Anyone have this in your video collection?

Matt McGee ([email protected])
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 00:41:38 -0800

Thanks to TD for the latest stack of archive stories .... this one caught
my eye. Anyone have this in your video collection? Let's make a deal.

Please note the date of the article: 1989.

Matt
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Los Angeles Times

October 4, 1989

HEADLINE: TV REVIEWS; COLIN QUINN IN DOCUMENTARY SPOOF

BYLINE: By HOWARD ROSENBERG

Cable's MTV continues its spread into comedy at 9 tonight with "Colin Quinn
Back to Brooklyn," an uneven but sometimes brilliant half-hour of satire
that spoofs the film "Rattle and Hum," in which the rock band U2 travels
across America in search of its musical roots.

Tonight (and repeating at 11 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday) it's
Quinn, a regular on MTV's "Remote Control," returning to his hometown of
Brooklyn in search of his comedic roots, and in doing so crashing into some
unpleasantries of his past. Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and William Hickey
contribute funny cameos.

Ben Stiller directed the mock documentary and shares writing credit with
Quinn and Jeff Kahn. On occasion they overreach. Other times the program
hits hilarious highs, namely in a running bit with Quinn's oily agent, a
parody of "Raging Bull" with Quinn in the title role, and another parody of
the rock band Guns N' Roses with Quinn as swaying lead singer Axl Rose.

A bold effort. Let's hear it for "Colin Quinn Back to Brooklyn II."
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