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Waiting for guffman 1996 christopher guest related. Synopsis theres a good reason some talent remains undiscovered. This 1997 comedy may be amusing if you feel a pressing need to feel superior to somebody, but the aim is too broad and. When it comes time to celebrate blaines 150th anniversary, corky resolves to bring down the house in broadway style. The movie is set in the small town of blaine, missouri, which is not a real town. This 1997 comedy may be amusing if you feel a pressing need to feel superior to somebody, but the aim is too broad and scattershot to add up to much. Youre bastard people one of the musicians simultaneously playing a trumpet and tympani. Christopher guest was one of the cowriters of this is spinal tap, the 1984 mockdocumentary about a failing rock group. Catherine ohara, christopher guest, eugene levy, fred willard, bob balaban, parker posey. Find out where waiting for guffman is streaming, if waiting for guffman is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Determined to get back to the lights of broadway, hes created red, white and blaine, a musical celebration of the burgs 150th anniversary. An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey smalltown missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from broadway will be in attendance.
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