is.

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William Powell was in some pretty good 'screwball' comedies also, like
the original Thin man with Myrna Loy and My Man Godfrey with Carol Lombard. You may be familiar with them, if not give them a watch!

Greetz from Germany

Nice to hear from you. I have been to Amberg and Ansbach, and also Wiesbaden and loved it. Germany is beautiful!

Hi Cougar,

i will look after the films with Powell, the name of the actor is in my mind, but I'm not able to focus on a film, I will see after them.

I'm born in Cologne and I stay 14 years in Bavaria. Yes, also a great time for me. :)

Greetz to you
neo67

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I thought this one was quite clever and fun to watch:

The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1952_film)

Hello ogg,

the movie script sounds fun.
I will watch the movie.

Thank you
neo67

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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:21:36

That is one I've been wanting to watch, Top Secret! Haven't found a DVD copy in stores here. Might just buy it online.

Watch it for free on Pluto: https://pluto.tv/us/on-demand/movies/5637f06538d1bd272283ffa2?utm_medium=textsearch&utm_source=googlehttps://pluto.tv/us/on-demand/movies/5637f06538d1bd272283ffa2?utm_medium=textsearch&utm_source=google
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:33:07

Here is another tidbit. Airplane! is largely a parody of an earlier flight "disaster" movie called Zero Hour!.

Actually, it was a parody of Airport.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: boraxman to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:33:07

There was an Australian movie called "Airport 80" at the time...

I can find no reference to a movie by that title. However, there was a French comedy series called Airport 80 from 2011. There was also a movie called Airport '79: The Concord, the last of the Airport movie chain.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Mortar M. to boraxman on Tue Apr 22 2025 21:21:32

Actually, it was a parody of Airport.

Oops, my bad! It was Zero Hour. I'd never heard of that movie, so it just seemed obvious that it came from Airport.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 16:47:02

It was on YouTube for free with ads...

Ads? On YouTube? Not on my watchlist!
DL Ublock Origin and cancel those interruptions.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 16:47:02

I've seen indie films shot on iPhones!

And it shows.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: neo67 to boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 13:24:22

comedies with brains and a lot of wit, like the ones with Gary Grant:

His dramas are pretty good too. North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief are my favorites.

1. Arsenic and Old Lace

I tried watching this a couple times, but it was just too wacky for my taste.

Bringing Up Baby
Monkey Business
Houseboat

Yup, all good. Add to that:
Father Goose
("Goody Two Shoes and the Filthy Beast?!)
Mr. Blanding's Dream House
("If you ain't eatin' Wham, you ain't eatin' ham!")
Operation Pettycoat.
("We just sunk a truck.")

Holiday
the Philadelphia Story

Haven't seen these. I'll have to check 'em out.

...

Never heard of this one. :)
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: neo67 to Utopian Galt on Sun Apr 20 2025 13:26:08

It's not a good joke, it's just for stupid people.

Hmph, who do you think Hollyweird's target audience is?
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Cougar428 to NEO67 on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:54:05

Hey Neo, those are all great movies! The 'Topper' series of movies was
also pretty funny!

Forgot about those. Good stuff. Others I like are:
I Was a Male War Bride
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
His Girl Friday
The Bishop's Wife (not a comedy, per se., but plenty of lite moments)
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Quoting Mortar M. to Cougar428 <=-

Forgot about those. Good stuff. Others I like are:
I Was a Male War Bride
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
His Girl Friday
The Bishop's Wife (not a comedy, per se., but plenty of lite
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Another Cary Grant fan! He was in some really great movies...

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Quoting Mortar M. to Poindexter Fortran <=-

It was on YouTube for free with ads...

Ads? On YouTube? Not on my watchlist!

Double doggone! Not on mine either...

We don't need no stinking ads! B)

... If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

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Quoting Mortar M. to Poindexter Fortran <=-

I've seen indie films shot on iPhones!

And it shows.

He shoots...
He SCORES!
The crowd goes WILD!!!

B)

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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Cougar428 to MORTAR M. on Wed Apr 23 2025 09:12:00

... If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

"Hey you guys...TAKE OFF!"
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Quoting Mortar M. to All <=-

... If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

"Hey you guys...TAKE OFF!"

I must of missed something?

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Mortar M. wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

It was on YouTube for free with ads...

Ads? On YouTube? Not on my watchlist!
DL Ublock Origin and cancel those interruptions.

It's a shame that Chrome stopped supporting Ublock Origin, it made a
huge difference. I've moved to Vivaldi as my primary browser now, it
does a great job of blocking ads.



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Mortar M. wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 16:47:02

I've seen indie films shot on iPhones!

And it shows.

I like lo-fi moviemaking, though. I'll admit it. I saw a parody movie
filmed on a Prius backup camera. They said it was difficult not running
over the cast during filming...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7XWTpRwDo&t=17s




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Re: Tagline...You're It!
By: Cougar428 to MORTAR M. on Thu Apr 24 2025 22:33:15

... If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

"Hey you guys...TAKE OFF!"

I must of missed something?

They're both Rush related.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar M. on Thu Apr 24 2025 20:19:38

I've moved to Vivaldi as my primary browser now, it does a great job of blocking ads.

I'm using Edge and it works fine there.
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar M. on Thu Apr 24 2025 20:19:38

I saw a parody movie filmed on a Prius backup camera. They said it was difficult not running over the cast during filming.

I'll bet.
"Mike, get me a close-up on Sue."
"You got it."
...<THUMP!>
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Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Mortar M. <=-

I like lo-fi moviemaking, though. I'll admit it. I saw a parody movie filmed on a Prius backup camera. They said it was difficult not
running over the cast during filming...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7XWTpRwDo&t=17s

That was FUNNY! Thanks PF!


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Re: Tagline...You're It!
By: Cougar428 to MORTAR M. on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33 pm

"Hey you guys...TAKE OFF!"

I must of missed something?

Blame Canada.
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Quoting Joe Phigan to Cougar428 <=-

Re: Tagline...You're It!
By: Cougar428 to MORTAR M. on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33 pm

"Hey you guys...TAKE OFF!"

I must of missed something?

Blame Canada.

The great white North!

Now I get it, it sometimes takes a while...

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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar M. on Thu Apr 24 2025 08:19 pm

It's a shame that Chrome stopped supporting Ublock Origin, it made a
huge difference. I've moved to Vivaldi as my primary browser now, it
does a great job of blocking ads.

Shameless plug here, Linux Magazine #294 has a nice article, by an author with a delicious horse smell, about setting up a Youtube frontend that removes Youtube ads AND also sponsored segments from videos.

If you are on Android you can also use NewPipe, which sadly does not do the sponsored segment trimming.


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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Apr 28 2025 18:22:14

a delicious horse smell...

Horse "sense". :)
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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Mortar M. to Arelor on Tue Apr 29 2025 12:45 am

Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Apr 28 2025 18:22:14

a delicious horse smell...

Horse "sense". :)

No, no. He smells like a horse because he spends so much time with them.


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Shameless plug here, Linux Magazine #294 has a nice article, by an author
with a delicious horse smell, about setting up a Youtube frontend that removes Youtube ads AND also sponsored segments from videos.

Happen to have a link to this? It's probably searchable, but I'm on a Commodore right now :). When I went to look at issue 294 from linux-magazine site (with 'links' browser), I didn't see the article.



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Re: Re: And good new comedies
By: phigan to Arelor on Thu May 01 2025 10:16 am

Happen to have a link to this? It's probably searchable, but I'm on a Commodore right now :). When I went to look at issue 294 from linux-magazine site (with 'links' browser), I didn't see the article.

I am afraid it is paywalled. The Linux New Media folks usually release the articles for public open view some months after publication.


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